Loyola University Chicago Top Questions

The school has great proffesors and staff who are willing to help students succeed.

Great school.

I really like it. The courses offered are really diverse. It's a great size; not too big, but not too small. I usually hang out around campus or downtown with my friends. The administration is really frustrating a lot of the time, but I feel like that happens a lot of places--inefficient administration is not unique to Loyola. That's really the only thing; it's probably the only thing I'd change, and it's the only thing that students really complain about.

My personal opinion of Loyola is that it is a great school to get a great education in any field. Obviously the tuition cost is something that many frown upon, but the school makes up for it with all it has to offer. People always ask "How do you like it?" when I tell them I go to Loyola. Every time I say the same thing: I love it. I personally spend a lot of my time in the library. I find it to be a tranquil place for me to study and concentrate. Some of the most frequent student complaints are the recent construction endeavors Loyola has implemented. These construction sites have hindered many students abilities to get to class in a direct way.

Loyola is a good school if you want to be in a city. It's nothing like a stereotypical "college town," so don't expect a football team, picnics on the quad, and frat parties. But if you want to be at an academically accredited school and you like living in a big city, Loyola is worth looking in to. The most popular major is probably biology but there other programs are good too. It is a Jesuit institution, but they are very liberal and diverse. The administration has been very helpful and I have liked all of my professors.

I really enjoy Loyola because of its wide variety of students and focuses. Anyone with a passion is welcome at Loyola, regardless of the specific interest, and most likely you can find someone else on campus with a similar passion. At the moment, the current campus controversy is the school's food contractor's decision to substitute the local coffee shop's products with Starbucks. The administration are at times hard to work with and sometimes students question whether or not they respect the school's identity as much as the students do. However, most of them do a good job trying to work with students. Another huge benefit of the school is its location in Chicago which is great when it comes time for internships. Overall, I am very glad I picked Loyola.

I love the Business School classes that are offered downtown. Shuttle service is great, takes only 20 mins to get at the Water Tower Campus. I would cut the construction down, but once it's done it will be super nice. My school is medium size, I love it.

The best way to describe Loyola is as a "good" school. It's not fantastic or terrible, it is just good. Loyola is not in a college town as it is surrounded by Rogers Park, which is not the best of neighborhoods. The school pride is pretty low because we lack a football team to rally behind and our basketball team is quite bad. Besides that Loyola is an alright school except for all of the construction.

Overall I love Loyola. Currently I am a sophomore so I have lived in freshman and sophomore housing and have enjoyed the quality of both (private bathrooms both years was awesome) and our dining halls are easily accessible. They could add another dining hall but where they are spaced now is fitting for our campus size. Officially campus is only 4 blocks but much of the apartment housing around the lake is all students. Another thing is that Loyola is a nationally recognized college with a good program across all majors and fields, so when people ask where you go it is nice that they reply with "oh that's a very good school." Unfortunately sports are not the biggest here, we still have no football team, but there are a ton of club sports that people enjoy and take part in along with yearly intramural sport tournaments.

I love that Loyola is just north of downtown Chicago. I didn't want to be in a cornfield school, so I got the perfect location! Lots of bars, music clubs, museums, cafes, restaurants, you name it. I'm not happy about all the construction going on at school. As soon as they finish one project, they're on to the next, leaving all of us disappointed that we still have to look at ugly construction areas and walk around them, causing us to be late to class Great social life on campus too. There are so many organizations to get involved with - the arts, music, social service, religious, green initiatives, political. You name it, we've got it. There are also a lot of lectures from all the different schools available for all students (example: professor talking about the biology of clams. free pizza served.) I'd say the school is just right. To get from one side of campus to the next, it takes only 5 minutes. Except sometimes during construction. There is lots of public transportation to and from our two main campuses - Lake Shore and Water Tower Campus. There's a reliable school shuttle that takes 20 minutes, and the CTA train and bus that take about 35 minutes. Be careful in the morning, because Lake Shore Drive gets caught up in traffic! There isn't too much school pride, probably because we're in the city (and we're a big commuter school), and we don't have a football team. But we still sell Loyola gear and people buy it! The school administration is very flexible and listens to its students. I've always been helped in the financial office or the office of business affairs (my school). The President of the University really cares about giving the most to the students. AND we've been named the #1 Most Ethical School in the U.S. !