Loyola University Chicago Top Questions

Honestly, I wish I knew just how cold it was going to be during the winter, and just how windy it gets living right on Lake Michigan.

I wish that I had known that Loyola does not have a football team.

I wish I would have known how many people are at Loyola to make the college experience an easy transition and to genuinely help with any issue a student may have. My experience so far at Loyola has been even better than I could've imagined.

While the students are very friendly, there is not much school spirit. Also, the staff at the Residence Life is horrible at resolving roommate conflicts.

The clubs

The party scene is not existing and gets busted fast.

Surprisingly, for such a great school Loyola absolutely lacks decent cafeterias. There are several spots to get coffee and pastry, but if I want to get a quick and healthy snack between classes, I have to bring it from home. It gets even worse with lunch or dinner. The ones offered by the cafes on campus are extremely overpriced and absolutely horrific- greasy, tasteless and not fresh. After buying lunch at school several times, I just started bringing my own. Having good healthy food available on campus is very important; unfortunately Loyola still has to work on that.

I love every part of my experience at Loyola, and before coming to this school, I did my research very thoroughly, therefore, there is nothing that I wish I knew before I went to Loyola, because I was prepared for everything that it was about to offer me, and to this day, I love every minute of my experience at this school.

I wish I had known that there truly is a limited number of gentlemen here.

Before going to Loyola I was prepared to study, and study hard, to continune making the grade. In high school I was an A student who loved voulenteer work. When I arrived I dedicated all my time to studying and though I was pleased with my grades I still worried the worst was yet to come. In the end I got the GPA I wanted but I wish I had alloted myself more time be a part of the clubs I enjoyed so much in high school. Involvment in activites other than stressing out would have been a relief.