Loyola University Chicago Top Questions

I wish I knew about the social life and the high expectations of this school.

I wish I had known that tuition was going to increase each year.

Before i came to Loyola University, i wish i had better known how to best be prepared for their curriculum. The school work is very intense and requires several hours of study outside of the classroom. I wish i had learned a better study method in high school to better prepare me.

I wish I knew more about the academic majors that I could choose to major in. Knowing that I want to pursue a career in medicine, I chose to major in chemistry. I was not completely sure whether I really wanted to major in chemistry, but I thought that a science major would be most beneficial for me. Since I have begun to take classes in other subject areas I have become more aware of some of my other interests, and I have a better understanding of the many academic opportunities my school has to offer.

Before entering college, I wish I had known to better organize my time. I found myself with so much freetime that I didnt know what to do with it. Instead of wasting that time on relaxing or watching TV, I could have used it to study, volunteer, or something productive that would help my resume. Thats what I use my freetime for now, but I wish I had known to do that sooner.

I wish I had been aware of the incredible amount of opportunity in all fields of study present at Loyola University of Chicago. Loyola has so much to offer students, but the nature of these opportunities is certainly understated in the application process.

School parking downtown isn't included in the main campus parking fee.

Before I came to Loyola, I wish I had known more about Chicago's public transportation. All full-time students at Loyola are given a U-Pass which gives us free access to all public transportation. If I had known more ahead of time, it would not have taken me the first month of school to become accostomed to it. It also took me a month to memorize the routes and the streets downtown. Knowing more about the city of Chicago would have made my first few weeks a lot less hectic and I would not have gotten lost.

Coming into this school, I felt I knew the system and campus pretty well. What I did not know was the difference between the freshmen dorms. I am currently living in Creighton Hall, a seven story bulding. I live in a pretty average triple dorm. What I wish I knew was how "ancient" it is compared to the other dorms. Across the street is Regis Hall, and it is practically a hotel compared to Creighton. They should give tours of all of the dorms instead of just one.

I wish I would have known time management better. It is somewhat difficult to go from having a very structured schedule in high school, to having so much free time where you should be working on papers and studying for tests, but somehow a lot of that free time seems to just slip away adn suddenly you have a six page paper due the next day, when you originally had a month to work on it.