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Sort By: [Date] [Major] [Rating] Journalism  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright I attended Columbia College for two years and it was great. For my journalism major it was excellent to be in Chicago. All of my professors actually had jobs in the profession they were teaching about. Which is a good thing and bad because some professors may be hard to reach due to their careers. The one thing I disliked about the university was the fact it wasn't a traditional university. There is no quad and the buildings are all over the city, they are not hard to get to just not in the same location. If one lives down there they will have a great time. The students are very creative and many are interesting to talk and hang out with. Being downtown is great especially a big city. I recommend you don't commute, I made the mistake and it was hard to hang out with the new people you meet when you just want to get on the train. The students are very nice and easy to talk to. Education Quality: A+, Faculty Accessibility: C Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Feb 27 2010 2nd Year Male -- Class 2009    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='http://www.studentsreview.com/active/shared/sr_comment.js?sckey=65473&uid=2043'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save   Video/Media  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright I studied film at Columbia for a year before transferring out. Columbia College Chicago (or CCC for short) was a waste of my time and money. While at CCC, I took a communication class taught by a poetry student who was working on their master's. In that class we watched an episode of Family Guy, saw the Anamatrix. While that might be a fun break, it's not a productive use of my time and my money. The one math class that I took (Quantitative Literacy) was useless, the professor could hardly be heard and didn't give a care when I asked him for help. My psychology course was a extreme waste of my time, we spent more time on pseudoscience like lying down in Grant Park while she beats a drum around us, she asked us what we felt during that (I thought that it was just a waste of my time and money.) The education was worthless and when I transferred out, of my 30 credits only 6 counted to the public school that I transferred into. I think it's because they where my English credits, and those are universal. While the dorms are great, I had an apartment on the 15th floor of the University Center, they are not worth the money. Your fellow students can be divided into four primary groups: 1) The students who are there because they can't go anywhere else due to a low high school GPA, or wanted to say that they are going to a school to satisfy their parents. 2) The very serious who want to learn that are extremely cutthroat. 3) The students who are scratching their heads about why they decided to go there. Don't believe the hype when they show you the video when you are touring the school, you will regret going here once you take your first class and actually try to learn something. Surrounding City: A, Education Quality: F Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Feb 24 2010 1st Year Male -- Class 2012    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='http://www.studentsreview.com/active/shared/sr_comment.js?sckey=65354&uid=2043'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save   Perfomance Arts  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright I have been reading though the reviews and I feel really bad for those students. If a professor has to make you create then perhaps an art?s career is not the best career choice, and it is for the better. No one is going to hold your hand, and no one at Columbia College has any respect for anyone who needs their hand held. You will have a hard time. The city of Chicago will give you a hard time. City life isn?t for you. That being said, if you show initiative, the opportunities are endless. I have never gone to a place where it was so easy to get things done! There is virtually no red tape. Anyone can start a club, and get funding for that club. This is how George Tillman got funding for his films. It was a production club. I did my research, and that?s where I got the idea. Someone does need to attend the weekly meetings, that?s sometimes the hardest part because it can?t be the president. It was an improv club. It was so much fun. You want to put on a show, just talk to the department and reserve a theater. EASY. You can reserve any room in the school practically. Just ask. You want to show your films, just check a theater out. If your show/club is approved by the theater department, you can use any of the props and costumes they have to offer. The show will look SWEET. To top it off, one of the most respected theatrical designers in the country is in residence there. I constructed her designs in the costume shop, I was an aid. The hardest aspect of putting on a show is resources, and it?s all there. It?s abundant. You will never have this opportunity again. The hardest thing to putting on a production is finding rehearsal spaces, theaters, sets, and costumes. It?s all there at Columbia, just begging to be utilized. Literally begging. It?s just there. Also, if you are a film student, you will never have the opportunity to meet so many other talented people willing to work with you. I worked on so many films. A theater director will never find so many talented and dedicated performers wanting to be in their plays. I did both. I made so many friends, and my ?job? during the summer was being an extra over and over again for Cupid and Early Edition. The catering on those sets is amazing! You tell the PA?s you are a film student, and you get to help them. I learned so much about lighting sets. I found out about this opportunity from a student film, at Columbia. I made so many friends, and 10 years later, these people are still my friends. Some have gone on to be professionals, some others moved in different directions. It doesn?t matter. They are still great friends. You need support. They really wish you well, and that?s so rare in this field. Almost non-existent. I majored in Theater and Film. Also, the fact that they don?t have great teachers is a complete lie. Sheldon Patinkin was the head of the theater department, and he not only guided me, he took the time to personally watch every performance put on by EVERY theater student. He was like my Dad, and he was just as blunt too. It is the only college in the country with teachers from Second City. Martin de Maat was my advisor, and there was never a better advisor a student could possibly have. He brought caring to a new level. He cared so much, I am still an improviser. He is no longer with us, but the other teachers are just as caring. Brian Posen goes above and beyond, and he puts students to work with every professional show he puts on. And 10 years later, I can walk into any arts related place, and know someone in Chicago. People dream about that, and they go around making up that they know people just to get that. It?s yours, with your degree. That is golden. To most, Chicago is a cold harsh city. To me, it is warm and full of good friends. If you go to Columbia, take some initiative. That means you need to earn respect, through your work. You have NO IDEA of what a gift that is. It is a skill. So many misguided souls sell out, and I know how to show myself off through my work. I have never sold out. And if you didn?t get that, at least you can get a great GPA. Graduate schools like candidates with great GPA?s someone who has a name shows up in a Google search, and at Columbia you can get both. I am going to a great graduate school, and I heard stories about others that could not get into a graduate school because they did not stand nor did they have the grades. Other colleges kill your GPA with outdated knowledge and they do not teach you skills to make yourself stand out. I appreciate that I was so encouraged to work outside the classroom. It is like we are all were expected to be like star athletes, whether we were or not. I liked that the school was disorganized, because it gave ME the chance to organize something. It forced me to behave like a graduate student. Columbia is like a nice, safe, version of the real world. I mean, in order to work on a film, you need to get over the fact it?s just a set in a back lot in a bad part of the city. (Windy City Studios, it is in Cicero). It?s not real. The set is fake. A painting is just canvas and pigment, you make it more. If you don?t, it just stays pigment and canvass. It?s really not all that. It never was. You will need to get over it. The sooner the better. The Bolex is still the best camera, and until 10 years ago it was considered professional to shoot on one. My last trip to Chicago I even went through and took a picture of my classrooms, just to prove what the other reviews say is true. No one believes me. That set in the back lot is where dreams are made, just like at Columbia. You can learn to make dreams, or find a place that lives up to your dreams. It?s not the same place. But it is getting a lot closer. They really cleaned up the city for the Olympics. I was like, ?Is this really Chicago?? It looked more like Dallas. Education Quality: A+, Perceived Campus Safety: D- Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Feb 02 2010 3rd Year Female -- Class 2000   Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='http://www.studentsreview.com/active/shared/sr_comment.js?sckey=64590&uid=2043'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save   Business - Management and Administration  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Bright I studied Arts Management and I'll probably end up going back for teacher certification. Columbia is what you make of it. DO NOT come here if you want your hand held for good grades and finding a job or friends. There are resources that need to be sought out, and they could admittedly be pushed more by the college, but it is what it is. My major was okay, but I had the most fun in the Liberal Arts department, particularly African-American Studies. These professors were incredibly passionate and challenging. The biggest weakness is financial aid, although tuition is nowhere near $40,000 a year. Don't believe immature whining about things out of the school's control. Columbia tries to be welcoming and to foster a free and creative environment which is not common at other schools. If you like this type of education, go for it! Innovation: A, University Resource Use: C- Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Dec 31 2009 3rd Year Female -- Class 2009    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='http://www.studentsreview.com/active/shared/sr_comment.js?sckey=63487&uid=2043'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save      Prev    Select Page:  1  2  3  4  5  6  7 ... 13    Next

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