http://www.studentsreview.com/IL/CC_comments.html Life at CC - Comments en http://www.studentsreview.com/IL/CC_comments.html If you are serious about your career go to Columbia. I went to a community college for 2 years to take my general classes and then transferred to Columbia with the presidential scholarship. In one ... Thu, 28 Mar 2013 04:26:27 GMT StudentsReview 2043-92830 Copyright 2013 StudentsReview, Ecliptical Technologies, Inc. 2043-92830 2043 18 Fine Arts - Painting/Sculpture/Photography/etc Male Undergraduate Class 2014 1st Year Positive If you are serious about your career go to Columbia.

I went to a community college for 2 years to take my general classes and then transferred to Columbia with the presidential scholarship. In one year I have meet wonderful people, professionals that work in the field, and also had the chance to be in 2 magazines.
I'm a photo major and this school rocks, spend your time wisely, do a lot of networking and build up your resume. You have the chance to take advance of almost endless resources, especially if you are in photography. Thu, 28 Mar 2013 04:26:27 GMT http://www.studentsreview.com/IL/CC_comments.html http://www.studentsreview.com/IL/CC_comments.html Columbia is all about how hard you are willing to work and what you put in to it. To enjoy the school and get your moneys worth you must always be looking at the bulletin boards around the campus for ... Sat, 27 Oct 2012 04:38:31 GMT StudentsReview 2043-90092 Copyright 2013 StudentsReview, Ecliptical Technologies, Inc. 2043-90092 2043 43 Perfomance Arts Female Undergraduate Class 2013 2nd Year Neutral Columbia is all about how hard you are willing to work and what you put in to it. To enjoy the school and get your moneys worth you must always be looking at the bulletin boards around the campus for events, performances, auditions ect. OTHERWISE you're going to be bored out of your mind. Yeah youre living in downtown chicago but if you arent 21 there is absolutely nothing to do. I recommend living at the university center if you want to make friends. I lived at the Dwight and made no friends at all and then i moved to the UC and made so many friends met my boyfriend and best friend there. Reason being, the university center has roosevelt, depaul and robert morris students there as well. It's a nice break to be away from columbia kids all day. I just feel like they all try so hard and I got so so so so tired of the hipsters and the countless number of people in my classes that had absolutely no talent. it started to make me feel like shit about myself that there were all these students who had no talent and were dumb as hell. Yes anyone can get in to columbia. ANYONE. The professors at columbia are amazing and all successful in the field they are teaching and nice. I have never really had an awful teacher. The gen ed classes are a joke. I got A's in all my gen eds without even studying. They relate all the gen ed classes back to your major and at the end of the semester you do a big project on it. For instance, I am a dance major so I danced about the biology of aids. I got an A for all my gen ed classes because I just did a dance that related to the subject. Super easy. All in all my experience at columbia was a little less than mediocre. It did not challenge me at all, a couple classes were fascinating (psychology of women with mya TAKE IT) there werent enough performance opportunities, fellow students are not talented only a select few (some you will be so embarrassed that they go to the same school as you) everyone's trying to be hipster or already is (most of them trying)

Columbia isnt going to look amazing on a resume you really have to network and work hard to get your moneys worth and not end up working at starbucks like all the other graduates from columbia. Sat, 27 Oct 2012 04:38:31 GMT http://www.studentsreview.com/IL/CC_comments.html http://www.studentsreview.com/IL/CC_comments.html Extremely hate this school! This school took my creativity, inspiration and motivation away because the low quality of this school simply kills my passion. They care about your money. Professors are o... Sat, 01 Sep 2012 02:39:56 GMT StudentsReview 2043-89179 Copyright 2013 StudentsReview, Ecliptical Technologies, Inc. 2043-89179 2043 0 Unknown Female Undergraduate Class 2016 1st Year Negative Extremely hate this school! This school took my creativity, inspiration and motivation away because the low quality of this school simply kills my passion. They care about your money. Professors are okay but the advisors suck. This is the most un regained school ever! They sent my I-20 late ( student visa) and never in firm me that I need to get a clear before registration to classes so I was for registration. The transferring credits were lazy and not helpful! This school is not diff from any cheap community college so please don't bother to apply! Also the deans are very arrogant and personally hating international students or Sth. You might be attacked without any reason from assistance dean( Beverly Anderson). She could accuse you for whatever reason because she is racist or maybe she just does not care. Basically deans and administration here don't know how to work! Sat, 01 Sep 2012 02:39:56 GMT http://www.studentsreview.com/IL/CC_comments.html http://www.studentsreview.com/IL/CC_comments.html Consider, but think twice! Like so many who attend here, I was strongly influenced by the school's propaganda- which plays on the artistic dreams of many young people. Unfortunately, like many who a... Sat, 28 Jul 2012 06:46:26 GMT StudentsReview 2043-88569 Copyright 2013 StudentsReview, Ecliptical Technologies, Inc. 2043-88569 2043 26 Music - Performance Male Undergraduate Class 2012 1st Year Neutral Consider, but think twice!
Like so many who attend here, I was strongly influenced by the school's propaganda- which plays on the artistic dreams of many young people. Unfortunately, like many who attend here, I did not take all considerations seriously (or into account altogether). One of those considerations is the cost of Columbia (I know, I know, you've heard it- but please hear me out!). As is the case with most "art schools", unless you come from a very well-off financial situation, the money that Columbia costs is astronomical! Compounded with the fact that many young "artistic" people are not particularly financially-savvy, this can easily be a recipe for disaster. I would plead for anyone who acknowledges this as a reality within themselves (and anyone attending any university for that matter, but it is particularly crucial here because the cost is so astronomical) to honestly evaluate how the cost of Columbia will affect their future, and to take into account that most of the majors offered and Columbia are unlikely to yield reliable employment (especially in this economy!). Please do not let the propensity that many of us have to romanticize the concept of college in the "big city" outweigh the practical considerations that one is wise to make in such a crucial life decision! If you feel you must major in something "artistic", for most of these programs, there are many, far less expensive institutions around (and outside of) the country that offer the same program(s) at a similar quality (as far as what you will most likely genuinely, practically gain) for a fraction of the cost.
Before I get to positives, let me graze over a couple other things that MAY be considered negative:
-I found "general education" coursework to be much harder here than at the run-of-the-mill university I attended prior to Columbia College- most of these teachers somewhat care about attendance, and these classes are generally small and rife with more "busy work", as opposed to the "attend-the massive-lecture-if-you-want-and-your-grade-is-composed-of-a-small-handful-of-tests" format.
-Unless you are quite well-endowed socially, it will be difficult to have the "typical" college experience at Columbia College (some become involved in the party scenes at nearby universities).
-I found people at Columbia to be less outgoing than at the more run-of-the-mill university I had previously attended. On top of this, I found many of the people to be "clique"-ish, in the respect of socially defining themselves as "artists"- I think it is much harder to find a niche here if you do not choose to represent yourself in this way, in contrast to most run-of-the-mill universities. In addition, most of the student organizations did not appeal to me, and it was my (somewhat uninformed) perception that most were not flourishing. Lastly, being a metro-Detroit native (in which the general community perhaps rightfully carries somewhat a humility), it was my perception that there was somewhat of a air of "entitlement" in the more upscale (there is not much of an in-between) Chicago community (I believe there may be more options if you are of a minority heritage, but as a middle-class white male from the suburbs, I personally felt many of these options were less welcome to me).
-I personally found the increased safety concerns of being in downtown Chicago (versus your typical university campus environment) unnerving. Obviously tolerance for this varies widely among people, and the "South Loop" (where Columbia College is located) is relatively safe in respect to the city as a whole (you will mostly hear of the occasional mugging, and generally harmless homeless people are outside at all hours).
-I've had a few particularly negative interactions with the academic advisers, though I've heard many complaints of the same nature at other educational institutions.

On the positive end, most prominently, the actual major programs at Columbia seem to be very well-constructed. It seems there are many resources available, and you are able to get out what you put in (though you have to put in a LOT to get your money's worth!). The upside of ANYONE with the money being able to attend Columbia College is that, because many are apt to "skate by", it seems surprisingly easy to distinguish yourself as a "big fish in a big pond" if you have the talent and put in the adequate amount of "over-achievement".
As far as speaking to particular programs, the TV program seems exceptional, as does the music business program (again, if you have the talent and are willing to appropriately distinguish yourself, and uproot as necessary after graduation, most likely to L.A.). I will note that I only attended Columbia College for about a year and a half, and therefore I did not get far into the music program: The music program seems good in that it allows many "creative" options at higher levels, though I was disappointed with the traditional theory approach (learning particulars of midevil-era chord rules?) despite the program being at an "art school" (Berkeley, for instance, offers more of an applied approach), and the intro to voice group-style class I took was borderline worthless (half of the people did not seem to improve in any manner, nor do I think I would have improved if I hadn't already mastered the concepts previously). I would note too that I witnessed a handful of people at higher levels in the program whose skills I was not impressed by (I'll let you determine whether or not this speaks to the quality of the program itself, considering that anyone can get in).
It was my somewhat uninformed perception that the acting program was sub-par.
In summary, if you are an intelligent, hard-working, adaptable, realistic person who is able to make the best of your environment and use these skills to adequately prepare for your future, and if there are important particulars of your desired program that you are able to take advantage of at Columbia College and that you would not be able to take advantage of in a cheaper, similar program elsewhere, and if you genuinely have the money to attend Columbia College accounting for the risk that your degree may not in itself actually reliably get you anywhere in the "real" world, than I would recommend seriously considering Columbia College. If this is not the case, than I would recommend that you seriously consider attending school elsewhere.
Best wishes! Sat, 28 Jul 2012 06:46:26 GMT http://www.studentsreview.com/IL/CC_comments.html http://www.studentsreview.com/IL/CC_comments.html Columbia College Chicago = the college of choice for kids who couldn't get admitted to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago down the street.... Sat, 21 Apr 2012 05:48:15 GMT StudentsReview 2043-86769 Copyright 2013 StudentsReview, Ecliptical Technologies, Inc. 2043-86769 2043 71 Interior Design Female Undergraduate Class 2016 1st Year Negative Columbia College Chicago = the college of choice for kids who couldn't get admitted to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago down the street. Sat, 21 Apr 2012 05:48:15 GMT http://www.studentsreview.com/IL/CC_comments.html