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Loyola University - Chicago

How this student rated the school
Educational QualityD Faculty AccessibilityB-
Useful SchoolworkB- Excess CompetitionB-
Academic SuccessB- Creativity/ InnovationD+
Individual ValueC+ University Resource UseC
Campus Aesthetics/ BeautyC+ FriendlinessC+
Campus MaintenanceB Social LifeD
Surrounding CityA Extra CurricularsF
SafetyB
Describes the student body as:
Arrogant, Snooty

Describes the faculty as:
Friendly

Female
ACT:27
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Date: May 08 2013
Major: Business - Management and Administration (This Major's Salary over time)
(This is long, but don't you think an investment as expensive as college should be thoroughly researched beforehand?) Before choosing Loyola, I was warned by someone who knew many people that went to Loyola. 5 out of those 6 hated the experience. I was stupid and ignored the warnings.

I?m going to get straight to the point here. If you were not raised around white people, if you are not from Chicago suburbs like Woodstock, Rockford, etc, and if you are not white, you will feel out of place. People act dress and speak the same. I have never seen so many people wear Rain Boots, North Face jackets/bookbags and wield iphones and camelbak water bottles all at the same time. Loyola must have broken a guinness world record with this one.

There is no spring or summer at this school. I?ve lived in Chicago my whole life so I can attest that yes, weather is shitty, but it is just EXAGGERATED next to the lake. This isn?t the school?s fault but more like their founders? fault for choosing the location. The weather is Chicago weather up the ass. When they decided to place Loyola next to Lake Michigan, they decided to have Chicago weather to the power of up the ass. When its cold, its cold up the ass. I have never experienced weather as shitty as when on campus. The IC library acts like a fucking wind facilitator. You?d think it?d block some wind coming from the lake, but it does the opposite. Oh, and for the days it hot, which are very few, its hot, you guessed it, up the ass. I came up to Rogers Park from the inner city, so I can tell you, the weather anywhere but next to the lake is 10x better. I can only remember days walking on campus with a heavy jacket on.

Now the professors. They vary greatly on your school/major. Some are good, some aren?t, as with any university. Although my share of business profs are disproportionately more awful than lets say my language/math teachers.

As for the dorms, I cannot attest, for I didn?t live in them.

As for the food, for the times I ate in the cafeteria, the food was good (im not a picky eater) but the cafes are god-awful. The worst variety in the world. They assumed our diets consist of pop-tarts, rip-off sushi, and shit yogurt. Although the cafe in water tower has more variety than the rest. Still very rip-off though.

Now the people. As I said, most are white and from suburbs who think they are the absolute shit being in the city of Chicago (then karma kicks in and they get their phones robbed out in the street thanks to local residents). Diversity in racial terms is OK, but socioeconomically, not so much. Asians stick together and form cool-asian cliques as if reliving high school, or generally just stick amongst themselves. Korean population is a fair part of the Asian student body. Lots of internationals from China, Korea. Not many Hispanics. I do see a fair share of Blacks. Lotso Indians. Lotso Pre-Med people. Also, the out of state population is pretty good for a private school from my experience.

Clubs suck. Oh my god. I tried out so many but in the end they are not really worth it. Maybe the professional ones are but the leisure activities ones are just bad. Activities/events are rarely advertised. Rarely will you see organizations outside the library rallying for their club. And when they do, they are obnoxious. I was stopped to talk about abortion and pro-life stuff. Not my cup of tea.

And as for the campus being ?beautiful?, yes, it is quite aesthetically pleasing the first couple days you are here but… everything becomes an eyesore if your around it for long enough. Not a ?traditional? college campus feel. The facilities, at least the newer ones, are good. IC has Mac and PC, but all the PCs look like they?re from 2000. Computers in Cudahy often have lagging/nonworking mice. The tuition is so expensive, yet that can?t update the PCs? They are also building a shit-ton of new dorms. So much goddamn construction. They already have a shit-ton of apartment-style dorms bought out around the area. There?s a new student center. I can see they?re really trying to pack in as much students and money as they possibly can.

The office peoples you'll eventually have to encounter whether it be financial aid questions or general questions have been very nice and helpful. That actually surprised me.

And as a commuter, social life will be virtually nonexistent. Classrooms are not very intimate. People do not try to make friends outside of their high school chums/people on their floor. I knew one girl who wouldn?t stop talking about her high school best friends and how great they are. The school does not cater to commuters. They want you to live on campus; they want your money.

Most tour guides will feed you lies, how they?ve ?never felt out of place? and how everything is ?just great?. They have tours almost everyday, most are huge packs of people that really get in the way because they?re leading them inside the library and its just too crowded. They want to convince as many people as they possibly can that this school is the school to be. THIS IS A SUITCASE CAMPUS. So many people go home on the weekends; campus is dead by friday afternoon/evening on a typical day.

Honestly, I feel like my bad experience wasn't because of Loyola, the school by itself but the students. But I feel my experience was a mix but the people here played a bigger role in my misery trip here. And yes, I talked to people, I talked to many many people, but cannot say I made any genuine friends.

Now, experience will obviously vary, don?t give me BS saying how its all my fault blah blah blah, 'cuz the Jesuit lords really did not want me here. Everything that I dealt with here, every little attempt to find my place here, make friends, make it all worthwhile, all of it ended up with Loyola stabbing my will to go on. I have never ever been so discouraged in my life. My time at Loyola was the lowest low point of my life.

Now I transferred and I feel a large chip has been lifted off my shoulder. Hurray smiles happy ending :)))))

                       
Responses
responseI'm really sorry to read about all of your negative comments regarding Loyola. My son just ended his freshman year and even though we live in the suburbs of Chicago, we are not rich, nor is our only son, privileged, unless you count that he is so very lucky to attend college and to receive an education, so that he, along with others such as yourself, can live productive lives. I read all of these negative comments and I think to myself, "you ungrateful little brats!" Many of us, who graduated high school in either the 70's or sometime in the 80's did NOT have the money to attend a 4 year college, and therefore, we had, HAD to attend a junior college, which, by the way, we paid for ourselves. IF my son had come home and complained about how one group sticks together, or how the instructors don't teach and blah, blah. You called this a "suitcase campus." That is your opinion. Most kids, including our son, was so busy with homework, that he couldn't come home! Nobody that he knew went home on the weekends! As for friends and clubs and fitting in. I will tell you all who feel that you don't fit in at certain schools, (and this includes our son): Nobody is promised an education. If you are lucky enough to attend a good school, then make the most of it! So maybe you don't have as many friends as you did in high school! What in the world do you think your entire life will be about? Working is not…NOT going to be about cliques and fitting in. You will need to adjust and treat everyone with respect. So why not start NOW? If you give people half a chance, most people will meet you halfway. Ask your peers who aren't lucky enough to attend a 4 year university what misery is if they are stuck at flipping burgers and saving their money to attend a good school. Those are the young people that are going to make something of themselves. NOT the whiners! Grow up!
commentUmmmm, to the person who responded. This is a STUDENT REVIEW of the school. These comments are supposed to be able to help other students decide whether or not to go to Loyola. Utmost honesty is absolutely imperative. You need to get off your high horse and shut up if you can't handle the truth.
responseTypical response from kids of your generation. Honest opinions regarding class size, instructors, dorm living assessments, food, transportation issues,help other potential students, but whining about your "misery trip," is really sad, and so very immature. I suggest you take a good look around you and thank your parents for helping you get to college, and get off YOUR high horse, and make some friends. You will thank me much later on for this advice, because with an attitude such as yours, you will never make it far in life. And of course, nothing is EVER your fault, right?
I absolutely do appreciate college. However, I pay for it all myself. I don't need to "thank my parents" since I pay for my own expenses. For a lot of people, this is their experience; this is the truth for some people. Not necessarily myself, but it is how some people feel. You need to learn to respect that. I've got friends, I'm not the one "complaining". Everyone has a right to express their opinion though, you should learn to respect that. Again, my parents don't pay for my education, so quit telling everyone to be grateful and thank their parents. That alone tells me you're a rich privileged person because you assume that everyone's parents help pay for college, which is not the case. I work full time.
commentAdditionally, I will not thank you. You didn't say anything of value; all you did was make ignorant baseless assumptions. Again, get off your high horse and grow up, especially considering you're a parent. Also, they talked about the food and the teachers…things that you claim the person who wrote this didn't talk about.
commentFIrst of all, I didn't write this review. However, this is someone;s opinion and you need to respect it. You telling me to "thank my parents" is ignorant. I work full time and pay for my own education and therefore nobody pays my tuition. The writer talked about the food and instructors, two things you claim he/she didn't talk about. You're making ignorant, baseless assumptions, implying that everyone is immature and has parents who pay their expenses. That's not the case, and for you to assume that leads me to believe you are very privileged and therefore biased. This isn't even my opinion, but it is the truth for some people, and you have to respect that and grow up.
commentSorry, the first time my comment got deleted and I had to rewrite it and I guess it showed up again. Seriously though, your you come across as really rude and condescending and not mature at all. PS. I have friends, my complaints of Loyola aren't about "friends" or anything social.
commentHey green guy, say something constructive, you're the one that is acting immature.

"You called this a "suitcase campus." That is your opinion. Most kids, including our son, was so busy with homework, that he couldn't come home!"

Well, yeah it is his/her opinion, that is why we are here. To review and share our opinions. Your response was that of a 7 year old. I don't like you're opinion so you're wrong and I'm gonna call you a brat. How old are YOU?

commentFurthermore, your son does nothing but hw. That does not sound like a happy kid. In my opinion.
responseI can say that as a student looking at colleges I appreciate this review. Don't feel the need to respond to pathetic parents who have nothing better to do with their time last time i checked this site was for students… not parents.
responseTo the "parent" reviewer response, wow, you know nothing about the reviewer's (me actually) background. Telling me to be grateful to my parents and grateful that I got into a university and not flipping burgers… uh wtf? I said I transferred. If you're not happy with something, why not change it? And I did. F.Y.I; My parents don't know jack squat about college. Every single decision regarding college was made by me/all finances were administered by me. I couldn't go to them for any advice; they wouldn't know what to tell me. They've never been to college and their high school was completed in Mexico… like 30 years ago. They actually thought I was going to DePaul for the first semester. I hope this shows you not everyone has college-literate parents who enjoy bashing StudentsReviews on a for-students website.
responseAlso, I am extremely well aware of the value/importance of a college education. In fact, all my siblings (except one) never completed their high school. All my siblings (except one) are working dead-end jobs b/c of their lack of a high school and/or college. I'm a first-gen college. I live in a low-income neighborhood, yet I'm in college. You, (parent response), are the one who needs to get off that high horse.
responseThanks for your answer. I was always debating between applying to Loyola or not just because it's off Lakeshore drive and the education appears good, however I simply cannot find honest reviewers who have fully enjoyed a loyola experience. For 40 grand a year, I'm sorry you ended up wasting a full year at this school. I hope you like the school you transferred into better!
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