Chicago State University

This college is so beautiful. It’s truly sad government is shutting it down ‘steada finding a means to infiltrate revenue to sustain it.

No, it is not an Ivy League school. No, you are not PAYING for an Ivy League school. Coming to school here means you pay significantly less that at even the other Illinois state universities. It is not fancy. It is a little run down, but they make improvements every semester, the campus is very safe and the students are kind and funny and take their classes much more seriously than at some other schools. I am white and I have never felt unwelcome or scared. I park off campus I the neighborhood and walk over. I also walk to stores and restaurants in the neighborhood and ride the CTA buses and trains. I love being here.

What’s with all the bad reviews? I’m Hispanic and I like it here. It did feel a bit weird at first surrounded by all black people and feeling like the odd man out (paranoid that everyone was looking at me LOL but no) but I got used to it really quickly and don’t feel like I get treated differently. People here are much friendlier than where I used to go. Only con is it is in a shady neighborhood. There is campus police everywhere though. Most of my classes are really easy and like other universities you often have to listen to socialist professors and their ramblings but that is pretty much a given. A few professors are very challenging though, even for me. I initially just came here because I was getting a scholarship but I ended up liking it. Oh also, there is a free shuttle service that operates around campus and takes students to the redline. Beats waiting for the bus across the street in front of the seedy gas station.
They have tons of scholarships. You just have to get good enough grades, which here is not that high. The acceptance rate here is actually very low. It makes it seem like a selective school but not really. Average ACT score is like 17. The plus side of this is that they design things to make you succeed; as much as an impersonal bureaucracy can anyways. I came from a different, less underprivileged university, and they couldn’t care less about you. Nor did they offer really much in the way of scholarships or they made it seem very hard to reach. But here they have incentives to help you. For example here you have to go meet with your advisor every semester to make sure you got the right classes and are on track for graduation. And of course the scholarships, among other little things.

Poor excuse for a College or University! Please save yourself the money, time and quite frankly your life (it is in a horrible crime infested neighborhood). All the crime that is going on in Chicago right now is right around this University!
The administration is poorly ran and customer service does not exist! I would be embarrassed to put this school down on my resume! Just google the university and you will see for yourself!

Pretty run down! Lack of resources. Doesn’t compare to other state school. Higher ups have no idea what they are doing and have a long history of being shady.

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They make you pay $ 5 for parking everyday even though you are registered for classes, wtf!!!

I originally registered for school here in 2003. I completed 2 semesters before I became very busy with my job and had to postpone obtaining my BA.
I decided to return last year and finish and while I am now walking away with my bachelor’s degree I also feel a little empty handed and unprepared in moving forward with my masters.
The 3 stars are for the few professors that are really really awesome and cannot go unnoticed! Dr. Elizabeth Arnott-​Hill is a certified genius and is an amazing instructor. She teaches cognitive psychology and knows her stuff inside and out! I also had the privilege of sitting as a research assistant for her and learned so very much. Some other great professors in the psychology department are Professor Kaife Abedin (also an advisor), Tracy Bibbs, Dr. Laosibikan, Dr. Etta is a riot and Professor Redman.
The administrative departments at CSU are ridiculously understaffed and NEVER, NEVER answer the phones or return emails. If you want help, you have to go up to the school. I am really looking forward to continuing my education at NEIU this coming summer and absorbing some much needed knowledge that will be required in my career path.

Run… do not walk… AWAY from this place. the low retention rate, the nonchalance of the professors, the unfeeling and uncaring of the admin department as well as the financial aid department. If you are enticed by the low tuition, don’t be. As you will have to fight agains the succubus that this place becomes on your soul, you will have to fight against a strong current of a black hole to escape it if you think of transferring anywhere else. Credits will not be given, admin will give you attitude and recommendations will not be awarded.
If possible, this place would get a «HELL NO» rating… not an EEK!