<p>Hi I am really interested in Roosevelt University and I am a senior in high school. I have always wanted to go to college in Chicago and it offers an urban location however many people are saying that going there for undergrad doesn't give you the full college experience...Is this true? Also can you list some pros/cons of Roosevelt and tell me how selective they are and how good they are with financial aid? My parents also want to know how safe it is on campus? I would also be living in the dorms. I'm looking into pre-dentistry/optometry/podiatry right now....
Thank-You! :)</p>
<p>This is not a good college. You should increase your scores and try again.</p>
<p>I have worked in Chicago for many years, and I have seen plenty of Roosevelt grads who are happy and fully-employed. My niece attends for Voice and she is thrilled with the school. Roosevelt sometimes gets lost in the shuffle, since there are so many wonderful schools in the Chicago area.
I will say that for your intention, it is a great idea not to amass too much debt as an undergraduate since those career plans all require very expensive graduate schools.</p>
<p>ty! and informative why is it not a good college?</p>
<p>(un)informative is a ■■■■■. Ignore him, and maybe he’ll either go away or grow up. </p>
<p>I have two Roosevelt degrees. I’d rank it no higher than sixth among Chicago area universities. You can get a good education there (I did) like you can at any college, but there are better schools if you can get into them. If you want to go to school in Chicago and aren’t in the Northwestern/UChicago class, I’d select UIC, DePaul, or Loyola over Roosevelt.</p>
<p>(The above refers to the general education program. The performing arts school has an excellent reputation.) </p>
<p>To answer a couple of your specific questions, since a high percentage of students are commuters and the campus basically consists of a dorm and a classroom building (an architectural masterpiece, to be sure), no, you won’t get a traditional college experience. The area, on Michigan Avenue across from Grant Park, may be the safest in the city. </p>
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<p>Please ignore informative. He just makes up stuff.</p>
<p>Make stuff up? Sorry, where is Roosevelt ranked in US News? Yeah, thats what I thought. Awful school that no one has heard of.</p>
<p>No wonder (un) informative is attached to USNews. They both make stuff up! </p>
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<p>annasdad, on a personal note, is Rooselvelt located in a nice part of Chicago? Is the campus pleasant?</p>
<p>Roosevelt is located in the South east corner of downtown Chicago. There is no campus; the University is nothing more than one or two large buildings with dorms nearby. On the plus side, that section of the Loop (the general term for downtown Chicago) has become something of a student mecca, with several colleges expanding their factilites in the area and opening up dorms. So when walking around, there is a definite student presence, and there are some stores and restaurants that cater to the student population. At night the area is pretty deserted, but not particularly dangerous. You also have public transportation that can take you anywhere in Chicago.</p>
<p>^agree. The classroom building is a landmark, Daniel Sullivan’s famed Auditorium building, which dates from the 1890s (I think, might
be a decade off) and includes the magnificent Auditorium Theater. It looks out on Michigan Avenue, Grant Park, and Lake Michigan. </p>
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<p>Basing your opinion (or in your case, concrete fact) off of US News rankings is like choosing your favorite music artists off of Rolling Stone magazine. Or whatever magazine does those kinds of rankings…</p>
<p>Why would you have expected to have heard of it, informative, when you don’t live in Chicago?</p>