Columbia College Chicago

It can be a mixture! While of course academics carry weight we also look at other materials students give to try and build a picture of who this student is. We look for reasons to admit, not to deny! For all our BA programs, portfolios are not required but if a student wants to go for the portfolio-based scholarship (that is decided by faculty, the experts in the fields), we can at least still see a portfolio and it can only help to show who you are in the Admissions process! Sidenote: portfolios are required for all BFA/ BMus students!

We have an honors program here at Columbia. If a student meets the requirements and wants to participate in the academic program in it, they can! This is good for students who see themselves as "academic thrill seekers." For folks who enjoy an additional layer of challenge. You get access to honors level courses to fulfill your gen eds and access to optional honors housing. These are some basics about the program!

Honor students have the optional honors housing. It's a floor dedicated to students in the honors program! It helps students build community within the program.

Whether it is from work study or not these are essentially on campus jobs like working front desks to some offices or buildings, being a tutor, helping run facilities, etc! Both work study and non work study folks can apply for on campus jobs!

Columbia College Chicago is willing to evaluate any college credit courses a high school student has taken, like dual enrollment.

We use Transferology.com! Students can make a free account and look up their courses to see if they've been transferred in in the past. You can also e-mail our transfer team at transfer@colum.edu for help if you are looking to transfer from a 2 year or a 4 year.