Out of State students?

re-nuh
Sat, 14 Oct 2006 11:11:18 +0000

I was on the Princeton Review website and DePaul was listed as having the major that I plan on entering. I was really excited because not many colleges have my major. Then I noticed DePaul is in Chicago, which is awesome because I really want to attend college in a major city. I continued to read about DePaul on the Princeton Review site, as well as in two of my college guides and depaul.edu. It seems like a wonderful place where I would like to be (diverse, open students into helping the community, not to mention it’s ranked the happiest college). Plus, it’s one school that I really like AND think that I have a shot of getting into it. Sigh I think I’m in love…

BUT, I see that only 30% of the student body is from out-of-state. I’m afraid that everyone will know everyone and form cliques based on the fact that they’re from Chicago…and then I’ll be the lone Ohio girl. My mom knows a woman who went to DePaul and she said that it didn’t feel like a commuter school. My question is, how hard is it for out-of-state students to make friends with the kids from Chicago and Illinois in general?