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Instructions
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Related Documents
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(1 of 4) Your application
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For your convenience, Columbia’s admission application also includes a housing application section.
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Essay questions
All applicants are required to complete an essay. The application will allow you to upload your essay as a Word or text file.
Please respond to one of two essay questions:
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Option 1
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Big or small, tell us about a time in your creative or artistic life when you were criticized for your creative decisions or told “no.” Did you abandon your new idea? Refine your new idea? Or did you reject the criticism and proceed full speed ahead? Tell us about your thought process during this time. Do you regret not following through on your idea? Or are you now grateful you didn’t go out on such a precarious limb? How do you think the criticism or denial affected the further development of your creative work?
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Option 2
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Improvements in consumer-grade technology and its relative affordability have provided opportunities for students to create and distribute their art, their films, their writing, and their music in a way previously unavailable. With so much ready access to the technology tools that help produce and distribute these creative works, and with so much work being produced and distributed "out there" (some of it not very good, by the way), how will you make your work stand out? For the moment, forget the technology and what it has done for you and your art form. Tell us, instead, about your ideas. What themes or concepts do you want to explore through your work? What do you want to make your ‘audience’ think or feel? What do you want to make them aware of? Why are you interested in your ideas? Why should anyone else be interested in them? Have you already begun to explore your concepts through your work? What do you hope or expect Columbia College Chicago to contribute to the development of your ideas? What is the first thing you want to do at Columbia to explore your ideas?
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$35 application fee
There is a $35 non-refundable application fee. Students can either submit their payment online in the final step of the application process, use Columbia's online payment form, or send a check or money order payable to Columbia College Chicago. Your options to pay the application fee follow below:
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Columbia Online Application
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Pay during application process
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Online after submitting your application
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Columbia online payment form
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In person or by mail
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Columbia College Chicago
Office of Undergraduate Admissions
600 S. Michigan Ave, Room 301
Chicago, IL 60605-1996
If paying by check or money order, please be sure to include the student’s full name and social security number, if available. Please do not mail cash.
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(2 of 4) Letters of recom-mendation
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One letter of recommendation from your instructor, counselor, advisor, or other individual is required to complete your application.
For your convenience, the online application provides the option of sending an e-mail notification directly to the person you’ve chosen to complete your recommendation. This person will be invited to complete the recommendation online with ease and will not need to mail, fax, or e-mail their recommendation. If using this option, please be prepared with the e-mail address of the person making the recommendation.
Alternatively, you may choose to download the recommendation form to be completed by your Recommender. Please note: the applicant must complete the top portion of the form.
If you are submitting the recommendation separately from the main application, send it to us using one of the following methods.
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In person or by mail
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Columbia College Chicago
Office of Undergraduate Admissions
600 S. Michigan Ave, Room 301
Chicago, IL 60605-1996
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By fax
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312-369-8024
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By e-mail
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admissions@colum.edu
Please be sure the recommendation is in the body of the e-mail, as attachments will not be accepted. The full name and Social Security Number of the applicant, if available, should be featured at the very top the message.
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Columbia Letter of Recom-mendation Form PDF (optional)
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(3 of 4) Official transcripts
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All applicants, including transfer students, are required to submit their official high school transcripts to the Office of Undergraduate Admissions.
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High school applicant
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Have your most recent and/or final transcript sent by your school.
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GED applicant
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Have an official copy of your GED test results (including your scores) sent from the testing agency. Certificates of GED completion are not accepted.
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Home-school applicant
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Have an official copy of your home school transcript sent from a state-recognized home school.
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Transfer applicant
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Transfer applicants who have earned 15 credit hours or more of transferable college credit from an accredited college or university are typically not required to submit their high school transcript.
However, Transfer applicants who wish to present a fuller picture of their academic abilities may supplement their admissions application by including their High School transcript or GED certificate for review.
Please Note: At its sole discretion, Columbia’s Admissions Review Committee may request additional documentation, including official High School Transcript, or GED certificate from applicants at any stage of the review process.
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To all applicants, select one of the following methods to submit your official transcripts:
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Online
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Submit your transcripts online quickly and securely.
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In person or by mail
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Columbia College Chicago
Office of Undergraduate Admissions
600 S. Michigan Ave, Room 301
Chicago, IL 60605-1996
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By fax
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312-369-8024
We will accept faxed transcripts marked clearly as "official" if sent directly by the issuing institution. We are unable to accept faxed transcripts from the individual applicant.
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By e-mail
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admissions@colum.edu
Transcripts sent via e-mail must be sent directly by the issuing institution. We are unable to accept transcripts from the applicant.
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Regarding Test Scores
If you have taken the ACT or SAT, and your scores are not on your high school transcript, please arrange to have your test results forwarded separately to the Admissions Office. Although the ACT or SAT is not required for admission to Columbia College Chicago, these tests are valuable tools for advising new students. All students are strongly encouraged to complete one of them while they are in high school. In many cases ACT scores may be used as an alternative to the College’s placement tests.
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(4 of 4) Immunization records
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All applicants are required to have their immunization records provided to the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. Students are required to submit records showing proof of specific immunizations as follows: one tetanus/diphtheria shot within the last ten years, two separate measles shots during your lifetime, one rubella shot, and one mumps shot; OR one tetanus/diphtheria shot within the last ten years, a combination of one MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) and a second measles vaccination. Students born prior to January 1, 1957 and students enrolled in fewer than six credit hours are exempt from complying with this law, Illinois Public Act #85-1315.
Completed applications can be reviewed without immunization records on file. However, all students are required to have complete immunization records on file prior to Orientation/Registration.
Select one of the following methods to send your immunization documents:
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In person or by mail
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Columbia College Chicago
Office of Undergraduate Admissions
600 S. Michigan Ave, Room 301
Chicago, IL 60605-1996
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By fax
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312-369-8024
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By e-mail
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admissions@colum.edu
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