The recap my family has been waiting for

I know that my family is crawling up the walls in anticipation for my impression of Columbia College, so here you go:

• The admissions counselor for Columbia was pulsating with energy and excitement for the school, reminding me of the Columbia representative that I had talked to during a college fair a few months back. Just listening to the guy made me want to send in my tuition deposit and plan my course schedule. 
• Columbia constantly upgrades their technology to match what professionals use in the real world, and boasts a newspaper that is circulated throughout downtown Chicago (The Columbia Chronicle), a magazine, a radio station, and a television broadcasting studio. Columbia's media outlets don't just cover events happening in the College, but all over the city of Chicago. As a matter of fact, The Chronicle is distributed in newsstands next to the Chicago Tribune. 
• If I win a scholarship award between $250-$2000 from a source other than the College (such as an essay competition),  Columbia offers to match my award, essentially DOUBLING the amount of money that I won. 
• Another reason that I love this school is because of their non-traditinal teaching style. Rather than sitting in rows and columns, Columbia's students sit in a circle facing each other, which encourages discussion. Since the class ratio is 17:1, you actually get to know your professor. During the tour, the guides (who also happened to be students) told us that many students score internships through their professor's connections. 
• I also discovered that Columbia is a serious ground for networking. For example, when the College decides to put a theatre event together the fashion majors design and create the costumes, the drama and dance majors put on the performance, the graphic designers advertise the show using photos that the photographers snapped, the videographers capture the show on camera, and the journalists write the reviews. By the time you graduate you have a slew of contacts in every area of communications. This is the stuff that you need in the real world.

Walking to the school, I passed a major network's television broadcasting station. Looking through the glass window, I could see the news anchors' desk, the cameras, and the monitor screens. The studio was dark and empty, but I could imagine the scene coming to life with camera operators, production assistants, and the anchors. I know that someday, when those lights flicker back on, I want to be the one sitting at the news anchor's desk.  This is Ashley......