I attended and presented at a conference here in the newly-built Wabash Building. The facilities were state-of-the-art and well laid out. Also, there are gorgeous views of the city from most levels.
Classrooms, dorms, and the gym are all centralized within the building, which is convenient for students. However, I am a traditionalist and find the lack of an outdoor "campus" quite lacking. Every audition in Chicago seems to be held here. Over the years they've gotten a bit better too. You used to not be able to get a practice room, but now you can go up and give your id and they'll give you access to one. Still the rooms themselves are not great unless you're in the Ganz (i think that is it) hall. If you can, park outside downtown somewhere free or cheap and then take the rail in. There are fortunately several starbucks nearby cause otherwise this would be the worst building in the world.
eachers- All five of my teachers are definitely qualified to do their job and are helpful if you ever need anything. A particular highlight has been one of my psychology professors. She is young and works full time in the field, so we get to discuss her real-life cases and experience and it makes for an engaging and interactive class. She is always asking us how she can improve, and the time she spends grading the work we turn in is evident. She marks all over our case study analyses-- not to grade us down, but to help us learn APA style and improve our writing/grammar/spelling skills overall. That is above and beyond! It's easy to tell how much she cares about her field of study and the value of our individual education.
Administration- I haven't had too much trouble in this area. The people who work in the offices can be kind of rude and unhelpful, as if it's such a hassle for them to do their job and help you.. but I think probably some of them that I've encountered are work study students so they don't really care much about their job. The library people are really awesome and helpful though. They will help you with anything you need. My one experience calling the technology help desk was abysmal. The guy must have known about technology but he didn't seem to know anything about the school, so he couldn't help me at all with logging into myroosevelt.
Campus (Chicago)- So beautiful and unique! The auditorium building is rich with history and it's really cool we get to be a part of that. There's a great little cafe in the lobby too (which until recently I thought only had coffee- turns out they have much more). They're also working on a cool new 32-story building set to open in 2012. The school really seems to be expanding and growing right now, with the new building and creation of athletics starting this year. It's an exciting time for the Chicago campus.
Financial aid- I don't qualify for any federal aid, but the school granted me an annual $7,000 scholarship just for applying, and my sister received a similar number. So when you're considering the school, shave a few thousand dollars off the initial tuition to get a better idea of your baseline tuition costs.
Roosevelt has a free lifetime alumni membership, which is pretty awesome considering my old undergrad University constantly tries to pressure sales me into becoming a paid alumni member. Roosevelt is also very diverse and has a liberal social consciousness that I appreciated very much.
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