Haven't checked the whole thread, but has anyone gone to/goes to/know someone who went or goes to Columbia College of Chicago?
http://www.colum.edu/
I'm very interested, because it offers fashion merchandising, theater arts, and film- and though I am not certain what I want to do with my life, I know it will be something related to the arts in some way, shape, or form. But the average high school GPA of their students was a 2.90- laughable in my high stakes school (I have a 3.8, which is laughable to most of the people I know!). Perhaps that is just because most of the students have talent, so grades aren't a huge factor.