text: good colleges in the chicagoland area? i'm currently a prepharmacy student and i've been taking course at the city colleges and i really hate it there because the chemistry teachers are horrible. i wanted to transfer to uic early but it costs so much money, even with financial aid. does anybody recommend a chicago college that has good professors and won't break me financially? there's northeastern illinois university.  it's very hard for community college only students to get into pharmacy.  at uic, only 2 or 3 per year are accepted.  talk with uic financial aid, and see what you can get.