Professors know your name? Depends on who you are, how good you are, and how friendly you are.
Favorite class? Too many to count for too many different reasons.
Least favorite? Imaging. The most useless and repetitive class I ever took. Completely a waste of money and time.
How often did I study? For anything outside art history? Almost never. My, and all my friend's, priorities were to improve our art as much as we could, not ace the biology final.
Class participation? For my department, classes, and teachers: yes and highly encouraged. But that answer will vary for everyone.
Do students have intelligent conversations? About as much as any other college. The student had about the same proportion of intelligence as any other school really, judging from information provided by friends from other schools (which may come as a surprise to many people who think art school are for the stupid).
Are Students Competitive? Depends on the department. Mine? YES. But it was a good competition. The talented tended to surround themselves with the other talented in oder to be motivated to do better. Those that did this excelled. Those who did not tended to not do as well.
Most unique class I took? Freelance and Business. Taught you invaluable information on what the freelance world is like for graphic designers and illustrators and gave amazing advice/counseling on how to promote oneself and get a job (interviews, followups, portfolio drop-offs, researching jobs, etc.)
Major/department? I was an Illustration Major in the Communications Design department. Fantastic department due to its teaching staff (if you did research and took the good teachers) and it's fantastic department head. Kathleen was always willing to help and did all she could for her students and it showed.
Professors outside of classes? I managed to spend time with almost all my favorite teachers outside of class. Whether it be social gatherings, art shows, or simply getting something to eat. As long as you were friendly, respectful, and hard working the teachers were responsive, nice, and incredibly personable.
Academic Requirements? What requirements? Judging from some of the students who graduated with me I saw absolutely no standards being upheld. I was disgusted with what the teachers were forced to pass simply to keep the money flowing into the school. Granted it is good to encourage students and push them the first couple years, but if their work is still that of a Junior High School-level upon becoming a mid-year senior you neither have the talent nor the drive to deserve the diploma. And many of these people got them regardless. It was one of my biggest gripes about the school really. Their standards need to be far more strict in who they graduate.
Education geared for jobs or learning? Depends on the department. COMD is both: as an illustration major they greatly encouraged me to take as many fine art classes and animation classes (classes outside my major) to hone my fundamental skills and improve my art, and at the same time forced me to also take sensible, practical classes that taught me how to get myself out there and get a job. To me, it was brilliant and paid off. Other departments, though? Like Art History or Fine Art? Dude, you're on your own.