Academics and Advising

Colleges and Universities A-Z Illinois Institute of Technology
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<p>I am a faculty member in the CS dept and also director of UG Advising, and I thought I would just post a few comments about the academics and advising at IIT.</p>

<p>1) IIT is a challenging school, and we attract some of the top high school students in the country. Students come to work hard at IIT, and a general expectation is to spend twice as much time out of class working on academics as you do in class.</p>

<p>2) Don't let that scare you, we are here to assist. We have many programs in place to both identify potential problems and help a student adjust to IIT. </p>

<p>3) freshmen year you will take an intro to professions course to learn about your major, faculty, and careers. So right away you can get a sense if your chosen major is correct. But do not worry if it wasn't the correct choice. Changing majors within the first year or so is easy for mist changes.</p>

<p>4) The IPRO program (see separate thread) is kind of the signature program at IIT, what our students talk about at interviews, and what companies like to hear about.</p>

<p>Please post any questions, I will check back periodically.</p>

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<p>Hello IITCSFaculty,</p>

<p>I am a California resident planning to apply IIT as a transfer student. I am a second year student, major in Architecture. Can you give me some general information regard to the School’s environment, Admission (how difficult it is to get in?), Housing, Tuition fee etc… </p>

<p>Thank you very much!</p>