<p>anyone do this or know people that did?</p>
<p>Can you party?</p>
<p>Good program?</p>
<p>Whats it like?</p>
<p>Is it really intensive?</p>
<p>I was hoping a student would answer your question but since no one has, I will share my daughter’s experience with IFS. At the recommendation of an older friend who had attended IFS when she was a freshman, my daughter signed up for it. She had a great time, made friendships which endure today 3 1/2 years later, learned her way around campus at a time when campus is not filled with 30,000 students. The class she took was not easy- after all you earn 3 credits in three weeks- but it was interesting. There were associated social activities with IFS that I remember she enjoyed. As far as partying, I don’t know. She is not into partying. One added note, if you do do IFS, IU appears to be attempting to track long term effects of students who participated in IFS by sending surveys via email every semester. My daughter has always responded to them because they are sent with the promise of possibly winning a gift card for participating. She has joked that she must be the only one responding because she has won prizes several times totaling over $100 in value. So answer those surveys!</p>
<p>how long ago was that, because it seems like it is a 2 week program now.</p>
<p>This lead me to do more research, seems as though the program has been making big changes every year for the last few years so it may be pretty diffrent now.</p>
<p>and also curious about the cost I know it says only $125 to enroll but what do books and such cost?</p>
<p>It was in 2009. When my daughter participated in IFS, we had to pay the tuition for 3credits and there were charges for staying in the dorm. The book fees were dependent on which class the student takes. I don’t know the details for how the program is currently set-up.</p>
<p>Ok. Follow the links at [Intensive</a> Freshman Seminars - Home](<a href=“http://www.ifs.indiana.edu%5DIntensive”>http://www.ifs.indiana.edu) to get a more detailed description including costs. I see it has been changed to 2 weeks and as long as those credits plus your fall credits do not exceed 17 total credits there is no tuition fee. That is nice though it wouldn’t have helped my daughter since she took 17 credits her first semester 
Every student I know who participated in IFS enjoyed it.</p>
<p>Does anyone know if the IFS was 2 or 3 weeks in 2012? Two weeks seems VERY intense to finish a 3-credit course plus all of the other activities. Would love to hear from a student (or parent of student) who completed a 2-week IFS. It really does sound like a great program!</p>
<p>yea I am curious as well I dont want to dig myself in a hole with a bad first class before school even started and have a bad gpa</p>
<p>This thread got me curious. I found a link to a student blog which talks about changing to 2 weeks. I’m on my ipad and have no idea how to copy the link so if you google “The 411 on IFS” the first listing that comes up is this blog. Hope it answers some of your questions :)</p>
<p>They made IFS two weeks in 2012. I did IFS in 2011, and it was a great experience. It was extremely busy, and the class was very challenging (some of the classes are blowoffs though). </p>
<p>I had some issues later during my freshman year with a grad student professor in the same department my IFS professor was in. My IFS professor met with me about the situation and then met with the grad student. The next week, the grad student instructor came in with a brand new syllabus and dropped the previous two tests. </p>
<p>You can get to know your professors at IU pretty well if you put in the effort, but you’ll have no choice other than getting to know your IFS professor very well and I know that many of the people I met through IFS still go to their professor for advice on various things. </p>
<p>As far as partying goes. There’s nothing stopping you if you can find a party to go to. Bloomington though is extremely dead during IFS (it’s technically after the summer session ends). You’re a real college student and no one tells you can’t go party.</p>