<p>I am both a faculty and staff member at Illinois Institute of Technology, where I have been since 1992, and I am willing to tackle or refer any posts about IIT. (Sorry about the duplicate post; I'm new here.)</p>
<p>Yes, please, info on your school. We visited Chicago this summer and loved it. Son wants to major in Biomedical Engineering. Saw your campus on way to White Sox game. Concerned with Safety. Are students able to live on campus all four years?
Does biomedical engineering offer a coop, internship program?</p>
<p>We live in New Orleans, and are concerned about weather for the son, but there are no good programs down here for what he wants to study.</p>
<p>Thanks for any input.</p>
<p>Hi Montegut; IIT students definitely can live on campus all four years. And the character of the neighborhood has improved steadily and enormously over the last ten years. The headquarters of the Chicago Police Department is directly to the south of the campus across 35th street, and the headquarters of the Chicago Fire Department is actually located in the IIT Tower in our Technology Park at the south end of campus. You can review the campus safety report at <a href="http://publicsafety.iit.edu/campus_safety_report_2007.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://publicsafety.iit.edu/campus_safety_report_2007.pdf</a> but generally the campus is a very safe place. I have worked here for 16 years including teaching and taking classes at night and have never had an incident of any kind. </p>
<p>We do have WINTER here which I know does come as a bit of a shock to those from the Gulf Coast--I own a house in Milton in the Florida panhandle myself. But if my Nigerian students can adjust--and they do--I'm sure folks from New Orleans can too!</p>
<p>I don't have an answer about coops and internships in Biomedical Engineering but I will check into that and get back to you. I have taught Biomedical Engineering undergrads in our Interprofessional Project courses and they were very impressive students.</p>
<p>Thank you so much for your input! I look forward to reading more posts from you. </p>
<p>Oh, and I know where Milton is. My family used to go to Pensacola every summer, and my dad always took a wrong turn and we ended up in Milton. </p>
<p>Good luck this winter, and thanks again for your input.</p>
<p>Ahh, thanks so much
i v finally found IIT's forum here, or something about IIT.
I am an international student from China and i have talked with the admission office about my status and have applied for IIT. I heard that IIT was a contender of CIT and MIT 30 years ago, and i have looked into the website of iit and loved the environment of the school. I would want to take biology major as an undergraduate student there. I am attracted by the smart classes. Does IIT have a competitive biology major? I would like to know more about what is offered to the undergrad students that is unique and differs from other schools. </p>
<p>Thank you VERY MUCH :) </p>
<p>Aileen</p>
<p>I have a number of questions regarding the school.
1- How is the biochemistry department?
2- Have you ever heard of the RUSH (dual enrollment) program? If so, can you tell me what you know about it?
3- How does a student start research? Do you need any special stipends or programs?
4- How is the pre-med program?
5- DO you like it there?
6- Ever heard of other BA/DO programs? How competitive are they?</p>
<p>Thanks a bunch!</p>
<p>How many students who interview for Camras actually are offered the scholarship? What benefits does being a Camras scholar bring? Is it worth it?
How does the computer science dept rate?
Thanks.</p>
<p>Deadline is today, right?</p>
<p>Hi, I applied to IIT on Early Action 1, but they wanted me to submit a midyear report, i checked the online status again and it said: App: JC Denied. What does that mean? particularly the JC? I am worried…</p>
<p>I’m also interested in the biochemistry department. I probably won’t be able to visit till maybe December, so anything I could learn would be great!</p>
<p>My online status also says “App: JC Denied.” What does this mean?</p>
<p>Same here. What does “App: JC Denied” stand for?</p>
<p>I recently received an acceptance email from IIT so I’m starting to get curious about Chicago (I’ve never been there) and the IIT environment. I want to learn as much as I can so that I can make an informed decision in the coming months.</p>
<p>A few questions that I’ve got:
- Is IIT located right in downtown Chicago or slightly outside/in the suburbs?
- Is there any updated residence information - e.g. pictures or floorplans - I could look at whilst I wait for my admissions package?
- How is the public transport in Chicago? Is IIT convenient in case I decide to live off campus after freshman year?
- What is the climate like? I’m from Toronto and our annual range goes from about -30 degrees in the winter all the way up to 30 in the summer - how does Chicago compare?
- How is the architecture department? How many students, professors and what are the average class sizes for freshman courses?
- Are there opportunities for an international student to work part-time on campus?</p>
<p>Thanks for your help.</p>
<p>Also, my online status still says “Status Pending” but I got the email…is this just a matter of the database not being updated?</p>
<p>I checked my app status and it says Admit:Unconditional</p>
<p>does that mean i got in?</p>
<p>because i haven’t received any email…</p>
<p>Hey ipodless…
I think Unconditional = You got in =)</p>
<p>My status is still “Pending”.</p>
<p>yeah i got the same thing. what is JC???</p>
<p>Basically this means that IIT thinks you are a very good candidate for admission but your academic preparation is not quite where it should be to admit you. Usually it means you don’t have enough math background, or it might be that you were a great student overall but the 'F’s you got in Art and Autoshop–despite your 'A’s in English and Chemistry–pulled your GPA down a little too much, or maybe you have pretty decent grades but you completely tubed your ACT or SAT. The “JC” is an abbreviation for “Junior College”–an antiquated term for what are now–except in Joliet–called “Community Colleges”. This is a suggestion that you might want to to attend a community college and apply to IIT again. The cool thing about going to a community college and then applying is that a year of really good performance (3.0 or above) at a community college more or less erases whatever you did (or didn’t) do in high school–and two years there buries your high school stuff forever, at least when it comes to applying to IIT. You become a “transfer student” and IIT primarily looks at your college performance and not how you did in high school. You should also get a letter from IIT explaining the same thing much more smoothly and suavely than I have done here.</p>
<p>Here’s a quote from the “official” letter:
“IIT has developed transfer guidelines for local city and community colleges that list all classes that will transfer to IIT in your chosen major. If you maintain a B average or better in the transferable courses, you are welcome to reapply as a transfer student to be reconsidered for admission to IIT.”</p>
<p>“This offer is sent to a selected number of students each who demonstrate very strong professional and personal promise in their academic studies but who - in the opinion of the Admission Committee - would benefit from a year of transitional coursework before enrolling at Illinois Institute of Technology. We also want you to know that over 80% of the students who pursue a rigorous course of academic studies in 30-60 credits at a community college successfully matriculate at IIT.”</p>
<p>(‘matriculate’ is college-talk meaning “to enroll as a member of a body and especially of a college or university” and should not be confused with ‘masticate’ which means “to chew”.)</p>
<p>Hope that helps…</p>
<p>Reply to “catpaws”
I think about 30-40% of the students who come to campus this year for Camras full scholarship interviews are offered the scholarship.</p>
<p>Other than the full tuition scholarship, the Camras Scholars organization has meetings, outside speakers, community projects, and events with IIT senior administration. It is definitely worth it</p>
<p>The BS in CS program is accredited by ABET, similar to other top engineering school CS depts. Our best graduates have recently gotten accepted to graduate programs at MIT, Carnegie Mellon, U of Cal Berkeley and Georgia Tech. Also hired by top local and US high tech companies, MS, AOL, Google, Motorola, YouTube, Intel, etc</p>
<p>Reply to spngebodge</p>
<p>A few questions that I’ve got:
- Is IIT located right in downtown Chicago or slightly outside/in the suburbs?
IIT is in the city, 10-15 minute EL ride south of the loop </p>
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<li><p>Is there any updated residence information - e.g. pictures or floorplans - I could look at whilst I wait for my admissions package?
[IIT</a> Housing Services | Housing Choices](<a href=“http://www.iit.edu/housing/choices/]IIT”>http://www.iit.edu/housing/choices/)</p></li>
<li><p>How is the public transport in Chicago? Is IIT convenient in case I decide to live off campus after freshman year?
Very convenient public transportation, bus, EL, commuter train. All full time students get CTA pass as part of tuition.</p></li>
<li><p>What is the climate like? I’m from Toronto and our annual range goes from about -30 degrees in the winter all the way up to 30 in the summer - how does Chicago compare?
Chicago does have all 4 seasons, summers are usually 80-90F, winters are 20-30F with snow/wind, Spring and Fall are beautiful</p></li>
<li><p>How is the architecture department? How many students, professors and what are the average class sizes for freshman courses?
Top notch, one of the top 5-10 in the country. Classes are small in general, Freshmen studios are about 15-20 students, freehand/materials lab maybe 25 students</p></li>
<li><p>Are there opportunities for an international student to work part-time on campus?
yes</p></li>
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<p>IITCSFaculty,
I don’t know when or if you’ll see this, but I was wondering if housing tries to put the Camras Scholars together or in the same area when dealing with dorms? I thought I heard something about this at the interview weekend, but I wasn’t positive. I could just ask housing about this, but I was wondering if you might know anything about it. That’s because I’m going to be attending IIT next year as a camras scholar and I was going to room with my brother who is currently attending, but I didn’t know if they would prefer me with the other Camras people.</p>
<p>Thanks for any help!</p>