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Answer by gary
Submitted on 4/27/2004
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ITT Tech is a joke. A complete waste of time. The teachers did not what they were teaching at all. In matter of fact a teacher of mine said "They wanted me to teach tech classes and I am a economics teacher, they said it didint matter, just give the students a lab and let them mess around for the remainder of the peiod" another one of my teachers stated on the first day of class "I dont know anyhting about this subject, I am going to be learning with you". The picture I got was students with financial aid were better of passing, almost guaranteed. I paid cash for the school, I took 2 quarters off in pursuit of a better career. Collectors called me to collect my remaining balance of $1600 dollars, I paid for my entire schooling cash...so, doesnt that sound un professional. Itt tech was a dissapointment, I feel like I wasted time and money. In matter of fact many tech pro's stated they would never hire an Itt tech student.

Answer by Robert
Submitted on 6/6/2004
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I am currently attending Itt-Tech and I have to say that I am sort of split down the middle. The teachers that I have DO know what they are talking about, but in the process they don't go into what they are teaching. I mainly blame the books they use, 2 classes we went through the entire book to mark out circuits drawn wrong, bad explanations, incorrect labeling, and labs we couldn't do because they were all wrong. But there is a lot of hands on stuff going on! I graduate in september of 2004 and might be going back for my bachelors. And attending in Louisiana for now for CEET computer Electronic Engineering Tech. Also all my teachers were either in the army, navy, or whatever to get into the field they wanted and all have Masters in what they are teaching. So it really all depends on what state you are in and how qualified your teachers are. P.s. Try not to miss many classes, you tend to miss a hella lot! lol

Answer by ssidrahk
Submitted on 7/21/2004
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I agree fully with Radraver. I also have a 4.0. The books are horrible. ITT wouldn't be so bad if they would stop using books written by the lowest bidder in India (they really are written by the lowest bidder in India). Here's a direct quote from my Novell book "A group is a group of users making up a group." What the f***??!?! The lab assignments in the books are all messed up as well. Most of the teachers are knowledgable in their subjects, but they don't seem to really want to be there and don't care if we learn or not. If ITT charged a normal college tuition, then it would be worth the value; but with them charging us $35k for an associates degree, it's definately not worth the money. And as mentioned above, you can not transfer credits to a different college. Once you start ITT, you're stuck there or you wasted a lot of money. Here in Texas, we don't even have the option of going for a bachelor's degree at all. So if I want to get one, I have to start over again from the beginning at a new college or move to another state to continue with ITT.

Answer by ConfusedInMemphis
Submitted on 8/9/2004
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I'm a current ITT Tech student in Memphis, Tn. I'm starting to worry about the quality of education I'm paying for. The online classes here suck. I, as well as others, have instructors who don't know what they are teaching. A few instructors here are for real, but for the most part, they are there for a paycheck. Our dean just got fired, and so did some other exec. This was due to some financial problems or something. Several of the students that started when I did have already dropped out due to misleading promises made by the recruiters. I don't know what to do. I'm in my second quarter. Just thought I would give my personal insight.

Answer by Anonymous Professor
Submitted on 8/30/2004
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OK. Here's the deal. I am a part time instructor at ITT. I actually started out at a tech school and have been pretty successful in life, so I wanted to sort of "give back" if you will, to really make a difference and teach at a place like I went to. When they hired me, the asked for a list of classes that I felt I could teach. I am a Sr. Software Engineer by day and really wanted to make an impact teaching programming, web design, and database theory to students. However, that list went out the window and they put me down for Networking and Linux classes. Of course I told them I don't know more than the basics of either of those subjects, but that didn't matter to them. "We have all the curriculum. You can just learn it as you go." Understand this: ITT is a for-profit school, meaning if you fail and drop out, they don't get paid. So really, it is the job of the instructor to make sure you pass, regardless of your knowledge. Of course the classes are easy. If it was hard and the pass/fail rate was anywhere near a "real" college, they couldn't stay in business. That being said, you get what out of ITT, or any school, what you put into it. Many professors here, including myself, do care about the students, try to teach to the best of our abilities, and are knowledgeable in the subject. But if your parents, workman's comp, or the army is paying the bills and you really don't care or put an effort in, you still are going to blow $35K on nothing. But that would be the same at a regular school too. My personal advice would be for you to figure out what you want to do and do that at a local junior college, then transfer to a four year university. A two year degree is worthless these days, and with a struggling economy not many people are looking for entry level people with an AA from ITT-Tech. But no matter where you go, apply yourself. It is all about how much you can learn before you hit the job market. Employers want real-world skills, even from entry level applicants. You must be able to demonstrate that you can perform the job in the interview or you�ll never get that job. Good luck

Answer by jex590
Submitted on 9/1/2004
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I DO NOT or WOULD NOT ever recommend anybody going to ITT Tech. I just quit my teaching job there. (I taught Math part time this past year in the Chicago area) First off anyone that said that they don't feel that they learned something is completely correct. The way they have things setup IS NOT an effective way for learning. A 4-5 hour class one day a week is not how you learn anything. (It also SUCKS to teach 1 class for that long of a period of time.) To the person who didn�t like the books, you are right, they do SUCK!!!! Second, for the education that you do get, and the money that you will spend, you are better off at a community college. THEY ARE CHEAPER!!!! I went to a community college, for a while, and I am currently teaching at one. Based on my experiences as a student, and a teacher, I think that you will find that you will get a better education, and if you do decide to transfer to a university, or private college, your credits will transfer. The credits don�t transfer from ITT, because it is not an accredited school. This also effects on how some employers feel about the education received there. The engineering firm that I work for (my �real� full time job is design engineer) wouldn�t even think about hiring somebody from ITT. If we�re talking about ITT�s CAD program, where I was at, they only taught AutoCAD/Mechanical Desktop. This software is great, one because it is very easy teach, and for students to learn and that several companies use it. Except large corporations like John Deere, GM, Ford, they don�t, they use Unigraphics, or Pro-E or something that is more 3-D modeling based. The engineering firm that I work at now, uses Unigraphics, and we are a small place, but since most of the work we do is for the automotive industry, and that is what GM, is using, that is what we use. Where I am currently teaching they not only teach AutoCAD, but CADKEY, Pro-E, Unigraphics, Solid Works, Inventor, and 3-D Studio Max. Finally, if you only want associates degree, you are better off at a community college. With your associates, you WILL get a job, just about anywhere that they want an individual with a technology based education. When I got mine, I got the associates, along with a certificate that said that I was proficient in Mechanical Design. I worked my way through college at various manufacturing/engineering corporations working in either drafting departments, or in test labs. Unless you are overwhelmingly impressed by the commercials on TV, I would seriously look into what your local community or city college can offer. If the one in your district doesn�t offer you something that you feel you need, you can always petition the department, and the college to let you take something out of district for the same cost. You will get a better education, and more importantly if you want to go higher with you education, you will have more options.

Answer by Ryan
Submitted on 9/7/2004
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I am a third quarter ITT Tech student at the Canton facility in Michigan. In the two years before I started attending ITT, I had gone through failure after failure in different community colleges in my area. After all of the upset of failed attempts at college, I took a chance and went down to the ITT campus in Canton. When I got there, I was greeted by an ITT representative who gave me the full break down on the accomplishments ITT has established in the past twenty years. To say the least, the information impressed me. So I saddled up and moved into the technical realm studying for CNS (Computer Networking Systems). Now, after my first two quarters here, I have grown quite attached to my little single hall campus. Like every school that I have attended, you occasionally get a teacher with a little bit of a "learning dissability" but for the most part, every teacher I've had have been incredible teachers. Most of my teachers have been pulled from the corporate world and understand the things that will make you successful in a technical enviroment. I will agree on one point that I heard in a posting on this page and that was the information in the text books that we recieve. There are a fair amount of errors in the books they supply us with, but a good teacher will notice those mistakes and adapt his/her technics to make sure you are still getting just information. So all in all, I would have to say that ITT has saved me from a life of flipping burgers and the McDonalds down the road or taking orders from a training managment at the local hardware store. For this alone, I am very grateful.

Answer by Fane
Submitted on 9/10/2004
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i just finished my first session at ITT, and low and behold, i have learned..well nothing. I had an online class thata third grader could have passed, and a math class that was something a third grader would pass also. I am Paying money for Cisco like corses that arent cisco. and I HAVE ALREAY HAD ALL FOUR SEMESTERS. They are trying to charge me AGAIN to take something I took, IN HIGH SCHOOL, that counted for college credit. The more I think about it, the more I am really starting to hate this school. Another thing I dislike, is the fact that They said they would work with me on my schedule. I work full time and support myself so I have to work full time(it takes care of benefits, and rent, and insurance, and bills) BUT they didnt, They gave me classes that conflict with my work schedule, so I had to go to my boss and work out something completely stupid so I could attend school. now I dont have much of a weekend because I have to work to make up the time I have to be at school. My rep wrote down the days I can attend school, and the times, Sadly, He achieved neither. I MIGHT finish this semester, then I'm getting the hell out of here. Join the Air force and have them pay me to go to school, and get an education that I can actually use instead of piddle farting with stuff I already know.

Answer by Doogie
Submitted on 9/13/2004
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I have an associate�s degree from ITT out of Spokane, Washington. In hindsight, I think it would have been a better move to attend a state university. At the time I was sold on the fact that you finish the program in 2 years. Now, I need a piece of paper that says "bachelor�s degree" on it to be promotable at work. So my options are limited to returning to ITT for a year. Unless I opt to spend the next 6 years attending a state school (no thanks). In my opinion, an education is what you make of it. I work with ITT students that run circles around employees with "real" bachelor degrees. ITTs tuition costs are higher than tuition at a state school. But, tell that to my brother. He is getting a bachelor's from Montana State this year and he is approaching $50k in total debt. Ouch!

Answer by Jekler
Submitted on 9/17/2004
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I'm in my first quarter at ITT. I have to say it's a good school so far. The teachers are knowledgeable for the most part, the books and teachers do make mistakes, but that's not a symptom unique to ITT Tech. Almost every published technical manual or reference I've ever seen has a large number of mistakes. There's not a single book on programming out there where all the code actually works. "I have a 4.0 and hardly even opened a book." To this I say, if you're not getting an education, start trying. You're not getting one because you're not seeking one. They give you material, if you don't read it, don't do further study or research on the subject matter, then you are just wasting your money. I really have to say, the experience is what you make of it. If you put forth the effort, you'll get something back. If you sit back and just saunter through, completing exactly what's required and no more, that's a pretty good analogy to how you're going to lead the rest of your life. Minimum effort, minimum wage. I'd have to say the school is for self-motivated people. They don't jab you with a cattle prod to get you going. Either you're into IT stuff or you're not. There's a few people at the school I go to (Norwood OH) who are taking courses for the second or third time who just didn't try the first time through and aren't motivated to really do it. I think I have an advantage because I was 100% certain that I wanted to do it, and I knew what program of study I wanted to go through. As for credits not being accepted at some other schools, why was that a surprise? ITTs accreditation is readily available, and most every university in the US publishes a list of accreditations they accept transfers from. Of course, even if your transfers are rejected, you can always write an appeal to the college you're applying to, make an appearance and argue your case (That you really know what you're doing and that you'll make a wonderful asset to the school). They might very well accept your transfer credit solely on the basis that you were ambitious enough to write a letter of appeal.

Answer by John
Submitted on 9/17/2004
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ITT Tech and similar schools are rip offs, offering a technical education that will become obsolete in a few years while charging tuition that is comparable to state universities. The schools are a scam to siphon federal finachial aid money. Some of the programs in their curriculum rely on teaching the current technology (programming languages, system-specific software and hardware) and not the science and theory behind it (e.g. compiler design and automata theory haven't changed much since the 1960s and before). New programming languages and hardware architectures come out all the time, your technical knowledge from ITT Tech will be obsolete within 10 years, most likely sooner than that.

Answer by Joe from NC
Submitted on 10/4/2004
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Personally I feel ITT Tech is a good school overall, the books do suck though. The only reason I am attending is to get my degree. I already have a job as a Programmer for an Engineering firm. I recommend you just learn the stuff on your own, you are alot better off getting a job. The only down fall I see with ITT tech is they are not keeping up with the job market. I currently work as a .NET Developer and ITT Tech doesnt teach any .NET stuff. I wouldnt even have my job without going out reading programming books on my own. I say if you are in it for CAD it's ok. But I dont know about the multimedia and programming you might not have the most up to date skill when you graduate though.

Answer by Confidential
Submitted on 10/12/2004
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My experience at ITT was ok but not as rewarding as I hoped it would be. I mastered and became the best at AutoCadd there.Thats simple I could have learned that software as a kid. The school never gave the students actual on the job training like reading and studying Details and Blue Prints. And the differences in symbols in the different fields of Drafting.I learned that on the job and I found MY OWN LEADS"". I practically had to force the information out of my instructors to get the education I wanted. My suggestion to all those interested in the school know what your getting into before going in talk to the People employed by Drafting Companies. My advise go to a 4 Year university. ITT only teaches the basics.

Answer by Radraver
Submitted on 10/13/2004
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After 9 months at ITT (3rd. Quarter) I realized I was learning nothing and going into serious debt. I dropped and now attend community college. I'm learning, my credits are transferable, and the industry recognizes the degree. None of which can be said for at ITT. Not only does the curriculum fail to meet even a High School level of learning, the ITT I was attending failed to meet the minimum requirements set forth by the accrediting council and mandated by State and Federal laws. Not one of my courses met the 'hours of instruction per credit unit' requirements. Since tuition is based upon credit units, not only am I (and many others at ITT) being cheated out of an education, I'm paying for a service I'm not getting. Since ITT does this knowingly and willingly, it's freud.

Answer by VB
Submitted on 10/18/2004
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I have just started at ITT tech and was actually just surfing the net to find out what others thought about the school because thus far I've been unimpressed. Granted, this is my first quarter and therefore the subject matter is probably still very basic,but I am taking an operating systems class, a bull@#$& strategies class, and a hardware class and so far I have a A with zero hours of study. The online class I am taking with them is such a joke that I've spent exactly 1 hour each week on it and I have an A in that class also. I don't know,just wondering what others thought. I think I am going to quit and go back to a regular college next quarter and finish my BBA. Not worth the cash thus far! Thx all!

Answer by EU
Submitted on 11/9/2004
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ITT is a good school if you put in hard work. 1.Community Colleges are over ratio and students can not get needed classes. 2.The schedule from ITT is great because it allows you to go to work and school. 3.Credits do transfer and it is up to the accepting University to accept them or not. However, you need to keep your course catalogs and do the research. FOr example, Devry (a university) will accept an AS from ITT towards their BS. I have also heard of CAL States taking a BS from ITT towards a MASTERS in the correct field. There are also other schools that will take your degree. 4.Since ITT has 70+ schools, you WILL have more BAD students and BAD teachers. One of the best teachers I have had at ITT that runs his class like a real class (Masters from UCLA) has said ITT has the WORST students he has ever taught as a whole. Sure some teachers are BAD but some students are too. I got a job in my field my 3rd quarter in school and have been working as a manager in my degree's field since. I intend to finish my BS next June and possibly continue. ITT is a perfect school for working adults. 1.My company went to HIRE at ITT TECH and another nice company I know of has hired at ITT TECH and is part of the advisor board. 2.I worked with a student from SAN FRANCISCO with a BS in CS and he tells me that career services for his school are non-existent and more of the same type of things that happen at ITT and every OTHER COLLEGE. 3.When it comes to choosing a graduate from any school the interview process is what will win you the job. The degree will put your foot in the door to get the INTERVIEW but if you don�t show your skills at the interview, then you will not get the job. The facts are ITT is a known name in technology so that helps but it will not guarantee you a job. I have heard of students doing stupid things at interviews that have cost them job offers. 4.As far as marketable, you will have to know how to market yourself. That is YOUR JOB. There are people working in the field with only a HS diploma and self taught but they have had to prove more to get were they are at. I think you will able to compete with people with the same type of degree (AS, BS etc) However, since most people with a degree in technology have a BS, an AS will not do much for you in this field so you have to work at it. Experience is also a major factor. It is a very tough market out there, so you have to work hard at it to get in the field.

Answer by Slick
Submitted on 11/14/2004
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I am currently a quarter seven student at ITT. I am currently enrolled in their Applied Associates in Software Application Programming. I agree with everything that has been said about the ITT text books. The only way to learn programming is by having example code to look at to view the structures and variables, etc. The coding examples in the NIIT books are almost always wrong. While this has helped me tremendously with my ability to debug code by eye, it is not conducive to learning a new programming language from the beginning. As far as the teachers are concerned, I have had some that were great and some that were a real disappointment. My Database Administration teacher really motivated and challenged me. He is one of the best teachers i have ever had. On the other hand however, the first programming class I ever took was in Visual Basic. The teacher that I had for that class really let me down. He had never coded anything in VB. Needless to say that i had to teach myself this language. Not an easy task when almost all of the code in the book is wrong. When i graduate i will not be attending ITT for any of the bachelor degrees. It just costs too much money, for the quality of education that i am receiving. I will be attending a local college(University of Southern Indiana.) I believe i have the same odds of getting a job after graduation there as i would have at ITT, and the tuition is only 6k/yr. I can only hope that they will recognize my associates and start me as a junior. For those of you who have not experienced it yet, ITT is trying to send many classes on-line. This means that you may never see classroom time for any of the core classes in the Bachelors. Such as Physics, Statistics, etc. This seems to be pretty rough material to learn from home. In answer to the original post. If i had known, what i know now about ITT i would have not chosen to attend it. There are many better schools for a much lower price.

Answer by Noname32`
Submitted on 11/14/2004
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I also think that you get out of it what you put in. I am a CEET student in quarter 5, 4.0 GPA. If I could do it over again, I wouldn't do here. But college anywhere is better than nothing. Some of the teachers are good some are bad. It all depends on where you are. I live in a navy town so most of the electronics teachers are retired navy/marines and know their s**t. As for the cost of ITT... It seems high because it is. But, the reason for this isn't that they just want to charge that much, the reason is that public colleges get 1/3rd of their funding from the state and another 1/3rd from the feds. You only pay the remaining 1/3rd of the costs to attend. If think about that, the costs of a public school are about the same. P.s. The NIIT books are supposed to be going away very very soon. According to my dean anyway. ... I have never seen a text book that needed a disclaimer for its contents accuracy.

Answer by Brownie
Submitted on 12/8/2004
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I have discovered some interesting things about ITT. One, I can not believe that everyone there (administration) knows whats truly going on. If they do, they are just heartless, or have never opened an ITT text book. Either way, I feel completely scammed. To pay 35-36k for a "specialized" associates degree, a degree with credits that can't be transferred ANYWHERE besides another ITT is utterly ridiculous. They don't even offer bachelors degrees at every campus and there is no way I am completing all of a bachelors degree online. For a bachelors, I'd have to pay for an entirely different education all over again at another school in addition to the 36k for ITT. I'd be eating student loans for breakfast. That right there makes no sense, not to mention the fact that ANYONE can get in be it teachers or students. It's still early in this semester and I am withdrawing completely from the school tomorrow and registering for classes at my local community college. It's not worth it. I'd never pay the price of two cars, or a down payment on a nice house to go to a school where they have to coach the entire administration on what to say to the students. They also say they have flexible class schedules, yet you cant pick your own classes, nor the times. God forbid you have a long commute that takes two hours or more. Save money and time and go to a college that can give you a degree that you can take with you when you graduate. And while you're at it, ask yourself why other schools won't accept ITT credits.

Answer by Aaron
Submitted on 1/28/2005
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I have to agree with most ITT sucks!!!I have a 2-year degree in EET-electronics engineering technology. I was hired by Intel in 2000, 4 months after I graduated, Intel could hire people straight out of high school to to that job. It is a joke but pays close to 50k, the best days at Intel are probably long gone. I now work at Vail Resorts as a lift maintenance technician and make under 40k. But have first dipps on powder days, that is my best benefit here. Now I'm wondering what to do next the rate of pay here sucks. Just wanted to share my opinion so some of you do not make the same mistake I did. Also half the people I went to school with did not know a thing when we graduated, I did only because I had electronics in high school and worked 50 hrs a week at a tv repair shop for the 2 years I was in school. you can have a bachelor's degree for the same price at a respectable school.

Answer by nyguy
Submitted on 2/8/2005
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I went to ITT in Ft.Lauderdale, Fl. At first, i was excited to start and it seemed like a really good school. Then once I started, I realized I made a mistake. There were a lot of students that didn't even want to be there, but because they got financial aid, the advisors did everything they could to keep them there. I didn't even try and I got straight A's. It wasn't the college atmosphere i was expecting. I left the school after my first semester and never looked back, i am now attending community college where I will be applying to FIT, MIT, and FSU for a degree in Management Information Systems. I had to pay $600 bucks in money I owed ITT and I owe the student loan people near 3 grand. (better find out early if its right for you). Oh and don't let the advisor tell you you cant leave, you have the right to do whatever you want with your financial aid, so if you want to leave, you can. It will cost you money but will be far less than 35k for a worthless piece of paper. I also called some tech professionals and asked them about ITT, laughs and profanities is what I got in return. ITT is more of a electronics school then a computer school. So if your in the electronics program, then maybe its right for you, but if your looking to get into information systems then go to community college and transfer to a state or private university (depending on your grade)

Answer by KapnKregg
Submitted on 2/27/2005
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I have not attended ITT tech, but I have attended a very similar institution that is a competitor with ITT tech in my area. I completed a networking degree there but I realized that after I had paid $20 thousand and got my degree, I didn't know enough about networking to get a job. I made good grades, read the text books (which I found to be error prone and poorly written) and I was also in the top 5 of my class. Now I am at a state supported University and recieving my bachelors degree in Computer Information Systems. So far, I feel my university education is far superior to what I recieved at the tech school (not to mention vastly cheaper). Also, I am going to go to graduate school in another state, and all my classes will transfer - unlike tech schools. It seemed to me that tech schools do not screen their applicants based on anything other than whether or not they could pay tuition fees. Teachers either knew what they were doing or were simply clueless and stayed for a semester then left. The latter was most common. I feel being in a university setting is giving me a better educational experience for my money. It is more flexible with transfering college credit and the general student population is usually above par with tech schools. My advice? Skip the tech schools and go to a real college.

Answer by bhannon
Submitted on 3/20/2005
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I feel Itt-tech is just fine. I am in my 3rd Quarter in Tampa florida and were some points others have said are true such as, bad books and high tutition when it comes down to it you get what you give. Its no problem to memorize test questions every 6 weeks if thats what you want out of it, but if you want somthing out of it its there. The reason I started going there was because my wife was working on her bacholers degree, and she ended up landing a position with a little organization called the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Yeah the team sucks, but the bottem line is thet didnt go to FSU,UF, or any of the other major Universities for some one to fill the position. They went to ITT. Now my wife is applying for the CIA, and again they came to her at ITT not the other way around. The way I see it no there not perfect but they must be doing somthing right.

Answer by Bachelor Students
Submitted on 4/11/2005
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Currently we attend Itt. I(female) am taking the Information Security Systems Program. I graduated out of Computer Networking program with an associates.. The other student is currently taking Electronics in the Bachelors. And he graduated with an associates also. I just have to say I did get a job around graduation but it was because the company desperately needed people. To change domain names for the public school system. Very simple job.I am upset at the amount of money that I have to pay back. I feel used I probably could have learned what I know now with certifications.And this ISS program is so boring. And the teachers teach it like it is boring. Books are not good. The other student he was talked into coming back to Itt for the bachelors program. But was never told that he financially he would not be able to get loans for the last four quarters. So he will be thrown out unless he pays almost $400 a month. Me I still have no job been on many interviews. But my focus has changed toward business stuff. I am going to say Itt may not be the cause of that. I will say the best thing to come from Itt is the other student who is now my boyfried. Thanks Itt

Answer by itt student
Submitted on 4/24/2005
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i currently attend itt tech the main fault that i find with ITT is their online program you have NO CHOICE you have to take it i have currently took some kind of strategy class online to prepare you for virtual learning math 1 and 2 getting ready for comp 1 and 2 i don't like the online classes its like going out and buying a book on higher math and trying to teaching yourself if math isn't't your best subject it will be rough especially if you are going for your CEET degree computer and electronics the electronics side is purely higher math the online classes are useless their no way tell if their doing their work or if someone else is doing their work i hear this all the time that they get other people to do their work and what good is that

Answer by sweetpea
Submitted on 4/26/2005
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I am currently a student in Jacksonville, Fl. I am in the computer drafting design program. I have a GPA of 3.8. I have to say that if you really are serious about your education then step to ITT, they are serious about what they teach and helping you the best way they can. I live in another town and drive about 75 miles to get to school but it is well worth it. They have open houses to help you get a job they help you with resumes'. If you don't get anything out of ITT but complaint's it's because you didn't do your part. They are not just going to hand it to you, you have to earn it be it the degree or the job. To all who are enrolled now best of luck to you with everything you do.

Answer by TMac
Submitted on 5/7/2005
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well i'm a quarter 7 student at ITT of Nashville studing Computer Network Systems (asscoiates degree). And i can agree and disagree on alot of this. Some instructors at my school teach the same thing every week, which the majority of my time is spent doing fantasy baseball. And the NITT books are awful as well. For the credits, i was told at my school that if you want to continue your same path of what your studying you can go to another college and they will transfer right over; as for studying something else, might have to start from scratch. I came to ITT because i'm always on a computer and would like to have a job dealing with them. I might of jumped the gun a little bit but i'm pretty sure that everything will come out okay. As for learning, i haven't really leared much because i already knew most of it, but when going for a new job, i know your supervisor won't make you jump into it, they'll teach you what they want. So yeah, i'm done talking. Has anyone here graduated with the degree i'm going for?

Answer by thescrewed
Submitted on 5/18/2005
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ITT is not worth going to. I am currently enrolled and will have my AAS in Computer Network Systems by the end of the year and you know what? I will not continue there for my BS. I will be going to a community college to catch up for the next 2 years so I can go to a real and respected University. I just wish I would have dropped out of ITT sooner, but I am stuck now and at least I am going to get a degree out of this horrible school. Reasons why ITT is no good. Half the teachers don't even care about the education your getting, and half of them don't even know what the hell they are teaching. Also their teacher retention (turnover rate for teachers) is very high. Well at least at my school. You will soon a decent amount of teachers come and go if you stay there. Do you think a university, college, or even high school has turnover like that? No, it just goes to show that a decent amount of the teachers don't care about the school or you! Examples, I had a guy with experience in ham radios teaching our Intro to PCs class. His knowledge was moderate at best, but all he did was talk about his family and useless information. The class will not prepare you for your A+ Hardware in any way shape or form. Also the Windows class will not prepare you for your A+ Operating System or to be able to perform in most help desk positions. My Visual Basic teacher was an old Cobol guy who new nothing about VB. I learned more from a fellow student and luckily have learned how to write real applications and not a freaking calculator or something thats says "hello world." The networking standards and protocols class does not prepare you for moving on to the WAN class. Luckily my WAN teachers happens to be awesome and fixed that and now I am on my way to becoming CCNA. The Windows Server class will not teach you the skills to pass a single MCSE exam (maybe one if you are lucky). It teaches you how to install the OS and configure Active Directory and that is it! A monkey can type dcpromo to start the configuration and add users after-wards for this. The most you learn is setting group policy and a few other things, but none of it is in depth! To the schools credit they are getting better since they have stopped giving students books made in India and went back to Microsoft books and Pearson Hall. Also, some teachers really do care and know what they are talking about. But it is $33,000 for an AAS! The few good teachers you get cannot make up for all the negative things that will come to you if you go to ITT. For that price tag students should be getting near world class training. Yet instead you get a school which educates a lower level than advanced high school courses and high school AP courses. Do not get suckered by ITT. Just go to a community college and you will get equal or better schooling for way cheaper. You will feel better about your education too and no insane student loans! If you are just starting ITT then get out while you still can and cut your losses. If you are already in to deep then here are some suggestions. Don't rely on them to teach you even half of what you need to know. Learn as much as you can on your own. Setup your own servers at home, write your own programs, and study for you certifications. IF you come out of there with some certs you and at least some job experience (even tech support) you may be able to get ahead in life still. And don't go into there BS program, cause BS from that school means Bull Sh*t! P.s. ITT is now moving its general education courses (math, composition, economics...) online, which means they save money, you don't, and you get a lowered standard of education.

Answer by kris
Submitted on 5/18/2005
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I am currently attending ITT. I began with the CEET program and, after getting extremely bored with the bread boards and an instructor who should be teaching remediation courses because he can't cover more than one topic in a five hour class, I switched to the CNS program - while I have learned a little bit of material, I have to say that my money is being wasted. 1. I had a programming teacher who played on the internet all class period or talked to his GF. 2. I have an instructor right now for two of my classes that doesn't teach, he thinks we should be self-sufficient and while that's all fine and dandy, when I ask a question, I expect it to be answered and explained - if I wanted to be a number or faceless I would have taken advantage of being top ten percent of my HS class, which in Texas, guarantees admission to any state supported university. 3. Any complaints made are "taken into consideration" but no follow through seen as of yet. 4. Yes, the books DO suck. This quarter we got a new publisher. Guess what?? The books are the EXACT SAME as from the previous publisher, they just have new covers. I'll be honest, I've stopped paying attention, stopped doing the labs (jokes anyway) and I'm still making A's. The only reason I'm still there is because of all the money I've paid, I may as well get that piece of paper and then go back to community college and see if I can pick up the pieces

Answer by Curacao
Submitted on 5/20/2005
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I graduated in 1990 from ITT campus in Indianapolis IN with a BASEET. Landed a job in Curacao Netherlands Antilles(for you guy's that don't know were that is it's a small island off the coast of Venezuela)as an instrument Engineer. I preceded to work for this company for 9 years and decided to move to Europe where I worked again for some not so small organizations here is a small sample: Gastransport services Engineering dept commissioning engineer. Fisher-Rosemount Instrumentation field service+ commissioning engineer. Fugro Engineers R&D department Lead engineer also as Head technician during offshore jobs( I saw the world doing geological work :-)), KPN dutch telephone company as C-7 engineer. After my stay in Europe I returned to Curacao and my old job with a nice pay raise and alot of experience under my belt. I have to say ITT Tech help me be giving me the tools I would need to succeed anywhere in the world.

Answer by Cherry
Submitted on 5/22/2005
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I am currently a student at ITT TECH in Dayton, Ohio. Is anyone taking the on-line course? I have just finished my fifth quarter and am very dissatisfied with the on-line instruction. My class was the first to have to take the on-line. We go to classes two times a week and our third class is on the computer. I have run into a lot of problems with incorrect answers to quiz's for the on-line. Our class also has had problems with getting help for the computer classes. The physics course I had was the worst on-line course yet. Physics should be thought in class. I have even run into problems with the math formulas being wrong in the books, consequently when I took the quiz using these formulas I got a very low grade. I would like some input from other students who are taking this on-line course. Is anyone else experiencing these types of problems?

Answer by rob
Submitted on 6/4/2005
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I am entering my 3rd semester @ itt I have found so far the course work for computer networking systems to be both challenging and rewarding. AS with any tree of knowledge it is the students responsibility to reach out grab and retain the ripe knowledge. I can honestly say from examining other it courses that itt is coming up to par with them. I have recieved useful knowledge in my feild and have an in depth knowledge of operating systems, basic networking and have reached a new level in mathematics. So again you could possibly slide through the system without much effort and get a degree but what would you do when hired... You must put forth the effort to excell in order to secure a decent position in your persued field.

Answer by skater
Submitted on 6/6/2005
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I am a graduate of the Arnold, MO school with top honors from NOV 04 and I would not recommend the school to ANYONE. I have not been able to secure a job and I have lots of experience in the Electrical field. My degree was CEET, I was second in my class, I had numerous perfect attendance awards. The teachers were not competent in my opinion, I have been in school for much of my life, I also hold a bachelors degree from Saint Louis University and currently run my own business. I was looking for a career change, ITT attempted to help but has failed me miserably. Feel free to contact me if you would like any other information. I will be more than happy to help anyone with their decision on ITT. My address is Sihnhold@hotmail.com

Answer by JH
Submitted on 6/19/2005
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Well, the NIIT group that ITT used to build their curriculum made a lot of promises that they didn't keep. The good news is that the books are changing for the better. MUCH better. Pearson Custom Publishing is the new group. They are widely used throughout the world. Many books are high-dollar off the shelf books. A few of the game design classes where there is no "one" book to teach the class, ITT gives the students three books. Three very useful books. Sure some of the campuses are weaker than others. Do your research. Radraver, if you have hardly even opened a book, then you are wasting your time and money. You shouldn't be there for the grade, you should try to learn something. If you have a problem, document it and write a complaint. First send it through the Dean, then if it isn't handled, find an ear at HQ. ssidrahk, who told you that you cannot transfer credits? This is false. ITT is an accredited school. Of course not all credits will transfer everywhere and perhaps if the other school uses a different accrediting body non will transfer. This is the same no matter where you go. I once tried to transfer from one major university to another, 1/2 of my credits would have made it. If you wanted a Bachelor's degree, why did you go to ITT in Texas? Since no ITT in Texas has a Bachelor's program it is likely that Texas is at least pertially to blame for this. You can transfer to an ITT elsewhere to continue your education with no loss of transfer credits. If you aren't getting what they told you you would, complain in writing with documentation. If that doesn't work, leave. This is the same approach you might consider to any school.

Answer by Vectron
Submitted on 6/23/2005
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I just started<4th day was today> I like it... and what can i say... i hope it is that easy... i know the ins and outs of what im going for and all i need is a paper that says it.... so here i'll get that paper and learn a bit more and i hope i do well in this.... i just want to live my life with a cash flow that will get me to my dreams... what ever did happen to that good old American Dream i heard so much about? why is it all just for the mighty dollor bill, what has this place become? i just want to live my life happy and find love and enjoy what time i have on this earth, so i ask you to stand up and tell the world we want life back! we want to live the dream!... not be apart of it! the time to act is now and we need to stand! if we do not the just let the world walk all over you and your love ones! America came to be because we stood up and fought, not the Government, but the people, now look were just pawns in a world chess game, what do you want to do??? complaine about the school or worry more about the whole picture! I hope we make a change!! I hope... in time the dream will live in to a reallity! *********************VECTRON OF KY*********************

Answer by average joe
Submitted on 6/24/2005
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I am a recent grad from ITT Tech I did not graduate with a 4.0 I have a 3.29. I think that is enough proof that I am not being biased forwards ITT Tech. I like the school it's been a long two years and before that I was doing nothing but working at a Gas stations or Pawn shops.I have a internship at a good Corporation now, but that does not mean I earn 50 grad as soon as I get out, It depends on me and what effort I put into it all, "nothing in life is free, and if it is free then someone else has picked up the tab therefore nothing in life is free" There are pro's and Con's to everything in this world for the people above that didn't like the experience of schooling then maybe ITT�s is not for them, but from what I know I have seen some of the smartest people come and go in our class and the one that made it through are the one who put great effort into achieving their goals.It takes a lot of self discipline and study ethics to make it through the courses grades are not handed to you, I got a freaking 60 in VB, because I didn't care for the subject so I didn't do all the work. The books did suck and they were some bad India Crap, But that�s not to say it's not the right info, it was just out dated.Teachers would always point that out to us, as for the books they are all being replaced with the good stuff, hard Cover top of the line 100 dollar books Instead of the paperbacks we started out with. ITT Gives you the opportunity to build a foundation for you future and nothing is handed to you, I know I Just finished 2 years of this, the courses you take vary in complexity depending on your teachers teaching techniques not the courses, the course are all outlined for all ITT Tech�s and the teach the same material the same days all across the united states that way if you choose to transfer to another location then your up to date with your work and not 2 quarters behind or forced to wait for the course to start again. ITT Tech crams 3 years into 2 so it's fast paced, you want a degree you have to be willing to learn, pay attention, do your work on your own time and sometime teach your self how some of the material after all what good is a education if you never learn to teach yourself and solve problems? yeah I will admit it I like ITT in fact if it was not for the persistence of one of the Reps and "My friend" (buddy system) who dropped out needless to say, I would still be at "XX" Gas station helping drunks pump gas. ITT has made the difference in my life I was a high school drop out and I went back for a GED and Did not want to go the traditional college for 2 years just to get my basics out the way, besides there are too many distractions are at colleges and my goal was to learn something instead of what I had been doing for the last 10 yrs- which is party all the time. About half my class was from other colleges from around the area and all were disappointed with the courses the colleges offered. Hell, I know a guy that's been going to traditional college for 5 yrs studying a array of It courses, and the knowledge he has of computers is very limited. So to answer all the Questions above Yes, ITT is a Good Institute to go to but choose your teachers wisely, choose a course layout that interests you and most importantly challenge yourself to the fullest. Oh and I almost forgot you can get 100 percent financing,(if you qualify) you can get the money you put into school back at Income tax with the Hope Credit(again if you qualify - which you can claim for both yrs)and you don't have to make school payments until your 6 months out of school, but me I'm just going back that way I can further my education and defer the payments another 2 yrs. Well that�s all I have to say, Do your info, look around and make a decision, Just don't listen to those people who want to bring you down with horror stories, everyone�s got one, even me. All I want you to do is believe in yourself and go for it! It�s never to late to start learning something new and make the change people would tell me all the time I had the potential to be someone I'm just sorry I took so long to prove them right.

Answer by Leonel
Submitted on 7/6/2005
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Those are not good news at all! I just graduated from Highschool and, I was considering to attend ITT TECH. But after reading these negative comments I am not so sure about it. I live in Los Angeles, California. So i have other options, Devry University, LA Trade Tech, ITT TECH, WESTWOOD, or i could just go to any community college. I have not decided my major yet, but recently I have been studying a little about networking and I like it. What would you guys recommend me? Just the fact that the education level could get low disappoints me. Because I went to a vocational school in Huntington Park City, and while I have to admit that I learned a lot there. I also didn't feel challenged at all, because there was so many people there that didn't know the first thing about computers and that made learning process a lot more slow, boring and painful to me. I have a diploma on reparation and assembly from the vocational school, so that's a start.. Thanks for taking the time to read my questions and concerns guys. pcboy@pasito.com

Answer by Leonel
Submitted on 7/6/2005
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Those are not good news at all! I just graduated from Highschool and, I was considering to attend ITT TECH. But after reading these negative comments I am not so sure about it. I live in Los Angeles, California. So i have other options, Devry University, LA Trade Tech, ITT TECH, WESTWOOD, or i could just go to any community college. I have not decided my major yet, but recently I have been studying a little about networking and I like it. What would you guys recommend me? Just the fact that the education level could get low disappoints me. Because I went to a vocational school in Huntington Park City, and while I have to admit that I learned a lot there. I also didn't feel challenged at all, because there was so many people there that didn't know the first thing about computers and that made learning process a lot more slow, boring and painful to me. I have a diploma on reparation and assembly from the vocational school, so that's a start.. Thanks for taking the time to read my questions and concerns guys. pcboy@pasito.com

Answer by AANB1081
Submitted on 7/10/2005
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ITT Tech SUCKS!! My electronic teachers are smart and skilled but the school is all about making money. The labs have old broken equipment, and not enough of it to cover everyone, the class rooms are too small, and the administration doesn't really care about your problems as long as you keep coming back the next quarter. Say your leaving and watch how fast they fall over themselfs to make sure you don't leave and take all your money with you. I'm in the CEET program by the way. And while a few students may get hired by some big companies most will not. For an assignment at ITT I had to do a mock interview with a real company, and the HR person I did the interview with said flat out she would NEVER hire anyone from ITT Tech because of ITT Tech's poor standards. I was speechless. Not only that but no real college or university will take ITT's credits. If I could find a real college that would take just half of my credits at ITT Tech I would be gone from there in a second. I kick myself everyday for going to ITT Tech instead of a University or a community college. DON'T GO TO ITT TECH.

Answer by Vincin Christmas
Submitted on 7/12/2005
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I'm a fifth quater student at ITT Tech. I think that it's a pretty good school. The instructors do their jobs well. They teach and they help out in lab. It is not an instructors job to make sure that the students study though. You get out the school what you put into it. It's possible that you can get an A and learn nothing, and I think that thats possible with any school. ITT has a damn good reputation. Friends of mine graduated from this school. One of them works for NASA, another one works at a cell phone tower in Korea. Pretty decent paying jobs. It's alway your responsibilty to make sure you learn. We've been using Thomas L. Floyd's books in the CEET program. He's a damn good author and he has a pretty informative web site(www.prenhall.com/floyd). I think that Itt is a good college because you take a minimum of three classes per quater with no choice like in a regular college, you'll have your AA fast if you take care of your responsibilities. I'll be sending another message when I work for Extron Electronics or when I'm on the NASA Team; then we'll see how bad ITT is.

Answer by Cap
Submitted on 7/16/2005
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What the hell is wrong with you people? Who's going to hire somebody who can't construct a sentence or spell a word? There's even a spell check on this page! I'm not a tech school student or graduate. I went to a 4-year college, from which people leave just as uneducated and unemployed as you guys. The problem is that you're expecting to know everything about an extraordinarily complicated field in less than a year. It's not going to happen! All they can do is give you a basic understanding and a piece of paper that verifies that basic understanding so you can go out into the work force and learn as you go. As for your teachers, they probably got their degrees online, too. If they really knew the stuff they're trying to teach you, wouldn't they be out doing it instead of teaching it? The fact is that, when it comes to computers and electronics, there are a select few nerds in this world who really understand it. The rest of us are just reading manuals and pushing buttons. That goes for you. That goes for me. That goes for your teachers. That goes for ITT Tech. So, suck it up. Get your degree. Get a job. And quit spending all day in stupid chat rooms.

Answer by txlonghaul
Submitted on 8/17/2005
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I was a student at ITT and was very unhappy with the way it was ran. The instructors weren't the problem, it was everyone else. Recruiters saying one thing and it was something else. We never got our books at the beginning of the course or policy book. We had to use scan copies just to get the classes started. Finally a month later they show up and needless to say our 72hrs to drop school was out of the question. The credits were not transferable, and to continue education with ITT to go for bachelors. etc., you have to go to a ITT school out of state cause you could not do it here in Texas. But the icing on the cake was when they tried to raise our tuition and said sign or leave. Well me and one other student refused and immediately went into action and contacted TWC and others to filing complaints. To make a long story short, ITT was wrongfully making students resign a contract that they have already signed so they could make more money. TWC conclusion of investigation was ITT was in the wrong and made the school have the students who signed new contracts sign the original ones they had. If it wasn't for me and the other student a lot of students would have been paying a lot more. I am still to this day trying to find an attorney and fight this. They were wrong and they know they were. I was an "A" student with perfect attendance and ITT messed it up for me. I finished the first half of the school and want my money to be reimbursed back to me and have the loans wiped clean. They robbed me of an education by not informing students with proper information and by trying to be greedy. If anyone else wants to try and jump in to this or will be willing to offer a written testimony of your experience with ITT so we can present it to attorneys it would be helpful. E-mail me at txlonghaul@hotmail.com. Thanks!

Answer by Lawnboy042
Submitted on 8/24/2005
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I too attend ITT tech in Albany NY and am currently finishing my third quarter. I believe the idea that the school overall is a "bad" school is terrible judgement. My best friend is a graduate of RIT and now works as a systems engineer for nasa, when I first decided to look at ITT, he encouraged me and thought it was a great idea. The albany campus has a great reputation, but I would say to anyone looking at ITT, go to the school in your area, speak with students, speak with faculty, and speak with an "advisor/recruiter". As a matter of fact when I first spoke with someone there, and decided on the program I was going to pursue, I was given a list that showed the high, low, and median income of the graduates from the previous year. I believe this is the schools policy to show all new students. The education they offer differs from campus to campus and it might not be a good idea where you live, or it might be! Also look at it in the sense that if you plan on attending a more traditional school after ITT, even though they probably won't accept many of your transfer credits, you will have an excellent base of knowledge that other students don't have that will put you far ahead, just a little shorter in the wallet! Also, be smart, most traditional colleges have special programs for working adults that allow you to achieve credits through writting papers or taking tests to prove things you learned in "the real world", exploit these programs and get your transfer credits that way! Anyway, I apologize for being long winded, basically just remember, 35 g's is a lot of money, if you hear from several people that have been to an ITT near you that the place is no good and they're in the hole a bunch of money, it might not be a good idea, but if they are also a bunch of slackers that didn't put any effort into it, maybe look alittle further. Oh, and as a quick side note, ITT is an accredited institution, which gives it the same academic credibility as any other school, and they also have phenominal job placement figures, I have yet to hear from any friends that have graduated from a traditional college that say "my school found me a great job", ITT actually does place students all the time! And the comments about the books are only half truths, the school as a whole just switched to a better publisher because of previous problems, not that the new ones are much better, I wish they'd use regular college course books, however, in the networking program, and I only say this from experience, we've actually used Microsoft books, the academic version of the MCSE books and the courses that they are used for are based entirely on specific MCSE exams. Anyone who knows anything about the IT world knows that the MCSE cert. is a must have and equates to alot of $$$$. Do some research.

Answer by twisted view
Submitted on 8/26/2005
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Ok, I have read all of the remarks, and I also attend ITT Tech. I have come to realize something about the school, you do get what put in. They are not about the book smarts here, in fact they are about hands on. I see a few of you say you have not learned a thing, that is what I thought then one day I realized that I was doing something I never new how to do before and this was because of what I have been learning at ITT. Now on the other hand it does suck that you can not transfer your credits to a university, and also that in Texas you can only get an assosiates degree. Oh by the way zazoie, in my campus there is a teacher who has that many degrees, in fact it sounds like the same amount and type of degrees, either you go to my campus or they are full of crap. well I really am not sure of what to think about ITT but some make and some don't I do not know, I do know if they go out of business your degree is nothing but a piece of paper. think about that.

Answer by Jennifer
Submitted on 8/29/2005
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I have been attending ITT Torrance campus for 3 years now. My associates degree was educational but it wasn't until starting my bachelors degree that the problems started. I have a few things to complain about. Fist being the On-line Classes. What they hell are they thinking? If your going to have an on-line class, make it where you can talk to you teacher or go to the when you don't understand something, don't have them in another state. Secondly is the staff. Most of the staff at my school sucks. there are the few who ACTUALLY DO care about the students and then there are those who are there for a paycheck. after my associates degree, i was not planning on continuing there until they announced a bachelors degree in Digital Entertainment and Game Design (designing video games). This program does have its advantages like being able to attend gaming conferences like GDC and E3, I attended both of those this year and they were a lot of fun. But the program itself just sucks. I would not recommend this school to anyone. And if you do decide to attend, PLEASE do your research. Ask students who currently attend a campus and get their opinions. It may depend on the program you choose to take whether it be Multimedia/Animation, CEET, CNS or a bachelor program like DEGD or whatever,make sure it is what you want to go. I love video games but now i am just sick of them. Its your choice on whether or not you decide to attend, just do your research...

Answer by ParentDee
Submitted on 8/30/2005
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I am a parent paying for my son's education. We were promised guidance, career aid, financial assistance ...etc ..etc..etc. So far I have huge bill $19000 and my son is very disappointed in the lack of quality of some of his San Antonio professors. They are so smart, that they can't teach. They don't know how to bring their subject matter down to a more basic level. I feel like we were scammed about how well my son would "fit" their school, they told us what we wanted to hear.. and being stupid.. I believed them. The only way to get anything out of this education is to harass them, which is what I do all the time. Good luck to all of you, you're going to need it!!!

Answer by catera827
Submitted on 9/11/2005
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I agree that ITT is NOT a good school. I went there for 3 semesters and found out after they did all my student loan info themselves that I did not have enough financial aid to cover my first semester. I had taken out a loan only to find out by the financial aid advisor that I would have to take out another one next year for the same amount (7,000) when I found that out I asked them for my check back and they told me that because I owed around $2300 on the first semester out of my pocket that they would give me the remainder of what was left after 10 days, if I don't get that check back before 10 days I will owe the whole $7,000 back to the loan company I got it from. I am trying to get my money back because I told them that I would rather pay the $2300 in cash my self than to have to pay interest on that loan!! Anyone have any suggestions?????

Answer by mwalton
Submitted on 10/8/2005
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Let me tell you all something, I attend ITT in Arnold Missouri. This school is awesome. I am a third quarter student, and the knowledge base is quite extensive. However if you just sit there in class and fall asleep, and only show up half the time, then no your not going to learn anything. We had a problem with one teacher, who I won't say that he didn't know anything, but he wasn't the teacher type. We went to our Dean and program chair, the next quarter that teacher was gone. The only bad thing about ITT is that they are a little more expensive than most of your other schools, but the education is just as good if not better. As far as credits transferring, I experimented with that, and most of the other schools that I checked in were going to transfer at least most of my credits. Usually if at first they say that they won't transfer you credits, than just say that you are not interested, and trust me they will transfer your credits. The problem is that these are for profit schools, if they can recruit you with out transferring your credits, then there going to, that just more money for them.

Answer by icaruspimp
Submitted on 10/23/2005
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In my opinion, it sounds like a lot of whining from individuals who are looking for an excuse to complain about how there is so much injustice in this terribly over-burdened society of obese, lazy, spoiled brat-pack, poor me, hypochondriac losers that have not applied themselves or thought outside the bubble in the last decade of their wasted lives. I was just surfing the net and know absolutely nothing about ITT Tech and still found the antagonists' point of view to be rather lacking. Okay�, I'm lying(.), in actuality, I am an ITT student and find the course to be a bit remedial (I know Webster�s definition, but have a slightly different outlook- almost redundant while still beneficial- is my thought- remedial.) , HOWEVER (!) I feel that you get what you put into it and NO OTHER school would ever come close to providing the (trademark [lol] hands-on) experience that ITT has to offer. Maybe the instructors are not academic Gods and don't know the absolute bottom line on everything that they are advising about, but, that they go there (y'know "don't go there girlfriend) :) ) in the first place is a rarity in education. It's extra credit! For example, to learn ALL of Microsoft's applications in a business school while retaining all necessary economic/business structural teachings is quite an accomplishment. And maybe the teachers only brush over certain aspects, they still give you the skills that are required, including being an independent learner. Sometimes I feel that I could experience more, but the grass is always greener on the other side, right? Also, I believe the tuition is way too high, in some cases, higher than a university. But if any of us had made it into a university, would we really be at a tech school? Now that sounds bad, as if ITT were the fat kid who was last being picked on a sports team, but really (!), if our lives were so perfect, would we not all be prom kings/queens going to Yale and then in the course of events become filthy rich on the way to the White House or other capitalistic ambitions? Judge yourself before you shift the blame, loser.

Answer by unknow sailor
Submitted on 10/24/2005
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U had to know ITT only benefit of those stuck with ITT the entire time and spend alot money and is useless to transfer any other colleges. ITT loves using military college benefits such as GI bill, which happend a military member, all his GI BILL is gone still need to paid (25k is normal coverage) but u all know ITT associate cost 30+, so she change her mind wanna trasnfer the credit to different school, but guess to late. Also another thing ITT teach u current Tech stuff, so is not helpful in few years for future tech. Also after 9/11 huge amount of IT jobs loss anotehr sigh of weakness, bottom ITT is a huge risk. There's more down story than plus side. Not recommend for people really want to learn.

Answer by mythicpoet
Submitted on 10/26/2005
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I'm attending ITT Tech at the moment, in my first quarter of the multimedia program. It's truly one of the better things i've done with my life, it's true you get out of it what you put in. Some of the professors are a bit scatterbrained but you'll find that anywhere, they do surveys on all of the professors and if you're not enjoying your class let them know. I have access to great computers with some great software.. a wonderful collection of resources in their library. Also the staff is extremely supportive in helping us get what we need to learn what we need to. If you ask me, you'll find people who are cynical about every school... and of course the credits won't transfer well... it would be like trying to transfer from a vocational school to a traditional university... the classes aren't based on the same criteria so why would they give you credit for something they don't teach? I cant guarantee the school is for you, but it was definitely the right choice for me.

Answer by Tim
Submitted on 11/1/2005
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ITT Tech is NOT a good school. We have hired 3 people who graduated from there. They had been taught CNC programming that was so old it is not in use anymore. Two of them did not know how to calculate a threading formula. (USELESS) Ultimately I had to train them on the JOB. I was stuck and the other 18 qualified people did not pass the required drug test / physical. ITT left out the drug exam that everyone requires now. The last person I interviewed was asked if he had experience or training on a FANUC controller, and he just laughed and said his teacher warned him we would try to "trick him" with questions like that. He then informed us that ITT Tech told him he was entitled to $20.00 an hour to start because he had graduated fully. (Fully???) RIGHT!

Answer by Tib
Submitted on 11/11/2005
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I have been attending ITT-TECH since I was in high school. At the time, I had been attending three schools at one time; high school, ITT and another local tech. I was unimpressed with the other tech. ITT offered a Multimedia/Digital Entertainment course, so I took it. We have some of the best teachers here. They are very knowledgable and all the teachers I have had are working in the industry in which they teach. As others have stated, yes the books are pretty bad, but they have since then fixed the problem, but with great teachers, you really don't need a book because book info is stale. Industry experts' info is current. I guess also it depends on which school you go to. As for me, I will get my associates soon and go on for my bachelor's degree satisfied with my learning experience.

Answer by Odin Grey
Submitted on 11/20/2005
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I totally had to register and post this. I just started ITT Tech 6 months ago. The reason I decided to look into ITT Tech and my particular school is because they had the Software Engineering degree there. So I went there and talked to my rep. He said the school was starting the Software Engineering degree the quarter after I would join, but since every student starts with the same 3 classes, he would be able to sign me up for the BSISS (bachelor in information system security) degree then switch me next quarter. I bit. One quarter into the school and I received my next quarters schedule... still BSISS. I figured he must have been waiting till the middle of this quarter, I went to find out and turns out my rep quit about 2 weeks after recruiting me. Oh well, I figured he must have marked somewhere that I was to be changed out of this degree. So another quarter rolls by, still BSISS. Finally I talk to the associate dean who takes me around to set everything up and get a new rep. I tell the new rep that I want the BS in Software Engineering Technologies. She says no problem and signs me up for the SAP degree (Software applications and programming) which is an AA degree. I ask her why I'm in this degree, and tell he once again I want the software engineering BA degree. She assures me that once I finish my AA, they will switch me into that degree. I bit again... After I went home, I decided to look through my new catalog they sent me, in the entire thing I could not find a mention of the Software Engineering bachelor. So I check their website and suddenly my school is no longer offering this degree. I called my rep up the next day and asked why this degree is not there. She said that the degree I am going for is part of the BSISS degree. I asked her how it's possible to get a programming education from a networking degree. Then it suddenly "hit" her that OH! I wanted the Software Engineering degree! "Well, we don't offer that degree, would you like for me to switch you back to the networking degree?" ... Turns out that the degree I was aiming for is based in other schools and it's mostly on line. If I would have known it was an on line degree I wouldn't have glanced at this school, nor would have moved to an entirely new state to get this education. I figure this. Why spend $3000 a month to read $50 worth of books on line. So now I am waiting for Monday where I am having a meeting with my new rep and a few other people from ITT to arrange this "little mishap". On top of this, I also observed a lot of cheating going on throughout the students and the teachers not even batting an eye to it. Most of the teachers would pass out final exam reviews with the exact same questions in the exact same order as the final the day before the final wink wink. The entrance exam was a joke and many students had to take it multiple times to get accepted. In my humble opinion, ITT tech is not a school worth the gas it took to drive there, and if I do not get the money back for the 24 non-transferable credits I earned and the 6 months of my life wasted, I will take them to court. ITT tech is a waste of money and time.

Answer by Daniel
Submitted on 11/27/2005
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I am a current College Student at ITT Tech. I have been to a traditional College before attending ITT Tech. ITT Tech for me was the best choice. When I had gone to ITT Tech, I knew what I wanted to do at ITT Tech which at a University or College your options are broader and at times you feel lost with career choices. At times in a University you feel like you are going no where and your class schedules is bounced everywhere throughout the day; some in the morning and then in the evening. It is even tougher at times it seems when you try to work at a job and you�re trying to make a living. You are able to focus your goals at ITT Tech because Instructors, Administrators, and Counselors give encouragement. ITT Tech the classes are smaller and the Instructors are there to help you learn. The Professors take time out to help you personally one on one. Unlike traditional University or any other College Campus�, where the student is just another student in a huge lecture class, ITT Tech gives you hands on training unlike traditional colleges. The end of my first year, I was able to computer program a remote control car toy, we built the toy car from our own resources which we fabricated, we used drill batteries as our battery which we fabricated, the CPU we processed ourselves, the motor we took from a helicopter toy, the computer programming is what helped the most; inputting data how to move left, right, forward and backwards, and we used a remote control from a helicopter! ITT Tech can be a great learning experience. I would like people to know that since going through ITT Tech I have confidence to work on Electronics. I know how to do my job well because I was taught right. I have had hands on experience while learning at ITT Tech. Hands experience from making breadboards, testing with the AC Sine Wave, constructing ICs and troubleshooting, building timing circuits, building amplifiers, oscillators, working with different filters, building and working with digital ICs, and all these we built ourselves and it was exciting and fun. I know that I can go to a job with confidence and do my job with excellence with the skills I learned from ITT Tech. You will always have someone say positive and negative things about schools and that is okay. I've got a great job making $28/hour with Boeing being a Maintenance Tech working Apache Helicopters. I work along side with engineers and my job is wonderful. I have a desk job and my job is exciting. My career can only go up from here. My career has skyrocketed. I am still going to school and working. I thank my Instructors at ITT Tech who took time out to sit down with me and work with me. You are only as good as your Teachers who teach you. ITT Tech Tempe,AZ Campus Thanks Daniel

Answer by notsobad
Submitted on 11/29/2005
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I attended ITT and completed the CNS (computer networking systems) associates degree. My experience was up and down with the weakest classes falling under general education. We did have a math class with an instructor who knew nothing of math. This was corrected by week 3 of the course. The technology classes are sound and I got a lot out of them. In most cases the instructors were very knowledgeable although some were slackers (mainly because they aren�t teachers but displaced tech workers). ITT even more so than a traditional college is a �get out what you put in� sort of experience. If you go in thinking they will spoon feed you and there is little effort on your behalf you will not be successful. The only major gripe I have with ITT is truly horrible books they once used. Fortunately ITT switched to industry standard books such as Microsoft Press and Prentice Hall. It is a quantum leap over the junk I used during most my associates degree. The price is steep but the local community college doesn�t offer night classes (I also didn�t want to take 4 math classes before I got any sort of college credit) and the only other options were University of Phoenix and Heald (both of which have legions of people that hate them just as much). I am pursuing my bachelor�s degree with ITT and they did recently form an alliance with local colleges that will allow students to transfer in and out. But college is simply one step in a technical career. Much of our careers are a never ending pursuit of knowledge and a mountain of certifications! Read what some of the anti-ITT folk are saying and you have to ask how much brain power is being put forward.

Answer by notsobad
Submitted on 11/29/2005
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I attended ITT and completed the CNS (computer networking systems) associates degree. My experience was up and down with the weakest classes falling under general education. We did have a math class with an instructor who knew nothing of math. This was corrected by week 3 of the course. The technology classes are sound and I got a lot out of them. In most cases the instructors were very knowledgeable although some were slackers (mainly because they aren�t teachers but displaced tech workers). ITT even more so than a traditional college is a �get out what you put in� sort of experience. If you go in thinking they will spoon feed you and there is little effort on your behalf you will not be successful. The only major gripe I have with ITT is truly horrible books they once used. Fortunately ITT switched to industry standard books such as Microsoft Press and Prentice Hall. It is a quantum leap over the junk I used during most my associates degree. The price is steep but the local community college doesn�t offer night classes (I also didn�t want to take 4 math classes before I got any sort of college credit) and the only other options were University of Phoenix and Heald (both of which have legions of people that hate them just as much). I am pursuing my bachelor�s degree with ITT and they did recently form an alliance with local colleges that will allow students to transfer in and out. But college is simply one step in a technical career. Much of our careers are a never ending pursuit of knowledge and a mountain of certifications! Read what some of the anti-ITT folk are saying and you have to ask how much brain power is being put forward.

Answer by danpv
Submitted on 12/2/2005
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ITT tech isn't a real college. Its just a joke. I mean come on, they're commercials are aired in between other fake college commercials and loan shark commercials, money tree and Pierre money mart COME ON! If you are deciding to go to college and you have considered ITT tech, read as much as you can about anything and everything, go to a community college and transfer to a real university like University of Washington, UCLA, Harvard, PENN, DUKE, MIT, University of Virginia, U of Michigan, etc. those are REAL COLLEGES. Employers don't pay attention to mouth breathers who graduate from schools like ITT tech, Bryman college, PEMA medical institute, and other fake crap schools that escape me at the present time.

Answer by James B
Submitted on 12/3/2005
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Hello, I am currently attending ITT Tech in Nashville pursuing my Bachelors in the ECET program. I can tell that most of the people complaining on this website DID NOT apply themselves whatsoever because their grammar is on a third grade level. There were a few people like that in my class as well, they never showed up and when they did show up they left early. So what I have to say to you people is, GROW UP!!! Does it not make sense to get as much out of your money as you can? Apply yourself!!!!! I graduated with honors and received my Associates in September of this year. It's been a smooth transition into my Bachelors program. I have a excellent job in my field and its only looking better! Stop crying and apply yourself, Nobody is going to hand you a damn thing!!!

Answer by college man
Submitted on 12/14/2005
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Absolutely terrible. Don't cheat yourself by attending this god awful place. Its a waste of money, and a waste of time. Their degrees barely even qualify by most business standards which makes your qualification about as useful as a stock bond from Enron. The campus is fairly nice but certainly not impressive, and not enough to salvage the train wreck that is their academic programs. The teachers might as well be called freelance learners as they are barley knowledgeable in their field. I found myself constantly having to correct one of my teachers when he said that photoshop is only mac compatible what an idiot. Good luck transferring credits because every other college in the world knows what a crock an education of ITT is. spend your money on a quality eduction and don't believe anyone starts out with a 70k earning from itt. that's just asinine, don't be ignorant

Answer by TEACH
Submitted on 12/23/2005
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I am a former teacher at ITT Tech. I also have a mixed opinion. Some subgroups such as the CADD group have a very high entry hire rate and the grads do well. Some of the Electronics Tech group are brilliant and they can quickly find meaningful employment. others are plodders and get-byers and will probably starve. The teachers are a mixed lot. Most of the teachers I met were paid less than the starting salaries of the students who graduated. No wonder the teaching is not as good as it should be, there is turnover as the teachers try to find enough pay to feed their families. Teachers with a separate source of income such as retired military stay longer and do a better job since they can make some curriculum changes. The book problem will never go away since ITT is a profit business trying to maximum the bottom line. The biggest problem I had as a teacher is that I knew more and had more and better experience than my supervisor...but it was his way or the highway. Would I send my sone or daughter to ITT? Probably not.

Answer by LOTECH
Submitted on 1/10/2006
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Unless you are good with technical stuff and even if you are you can save a ton of money by attending a community college or some other public school. ITT will accept there credits but they don't take ITT's credits. That tells the whole story, I still don't get it if ITT is an accredited school why aren't the credits transferable? Anyway I went and feel it was the mistake of a lifetime. It was clear I was ill suited for such a pursuit but the dean kept up the cheer leading and pep talk, even though they knew I stunk. I believe profit oriented educational institutions are inherently unethical simply because profit takes precedence, the students (customers) interest follow. I got A's from one teacher that I clearly did not merit, I should have bolted for the door upon my first inclination. As I inferred previously if you are good at something it does not matter where you go to school, you will learn what you yearn for one way or another.

Answer by lou48314
Submitted on 1/19/2006
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Well, I graduated from ITT WAY back in 1994. Back then the tuition was 14,800 for the AAS EET degree. I graduated with a 3.92 GPA. None of my instructors cut us ANY slack. We EARNED our way through there. Our first day of class had forty people. By the end of the first quarter we were down to 25. When I finished 8th quarter there was 16. When I felt that things were not moving along at the pace they should I talked to someone about it. If you buy a new car and it is not what you expected would you just sit here and complain or go back to the dealership? Grow up and realize that you are the customer. You affect what happens in your education. I started working in the field after my 7th quarter. I am now working as an automation engineering manager for one of the Big Three. My credits transferred to an online university. Also, the grammar and spelling of those complaining is HORRID. There is even a "Check spelling" option on here!

Answer by Jared
Submitted on 1/31/2006
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I have been attending ITT Tech in Bessemer, AL and I currently finishing my third quarter in Multimedia. So far everything that I have taken has met my expectations. I don't know how it is at the other campuses around the U.S., but at this one, all the teachers are very qualified at what they teach. I had 17 credits transfer to Itt from Southern Union Community College in Auburn, AL so I know credits will transfer in but I guess not out. You get to know the teacher here on a personal level. They actually seem to care how the students are doing in their classes and in their personal life. I will agree with everyone that the books are a joke. In alot of my classes we don't even use them. The teachers even know they are a waste of time so they teach us what we really need to know. So as far as the other ITT Techs around the U.S., they might suck, but I've been impressed by this so far. When I graduate in Nov. 2006 and try to get a real job, that will be they true test if they are really any good.

Answer by Lordy
Submitted on 2/15/2006
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I am approaching the end of my second quarter at ITT. So far, I've taken two classes whose subject material I have professional experience in; I was told that 'testing out' of classes was not a possibility, when I first signed up. I have tried to focus and pay attention in these classes but have found it to be utterly impossible. By the instructors' own words (in both classes) "even if you think you understand the material, you can still pick up a few tidbits of new information here and there." TIDBITS??!! Is that what I'm paying $35K and shelling out two years of my life for?? Several of the instructors are admitted failures in their prior careers, this being the only reason why they are present at ITT. They informed their students of this on the first day of class. I've had one instructor who taught an introductory class as if we all had certification in the subject matter already... and we didn't get our textbooks until the third week of class for that particular course, because the school forgot about us! Literally! Having tried to transfer what credits I have gotten to another institution, I've found out that it's not going to happen... so I'm trying to stick it out. If you haven't started at ITT Tech yet, however... don't.

Answer by Ramses_The_Damned
Submitted on 2/19/2006
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I am disappointed by the on-line classes. The classes given on campus seem to be worth the money. I am an adult professional seeking a degree and new knowledge. ITT has met the second goal, for the most part. For those complaining about a 4.0 GPA without cracking a book, remember GIGO. I could have done the 4.0 without opening a book, but I opened the book and earned >95% in most classes. I also tested out of enough courses that the 4-year program could have been a 3-year program. The proper classes were not offered at the appropriate times, so I am a part-time student for another 18-months. My department chair tried to make the program work in 2-years, but the critical path wasn't cooperating.

Answer by Chris
Submitted on 2/20/2006
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Itt-Tech is a great school. My teachers were very knowledgeable, and the books are above industry standard. ssidrahk, are you a dumb ass? You wrote: Here's a direct quote from my Novell book "A group is a group of users making up a group." What the f***??!?! is right. First learn how to spell, second if you payed attention in that class you would understand it, last lets see you try to write a 700 page book with no mistakes. As far as transferring credits go every credit you earn is transferable to any University and they are the only school in the nation that offers this. I landed a job in my third quarter at Itt, making $18/hr.. After earning my AAS, which requires 96 credits hence $35k, was given a $6 pay bump, than 3 quarters later received my BAS and now making $200,000+ a year. Need I say more?

Answer by CBaker
Submitted on 2/27/2006
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I attend IIT Tech, it's an excellent school - if you are there to do you stuff. There are plenty of people who will tell you that it's a joke, I'd wager that half of them went here and failed due to their own incompetency and immaturity. The other half have never went to the school, and therefore do not know what they are talking about. Seriously, how can you judge the school if you haven't attended it? If you come to school ready to learn, pay attention, and take your studies seriously, you will get a first-rate education. If you come here to play on the Internet and cheat, you'll make it half-way and fail, then come whine to the interweb about what an "OMG WAEST OF MONNEY!!!!111!!" ITT Tech is. I think the same could be said about any college in the country. You get what you put it. Also, the career services are GREAT. I have already been placed in a job related to my degree (which I will work until I graduate), and they've also helped me prepare for and obtain several certifications, which allow me to make more money ALREADY. I've heard people say "The classes are easy". If they feel that way, you can test out of them, and if you didn't, it's your problem. It's not the school's responsibility to evaluate what you already know... it's you're job to decide what classes are relevant to you. If you aced the class and felt it was easy, you should have tested out. You're bad, not ITT's Anyway, I just wanted to ring in on the subject, since I see alot of whining and false information. The people who talk down about ITT are the ones that failed. Don't fail, and there isn't a problem. Right?

Answer by Frank
Submitted on 3/9/2006
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ITT is a good school for people if you have the drive to succeed and take an active role in shaping your future. I started as CEET(electronics) but switched to CNST(networking) 2 quarters after starting. I almost quit out of frustration at my teachers and books but instead I decided to endure it. I went to the book store and bought similar books to study with. The teachers recommended it. I graduated from ITT Tech in 2004 with an AAS. 6 months before graduating, I landed a good job at a medical instrument co. If I didnt have ITT on my resume they probably wouldnt have hired me. The other reasons they hired me was personality and technical knowledge(I had no tech skills before going to ITT). So in that respect I am glad I went to school there. So here is the negative part. I will have to work to pay off my loan until 2017. I already have a car payment and rent not to mention bills but if you know you will be working for that long, then get the degree. It makes a big diff in the real world. Just to have a degree is a big plus. Now the only thing I'm missing is industry certifications. ITT did not help me get any, so you are on your own. But again, you need to have the determination to get them yourself (just like in the real world!). If you're still on the fence, then maybe its not about the school at all, perhaps you just dont know what career path you want. ITT is a school for Technology. Its a means to get your foot in the tech industry door and maybe make a few lifelong friends/colleagues along the way.

Answer by bookie
Submitted on 3/27/2006
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ITT sucks!!!!! I got my associates degree from there a couple of years ago and its still sitting in my closet. I owe 21,000 and have nothing to show for it. I feel the reason is because there were so many different subjects that we took, we never really got deep into detail on any one thing. We learned the very basics of every operating system, hardware, programming....... So now here I am with a degree and couldnt tell you the first thing about what I learned. I also hardly ever had to study or do work and I graduated with a 3.8 It was a big waste of time and $21,000 I rushed into it and did'ntdo my research on the cost or anything else for that matter I would suggest to not rush into going to a school like that or you might end up like us.

Answer by Student
Submitted on 3/29/2006
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ITT is basically a scam. I say this as a soon to be former student, who is at the top of his class. In the year and a half I have attended I have discovered that their credits will not transfer to most reputable colleges, also when you do get the degree it is basically worthless. ITT tends to graduate students who have no grasp of the materials being taught simply because they attend class. Most employers know this and will automatically dismiss your application unless you have many certifications and some experience to compensate for your ITT degree. Essentially you have to get the good jobs in spite of your Degree from ITT NOT because of it. As for the jobs they help you find, unless you are one of the top in your class and have the certifications, these jobs are usually less than $10/hr. The jobs are also not necessarily in your field. ITT is only good for people who already have the experience and certifications and are just looking to get a piece of paper to get raises or promotions. If you want more than a piece of paper than go to a regular college. and for those people who chose ITT because you couldn't get into a regular college, try community college then transfer. Trust me you will receive a better education and your degree will actually mean something. Not to mention It could be quite a bit cheaper for you depending on what college you decide on.

Answer by frank
Submitted on 4/10/2006
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I attended ITT a few years back, specifically the electronics program. I graduated with a 3.2 and an associates degree. The diploma is not even worth using to light a fire. I wasted 2 years and $28k of my life persuing a career which was worthless - of course, ITT won't bother to tell you that half of the courses they offer are pretty worthless. The job placement program they brag about is a joke, unless you don't mind repairing mechanical games (note, NOT electronics) at your local Chuck-e-Cheeze's. I only had 2 good teachers my entire time, the rest either didn't know or didn't care. We actually staged a protest against one of the teachers because he didn't know anything about what he was teaching - he even contradicted the book we were using. In short, DON'T waste your time. Go somewhere else, or you too could end up a sorry case like me.

Answer by TheCleod
Submitted on 4/10/2006
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I'm presently a student at ITT Technical Institute in Richmond, VA. My goal is to complete my Associate'sin Computer Networking Systems and my Bachelor's in Information Systems Security; this is week four. My professors are very knowledgeable and take the time to work with the students. Actually, compromising what one of the previous commenters wrote, most schools accept, at least, 94% of all credits earned at this institution. I don't understand why people who have never even talked with an employee of ITT Tech would degrade them on a whim, especially the alleged ECONOMICS professor who can't even spell "DIDN'T" correctly...funny, I haven't even completed my degree and I can spell perfectly fine. So, with that said, I can hardly wait to graduate. The job that I'm going for has an average starting salary of $65,000/yr and 95% of all graduates from ITT Technical Institute are placed in their first job within six months of graduation. I'd rather train for a job that will pay well than graduate from a 'state' school and have to learn irrelevant topics, such as 'Religions of the World'...what the hell does that have to do with someone who is studying to be a Physical Education teacher? I think my point has been made...

Answer by spyderman4g63
Submitted on 4/11/2006
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I think each location is different. I had several teachers that knew alot about the subject. The curriculum doesn't allow them to teach the topics that they want to teach. I am in my last quarter of a Networking degree and there are people in my class that do not know what an uplink port on a switch is and didn't know ipconfig /all command existed. I don't feel that the education is worth the money. I did learn somethings from the couple of good teachers I had. There was also a few really bad teachers. I had a Network Protocols class inwhich the teacher talked about birds everyday, I don't even remember him saying the words "tcp/ip". You have to learn most things on your own. If you are motivated you will do well. I have just started working with our career services people, they seem nice, I don't know if they will find any jobs though. I have also researched transferring my credits and in my area several universities will accept the credits. For example, in the Pittsburgh Region, Robert Morris University and Point Park university will take the credits put Pitt will not. I think my experience at ITT could have been much better, but I don't think it was as bad as some other people have said.

Answer by tgwills
Submitted on 4/20/2006
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First of all, I wouldn't pay to attend ITT. I am in my 7th quarter and have close to a 4.0 gpa. I have learned some things, but have had to teach myself a lot of the material. A teacher once said, "It's not so much that you know exactly how it works, just that you know the basics." When I responded with, "We weren't even taught the basics..." I got, "yeah that doesn't much matter either." Also, to ssidrahk, if you get an associates degree you can transfer to almost any 4-year school. Once you have an associates they don't make you take any general ed classes at all. Since ITT is a "quartely" school, a lot of your "major credits" will transfer as "elective credits" and you'll have a few more bacehlor's classes to take, but it can easily be done in 2 years [or less].

Answer by lbarber
Submitted on 4/24/2006
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I teach at ITT tech in Missouri and therefore have a slightly different perspective than the students. What I know about ITT Tech is that they have a good reputation in this state and you should be able to get a good job with an ITT Tech degree. As an alternative to Vaterott or some of the other tech schools, it is by far better. That's not to say that it necessarily can compete with universities in all of the programs they offer. As far as qualified staff, I have found that ITT Tech searches for qualified staff to fulfill their class offerings, but they are not strict about the staff having to have a certain number of hours in a subject to be able to teach it. I am teaching Composition this quarter and will be teaching Research Planning and Design and Composition next quarter. I have a BA in English and a MA in English Education. The ITT headquarters is strict about continuing education, however, so all instructors will be attending in-service training and at least one training outside of the ITT programs. I have noticed many grammar errors in teaching ITT Tech students. I believe that many students at ITT did not enjoy high school, especially English class, so many are not as grammatically proficient as would be desired in the work force. That is why the composition classes have become required in many programs.

Answer by Terri
Submitted on 5/5/2006
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I noticed the one doing the most complaining can't even put together a sentence that makes sense. I am now working on my ISS degree and although every teacher is not perfect if you pay attention and don't leave early you might actually learn something. The books were written by a company in India and they have a lot of errors but they are slowly being phased out and replaced with better books. Also if you check around most colleges especially if they're in different states do not recognize each other's credit systems. There has been legislation in congress to fix this problem. If you have a complaint about that talk to your congressman. Finally if you have teachers or problems fill out the evaluations that they have you would be amazed how well they pay attention when there are a lot of complaints. This method has gotten rid of teachers that were not doing their jobs and changed policy and procedures that needed changing. Your local school is only as good as the students are willing to make it. My only complaint is no choice in taking on line general education classes.

Answer by Mike44
Submitted on 5/13/2006
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One thing we all seem to forget about when talking about ITT Tech is that there's more than just one. How can you honestly say "ITT Tech sucks!" if you've only been to one? Right now (here in Florida) I'm attending classes in Fort Lauderdale and my old friend is taking classes in Miami. He says the Miami one is great, and I think the Fort Lauderdale one is superb. We barley even touch the books because the instructors are prepared ahead of time and smart and know alot on the subjects they teach. Heck, two of my professors have worked on Halo (the X-Box video game) and The Incredibles (a Disney movie), so they know what they are teaching. Perhaps the answer is "Some ITT Techs are good others are not"?

Answer by Lao
Submitted on 6/4/2006
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When I went to ITT Tech. Most of the teacher was new in the feild and didn't know what they was talking about. Almost all of the teachers quit after a month or two. It was crazy! They also wanted me to teach. I was young only 18 and my mom said no, lol. I also tested out of 75% to 80% of my classes. Because I already had the skills. I just wanted the degrees. I went back to get my other degrees and all the classes was the same as my last degree and I tested out again. Did this three times, but when I try to get a job. I couldn't get one... One of my friend try to get me hired by her company, but they told her I was overqualified or something like that. One day I was mad as hell and I burn my degrees and didn't put down I went to college and got hired as a store manager. It made me mad after a few months at the job. I left and went into freelance and I started making money, but I did make a movie while at Itt Tech with another student he had the contacts to get us 1M... Now I am doing movie and have a movies on my own and get any investor for 20M. I have payed off almost three of my degrees. I would give my ITT Tech 2 out of 5 stars

Answer by TrustMe
Submitted on 7/7/2006
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O.k. Here is an honest unbiased opinion on ITT tech from someone who has never attended the school , but has worked with over 6 different people who've either attended/still attend ITT. I work as a support analyst for our support desk group. We staff our desk via a staffing agency that for some reason loves ITT tech students. Me personally I though it would be fine until you see and hear the finished/molded product. I agree that you get out what you put in in life in general, but it's gotten to the point to where I had to step into the hiring process and if I see ITT anywhere on a resume I already know what ?'s to ask during hiring process to get a blank stare...usually basic easy questions to...nothing ethereal either...it's actually pretty sad. The other sad part is only 1 out of the six we brought in over the course of their 90 evaluation has ever seemed knowledgeable and efficient at the job (the one i'mspeaking of told me he quit ITT because, "It is a joke, he knew more than the teachers,teachers left the class for extended periods of times all the time, gave them easy labs...etc,etc to pass time,basically passed you if you just showed up, they are just their for the money.") this is his words not mine. One rep that attended the school used to constantly brag about her GPA there, and actually thought she would be able to transfer with an Associates to a university here(I had to bear her the bad news). Most of them seemed to not have the basic fundamentals down to even handle the easiest of calls. Like I said, it has become comical at the job now when we see ITT on a resume.

Answer by Mark McLean
Submitted on 7/9/2006
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ITT Tech is the biggest rip-off out there! They will do anything and say anything to keep your money coming in. I kept telling them "I am making excelent grades but I do not understand it!" "Do not worry," they would say, "It will all come together in the 8th semester." Bull!!! They just want your money, nothing else. And seriously, who the hell wants to work for Intel anyway making $8-$15 an hour. Go to an acredited school where you can earn transferable hours. For the money I wasted, I could have earned a bachelor instead of paying for student loans for the next 25 years (!!!) for a wasted education! O well, I just hope no one else chooses this path. p.s. I finally earned a real degree -Advanced Water Treatment and am earning $80,000+ in Iraq. SCREW ITT RIP-OFF INSTITUTE!!

Answer by Blue Fire
Submitted on 7/10/2006
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I can see where people may get a bad taste in their mouth about ITT. But I wouldn't consider it a joke. Like any institution there are good and bad instructors. I have been to a traditional college and have had some terrible instructors who should not have been hired as an instructor. Technology changes so rapidly and therefore it may be a bit more difficult to keep up with. So it is ultimately up to the student to determine his destiny within the field of choice. I was a CNS student and realized that it wasn't everything I learned in class, but the seeds that were planted that enabled me to grow. I know own my own E-Marketing Company creating E-commerce sites and put together E-marketing plans helping people build their business. This is not what I received my degree in, but my education gave me the opportunity to extend myself to other areas of IT. I am grateful to the degree I received and I am looking forward to receiving my Bachelors in IT.

Answer by Mike
Submitted on 7/13/2006
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I agree with Leo. I am a grad from ITT Getzville, NY I have only challenged one instructor, for the most part all of my instructors where very smart. They all gave tremendous efforts. I work for a Fortune 500 company. I have 2 interns; one from a state funded school, and one from a private school. (NYS by the way) Both are engineering graduates BSEE. The state funded school UB grad doesn't have any hands on experience, and isn't too knowledgeable. I would not hire him. The other grad from RIT is pretty knowledgeable. I have a military background and AOS CEET from ITT, I will make right 75K this after taxes, you do math. The reason why no state funded school will take ITT credits is because it's a proprietary school. Do some research before you start something or make a comment on something you don't know about. Price other technical schools, $405 isn't that bad. Considering an AOS degree from State School are around 60+plus credits, ITT'sis 96 credits. Same with BAS deg State School are about 124+, ITT'sis 180 credits.

Answer by www.Careerbuilder.com
Submitted on 7/19/2006
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We the most popular career search engine online have experienced that ITT Technical Institute is a big scam. The books are at least 3 years old. There books miss key fundamentals for a job past $8.00/hour.We have even had are staff gruadate at ITT Tech and had to fire them because they can not even install an operating systes such as Microsoft Windows. We are sending this message that the scam is a big scam.The average class cost over $1400. The books are written by illterate authors, and they will waste time reading them. We know the commericals make the school seem state-of-the-art, but the art consist of the failures at the school.Employers do not hire the applicant that have a degree at ITT Tech. They can get a degree by just showing up to class. Another note is that the average salary of gruadates is only around $25k/year.Even a simple A+ certification will make that if not more. That means you pay $30k+ to make $8.50/hour.That is a scam.

Answer by o784951
Submitted on 7/28/2006
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Good morning everyone, I graduated from ITT Tech in 1997. I was working at a collections company making about $8 an hour. Within a month from Graduation I landed my first real Drafting job. Starting at $12. per hour. Today I am still drafting, and making over $48,000 per year. Since ITT, I have finished my Bachelors Degree. I will start this next semester teaching at ITT as an instructor part-time. You only get out of ITT, what you are willing to put in. If you are driven, and have the desire to make something of yourself than you will do something with the education you get. If you are lazy, and waiting for someone to give you something, then you will be waiting for a long time...

Answer by jsanz
Submitted on 8/1/2006
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Hey what's up everyone First of all, Let me start by saying that I agree with all of you about the education from ITT is not too great.(but I am glad to have been given good opportunities) I graduated from The AS CAD degree, I was able to find a job, but continued to learn at my new place of employment(where I was a mechanical drafter). I went back to ITT and got a BS of Industrial Design, Which was less pleasing then the CAD Degree but I was able to learn a few things that would help me down the line. Before completion of my BS degree I was able to obtain a new job as an Architectural Drafter (not Industrial design, but ok) where I realized that I would like to become an architect. I did research (quite a bit) on Architecture Schools and talk to Academic advisor and Admission Counselors from various schools. I found out that there were actually some schools that would accept my degree (not my credits but my degree, go figure)and I was able to apply for the Master of Architecture (M Arch), First professional Degree from a N.A.A.B (National Architecture Accrediting Board) accredited school. I worked on my admissions portfolio, night and day(with the help of some of the skills I obtained while in the industrial design program). I submitted it in march of 2006, and I have just recently been accepted and will be starting in the Fall. Now hopefully if everything goes as plan I will become a Licensed Architect I know that when you have a degree from ITT its hard to even get an interview, the person in charge of hiring looks at your resume and sees that you got your education from ITT Tech, so he pushes your resume to the side(sometimes never looking at it again). I know I have struggled to get Interviews, but the times I was able to get one I was able to seal the deal and get the job. Whatever you decide to do never regret the decisions you make, instead always look forward at what might be next. I am not saying I recommend ITT education, but if you have to go there or you are already there, Just try hard and work hard and you might be able to accomplish your goals.

Answer by Vlad
Submitted on 8/14/2006
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Well, from my perspective, it all depends what ITT-Tech campus you are going to. For instance, at the Lake Mary (FL) campus, all the teachers know their stuff. No questions asked. I have not come across a teacher that did not know what they were teaching about. Aldough, some teachers aren't used to teaching, they all know more than they would need to teach us. All the teachers actually care about how we do (the ones that I've met) For instance, I always talk about hacking: tools, ways, strategies etc... and the teachers that I work with all know their stuff. I am going for the computer systems security course, and I have nothing bad to say about the ITT-Tech campus that I am going to. The books aren't as easy to comprehend if you're not used to them. But you can get alot of information out of them if you try. I don't know if they have different books at different locations, but try having Math 1 at the campus that I go to. Most of the students aren't passing. Its not a piece of cake, you actually need to "learn" in order to be here. The fact is, if you have a passion for what you're trying to accomplish, you will get there, weather being tough right, or wrong.

Answer by Joe Marsen
Submitted on 8/19/2006
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I have heard so many bad things about this school. If anyone is considering this school please go to a community college instead. You have to be suspicious about any school that doesnt care about your high school GPA yet charges you 5 times as much as a university (state). I have heard these things from a friend who attends a tech school. I attend a real university (top ten computer science) but started from a community college and worked my way into a real university. There are no shortcuts to a great career. If its too easy, employers know that. Even if your in your third year. Drop out, go to community college for a year then go to a university. When I am a lead project manager, I won't just put the ITT tech resumes in the back of the pile, I'll throw them away and spit on them and feel sorry for the poor people that got suckered into this.

Answer by bsholla
Submitted on 8/22/2006
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I went to ITT it is the biggest scam out there .I had to drop CEET classes to take a job working on boeing`s low and behold the industry isn`t doing to well so we moved back home. ITT didnt not let me continue ceet training so I decided to go into CAD my wife went into labor and had a emergency c-section I called the program chair and like always he wasnt in so i spoke to another program chair which advised me I would be able to take my final exam .We`ll I went to school to find no exam no program chairs. I contacted them later to find out I had been dropped ,but re-enrolled in the same CAD programs which they told me was to keep me current .There are several other factors that make ITT not a very good institute like unauthorized loans and false representations,along with the fact I had them just drop me from school and I found out afterwards I was told I would never be able to attend ITT again you decide. bsholla

Answer by C.A.P
Submitted on 8/26/2006
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ITT-Tech use to use books created by the lowest bidders in India. They have since stopped, and are using Microsoft Press books, and other better brand names. However, their course ware could use some re-writing. For example, the Microeconomics class was written for an economics MAJOR, and not for a general education course. The way it is now; it's way too much for what it's meant to teach. The math II course is also overboard in terms of difficulty. They try and teach mathematics that no one student will EVER use in the real world. Of course, it doesn't help that they took their course ware from online, and turned it into an in-house class without any modifications. The course they are giving isn't even meant for in-house study. I know, because unfortunately, I have had to take this course more than once. I have a feeling it's going to be the last class I take, alone, before I can get my associates. The technology based courses are very good, and that's where the school shines - as it should. I seen fools drop out all the time, and do those write ups saying ITT-Tech is worthless. They are the kinds of students, if you want to call them students, who think the world will fall on their lap. Every student I talk to, no matter what school they attend, all tell me the same issues - the ones many students report here. So, just take the good with the bad and stick through it. In the end, I haven't even graduated yet, and I already have a good full time Network Admin job with a medium sized corporation. As a matter of fact, many people at my company came from ITT-Tech with degrees. The key is - passing and actually earning the degree. So many people here fail that criteria. The degree can't help you if you don't have it!

Answer by Call me Jay
Submitted on 9/11/2006
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I'm in my sixth quarter at ITT and I kinda regret going to this school.It's Way too expensive, not enough class hours(learning). CAN'T transfer any credits to any other school. Have I learned stuff, hell yeah. Have I learned what I feel is equivalent to the price I'm paying of $38,000. HELL NO... I even got caught committing plagiarism (clear as day) and they never even said anything and they're supposed to expel people who do this. Some classes were easy, some were hard. But they passed me for classes I really felt I should of failed. I know I'm learning stuff here but this school is very fishy and expensive. Live and Learn I guess... For people thinking about going to ITT. I say just get certified instead... FIND CERTIFICATION COURSES INSTEAD..... WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYY CHEAPER

Answer by Akram Alzamari
Submitted on 10/19/2006
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I��m a former student at ITT, I lost thousands of dollars, and for more that 4 years now paying back loans I did not even benefit from through ITT, I was very busy working two jobs and going to ITT and my teachers agreed to pass me for all my classes and I have no idea what that class were about�K.funny haa More than $20,000 I lost and I got absolutely nothing, when I went to regular school the admin office said sorry we are not going to except any credit from ITT because ITT is not credited school and there credits mean nothing sorry! Good look to all the students going there now�K�Kthey will face what I face right now�� Email me if you need more info akram@alzamari.com

Answer by Dan H
Submitted on 10/19/2006
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I have a 3.9 and am in my 4th year at ITT. You get what you put in so to speak. If you try, you will learn. If you mess around and expect the teachers to land you a job making 200K+ a year, you are wasting your time and money. Many companies love hiring ITT grads, but only the ones with good GPA's it shows they earned their degree instead of just purchasing it. I agree with the books from NIIT (out of India none the less); they recently switched to Pearson (thank God) and I am impressed. As far as getting a job, it's not that hard. I am already working in the field and am still working on my degree (www.truemfg.com, I'm a web developer). It's like the school, you get what you put into it. The only thing I hate is that the amount per credit hour seems to jump 30 or 40 bucks every quarter. It's now over 500! When you can go to a State University for almost 40% less than a private university you are probably better off; thankfully I'm almost done.

Answer by Big Bear
Submitted on 10/22/2006
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I just graduated with an AAS in Computer network systems with a 3.87 GPA. I am happy about the education that i received there. I very much believe that you only get what you put into it. I have been to both a community college and a University. There is no complaint about ITT that could not be made about any other school. My only question would be, If the teachers are so bad and you are not getting your moneys worth, why not talk to your program chair, dean, school president, or even contact ITT HQ in Indiana? I may have been lucky because i went to and am still going (Bach. in Information system security) to the main campus here in Indianapolis. You DESERVE to get your moneys worth. I know I got mine.

Answer by Jeremy
Submitted on 12/7/2006
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As a former student of ITT Tech I can tell you that going to the school was one of the worst things I have ever done. I have attended a community college and am currently a student at Neumont University in Utah and ITT does not even come close to either. Students at my current school learn more about software development in their first quarter than ITT students learn during their entire time at ITT. I was 6 months away from graduating ITT when I finally quit. I stayed their thinking to myself that it would get better, but guess what � it did not. If you want to graduate from a school that you can be proud of holding a degree from then ITT is the last school you should go to. If you want to graduate from a school and have a degree that is laughed at, then be my guest. I quit ITT because as I was nearing the end I was actually starting to be embarrassed at the thought of telling someone that I got a degree from such a ridiculous school.

Answer by Billyboy
Submitted on 12/12/2006
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I am a recent graduate of ITT-Tech out Green Bay, WI. I was in the CEET program, and I want everyone that reads this to understand that I am only speaking about my experience in this particular program. If you are thinking about going into this program you better be willing to go all the way, by that I mean get a bachelors degree right away. Since graduating I have been on well over a dozen interviews, and that is not an exaggeration of any kind, and almost all of them said the same thing "We want experience or a bachelors" thats the short part of it anyway. If you read 'Radraver's comments, he hit every point about the books having spelling mistakes and the labs not being correct or not even having the right equipment to do the labs. Also if your attendance is good you are almost guaranteed a "C" average. The last things that I am going to leave with is 1. I am still working at the same place as I was two years ago when I first went to ITT. 2. 35K plus interest for a two year degree, you could go to a university for fours for almost the same price. 3. I have made countless mistakes in my life, I could take back one... it would be going to ITT-Tech and having this huge debt on my shoulders.

Answer by Mieah
Submitted on 12/12/2006
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I attend ITT Tech in San Bernadino. I joined in the criminal justice program for their first ever running of it. So I am split down the middle, I am not impressed because I (my class) am the Guinea pig in most of my classes. One of my classes was Aviation Security which is a fancy way of saying 9-11. So I had a 11 week course in 9-11 which was slapped together. The only reason the class was interesting was because our teacher was from Egypt and realized that it wasn't all about the plane and had us look into the culture, religion, etc. instead of doing what the curriculum said. The good thing though is almost all of my teachers have been cops, many of them retired after being on the force for 20+ years, which adds an interesting feel because they know what they are talking about.

Answer by malignant
Submitted on 12/20/2006
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I stumbled on this post quite by accident, and while it's pretty old, I think it's worth giving my two cents on. I'm in my second quarter at ITT Tech, I've tested out of one quarter's worth of classes already, and I now work at the school through the federal work study program. This is, however, because I put my best foot forward. I've noticed that people (mostly the kind that can't even type out a forum post without making total asses out of themselves) have this horrible idea that it's the job of the educational institution to hold their hands, and do everything for them. GET A CLUE. This is preparation for the real world, so you get what you give. Some of my instructors have worked on major Video Game development projects, major mainstream (and independent) cartoons, major corporate networks, the music industry, and much more. ITT is as good of a school as you are a student. Even MIT sucks if you can't figure your butt from a hole in the wall.

Answer by What_the?
Submitted on 12/21/2006
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Hey people, I am amazed that people want to be assistants and techs from the get go. Shoot for the top and then settle for what you can get. But going to ITT is guaranteed to make you a technician, without any office sitting around taking orders from engineers. Is that what you want to get out of school? or do you want to be respected in your field?. Don't waste your money on DEVRY, ITT TECH or what have you. Attend a 4 year college and get a �real� degree and avoid the stigma of these lowly schools. The guy that's making 80K is probably putting in 80 hours a week, which most of our DEVRY and ITT techies graduates are making, while the true technical people make that in less than 40 hours. So he is misleading you. Engineers don�t even start out with that type of salary, and I personally know that Qualcom doesn�t start it�s engineers at 80K, 90% of the firms don�t! So take my advice, 4 year college, some general knowledge, college experience, hot chicks, and respect when it�s all said and done, or 3 years of 50K worthless education. You choose! That's my two cents.

Answer by UNID
Submitted on 1/12/2007
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I feel terribly sorry for those who attend this school: 1-It is NOT ACCREDITED AS A UNIVERSITY, therefore, credits transfer to: NOWHERE, EVER 2-It is a diploma mill, your degree isn't worth its weight in ***t when compared to the same degree from a college or university Why in the hell would someone waste money in excess of what it would cost at college/university to go such a place. Its the equivalent of a continuation of 12th grade at vo-tech. IT IS NOT COLLEGE! AVOID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, And if already there, GET OUT WHILE YOU CAN and go to college instead!!!!! You will be glad you did! I have a masters degree in IT with a 4.0 from a actual state university (NOT UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX either), so I do know what I'm talking about.

Answer by Chelsea
Submitted on 1/16/2007
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A big university campus takes a long time and is a good idea if you are very young and not in the "big world" on your own yet. The Itt type schools can get you there quicker, and you do not have to take the P.E. classes, or art, or whatever else is required in gen ed of the bigger schools. I am not old, but not the typical college age either, so I decided to go back to school after being married, etc, and get a faster, detailed right-to-the-point type education. I would love to go to SDSU, or UCSD, etc, but I just do not have many extra years to spend on it at this time in my life. This school is not so bad, and a lot of companies like DO hire tech school students. They see them as very serious and interested in the field of choice. I am now going to enroll in the Criminal Justice program. My old boyfriend went and he makes over 120k a year. He is only 26. Thank you.

Answer by Michael
Submitted on 1/19/2007
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ITT...hmmm, what shall I say? They are out to make money and if you have financial aid there is very little you can do to fail, except not show up or just plain not do any work. I remember a couple projects where no one in the class completed them and were all given D-'s. I knew it was a joke at that point. You will notice, as opposed to other colleges, you will have no remaining financial aid money after classes are paid for. I would say the only use for ITT would be if you are already in the field and want to advance your career and your employer was paying the bills. Otherwise, Good Luck! You might feel like you are accomplishing something, but it isn't for someone who really isn't sure what they want to do with their life.

Answer by vixen
Submitted on 1/26/2007
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I have currently graduated from the CEET course at ITT Technical institute in Pennsylvania. I worked my butt off for a GPA of a 3.9. No notes were prepared for me. No one studied or gave me the answers before the test. I had to earn my degree at my school. Yes I had a teacher who did not know much however our class had to teach ourselves and pass the test to move on to the next course. I have gone back for my 2nd associate in CNS the teachers in that course are fantastic. You can not teach at our school unless you have a bachelors. PA is a strict state when it comes to Technical schools. Also all my credits are transferable to other schools there are two in this state that will take them strayer university and devry. I am happy with my choice in ITT Technical institute.

Answer by kristen
Submitted on 2/15/2007
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hi I am going to ITT Tech in Buffalo, New York. I am in the Multimedia field and I am doing great. If you get the right teacher and stuff everything will be fine. I also like it because they explain things and the classes are small. The only big class (tech) I had was this quarter and it wasn't to bad because my teacher made sure we could do what we could do whatever we needed to do. I am very efficient in most of the programs I learned. If you want to go more in depth I am sure there are books out there that will help you out and learn even more about the program. I brought four books and I am on the way for more books. You just have to do some of the research for yourself.

Answer by Retard who didn't research schools
Submitted on 2/15/2007
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I go to ITT. I get mostly A's and B+'s. I couldn't learn anything there if I tried. At first, I thought I was just a really good student, but I am just a victim of charlatans. At first I was learning a little, but most of it I already knew from high school and from having read for fun. Now I go to class and it is a cruel joke. It is all just busy work. Nothing is being learned. Nothing is being reinforced. I signed on for an education, to learn a trade. I am not learning a trade. If I had a job where I was pretending to provide a service, that would be one thing, but I am not getting paid for this. (I feel like such a loser, a sucker, a rube, a victim.) I go in to classvknowing it is a scam. I show up and I do my work, and I go home. All because the credits don't transfer and I 've already poured so much time and money into this thing. It is so depressing. My hopes and my dreams are kind of broken. I am in so much debt to pay for this fake education. Oh God. Oh God. My God. Everything is so corrupt. Nobody cares. What is wrong with people? How can this happen? Everybody knows. It is not a secret. I should have researched schools. ITT is scam. ITT IS A SCAM!!!!!!!!!! ITT IS A SCAM!!!! ITT is A SCAM! A SCAM!! a SCam A SCAM!! A SCAM !! A scam !!! GOD DAMN ITT !!! DAmn it ti hell!! AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAHHH!!!!! F*** itt!!!!!! f#$#@ THEM AND THERE LYING !!! I HOPE THEY ENJOY THERE DIRTY LUCRE!! I HOPE THEY CHOKE ON IT!!!! <collects self> Oh yeah, some of the teachers aren't even nice. Imagine that, I am being graded on arbitrary BS and rote memorization, and they have have an arrogance about them. ((god help us. I know I need it.))

Answer by Dave
Submitted on 2/28/2007
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Most of these feedback comments believe it or not are from ITT reps. Two reps. that I've gained trust on, told me all the lucrative things they need to do on a daily basis...and one of them is writing a good word about there employer and even campus for more recruits. I currently attend a so-cal ITT and just couldn't believe that because if the lack of recruiting for a specific program-Business, they are going to cancel the program. And this isn't just here at this campus. About 87% off all national ITT'shave, just ask your dept. chair. So, I am currently trying to transfer out of this school. We have the same instructors for basically every class-gen ed'sand cores. So I know that I will waste another year or two, but does getting a BA from ITT more vast than one from a UC or CAL State. I know some credits wont transfer, but if you did good academic wise, than admissions would consider transferring quite abit of classes. So again, this school is a technical school, not one to study CJ or Business. I hope this helps somebody because this took me a great amount of time and effort speaking to different schools and different admissions persons.

Answer by Pheyt
Submitted on 3/6/2007
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I dont think tech schools are always the best choice, especially if they offer a wide variety of programs. Go to a school where the classes are more concentrated. Ex: instead of taking Graphic Design at a Tech school, take the same coarse at an Art Institute. why? well for one thing, you know the teacher all teach in the same area of subject and are able to help you rather than a teacher who does electronics in the morning and arts in the afternoon is skilled in one and not the other. it's not fair to students who pay so much to get and lousy education because the educators dont know left from right. dont go to tech schools unless you have a full scholarship or grant, that way you're not stuck with loan payments and regretting it.

Answer by Just an IT guy
Submitted on 3/26/2007
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Those of us currently in the IT workforce may agree, for the most part where you got your degree isn't the most important aspect of education. In fact, unless you went to MIT or Harvard or the like, ITT would not be hugely detrimental to your resume. More important are the grades you pull and the knowledge you leave with. That being said, ITT is not necessarily an inexpensive school, and you probably could save money by going to your local state university. If that isn't an option due to poor high school grades or other factors, I think ITT is a good alternative and certainly better than no further education. Those who bash ITT above clearly don't have exceptional academic credibility since it's evident that even stringing together an articulate sentence is beyond their capabilities.

Answer by paul
Submitted on 4/5/2007
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I'm in my last quarter at ITT for bachelors in electrical eng (15th quarter). If I were given the chance to do it all over again I would have gone to a community college for however long needed to be accepted into a real university. In HS I was not accepted at the university I was interested in so I looked up ITT and fell for the BS the recruiter spat at me. The bottom line of ITT is if you show up for class and sign in you are going to pass. You can not learn a thing and just coast through the whole school without cracking open 1 book. As long as you pay the ridiculous bills you will get a "degree". As people here have said most universities won't accept ITT credits. Any good jobs will not respect the degree you hold from ITT. Don't make the same mistake I have, save your money and go to community college, its just as good and a fraction of the price.

Answer by joe
Submitted on 4/8/2007
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well i am getting ready to attend itt tech. i did my research and am very happy with what i have found. the students are happy with there decision i just went in and started to talk to students without the faculity knowing. they had a career day when i went and they had over 40 different companies there to hire and the starting wages where different. they had companies from a small operation to the fbI. you have to put yourself out there and stand out from everyone else. itt tech isnt the perfect school thats going to answer everyones problem. its expensive thats the only problem i have but so is getting any education. by the time you spend the money on an aa then get a ba your looking at pretty close the same price as a tradional college.i went to a tradional college and can say they are not all that great either. i have talked to large companies that perfer to hire tech grads over traditional grads.as far as transferring credits you can get a ba at itt tech and a master in business if you want. so why are people interested in transfering there credits. i am also taking classes at a tradional college so i can learn different languages.tech schools dont teach those coarses.

Answer by cluelesss
Submitted on 4/15/2007
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In approximately 57 days I am scheduled to begin education at a technical school, ITT in Duluth, GA. Last time i was in school was back in 1995. So I am being very cautious on which school I choose to attend. Anyway, after doing a lot of research on this school and reading about what other students experiences have been like with ITT, I now feel hesitant and strongly considering canceling my financial aid and grants for this school. The main reason is, I just found out, not through ITT, but through doing my own on line research, that I will NOT be able to transfer my ITT credits to another school other than ITT if i needed to urgently move out of the state. And, what I find even more discouraging is that ITT has not yet revealed that to me. So, I must now give ITT a big fat thumbs down, for concealing that very important information from me.

Answer by Montoya42
Submitted on 4/26/2007
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My complaints about ITT are as follows: 1. The textbooks - I have had better textbooks at a community college, that were actually certified by Microsoft, Cisco, and Novell. At ITT all I get is, for all intensive purposes, a horrible textbook, by Pearson Custom Publishing. The labs are wrong, the examples are horrible, the enclosed programs are often buggy at best. 2. I have been going to ITT for 4 semesters, I am upset that the instructors give the answers out during a test, ie. Midterm and Final. 3. My first semester, the instructor that was supposed to be teaching my "Intro to Operating Systems" course, had put his 2 week resignation in a week before class started. The administration told him to, "Teach the first week anyway, it doesn't matter" 4. The lack of support and/or additional help or tutoring, is horrible. It is not likely though, that you would ever need any of this extra help, considering the courseload is about the farthest thing from fast paced as you can get.

Answer by ITT scum
Submitted on 5/2/2007
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LOL, You can't teach at a university with a masters, gotta get a PHD buddy.... :PPPPP I know that and Im only 14. See what ITT is doing to thisnations students??? STUDY AND GO TO A REAL COLLEGE """I am currently attending Itt-Tech and I have to say that I am sort of split down the middle. The teachers that I have DO know what they are talking about, but in the process they don't go into what they are teaching. I mainly blame the books they use, 2 classes we went through the entire book to mark out circuits drawn wrong, bad explanations, incorrect labeling, and labs we couldn't do because they were all wrong. But there is a lot of hands on stuff going on! I graduate in september of 2004 and might be going back for my bachelors. And attending in Louisiana for now for CEET computer Electronic Engineering Tech. Also all my teachers were either in the army, navy, or whatever to get into the field they wanted and all have Masters in what they are teaching. So it really all depends on what state you are in and how qualified your teachers are. P.s. Try not to miss many classes, you tend to miss a hella lot! lol"""

Answer by thedumbestgeek
Submitted on 5/4/2007
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Wow. I'm stupefied. To hear about so many others that have found this school to be crooked, pathetic and an outright scam. (im in class now..likely for the last time) I completely agree. I bought into the hype largely because I WANTED TO. I'm 29 and have a limited edjumacation. I want more, I'm a human with some perception of how important it is to wake up when I'm 60 and be able to face myself...and my life. Staff here was nice...helpful from the day I saw the ad and called to the day both myself and my wife came in to learn more (and signed up). Really it's been an arse-circus since. I can't say anything polite about this school, besides a couple of the teachers are ok and the students are just like myself, wanting more out of life. (so lay off itt students) I signed up for Networking/ISS. lol... I could be teaching the computer classes. I own a small business for home networking and computer repairs. I love computers and I have always had a natural talent for technical troubleshooting. I have many years of "real world" experience and rarely have any problems that outright stump me. I've been wanting to get into information security and a BA would be nice to hang on my wall, so I went for it. Hook, line and a 30 year/20%APR sinker. Dumb So here it is the end of the first semester and still 80% of the students STILL can't find the taskbar, let alone explain the difference between Windows Explorer and Internet Explorer. I'm bored, worried and a little p8ssed that I have made a huge mistake. From the first time the "dean" came in to address the class on how "attendance is vital" to the 4th and 5th time within 2 weeks, I had the feeling that I was a walking check in the amount of $72K. Sigh. fawk. Lesson for today class? For the love of god shop around. Theres better ways to p&ss away $70.000

Answer by Jeff
Submitted on 5/22/2007
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You have to be wise. I was an '06 grad student and got my AS degree in Computer Drafting and Design. I had a great time and learned a lot. But I do see where ITT can improve. It really has a lot to do with the students. I pushed myself very hard. My instructors were amazing and more then willing to help me out with anything. But then again, in my class there were lazy students that complained about everything, well guess what, there is always going to be something to complain about no matter what school you attend. Make the most out of where you are at. I would take the time to research the cost, yes it was expensive, knowing what I know now I'm not if I would have attended. But I have a great job and don't have any regrets, except for the money, but I got my monies worth.

Answer by graywolfman
Submitted on 5/30/2007
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This school doesn't transfer credits because it is a tech/vocational school. It's courses are created to give you the education related to your degree, and the few gen-ed courses for your degree to actually mean something. It is true that you can get teachers that have not done anything in the field they are instructing in, but it also depends on what campus you are attending in what state. It's all up to the administration of that campus to hire who they do. I am attending ITT in Colorado and they seem to be on the ball. If you have attended any other college, you know what problems they come across, many of these complaints I've seen coming from ITT Tech students have also come from Art Institute and CSU students. If you can't handle one college, how are you going to handle the professional world?

Answer by nailemandjam
Submitted on 6/2/2007
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I'm a firm believer in that you get out what you put in. I'm a 4 semester student at ITT Tech in San Diego,CA. and I must say that attending ITT Tech has been the high point in my life's choices. I won't sugar coat it because this school costs $40,000 and it scares me to hear the negative responses by some people. I agree with the book "CRAP" thats what most of the books can be called. The worst book I have ever read was Visual Basic, This thing was written by a "freaken" tech manual,programmer that has never had a girl friend because he doesn't know how to communicate with people. But the instructors at ITT are the best teachers I ever had. and I took 3 yrs of college when I graduated high school. You see the teachers there know the subject matter and encourage the students. The teachers know that the books are bad and that some of the labs are wrong. They've always corrected the problems and tought the subject matter right if its wrong in the books. I myself study vary long hours and have earned the 3.75 GPA it wasn't given to me. Another thing is that my first teacher was this crazy math teacher that had just started and he was canned immediatly after his first semester there. Point is, that there will always be good teachers and bad teachers in any school you go to except maybe those ellite universities like say MIT or Yale but in the instance that you get a real idiot for a teacher you have the right to request a transfer to another instructor teaching the same subject, I mean your paying $40,000. So I hope that anybody thinking about attending ITT Tech really should not be scared off by some people that just didn't get up in the middle of class and march into the Deans office and request a transfer to another instructor. I feel sorry for those people. ITT IS GREAT!

Answer by mcody
Submitted on 6/2/2007
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I just finished my first semester at Itt Albany NY in CEET. I can't wait to get back to class! I have been working as an electronics installer for the last 3 years or so. My company knows I'm bright and ambitious, so they promoted me to an electronics technician as soon as they found out that i going to school. in there eyes, The name of the school did not matter. It doesn't matter to me either. Your level of education depends on you, and only you. if you have a question your teacher can't answer, at least be great full that your instructor provided you with the background information needed to even ask that question in the first place! (then look up the answer). if you don't have any questions at all, than you are probably going to get by, learning very little, passing each course, and being very disappointed- REGARDLESS OF WHAT SCHOOL YOU WENT TO!!!

Answer by Carol Tomarchio
Submitted on 6/7/2007
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I wasted a year going to ITT. As others have stated, the instructors may work in the field, but as teachers they have no qualifications. If teaching means reading the information on a slide presentation, then I guess they are great; but, I want more for my money than someone standing at the front of the classroom reading a slide presentation. Very few of the labs worked, and those that worked, only worked some of the time. I have moved over to Strayer University, mostly taking online courses, and they accepted ALL of my ITT credits. No other school would accept them, as others have stated. My advice, as a 57 yr old student, save some money and go anywhere but ITT

Answer by chocolarico
Submitted on 6/10/2007
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ITT Technical Institute is a great school. Many of you students blame teachers for not teaching well, horrible books and explanations, lack of teaching. It is us the students. It's our responsibility to open our books and read. Ask teachers questions on what you do not understand. Remember. The teachers are not pursuing your dream it is you! Your child days are over. Professors are not going to wipe your asses because you decide to slack off and accuse the school for inaccurate books, or insufficient teaching. Grow up! the child days are over. It is you who is looking for a future not them. You want to accomplish something in life do so but don't blame others for your mistakes.

Answer by Yogi07
Submitted on 6/12/2007
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I am currently attending ITT in Eden Prairie, MN. I can't say I am totally impressed. It seems like it is overpriced for what your getting. The books, and material that we get seem like there from the early 90's; very noticeably dated. Most of the teachers seem to know what there teaching, except for a couple. One teacher that I had didn't seem to know what she was doing, and never seemed to have anything in order for class; very un-prepared and flighty. I would have to say overall I am content, I feel as though I am learning new things every week. However if I had to do it over I would not have chosen ITT for a school to attend. I don't like the fact that we do not have a normal library, everything is based online, and not always user friendly. Today I couldn't even get logged into the "Virtual Library" Our "24 hour" library.

Answer by Ruben
Submitted on 6/29/2007
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I know that instructors at ITT-Tech are very knowlegeable (at least at ITT-Tech in Greenfield, Wisconsin). I have been in the IT field for over 14 years and just recently decided to get that diploma I should had gotten 20 years ago. Most students juts expect to go to school and get high grades without trying to absorb the knowledge that is being passed unto them. I just graduated with my Bachelors degree in Information Systems Security. People need to understand that technical colleges teach concepts, or better put, the foundation for the field you are going into. IT changes constantly, just like medicine. If you do not stay with it a 100%, you will get behind. After you graduate, you will find out that most companies have their own standard operating procedures anyway and you will have to learn those in order to succed. Quit complaining, get with the program, and you will see that you will succeed. Tutoring is available at most colleges anyway, so if you need help, seek it. If you feel that you are not getting the education you expected to get, get with the schoool dean and express your grievances; that is what he/she gets paid for, to take care of the students.

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Submitted on 3/12/2004
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Is ITT Tech. Institute a school that is worth going to, or is one better of just better of joining a robotic society? thanks

Answer by Johnny
Submitted on 6/4/2004
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ITT TECH IS AN EXCELLENT SCHOOL !!

Answer by zazoie
Submitted on 6/17/2004
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I was very nervous about attending IIT. I wasn't sure ITT had the academic faculuty that I was looking for. This is my first quarter and I must say I am rather impressed. One of my teachers has 6 degrees 5 of which are in programming and the like, including a doctorate. And one of my other teachers did some work on Shriek 2. Thats pretty cool! And Intel was at the last graduation recruiting from my campus and were only taking students with a 3.5 no less! Pretty good.

Answer by Ray
Submitted on 6/25/2004
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I live in Temple City, California. I'm interested in the ITT training. I'm not sure which ITT institute is the closest to my house and if they are good enough to get me a job as soon as possible with at least a $50 grand annual income as a entry level. Thanks

Answer by Kyle
Submitted on 7/1/2004
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ITT isn't a recomendable school here is one if you are currently attending ITT try to transfer your credits... almost no school will accept ITT's credits this school sucks if your in the beginning get out while you still can

Answer by dirty bob
Submitted on 7/6/2004
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I just graduated from ITT in San Diego, and not even a week out of school I landed a job at a small tech firm here called Quallcomm... kinda small...lol. I was number 3 in my class, (if you pay 32k for school, youd better get your moneys worth). I make over 80k a year and have awesome benefits, a company truck, my own office, and a ping-pong table next door...so I feel ITT saved my life, and it is an awesome school.

Answer by Leon
Submitted on 7/11/2004
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I am looking into ITT Tech in Syracuse, NY. For the responses I read of those who has a bad experience, If their grammar is any indications, they are idiots anyway. Perhaps FAQS.ORG is the culpurt!!

Answer by jaBouTie
Submitted on 7/12/2004
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Like any educational establishment you're going to get out what you put in. It would be easy to say the education standards aren't up to par at many schools but I believe ITT Tech's track record speaks for itself. Continuing student enrollment, over 70 campuses nationwide, and they've been doing this for over 20 years. For my money I believe ITT Tech is giving me the education I want in the field I want. What I do with that education is up to me once I get it. Sit on my rear and complain about the education I received from them - I think not. Apply myself to job interviews and my current job position with the education I have received - Yes.

Answer by Radraver
Submitted on 7/13/2004
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I'm a third quarter ITT student in So. Cal. and so far I've learn almost nothing. I have a 4.0 and hardly even opened a book. All the notes are prepared for you, all the tests are open. The subject matter is very basic. I want more than a piece of paper, I want an education. I'm paying 35k for what??? Even the instructors know it's a scam. Just show up most of the time and you'll probably pass. I thought I was going to a fast paced, high tech school, but so far it's been a joke.

Answer by RRE
Submitted on 8/7/2004
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Itt tech came to my high school and made fun of people who makes low wages. My friend went to ITT TECH and got a two year Degree and makes low wages at the same job where he worked before joining ITT. ITT needs to remove money from stock market. Stop making profit from students. ITT tech students are not rich.

Answer by Someone
Submitted on 8/7/2004
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man i just signed up for itt tech and i'mkinda scared with all these answers i'mgetting..theres not way i can quit now...i start next month....is it worth it?

Answer by Rymarta
Submitted on 8/10/2004
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I attend ITT in Liverpool, NY, and I am currently in my first quarter. If the rest of my experience is anything like this first quarter, then I certainly will get a good education. I have attended 2 other colleges in the previous years, and ITT is by far the best. I have learned more this first 12 weeks then I can ever remember learning in my previous college experience. Perhaps all of you who put ITT down, really don't grasp what you are being taught, or understand that it takes plenty of time and hard work. Teachers in college are guides.... you should be able to read on your own, and not have a teacher spell out everything for you. This is college, not high school.

Answer by RALPH
Submitted on 8/14/2004
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I am having a great time at ITT. The teachers are great, the course study is great and I've learned alot. I would recommend ITT to any one serious enough to handle a reality check.

Answer by ITTRep
Submitted on 8/14/2004
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I don't understand the people saying that they're already 'too far in to quit'? Haven't they every heard of 'cutting their losses'? If the classes are useless and they feel that the degree is useless...why are they paying more money for more useless classes? I'm a recruiter for ITT Tech and truly love my job. I see people's lives changed every day.

Answer by pozwell
Submitted on 8/21/2004
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I wonder if the faculty or recruiters posted the messages stating how good the schoolwas. THat'smight be the case. And I might just be one of those instructor's that did. I also might not be.

Answer by ROOOCK-MAN
Submitted on 8/30/2004
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I AM STUDENT FROM ITT AND IT IS DISAPPOINTING. BUT I ALMOST READY TO GRADUATE SO I SPEND TO MUCH MONEY ALREADY TO LEAVE THIS JOKE. IF YOU WANT A GOOD EDUCATION DO NOT COME HERE DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY. FIND A REAL SCHOOL I WILL.

Answer by ITT_Student
Submitted on 9/4/2004
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One problem I have with ITT is that nobody fails. If you show up, most of the time, and make a weak attempt at looking like you are trying you are guarantied at least an A.

Answer by mike
Submitted on 9/12/2004
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I was looking into ITT tech, and for the most part $35 for an associates degree really isn't going to get you far in the job market today. The rep himself told me that after graduation (at least for the computer networking) you most likely would get a help desk type job making maybe $12-$15 an hour. So unless you have enough money for 4 years I wouldn't recommend this school. Although I was told I can go to a local tech school and transfer credits from there to ITT and save some good money on almost all the classes for the first year then about 1 class per year after that. It would still cost probably $20k for just 2 years though.

Answer by Ander
Submitted on 9/16/2004
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I am also attending school at ITT TECH, Murray Campus of Utah. I also have a 4.0 (soon to be going into third term). Its sad that the above 2 posts are correct and I wish they weren't but its true. I don't know how much longer this school will stay credited, but I hope its long enough for my degree from here to make a difference.

Answer by al
Submitted on 9/21/2004
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ITT is a place that cares about the student yet expensive because of all the resources it provides, they put the student first and my experience has been good.

Answer by Luke
Submitted on 9/23/2004
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ITT is just like any other college, you get what you put into it. I attended university of cincinnati (30,000 + students) before attending ITT. I enjoy the smaller hands on classes at ITT, it is perfect for me. Just like UC, ITT has it's good professors and it's bad. You just have to find the good ones and pick their brains. I can see why the people that put the minimum out are trying to blame ITT. They need to be blaming themselves. I am more than confident in my education at ITT in cincinnati. NIIT Books suck, quit outsourcing everything to India Go Kerry

Answer by YinGinanen Sanen
Submitted on 9/29/2004
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I read a lot of bad and good stuff about ITT from various sites, including this one before going. I am currently attending itt in Memphis, Tn. I've been taking it for almost two months now and I am very satisfied. I was a straight A student in High School, and I am making average grades here. This is because the work is actually kind of hard! I'm being challenged for once! And I'm learning something! Hopefully it doesn't get worst as I go along, if it does I will write here again. Tests being open? Never heard of such a thing.

Answer by b
Submitted on 10/2/2004
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Answer by James
Submitted on 10/3/2004
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Whelp, thank you all for the great diversified feedback pertaining to ITT Tech. I'm an undergrad from the Oxnard, Ca school and have mixed emotions about re-enrolling to complete the bachelor program. Fortunately, I've payed into the Montgomery GI Bill so the site of the cost, doesn't really rape my wallet too badly......but for some, time might be a resource many of us don't have. I mean, do we (a) continue with ITT and get a B.S. degree we MIGHT be unhappy with, or do we (b) Start from scratch and waste another 4-5 years in a re-attempt for a traditional school B.S. Degree? Kinda feels like Vegas (Gamble!)

Answer by big mick
Submitted on 10/5/2004
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hey itt-tech is great!!! I think different stokes different folks

Answer by apostrophe
Submitted on 10/7/2004
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http://www.showmenews.com/2004/Feb/20040226Busi005.asp ITT tech HQ gets raided... doesnt sound good for the school!

Answer by <CART===LEMMY>
Submitted on 10/14/2004
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ITT isn't so good, I'd suggest checking out ITTscm: http://www.cartlemmy.com/itt/

Answer by max
Submitted on 10/17/2004
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ITT tech is a complete scam. I went there for a 1 year and I didn't learn anything that I didn't know already. I left when I realized that they are only there to take your money. They go after people out of the military and low income households so they can scam you and the government out of grant money at the same time. Also, ITT techs credits don't transfer anywhere, which is how they trap you in continuing your "education" there.

Answer by Jsoberanes
Submitted on 10/19/2004
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Complainers dont get anywhere. I am attendinf ITT and guess what its a great school.

Answer by techno man
Submitted on 11/1/2004
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first of all if they don't teach you anything how can you get a job? this is a bunch of spam.

Answer by Giggahoe
Submitted on 11/2/2004
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ITT SUCKS MONKEY BALLS JUST LIKE YOUR MOM AND POPS NIPPLE SUCKING ORANGUTANG

Answer by bond007
Submitted on 11/9/2004
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Answer by Lawrence
Submitted on 11/11/2004
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Don't waste your money. go get your Certs. this School sucks big time.

Answer by Levi
Submitted on 11/15/2004
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I've been going to ITT and I have to say that I've been learning alot. I've always been interested in computers and have been working with them for the last 12 years. This school is giving me a quick way to formalize my education and fill in the gaps of information that I've missed over the years. It's worth going to if you're ready to get to work. If you don't bother doing the work the teachers aren't going to chase you down and force you to do it, they'll let you fail. It's a school for the professional, not the nimrod.

Answer by dude24/7
Submitted on 12/14/2004
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i would like to know how much it costs to go there? my e-mail is koolguy20002@hotmail.com plz reply because its for school!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank u dude24/7