[GRLUG] Is ITT Tech a Good School?

[mooselikebriard]

Thank you everybody for your input.  Based on my inet research and what you
have had to say, I think the ITT idea is shelved.  Too many doubts and gut
feeling says no.  Perhaps one of my next moves should be coming to a
Saturday gathering.  Sounds like that is the place to be.

On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 10:22 AM, Ben DeMott <ben.demott at gmail.com> wrote:

> In the words of one of our programmers that went to ITT
>
> "I went to school, spent 42,000 dollars, and learned almost nothing.  Now
> I'm out of school, and get paid to learn actual skills"
>
> I would absolutely recommend GRCC over ITT, and if you want to further your
> education at FERRIS you can.
> A school is all about it's professors.  If you there are truly independent
> and original professors that know how to teach - and have ACTUAL real world
> experience in their field - it doesn't matter what school you go to you will
> learn more than you ever could from individuals that are only teaching a
> course so their college can offer it to students.
>
> On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 10:14 AM, mooselikebriard <moosebriard at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Davenport is close for me.  I live near Kalamazoo and that campus is close
>> to where I work which of course only matters if the particular program is
>> taught there.  I am looking into that matter currently.  I surprise myself
>> that I never considered Davenport previously.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 10:00 AM, Michael Mol <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Dagny's right.
>>>
>>> (And not just because she's my fiancee; if you want the paper, 3-in-1
>>> can be a good way to go. I don't recommend Ferris for the -in-1,
>>> though. I tried that, and then discovered their class scheduling for
>>> my degree program was very inflexible)
>>>
>>> On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 2:57 PM, Dagny Scott <parsleyfirefly at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > One thing I might add: GRCC's Associate's in Network Administration has
>>> a
>>> > LOT of the same classes as Davenport's Info Security degree. I believe
>>> they
>>> > also have a 3+1 deal where you spend 3 years at GRCC and one at
>>> Davenport.
>>> > This would by far be your cheapest option, and GRCC has some very good
>>> > instructors, many of whom currently work in the fields they're
>>> teaching.
>>> >
>>> > Dagny
>>> > On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 9:45 AM, Michael Mol <mikemol at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 2:34 PM, Steve Romanow <slestak989 at gmail.com>
>>> >> wrote:
>>> >> > 44k is quite expensive.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > For that kind of money, I personally would not consider it.   I
>>> would do
>>> >> > GRCC or Davenport first.  A lot depends on your resources of course,
>>> but
>>> >> > dont gamble future earnings with a buttload of student loans.
>>> >>
>>> >> I spent five years at GRCC taking anything and everything they had
>>> >> that was interesting. I worked as a tutor in their computer apps
>>> >> department the whole time. They have perhaps five courses in their
>>> >> computer apps department which would be relevant.
>>> >>
>>> >> If you wind up in their CO232 course, you're almost guaranteed to rub
>>> >> elbows with interesting folks; most of the people I remember running
>>> >> into there were into Linux out of personal interest.
>>> >>
>>> >> However, I'd strongly recommend cert programs over even those five
>>> >> courses.
>>> >>
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