[GRLUG] Is ITT Tech a Good School?

[Benjamin Flanders]

The Saturday social's are very fun.  Mike does a good job at getting
everyone involved in the discussions.  I'd go to more, but I have a 1
year old at home demanding more Dad time :)


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Ben



On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 10:27 AM, mooselikebriard <moosebriard at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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