ITT Technical Institute-Anaheim If you want a REAL education avoid ITT tech... Anaheim California
ITT is a fine example of a private for-profit education company that misleads students into 2-4 years of a worthless education. I am currently enrolled in the Bachelor of Science Program for Electronics and Communication Engineering Technology. Sadly, the instruction is about 10 years behind the current technology.
I am an Intern at Broadcom and I must say that the education at ITT has been less than helpful and so outdated that most of technology and equipment you are "trained" on is not even applicable to modern technology. The test equipment they have in their so-called "labs" is not even capable of supporting the Bluetooth, WLAN and FM radios that I work on at Broadcom, meaning their equipment is so old and outdated, whatever you learned on that equipment probably will not even apply to the new instruments you might use in a real job. None of the standard lab safety features such as ESD straps and benches exist in their labs. This is a major wrongdoing when you are teaching people how to work in an electronics lab. Many of the instructors are extremely nice and understanding of the students but lack the modern knowledge base and I assume teaching credentials to administer good, solid proper instruction.
I have had to teach myself as well as most of my classmates the material needed to pass our exams on my own. Their "job placement" is also a complete joke. If you want to spend $50k on an education to make $12/hr. be my guest. If you want a real job making $50k+, take the right road and go to a 4-Year university because the degree you get from ITT is literally laughed at and disrespected by the engineering community. Get out while you can but be forewarned, I also found out that MOST or NONE of the credits "earned" from ITT will transfer to a 4-Year University or much less a JC.
I met with an Admissions Counselor at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona to see where I stand for being admitted if I were to apply and he referred me to attend Fullerton Junior College for my transfer credits BEFORE they would consider me for admission.
It is very disheartening to learn that you just spent the last 3 years and almost $50,000 for absolutely nothing but a disrespected degree and a recommendation to start over. Now in order for me to get a real Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering, I need to attend Fullerton Junior College to make up the transfer units I need for admission to Cal Poly Pomona.
I have another 4 years of education at least before I am done with just a simple Bachelors degree. If you care deeply about your education, stay away from this school at ALL costs and if you are there and feel as if you are being cheated, there is a reason for that, because you are!
Scott
Fullerton, California
U.S.A.
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General Ed
Somewhere,California,
U.S.A.
Misleading is right: if you attend ITT, you are not a student--you are a customer
#2UPDATE Employee
Sat, February 14, 2009
And the product you are purchasing comes with a mark-up that rivals the merchandise at any jewelry or furniture store.
I'm nearing the end my first--and last--quarter as an adjunct general ed service provider at ITT. I have honestly enjoyed so many of the student-customers I've worked with these past three months, which is precisely why I won't be back next quarter. It's not the education that's "watered-down" at ITT; the content of the general education courses I'm teaching are consistent with what is taught at the community college level. What's really watered down is the student-customer success rate.
For example: I have a young man in one of my classes who has attended 4 out of 9 class sessions. (Well, 3.5 actually. He left at the break during one class and never came back.) Although he's received participation points for the time he DID show up (I gave him credit for blinking), he has not turned in one single homework or in-class writing assignment. His grade is a 5.4% F. I have been strongly encouraged by a corporate manager (a.k.a. an associate dean) to "work with" this student-customer in terms of getting him on track to pass the class. A class that ends in two weeks. (The student-customer himself, after receiving notice of his failing grade, was told by the corporate manager that he would "be okay" as long as he started attending the class. Attendance is pushed hard at ITT because attendance rates effect the amount of federal aid money the institute is eligible to siphon off.)
Have I been told outright to pass this student-customer? No. That would be...unethical. But the young man has already failed this particular course once. And if he fails it again, he will most likely drop out of our for-profit institute. Taking his full $40,000 associate's degree tuition nut with him. (An $80,000 nut potentially--if he were to decide to go on to pursue a bachelor's degree.)
This young man is an extreme example--but he is by no means an exception.
I do have many sharp STUDENTS in my classes--women and men who are hungry for an education and work at an A+ level. (WHY they are not attending a community college, I don't know. I wonder how much self-doubt plays a role.) But it kills me to know their achievements will basically be canceled out and stigmatized by the customers who are waltzed through the institute for the sake of ITT/ESI investors.
So: my best wishes to you, Scott. Reading your post, I have no doubt you'll succeed at FCC and, eventually, at Cal Poly.
For anyone else checking out this site: if an EDUCATION is what you want, go to a community college. (Yes, you can.) If listing a degree on a resume is your main concern...all I can say is caveat emptor.