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My Choice:Illinois Tech We asked some current students why they chose Illinois Tech. MY CHOICE: ILLINOIS TECH HereÕs what they told us. No filter, unedited, uncut. SMALL IT WAS CLASSES MY FIRST FAR AWAY CHOICE FROM HOME SCHOLARSHIPS AFFORDABLE ACADEMICS AND TEACHERS SPIRIT PROFESSORS KNOW YOU BY YOUR FIRST NAME ILLINOIS TECH LOOKS GOOD ON TECHNOLOGY A RESUME FOCUS CHICAGO I JUST LIKED LIKED IT AFTER IT BETTER A CAMPUS VISIT IPRO ICE CREAM 1 YES, ALL OF IT. SOME SCHOOLS MAY GET A LOT OF ATTENTION. BUT AT MANY OF THEM IT«S EASY TO GET LOST IN THE CROWD. ILLINOIS TECH IS SMALL BUT MIGHTY. WE«RE SMART, CREATIVE, PROBLEM-SOLVERS. PEOPLE WHO GET. THINGS. DONE. SO WE WEREN´T SURPRISED WHEN BUSINESS INSIDER NAMED ILLINOIS TECH AMONG THE “50 MOST UNDERRATED COLLEGES IN AMERICA.”* BECAUSE WE«RE COOL LIKE THAT. WE«VE GOT ALL THE CONFIDENCE OF A BEST-KEPT SECRETÑEDUCATING THE BRIGHTEST STUDENTS IN THE COUNTRY, INVENTING THE FUTURE, TALKING THE TALK, AND WALKING WEÕRE A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN THE WALK. AND GETTING NOTICEDÑWHEN IT REALLY MATTERS. LIKE WHEN ILLINOIS TECH ALUMNUS MARTY COOPER INVENTED THE CELL PHONE. AND WHEN 2015 GRAD DANE CHRISTIANSON BUILT HIS X-CUBE PUZZLE IN OUR IDEA SHOP AND GOT 1.6 MILLION VIEWS ON YOUTUBE (IN ITS FIRST MONTH). LIVE IT AND WHEN CURRENT STUDENT ALYSSA BOWES HELPED CONSTRUCT A DEVICE TO MODEL AN ANTINEUTRINO DETECTOR. AND WHEN ALUMNA SUSAN SOLOMON DISCOVERED THE CAUSE OF OZONE DEPLETION SEE IT IN ANTARCTICA. THEY ALL SAW A CHALLENGEÑAND WENT FOR IT. SO IF YOU«RE WONDERING WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE GO TO ILLINOIS TECH, IT«S PEOPLE LIKE DO IT THEM. PEOPLE WHO ARE CURIOUS AND SHARP AND AMBITIOUS AND REBELLIOUS. PEOPLE WITH THE AUDACITY TO DO THINGS BETTER, SMARTER, AND FASTER. PEOPLE WHO ARE BE IT READY TO LIVE, SEE, DO, BE, AND OWN IT ALL. PEOPLE LIKE YOU. AND THERE ARE OTHER RANKINGS THAT MATTER: OWN IT WE’RE #1 IN ILLINOIS AND #24 IN THE U.S. FOR MID-CAREER EARNINGS OF GRADUATES WHO HAVE RECEIVED A To learn more about Dane and his X-Cube puzzle, flip to page 13. BACHELOR’S DEGREE (PAYSCALE COLLEGE RETURN ON INVESTMENT REPORT 2014–15). ILLINOIS TECH IS CONSISTENTLY NAMED AS AN EDUCATIONAL “BEST VALUE” BY U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT, THE PRINCETON REVIEW, AND FISKE GUIDE TO COLLEGES. WE’RE AMONG THE BEST IN THE NATION IN KIPLINGER’S BEST VALUES IN PRIVATE COLLEGES 2014. OUR HOMETOWN OF CHICAGO IS RANKED AS ONE OF THE TOP 10 CITIES FOR TECHNOLOGY CAREERS BY CIO. 2 3 QUIDDITCH OR THE AVENGERS? At Illinois Tech you’ll be part of a smart, dynamic group of students whose LIVE IT interests (and eccentricities!) are apparent in our diverse list of more than OUR CAMPUS 150 student organizations. Are you interested in… Even though you have Chicago as your playground, there’s so much • Photography to do on Illinois Tech’s 120-acre campus, too! You can check out a • Comic books comedian, go bowling, or play video games in The Bog. Attend a • Quidditch talk by a visiting architect. Get your hands dirty in our urban farm • Theater and play flag football in the Quad. Swim some laps in Keating and • Doctor Who play tennis on our courts. Grab a coffee and squeeze in some ping- • Engineers Without Borders pong in the MTCC (while you’re there check out what’s spinning on • Chess WIIT, the university’s student-run radio station). GAME ON • Music • Student government • Volunteering • Urban farming Love sports? We’re proud of our legacy of excellent student-athletes. • Skiing and snowboarding At Illinois Tech you’ll get time on the court and in the field—and still get a world-class education. …or one of any other tons of activities? You can do it here. If recreation and fitness are more your speed, or you just like to stay active, you can get moving at everything from cricket and yoga to And at Illinois Tech you can even start your dodge ball and martial arts ... even a color run! own student group! Not an athlete at all (but still love to watch sports)? At Illinois Tech we have plenty of room in our Hawk’s Nest. Join the fan club and you can Learn more: iit.edu/campus-life get in the game, too. Men’s: Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Soccer, Swimming and Diving, Track and Field, Volleyball A STYLE ALL OUR OWN Women’s: Basketball, Cross Country, Lacrosse, Soccer, Swimming and Diving, Track and Field, Volleyball Forbes magazine called Main Campus one of Want to be a Scarlet Hawk? Visit www.illinoistechathletics.com and click the “Recruits” tab to complete “America’s most beautiful college campuses.” a “Recruit Me Form” for the sport you are interested in playing. 4 5 GRAB YOUR TRUMPET GONE GEEK OR Or violin. Or clarinet. Illinois Tech’s GONE GREEK? campus is also home to VanderCook At Illinois Tech you can do both. Our College of Music, a highly renowned six fraternities and three sororities music school. All Illinois Tech students JUST HANG OUT emphasize academics, community can take classes at VanderCook. LIVE IT Illinois Tech students have a lot going service, and leadership. You’ll be So bring your instrument on. When their brains hit the limit a part of a supportive community and keep playing! COOL DIGS it’s time to unwind at two of the where at the end of the day tech rules. university’s main student hangouts. AND MILLION $ You can study hard, have fun, be a leader, and be your own individual. VIEWS The McCormick Tribune Campus Center was named among the Our residence halls have some pretty Shimer College, the “Great Books “most amazing campus student killer features and skyline views. Illinois College,” is also on our campus. unions” in the country (Best College Tech’s State Street Village was named All Illinois Tech students can take Reviews). Apart from its awesome one of the “coolest dorms in the classes at Shimer—from literature to design (a Chicago “El” train runs nation” by U.S. News & World Report. DID SOMEBODY feminism to film history. through a 530-foot tube on top of it), SAY TACOS? the MTCC houses a coffee shop and You’ll find built-in friendships. Your convenience store, ping-pong tables, space—and your room to grow. Quiet You won’t go hungry here—and our a full-service restaurant, lounges, places when you need it, and places popular Taco Thursdays are only the foosball, and an outdoor beach to kick back when it’s time to unwind. beginning. Do pizza one day or go volleyball court. Meet people. Study. Have a late-night vegan the next. We’ve got your diet debate in the lounge. Round up a and cravings covered—and we’ve group for a pick-up game. This is what even got a student advisory group just college is all about. for food. Plus, Chicago is one of the JOIN THE GREEN world’s great food cities, with every REVOLUTION And the amenities? Our residence type of cuisine imaginable. Sustainability is important to us. halls are totally wired. And they’ve Dine on campus or visit an ethnic Illinois Tech has solar panels on got cable, laundry, and fitness rooms, restaurant in the city. plus all the furnishings you need several buildings, a complex recycling The Bog is all about entertainment— and 24/7 security. You’re steps from and composting program, and from a bowling alley to video games classes, the dining halls, outdoor a sustainability action plan that is to a live performance venue. You can spaces, and the train. addressing everything from campus play pool, attend a spa night, hear vehicle emissions to stormwater a local band or comedian, or go use. It’s a commitment that we take dancing—and The Bog’s waffle fries BE A MUCKRAKER seriously—and a big reason why are pretty legendary, too. Princeton Review named us among Since 1928, Illinois Tech students the greenest universities in have informed and entertained the the country. campus with TechNews, the “world’s greatest college newspaper.” Plus our entire Main Campus— Report on university news, review a SMASHING PUMPKINS— including our first-in-Chicago new album, or write an op-ed piece. OUR VARIETY OF CAMPUS TRADITION research-based advanced wind Share your voice. For 11 years, Illinois Tech’s annual Pumpkin Launch has tested the engineering turbine—is part of the Perfect Power prowess of student teams, who design trebuchets, catapults—you name it— smart microgrid project. to see whose contraption can hurl a pumpkin the farthest. 6 7 To O’Hare Wrigley Field SEE IT (Cubs) Addison Lake Michigan CHICAGO—AND THE WORLD YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD YOUR CITY YOUR WORLD Chicago Magnificent 13 city blocks Illinois Tech’s surrounding Chicago is a go-anywhere, Stop and talk to someone Mile with 460 stores, Bronzeville and Bridgeport do-anything global city. Go to walking across Illinois Tech’s 275 restaurants, theaters, and more! neighborhoods have tons a game—Blackhawks, Bears, campus and chances are Grand of history and just as much Cubs, Fire, Sky, White Sox. you’ll get a mini-geography Willis Tower personality. You can check out Visit one of the world’s best lesson. Our students come from an edgy art gallery, eat at an museums. Get lost in world- the coasts of Saint Lucia, the Navy Pier old-school soul food restaurant renowned architecture. Dine at mountains of Vietnam, and The Loop or Italian café, or ride your bike a five-star restaurant or chow the cities of Brazil.
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