Did anybody here go to ITT-Technical Institute?

[blazerazor]

ITT-Technical Institute, is it a good school?

courses for the
Information Systems Security program

also, where/what is the best way to pursue CISSP-ISSAP and MSCE certs? Do employers normally pay for these certs, or should I actively pursue them on my own. I really want to learn too, not just a boot camp to pass.

 

[Kadarin]

I suspect it's right up there with DeVry...

 

[hiromizu]

Originally posted by: Kadarin
I suspect it's right up there with DeVry...

 

[amdskip]

I call those types of schools strip mall schools. IMHO they are ok but not so much.

 

[fishface313]

I went there for a year...don't waste your money, go to a community college and get the same degree for 1/4 of the price!!!

 

[sdifox]

I am am ITT example, I finished my Uber-Admin certificate in 5 days and got a job offer 3 days into the course! I could not be happier, now I am making six figures and spend all day on atot.








</scarcasm> for those that are not alert.

 

[Ktulu]

Originally posted by: sdifox
I am am ITT example, I finished my Uber-Admin certificate in 5 days and got a job offer 3 days into the course! I could not be happier, now I am making six figures and spend all day on atot.








</scarcasm> for those that are not alert.

Gasp! It's teh dude from the commercial!

 

[DaveSimmons]

What do you want to do? It's a step or two below a real college degree, but might be OK for some jobs.

 

[CrackRabbit]

I have worked with a few ITT "Graduates" every single one of them has been a useless dipshit.
Please don't be a dipshit and go get a real education.

 

[pyonir]

Go for it. Then get your MBA from University of Phoenix.

 

[Steve]

An education is what you make of it. If you're a good student with a honed bullshit detector, you'll be able to take the good parts of what you're given and make a decent living out of it. Assuming your instructor is worth a damn.

I've read that they aren't allowed to fail anyone there You may be better off at a community college.

 

[buck]

You would be better off just getting certs than going there. Don't do it!

 

[Mr Incognito]

There has to be a 'Dummy' book for what you need.

 

[Drakkon]

Don't waste the money
Every cadidate I interviewed would try and pass off online tutorials as their own personal work. When Confronted on it (some were things i had seen and referenced immediately) they were told by their professors that it would work.
The instructors there hardly know the material they are teaching - I have a buddy who teaches at an ITT who was hired to be a Game Design teacher when he knows nothing of game design principals and laughs about the fact that he doesn't.
The quality of education for the money you shell out is pathetic. You'd be better off going to a community college and seeing what they have there as the education you get there will be 1000x better.

 

[homercles337]

ITT == crap.

IIT == excellent.

 

[clamum]

I hear they have killer VCR and toaster fixing programs.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Don't go

 

[pstylesss]

Their commercials play between all the shitty daytime TV shows (murry, springer, judge judy, etc), they cater to trash... could they really be all that good?

 

[JasonCoder]

Just go to a good two year school. ITT is sort of the equivalent of those certification bootcamps. Plus I hear they rape you on the tuition.

Just getting certs is not going to do it, regardless of what a recruiter tells you. Really all you'll know is the cert, not real world stuff.

Get into a good two year school and try like hell to get into the tech/support area on a work study program or something. Heck, even do it for free between classes. You'll learn more there and be able to combine it with the classroom. Plus, it's fun.

 

[Ns1]

Originally posted by: pyonir
Go for it. Then get your MBA from University of Phoenix.

lol

 

[cdmccool]

Originally posted by: JasonCoder
Just go to a good two year school. ITT is sort of the equivalent of those certification bootcamps. Plus I hear they rape you on the tuition.

Yeah, they do. Tuition is outrageous!

 

[Kirby]

Originally posted by: cdmccool

Originally posted by: JasonCoder
Just go to a good two year school. ITT is sort of the equivalent of those certification bootcamps. Plus I hear they rape you on the tuition.

Yeah, they do. Tuition is outrageous!

I think that's because it's a "for-profit" institution. It's owned by ITT Educational services and is traded on the NYSE.

 

[dethman]

i'm going to go with...no.

 

[SsupernovaE]

Community college FTW. Cheaper, real education, transferable credits, etc.

 

[Tsaico]

Originally posted by: SsupernovaE
Community college FTW. Cheaper, real education, transferable credits, etc.

I agree with this statement, if you are looking to re-train yourself to do something, this is a better way to go. They are probably better at the training, the courses will be cheaper, and they have the potential to transfer to a 4 year if you change your mind. They will have similar courses to what you would find at some crap svocational.