Hi Curtis,
I have my BSISS degree from ITT. I also have an AS from ITT. I attended in
Utah where the technical schools are lacking. ITT does have it pros and
cons. I appreciated the hands on, since i was new to the IT field. I
appreciated the small class sizes, and great teachers. The ISS degree was a
challenge because we lacked teachers that were from the field, but the
teachers did what they could and overall it was a good experience.
The books are crap and i wouldnt even use mine for reference now, but if
you have a good teacher, they will use hand written tests, and base it off
of real books.
Before attending, i would talk to the teachers for that degree. See how much
they go out of their way.
If you have any questions let me know :)
>From: Joseph Forbes <jftitan_at_gmail.com>
>Reply-To: Joseph Forbes <jftitan_at_gmail.com>
>To: Curtis <demoshark_at_gmail.com>
>CC: security-basics_at_securityfocus.com
>Subject: Re: ITT a good ISS school to attend?
>Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 22:30:27 -0600
>
>Good News Curtis!
>
> As one of my past experiences was when I was going to ITT Tech.
>unfortunately I was in Texas, thus limiting my ability to continue
>onto a 4 year degree through ITT. There are Pros and Cons with ITT,
>which you'll see quite abit of Cons at ITTsucks.com. But a positive,
>while I was going to ITT, was that I did encounter knowledgable
>instructors. But unfortunately I didn't get any worthy instructors
>until the final 3 quarters at ITT. A major change has recently taken
>ITT, that required them to change where they get there books from. ITT
>used to have their books written and published by NIIT, which is known
>to be a inside outsourced company for ITT based in india. Most of the
>tests sucked, but if the instructor was good, they acutally used
>his/her own test, which in particular the custom tests are always
>better than the NIIT prewritten tests.
>
> Alot of changes are taking in effect at ITT lately which may improve
>the quality of the education, but this change is also going to effect
>the tuition as well. One thing I noticed with the first quarter
>students, during my last (8th) quarter, was that ITT was getting nazi
>when it came to attendance. I was told it was because of the Texas
>Workforce Commission which was enforcing the rules.
>
> personally, I would recommend ITT for anyone just getting out of
>highschool, but never for anyone already in the IT field. You'll learn
>more from other forms of education (unless your employeer is willing
>to cover your expense) I wouldn't goto ITT. My experience was good,
>but I still have reservations about the quality of education I
>received.
>
>
>
>
>On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 00:51:44 -0800, Curtis <demoshark_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > Hopefully this question is directed to the right list. I am
> > considering going to ITT Tech for a.a. in SAP (Software Application
> > Programming) and a b.s. in ISS (Information Systems Security. )
> > I have heard a wide variety of pros and cons about ITT ranging from
> > "you learn more than other 4-year regular colleges" to "the
> > instructors don't even know what they are teaching and all you learn
> > is how to pass a certification, provided your instructor didn't
> > already sell it to you." One of the main reasons I am considering ITT
> > is because it is the only school in Southern California that I know of
> > that offers a degree in ISS.
> >
> > Should I instead of looking for a degree in ISS but rather focus on a
> > degree in programming & networking then get security certifications?
> > Also does anyone know if ITT is really that horrible and if I should
> > instead of going to ITT go to a junior college?
> > Are my chances of getting a job leading to a ISS job even lower than
> > if I went to a four-year college? I do realize that security can be
> > hard to get into and may have to settle for a tech support job and
> > work my way up from there.
> > Finally, if ITT isn't a good school, any suggestions on a good
> > ISS/programming school that is located in Southern California?
> >
> > Curtis
> >
>
>
>--
>Joseph Forbes "Don't Forget to Salt the Fries!"
>Network Security Administrator
>SwapNEtwork eXtreme, Inc.
>jftitan_at_satx.rr.com (jftitan_at_swapnetx.com)
>cell 210.834.3450 fax 775.415.9280
Received on Mar 23 2005
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