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Sort By: [Date] [Major] [Rating] Art & Design Department  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright The art program is simply a joke. It is lead by three art instructors who have little to no success in their careers, yet they try to dictate the future of their students. Attend a different college unless you work in a minimalist style and worship the art of Mark Rothko. If you do figurative work it will be reflected in your grades. I base this off the GPAs of my peers. Everyone who worked in a minimalist style obtained higher grades. Most of the grad schools I've contacted describe IC's art program as 'defunct'. The instructors are very bad at giving students Letters of Recommendation and have lied to me twice about sending them... that is the only way I can put it. What else can you call it when a professor says he will send a Letter, but fails to do so? IC is also the only college I know of that does not have art majors exhibit at least twice a year. Your lucky if you are able to have a senior exhibit of your work. So don't attend Illinois College if you are expecting to gain gallery experience. Two of the professors rarely attend student exhibits to beging with (Unless the students works in a minimalist manner.). It is my opinion that the art department at IC is the worst department on campus. The art department was not even designed for what it is being used for today. The two studios were originally lounges for the music department and the studios have more than one OSHA violation. I warned the college about this several times, but no one listened. On a side-note. The social life at IC is what you make it. If you are bored on a Friday night it is most likely becuase you are a boring person to begin with. Really... there are live concerts practically every night less than 20 miles away. I seen Smile Empty Soul twice, Soulfly, Sevendust and several other great bands at the same location and the ticket are only like $15 at the most. So stating that there is nothing to do is bogus considering that it is a short drive to the capitol. Social Life: A-, Education Quality: F Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Jun 26 2007 5th Year Male -- Class 2003    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='sr_comment.js?sckey=39973&uid=410'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save   Art & Design Department  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright I come from a medium sized town about two hours away. I did very well in high school. I made good grades as was very much involved with extra-curriculars. I wanted a small enough school so I could be involved while still receiving an excellent education. While it is possible to be very much involved at IC while dedicating yourself to education, the campus is often very thankless and the run-around at this school is pretty absurd. Several very unqualified people have jobs at this school, both in faculty and in administration. Mistakes are made constantly and its a wonder how anything ever gets done. Since the school is so small, there are several incredibly biased professors who have favorites in their classes. Many students receive unfair grades. I myself am a victim of this, as a professor of my major gave me several unfair grades which severely hurt my gpa, which caused me to not get into my top grad schools. If you are an art major, DO NOT go to this school. Individual Value: A, Education Quality: D Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Mar 25 2007 4th Year Female -- Class 2007    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='sr_comment.js?sckey=36939&uid=410'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save   Political Science  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright IC is two very different stories. The professors here are wonderful should you choose a good program. The best programs that I know of are History, Political Science, Religion and Economics. The administration, on the other hand, is absolutely horrible. They do not take into account the wants and needs of the students they have, but rather the students they want. The college is undergoing a transformation, trying to make itself into a well-reputed college. This is nice, but they are hurting present student relations in the process. The freshman class of 2005 had an incredible transfer rate (almost 50%) after one semester. A lot of this is because there really is nothing to do here on the weekends and this was a time when a lot of new policy was implemented (Partying on and around campus has all but been eliminated). People tend to leave and go home because everyone lives within 50 miles it seems. The sad truth is that there are a lot of very dumb kids at IC. It can be depressing at times knowing that finding a person that can put a proper sentence together can be quite hard to come by at IC. Nobody cares about politics or anything else for that matter. Most non-religious organizations on campus struggle to stay afloat. Also,the new policies seem to be bringing in kids that are less intelligent rather than more. Finally, some good points: because it is very easy to get good grades here, I was able to get into a very good graduate school, so I must thank IC for that. Also, they are VERY generous about giving out financial aid. If you are a really smart kid, I would not recommend coming to IC because there aren't many like you. If you are from a big city, don't come here. Jacksonville is a horrible town. If you don't mind boredom and the financial aid is enticing, coming here is a good idea. The students are nice (although dumb) and you can get into a good grad school, which we all know is most important for your future. Faculty Accessibility: A+, Social Life: F Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Mar 25 2007 4th Year Male -- Class 2007    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='sr_comment.js?sckey=36938&uid=410'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save   Education  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright I don't think that Illinois College really prepares its students, at least not in the area of teacher education, to do well in the field. There are so many things that I was not taught, especially when it comes to really useful information instead of just theory and conjecture. We didn't get any really high quality instruction on teaching methods in specific disciplines and it seemed that all we did was learn this or that person's theory on how kids learn and how to write up a lesson plan. I would have liked to have had more instruction on how to deal with certain behaviors, both from students and parents, and specific strategies on how to teach specific skills. I just took the Praxis test for teachers to get my Missouri license and there was so much on it that I had not been taught about in college so I don't even know if I passed it. I could go on and on but overall, I find that as far as preparing teachers to teach, Illinois College does a dismal job. Starting Job: Teacher 3rd Grade, Preparedness: C-, Reputation: D Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private) Jun 28 2003 Alumna Female -- Class 2000   Forward  Blog it! 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