Indiana University-Bloomington Top Questions

IU has nationally ranked schools in Business, Medicine, Spanish and others. We're also home to the number one Music school in the nation, ahead of schools like Julliard, Eastman, and Yale. Besides this, IU of course has large 100 level lecture courses just like almost any school, but most of the other courses are quite small and personal. In all of my non-lecture courses my teachers know my name and encourage discourse among the students. Another wonderful thing about the teachers here is that they are always available to meet outside of class to answer questions or discuss the material. I also have to mention that IU is home to the world renown Kinsey Institute for Sexual Studies.

Professors here are great. They all love what they teach and are willing to hold extra office hours by appointments. They also want us to ask questions and learn our names, which is important. The academic requirements here are attainable. I spend time in the library to study every week day. If you spend some time each day doing a moderate amount of work, it is not difficult to manage a full schedule.

Not to taxing in general for undergrads exept for music, and pre-med (there's a reason why we're the wierd people on campus). Things are not too competitive either because scholarships and stuff like that are given based on many different criteria (such as country of origin), and you usually don't get more than what they give you as a freshman. But it's just not a very competitive campus in general, very "politicaly correct" if you will. So it's more geared toward getting a job that making a difference. Not that you can't make a difference, its just that you'll have to find your motivation inside rather than out.

I'm a business student at IU. That means a lot of work and class sizes ranging from very small to very big. The business school is pretty competitive, but at the same time places a high value on student cooperation. I have yet to meet a professor who isn't more than happy to spend time working with or talking to an eager student. Also, IUB, particularly Kelley, has one of the best job placement records around.

Maybe I'm biased, but I'm of the school that considers the college learning experience to take place, mostly, outside of the classroom. However, that doesn't mean class is anywhere near expendable. I think class should (regardless of the field) feed you with the litany to begin a dialogue outside of class...where you can take what you've been taught in class and expand that knowledge to encompass YOUR life experience. Facts and figures mean nothing unless you can relate them to yourself and then use them to get your work done.

- You can be anonymous if you want, but if you want to introduce yourself to professors and talk to them, they will know your name! IU even has several professors who learn the names of all of their students, even in 300-people lectures. The professors here are here for the students and want to help us have great experiences. - I believe that all students should take a fun class! There are a lot of HPER (pronounced "hyper", as in the School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation) classes that you can take that are a lot of fun! Examples would be martial arts classes (IU has the 2nd best martial arts program in the country...West Point is #1), archery, rock climbing, and human sexuality. - The psychology experience at IU is world-class. I say this because I have been lucky enough to get to work closely with people who are very important within their area of the field. It is very easy to get involved in doing psychology research and the faculty is very receptive to students and love to discuss things with their students. I have had some great conversations from visiting my professors during their office hours! - I think that students can gear their education to be about learning or to be about getting a job...Because of my own personal interests, I have done a lot of learning for the sake of learning (although it will eventually lead to a career for me). I have friends who take classes that give them real-life experiences (like doing practical exams to demonstrate nursing skills, or having a wilderness experience trip to work on wilderness and leadership skills that they have been taught, or even the case study experience known as I-CORE that business students complete). because it's a large university, there is a little bit of everything and you can make it your own.

The amount students study was suprising to me when I first came here. There are always students in the library studying and around the dorms doing their homework and engulfed in their studies.

IU academics are great. I wish the advisors were more helpful.

My professors in my smaller classes know my name, but in the large classes it is hard for them to learn about everyone. I live on the honors floor in my dorm, so most of my friends study quite a bit. My major is Exercise Science (I am pre-physical therapy) and all of the classes I have taken in that area have been interesting (which makes me happy that I chose my major).

As i said, your academics is waht you make of it. I'm studying Apparel Merchendising and I love it. The professors are all willing to help you and make time for you even if your class is HUGE. There are really big lectures, but it's not hard to find small classes.