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Get the inside scoop on Illinois State University admissions. Vault provides detailed accounts by students & alumni of the admissions process, including advice on getting in, applications, interviews, essays, and selectivity.


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Admissions Survey Excerpts
Alumni
At the time that I applied, it was a free process. I sent my application for the school of communications. I was accepted shortly thereafter. I...   READ MORE
Alumni
The admissions process was fairly easy for this University. It contained a very standard application, with simple essay questions. There was not...   READ MORE
Current Student
Application to ISU is really quite simple, it includes filling out an application and writing an essay. As long as you had good grades in school ...   READ MORE
Alumni
Admissions is still fairly easy. If you want to get into the Special Education program, or really any other Education major it may get more stren...   READ MORE
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Academics Survey Excerpts
Alumni
I majored in Public Relations while at ISU. I took some great classes including Presentation Media, Media Law, Campaign Communication and Message...   READ MORE
Alumni
The political science department had a very solid program during the years that I attended the University. If a student registered at the beginni...   READ MORE
Current Student
Most of the Gen Ed classes I have taken have been of very good quality. The professors are all very good, especially in the music and teacher edu...   READ MORE
Alumni
I was disappointed with my academic program at ISU. Most of my professors were passive; unless you asked a question or approached them personally...   READ MORE
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Employment Prospect Survey Excerpts
Alumni
The school did hold a few career expos with multiple employers. The school also had an online job search engine where students and employers could me...   READ MORE
Alumni
The one area that I believe my University failed in is career prospects. Most of my fellow students felt that they had to either (i) attend graduate ...   READ MORE
Current Student
Internships are very prominent at ISU, and many graduates are placed into well paying jobs immediately following graduation. I have personally known ...   READ MORE
Alumni
See my academics review.    READ MORE
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Quality of Life Survey Excerpts
Alumni
I loved the food and my dorm, but it didn't have air conditioning which made the first two weeks and last two weeks of school.   READ MORE
Alumni
I was an off-campus student, that lived in off-campus housing. I will say that my first school apartment was very adequate. In fact, it was bett...   READ MORE
Current Student
The dining services at ISU are the best I have seen on any campus. I have many friends in college and ISU surely has them all beat in dining. Do...   READ MORE
Alumni
Bloomington/Normal is about 140,000 people when including the school's population. Normal, the northerly twin city, is a college town and super c...   READ MORE
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Social Life Survey Excerpts
Alumni
The night life at ISU/Bloomington was wonderful. Before I turned 21, there were two bars close to campus that we could go to. After I turned 21,...   READ MORE
Alumni
The dating scene for the University seemed pretty average. It was very easy to meet people through classes, group projects, the library, the stud...   READ MORE
Current Student
I have met more people at college than I have ever met before. Dorm life is quite an experience. Restaurants include most of the typical ones; B...   READ MORE
Alumni
In my experience, the general population of ISU students are nice. And by "nice," I'm keeping in mind both the Latin root of the word which stems...   READ MORE

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