Do graduate students overshadow the undergrads?

xraymancs
Tue, 15 Mar 2016 13:48:08 +0000

I tend to agree with @Parentof2014grad, some students are competitive but that is not the general ethos of the student body and most faculty emphasize absolute performance rather than performance relative to classmates. I have always told the students in my classes and nothing would make me happier than if everyone of them earned an “A”. Of course my standards are high so that might not happen but it would be great to have all students in a class do well.

I don’t think that there is a lot of grade inflation at Illinois Tech and the workload is high for STEM majors, however, I would say that most students are satisfied with the academics here.