Nothin’ But Net at Indiana University
With CIT Consultant, Anne Weber
I’ve heard from many students, parents and peers that Indiana has a beautiful campus. And I believed them. But I have to admit, my first glimpse of Indiana made my jaw drop. This campus is unlike any I’ve seen before.
IU’s flagship campus is in the college town of Bloomington, Indiana, just 2 hours south of Chicago. The cohesive campus is made up of over 100 buildings, mostly limestone, some dating from the 1800’s and others designed by famous architects like I.M. Pei. The older, muscular buildings are adorned with the most incredible architectural details cut into the beautiful limestone.
Each building more beautiful than the next. The original buildings, such as Memorial Union, blend seamlessly into new modern and post-modern buildings like those of the architectural school or theater building. Even the beautiful new dorms filling out the edge of campus carry the thread of limestone in new and interesting ways.
These hulking grey buildings might be intimidating or cold if it weren’t for the grassy, tree-dotted setting complete with a creek that runs through campus and that is complemented by pedestrian bridges and walking trails.
If you tour a school on a bright sunny day, chances are your impression will be more favorable. Well, my day in Bloomington was cold and overcast, but that only made these beautiful study spaces more enticing.
But a student can’t live on the beauty of the campus alone; academics and social life are equally important.
IU’s Kelley School of Business has a national reputation and a fantastic stable of companies that recruit its students.
For a very large, Tier 1 research university (34,000 undergraduates), IU can also appeal to a liberal arts student. Students can select the College of Arts and Sciences and begin in University Division with Exploratory Studies as they figure out what they want to pursue.
Other top programs include the Media School, The Jacobs School of Music, International Studies, the School of Education and the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering.
Finally, students at IU love their college town, complete with bars, restaurants, shops and essentials, and they really love their game days. Hoosier basketball rarely disappoints, and football in the Big 10 is a great way to share in school spirit every Saturday of the Fall.
