Parents and Families
Parents and families play a key role in the college selection and admission process. When your student is considering colleges, your opinions will likely be a major factor. We want to make sure you have the information you need to help your student decide if Illinois State University is the right fit.
What's happening at Illinois State
You can easily keep up with what's going on at Illinois State online with these resources:
- Use the official academic calendar to keep track of important dates and deadlines. Check out the University events calendar to find fun and interesting events to attend with your student when you plan a visit.
- Our student newspaper, the Daily Vidette, shares many of their stories online, including campus news, opinion pieces, videos, and classifieds ads such as help wanted and apartments for rent.
- TV-10, the student television news station, covers the latest campus news as well as the Bloomington-Normal community.
Application and admission information
- Information for students who will apply as new, beginning freshmen:
- Requirements
- Deadlines
- What your student should do after being admitted
- Information for students who will transfer from community college:
- Requirements
- Deadlines
- Transferring credit
- What your student should do after being admitted
