Let’s say, hypothetically, you were interested in a medium-sized, STEM-focused college in a sunny location with access to both Mickey Mouse and astronauts. Where would you look? Try Melbourne, Florida, home of Florida Institute of Technology.

For Three Quick Questions, I send the same three questions to admissions representatives at colleges all over the country, and then I hope to hear back from them. The three questions are meant to probe some of the things that make a school unique but that aren’t easily captured as a stat to go in a book or web search.

Today’s response is from Joy Walton, Admission Counselor at the Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Florida.

What is a course, tradition, program or event that is unique to the Florida Institute of Technology?

We are a STEM University on the Space Coast. This means that when Space flights take off, we can see them form our campus. In addition, because of our strong relationship with NASA, it is not unusual for our STEM students to have astronauts or persons involved with NASA as professors.

Naturally every college wants to recruit the perfect student--high grades, high test scores, involved in their community, leadership...everything. But what kinds of imperfect students tend to flourish at Florida Tech?

We are looking for students who are curious! Students who are eager to be hands on as we are very project based. We are looking for student who are willing to work hard. We look for students who don’t see failure but see opportunities to learn from their mistakes.

When people come to visit Melbourne, what's a place off campus that you recommend they check out while they're there?

The beach! NASA! Disney World!

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