The Rochester Institute of Technology
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RIT Advice
Avoid RIT if
You are not sure what to major in
You party to any degree
You are looking for lots of single women
You hate computers
You don’t like icy 40mph wind in your face
They don’t give you any money
You want an aesthetically pleasing campus
You don’t want a job in a well paying technical field and can get in somewhere else
Come to RIT if
You love deaf people (we got lots!)
You are known as “that guy†in your high school
You don’t go outside
You couldn’t care less about campus activities
You love bricks
You suffer from gynophobia
You don’t mind occasional bouts of Gracie’s revenge
You want a job in a well paying technical field and can’t get in anywhere else
Avoid RIT if
You are not sure what to major in
You party to any degree
You are looking for lots of single women
You hate computers
You don’t like icy 40mph wind in your face
They don’t give you any money
You want an aesthetically pleasing campus
You don’t want a job in a well paying technical field and can get in somewhere else
Come to RIT if
You love deaf people (we got lots!)
You are known as “that guy†in your high school
You don’t go outside
You couldn’t care less about campus activities
You love bricks
You suffer from gynophobia
You don’t mind occasional bouts of Gracie’s revenge
You want a job in a well paying technical field and can’t get in anywhere else
view full review→Feb 17 2009
2nd Year Female -- Class 2011
Perceived Campus Safety: A, Campus Aesthetics: F
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“I love this school!BrightDesign Arts - Industrial Design/Graphic Design/etc
I love this school! But that may be because I'm not a fan of drunken college parties. If you want to go to college to party, I wouldn't got to RIT. Or if you don't have a clue what you want to study, I wouldn't go to RIT. RIT's majors are very specialized, and require a certain level of loving what you do, or you won't last.
I transferred to RIT from the university of Denver. University of Denver cared more about their lawn care than their students. But RIT, I can see the money go straight back to the students. The Facilities are very well equipped with the latest and greatest and open for the students to use.
I'm more comfortable socially around nerds. RIT is a huge nerd school. And their biggest club is Anime Club with 200+ members. They really have a great selection of clubs to be in. In addition to Anime Club, I've also gone to Ballroom Club, Taekwondo Club, and Improv Club.
RIT also has a great selection of gym classes to take. Tap, Ballet, Ballroom, Ice Skating, swimming, rock climbing...etc. That are all really cheap. I like to take gym classes to force me to exercise. I appreciate the huge selection. University of Denver didn't have any classes, except for dismal selection of classes that were open to the public to take and cost a ton with no discounts for students.
I'm a New Media Design Major. The teachers are awesome! They all have their own work outside of their teaching, but they still make time to help you outside of class. And they make you feel like the job prospects are good. Our teachers are always getting inquiries about us from companies and in the spring my major brings in a ton of companies looking to hire RIT design students.
view full review→Jan 18 2009
4th Year Female -- Class 2009
University Resource Use/ spending: A+, Education Quality: F
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“Though I've met a lot of really greatBrightMechanical Engineering
Though I've met a lot of really great friends and had a lot of fun so far, I think that attending RIT was a bad decision. I'm sure you've heard all of the rumors about a strong presence of warcraft addicts that don't even bother to shower or leave class. Well, there is a surprising amount of truth to that rumor...many kids on my floor play video games at least twelve hours a day, and certain sections of my hall smell terrible because these people can't even find the time to shower. I think the reason that this is so common is that RIT offers almost nothing to do outside of class.
There is no football team.
There are no (good) parties.
There are roughly five attractive girls on campus.
Speaking of parties, if you do manage to find one, usually in the colony manor or park point apartments, it will be mostly guys and will probably be broken up by campus safety at some point.
As if that isn't bad enough, RIT doesn't really even offer strong academics to make up for the quality of life. Most freshman level classes are taught by random faculty who don't care about the subject or the students. All of my major specific classes are extremely slow paced and boring while my core credits are very challenging. Small classes do nothing to improve your education...professors don't care about their students at all and they do little to hide it. Also, all of those "open for students" labs look great on the tour, but try to use a computer sometime and let me know how it works out for you. Even when I have class in the labs, there aren't enough computers for everyone.
Some tips:
-If you know anyone from high school ROOM WITH THEM, don't risk getting a WoW addict
-Make friends at nearby University of Rochester- they have actual parties and girls
-When choosing a meal plan, get the one with the fewest gracies meals and the most debit possible. Gracie's is even worse than the rest of the food here, which also really sucks
-Find out about your professors before you register for a class... there are some REALLY bad professors here
-Dorms are about ten square feet so don't bring much stuff
-This place is every bit as weird as people make it seem
view full review→Dec 22 2008
1st Year Male -- Class 2013
Perceived Campus Safety: A+, Useful Schoolwork: F
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