The Rochester Institute of Technology

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The most interesting part of this university is the social life, and that is a double edged sword. There is a lot of depression here, but there are also a lot of cool people. Don't come expecting major frats or parties. And definately don't expect any drinking. Campus and the police crack hard on that. However, the clubs here are really diverse, varied, and interesting. Student government is kind of beauroucratic, but they can be dealt with. In my onpinion you can be an outgoing person and make lots of friends without drinking. There are two big negatives I have for this college. First is the city. It is incredibly innaccesible. The bus system is terrible. There are a couple of things that go on, but they are impossible to get to without a car. Forget about biking anyhere except maybe the mall. The second major point are the women. The ratio has a negative effect on many things. They are less patient and open, because guys cater to them. There are a lot of guys that are not very social, so it balances out a little, but a lot of women respond to guys that are not very nice. One final note about the social scene is that it is not diverse enough. There students here from all over the world, and I encourage you to learn about them. However, it is mostly caucasianAnyway this school will prepare you for the real world and teach you a lot about yourself. You will become and adult here or fail trying. RIT has good and bad. The academics are serious. Pound you in the ass, but you will appreciate it in the end. The social scene is what you make of it. And it has a few surprises up its sleave. Come here to find out who you are.

Once you get here, you realize what a shithole the place is, and how many creepy kids wander around, and you feel like you don't fit in because you were a normal kid in high school, not a super nerd who plays video games all day.

Then, you feel like transferring, because you feel that you are not getting the education you expected, and you realize that your credits do not seem to transfer to another school...period, nor do they transfer to a different major within RIT.

Also, the dorms seem very run down, and their roommate selection process is quite random. Whenever someone has a problem, basically that person is on his/her own to fend for himself/herself. The RA's are basically worthless, and are just here for the money, not to solve problems on the floor. Also, most of the facilities, after you have been here for a few weeks, seems to be quite filthy because students ruin things, and nobody cleans things up.

NTID is one of the worst things that have happened to RIT, if you are a hearing student. Ellingson is one of the worst dorms to live in (you must share one bathroom with 6 people, and the showers are 1/2 the size of any other dorm building at RIT, and you must listen to deaf students yelling at all hours of the night. Deaf students seem rather pushy, and ignorant. They tend to ruin things, including other people's clothing at their laundry facilities.

Additionally, if you like a place to study that's nice and quiet, and are thinking about signing up for Intensified Study, think again. This is a very loud floor, and if you complain about people being too loud on the floor, the RA basically ignores you because it isn't her problem, it's yours.

The quarter system is also a bad way to handle a college. Students at RIT have more class time per week, go to school 5 weeks longer than most other schools, have less break than most other schools, and graduate later than mnost other schools.

Financially, we all know that students do not have a lot of money, for the most part. RIT does not support this fact. The tuition increase per year is about $3-5,000, the food prices currently are close to $4,000 per year, and is required for all first-year students who reside on campus, and RIT does not give decent financial aid to normal middle-class students who need it, compared to other schools.

The average student at RIT is rather loud and obnoxious, has not learned manners, is very immature (worse than elementary school kids), rude to others, plays video games during every second of free time, watches anime, and is socially illiterate.

Also, if you think that you will have time to do sports or join activities, you won't. With the quarter system that RIT offers, there is not much of a chance for free time outside of classes and homework. At first (the first couple of weeks of classes), it seems like you will, but all of a sudden, the work just piles on like it will never end.Overall, I am not impressed with RIT at all. I haven't found anything positive about my experience after being here a few years, and my college life has been miserable because of my decision to go to RIT. I was lied to often, both about the school and about my major, and wish that I could transfer, but realize that I would have wasted a lot of time and money due to the fact that none of my credits will ever transfer to any other school in America. I have had several problems dealing wth others here, just because I want to learn, get a good education, and be a normal college student, so if these are your goals (which are the goals of most college students), RIT is not the place for you. Lastly, for art students, if you were ever told that it is easy to get a job out of RIT or that you will have an internship or co-op, you were majorly lied to. I have friends who have gone to state schools who can get better jobs than me and can get internships for free (because it's built into their program, but not into ours), a dean's list achiever at RIT...how pathetic is that?