The Rochester Institute of Technology

Academics are good, social life is bad. I don' know what it is about RIT. It is so depressing sometimes. Back in High School i use to party with a select group of friends, not just go on drunken rampages looking for random people. However, at RIT things are different. I feel like the people here would much rather play video games than make friends. The school has made me want to transfer simply because I cannot for the life of me make friends here that enjoy the same things I do; some kids study all the time, some kids party way to much, some kids dont talk to anyone and play Everquest all day... I just can't seem to find a place for me. One other depressing thing about RIT, although I have a wonderful, beautiful girlfriend back in Indy, is that There are hardly any females here. The ones that are usually are kind of weirdy art students, gross engineering chicks, and quiet ones. Just so people know, this is a neutral survey; i dont want to make it sound like RIT is terrible for everyone, it is not. The people that will most enjoy themselves here are people that come from high school that didnt go to parties every weekend, can handle being alone for periods of time, and were typically the quiet ones in school, period. For the rest of us, you may find this school to be a tad on the boring side. If you really want to go here (by the way, i hear the co-op program is amazing ) than you should not hesitate, just be sure you can handle leaving a social life behind, if that is, in fact, what you are doing.

1st Year Male -- Class 2007

Perceived Campus Safety: A, Social Life: C

Pretty much what everyone said here is true. rit is a very unusual place. it messes with your mind on so many levels i can't even begin to describe it. i'll have to write a book when i'm out of here. after a few months of being here, i felt beaten down emotionally and spiritually. after 5 years of this place, i feel pretty much the same. you never get used to it. this has got to be one of the most depressing and twisted place on the face of the planet. Aside from all the homosexuality and exrtreme socialism pushed down your throat every day, all the "deaf superiority" complexes held by some kids, etc etc, this place just breaks your spirit. one of my friends got into drugs and became a satanist, running away to live in a trailer in the mountains of Pennsylvania with a male and female lover. while most of us don't go that far, we usually become so extremely depressed and irritable because of the weather and... OK FINE. the girls. the ratio is about 8 desperate, horny, toolbox guys to 1 fat deaf girl with a goatee. i kid you not. i've been to RIT parties where girls will do several guys in one day and think nothing of it. it's disgusting and immoral and it sickens me to no end. nobody seems to mind or care. i will say, though, most of the guys here have given up or never tried in the first place. THIS SCHOOL EVEN HAS ITS OWN RAP SONG about how #*$)ed up it is!!

I cannot wait for this spring. I am going to get my own place in a quiet neighborhood and just read books and write memoirs for a year. Then i'll try to readjust to the real world.On a positive note, the administration is full of pretty sharp people. While even they have their required Safe Zone (means they have to give gay/les/bi/transgendered kids special treatment), most of them are on the ball. i was involved in a business project in the business dept. and got to know a lot of the head administration really well and realized that most of them actually care about the students and what we think. they're actually trying hard as of late to ask us what we think. it may take a while for kids to catch on that all they have to do is speak up and they'll be heard.

5th Year Male -- Class 2005

Campus Maintenance: A+, Social Life: F