The Rochester Institute of Technology

I you want a school that will give you a good job with good pay than RIT is your school. The connections you build here, and the projects students take on and complete are quite impressive. I'm a physics major, and I've had multiple research and study abroud oppurtunities. In addition, we spent a good part of our last year doing a capstone project which has helped us tremendously. If you do do physics be prepared for a lot of astrophysics/astronomy

because that is what the majority of the faculty who do active research specialize in.
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.

4th Year Female -- Class 2008

Education Quality: A, Surrounding City: F

This school is very career-oriented and is mainly for people who know what they want to major in. Don't go here expecting the teachers to babysit you.

1st Year Male -- Class 2014

Education Quality: B, Education Quality: B

As a cross-registered student at RIT, I wear a cochlear-implant and have grown up mainstreamed all my life- at RIT I truly have found a bridge between my two worlds, the "hearing" one I was in* but was constantly struggling to keep up with, and the "deaf community" I had always wondered about. Here, its truly the best of both worlds for me, some of the closest friends I have are also CI/hearing aid wearers with the same story as I, but we all interact so well with BOTH the "hearing" population and "deaf community" here. There's a common perception that the NTID school is made up of only "signers"- I admit i thought this at first, thus had to be really pushed by my parents to even look at RIT..now i'm SO grateful I did- but this is the furthest from the truth! The majority of us are actually cross-registered students, meaning attending regular classes at RIT as an RIT students, but with "NTID support" in the classrooms such as C-print, FM systems, note taking, etc. They offer forms of support I never even knew existed!

However, this being said, I highly advise those of you looking here with hearing impairments/deafness (I consider myself "deaf" with a "lowercase d", as we call it, but there's so many individual interpretations i'm just saying this to be safe) to BE CAREFUL. There is a HUGE difference between applying TO rit THROUGH NTID, and applying TO NTID- once you apply into NTID, and discover that all the professors (unfortunately even those who are oral) sign only and will literally force you to learn or understand sign, and you decide in panic that you need to get OUT and into RIT with the rest of us, it will be a long?.long?hassle.

I have several friends whose parents even threatened to sue with lawyers, and only then did NTID give them "permission"- apparently being sued won't look good for them. NTID will very likely try to convince your not to leave or even straight out tell you you "can't" (I was told this when trying to leave a NTID class that i mistakingly signed up for thinking it was a "NTID-supported class, the woman who talked to me got so upset every time I tried to sign because I was slow and couldn't understand her FAST signing, and wrote down, "see this is why you should not leave the class, you aren't capable of reading". EXCUSE ME?! I got a perfect score on my APs and ACT writing section!!)

just be careful!Know that going into NTID you should only*** go if you are 100%*** a signer, or really REALLY ok with the sign-only environment. Its almost completely excluded from the RIT campus. And extremely difficult to "transfer" out of into RIT.

2nd Year Female -- Class 2016

Education Quality: A+, Campus Maintenance: C+