Collaboration/Competitive at The Rochester Institute of Technology (StudentsReview ™)

Breakdown of “Collaboration/Competitive” at Rochester

By Gender

Males	B
Females	B

By Major

Accounting	B+
Aerospace Engineering	B-
Art & Design Department	B
Biology	C+
Business - Management and Administration	B-
Chemical Engineering	A+
Chemistry	B
Civil Engineering	A
Communications	B
Computer Engineering	B
Computer Science	B-
Criminal	B+
Design Arts - Industrial Design/Graphic Design/etc	B
Economics	A+
Electrical Engineering	B
Engineering Department	B+
Finance	B
Fine Arts - Painting/Sculpture/Photography/etc	A-
Industrial Design	C+
Industrial Operations Engineering	B+
Interior Design	C-
Journalism	A-
Language - French/Spanish/etc.	D-
Math	B+
Mechanical Engineering	B
Music Education	C-
Nutrition	C+
Other	B-
Physics	B+
Political Science	B
PreMed and Medical	B-
PreVet and Veterinary	D+
Psychology	B
Public Policy	B
School of Information	A
Undecided	B
Video/Media	C+

Against similar schools

Collaboration/Competitive compared with similar schools in class.

Rochester Institute of Technology
B
Average of All Schools
B
Average of schools in class
B+
Cornell University
B
Harvard University
B
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
B
New York University
B
Syracuse University
B
Brown University
A-
Yale University
B+
F
A+

Collaboration/Competitive

“I tell everyone who asks me about my school that it is good academically and sucks socially. There are very few on campus events worth going to. The...Read full comment

“I am a transfer student from a community college into the photography department. First and formost this school is wonderful especially if you are loo...Read full comment

“RIT is a great school for any fine arts studio major looking for something a little different from what the typical art school offers. When I was rese...Read full comment

“... The college is very academically focused, be prepared to work a lot and have a lot of competitions, live critiques ...Read full comment

“I was accepteed to Cornell, Brown, University of Rochester, and RIT. After numerous college visits and thorough pros and cons lists, I decided on RIT....Read full comment

“RIT totally prepared myself and my husband for fruitful careers in the sciences. It is a school which will challenge you. Yes it's true that 2/3 of th...Read full comment

“RIT is a great school that I have enjoyed for my first 5 months here. I will go over the main points that those of you looking to come here are lookin...Read full comment

“Unfortunately, StudentsReview doesn't want responses to other students' reviews... so I guess I'll have to formulate my own. I think that RIT is a ...Read full comment

“This school is challenging, there is no doubt about that. Unfortunately that doesn't make much of a difference. The positive is that as an undergrad ...Read full comment

“My major is Information Technology at RIT. It is perhaps one of the best colleges in the US for the computer sciences. However, being a technical sc...Read full comment

“RIT is a horrendous school with an “it’s not what you know, it who you know and who you blow” policy. This is probably the only policy at RIT th...Read full comment

“I transferred to Rochester Institute of Technology after finishing a couple of years from the University of Hawaii. Yes, the two campuses were very d...Read full comment

“When I came here I had been told about the male/female ratio and about the dry campus, but I didn't think about it much. I choose RIT for its US News&...Read full comment

“Every year there is something new RIT is spending millions of dollars on things unrelated to the education of their students. Global Village, a new ov...Read full comment

“Everything that I would have said, has been said. The academics are great in your major. Liberal arts aren't that strong,but people don't come here fo...Read full comment

“RIT is a really great school. Assuming you aren't a major tool and you have a good sense of humor, you'll love it here. Alot of people complain abou...Read full comment

“I don't know what it is about this school. It's a great place to learn, tops in many of its degree programs. Most students are eager to learn and ve...Read full comment

“... It's a very difficult job to find a stable job in because most people are hired on a per project basis, and since the work force is always in fl...Read full comment

“I was accepteed to Cornell, Brown, University of Rochester, and RIT. After numerous college visits and thorough pros and cons lists, I decided on RIT....Read full comment

“Allow me to be frank, this is a horrendous school. The tuition does in no way justify the awful experience you will have here. This is why: Faculty...Read full comment

“... Like most intramurals, its more about having fun and making friends than competition ...Read full comment

“If you are from NYC or any big city DO NOT COME HERE with the exception of people from specialized high shools like sty, brooklyn tech, bronx science....Read full comment

“... Additionally, the tuition rises more than it should due to RIT buying things that do not even benefit the student, such as Segways for Public Sa...Read full comment

“RIT is a pretty good school. They have an excellent business program and slightly above average faculty. The social scene here is really what you make...Read full comment

“Seeing how I have transfered from other schools this place is great. Though at first you may think RIT has a very close minded and arogant attitude a...Read full comment

“1. The switch from quarters to semesters was extremely badly executed. Students were promised that they would not be impacted by the change, however 7...Read full comment

“Each person that goes here can have a completely different experience than any other given person. My roommate and myself, for instance. He's very hap...Read full comment

“Challenging program, but I know I will land an awesome job coming out of this place. Places like Penn State, kids can drink and party 24/7 and stil...Read full comment

“My RIT experience has been a mixed one. I have been through all the negative aspects of this school, as well as having a really good time. I started o...Read full comment

“... Sure, there is a lot more competition at other schools, but it is definitly worth it ...Read full comment

“I find this college a tourture waiting to happen and it has happend and it happens over and over again... Some of the facialty we have here waste alot...Read full comment

“I hear my friends saying all the time how much RIT stinks, but I'm of completely the opposite opinion. RIT is what you make of it. Yeah, I'm a compu...Read full comment

“it takes a pretty good amount to phase me and I am highly tolerant, even happy to spend time on my own. I have a solid amount of friends at RIT, I alw...Read full comment

“I just don't understand people that like RIT. I don't know what they like about? Brick city? ugly girls? boring city? Weather? ignorant faculty member...Read full comment

“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 tak...Read full comment