At RIT, you learn about your major. Most of the classes are about your major, with some flexibility for other classes. By the time you graduate, you will feel confident with what you have learned.
Do you enjoy the experience at your school?
Many people don't realize how much there is to do at RIT; there are tons and tons of clubs (if there isn't one for you, you can make your own!), sports (we're really big on hockey), intramurals, and events happening all the time.
Do you feel you’re getting value for the money you’re spending on college?
RIT prepares you for a career, they don't just teach you stuff that you'll never use. Many of the programs have a required (or optional) Co-Op block that you complete before graduation. That opportunity alone often gives students a career straight out of college.
Do you have any tips for prospective students?
Be aware: RIT is on a quarter system, each one 10 weeks long (plus a week of finals): fall, winter, spring, and summer (although we're not expected to go to classes during the summer, we can). What that means is that if your major requires a co-op, there's opportunity to do that in the summer. It also means that we have a very fast paced, rigorous curriculum - we're squeezing a semester's amount of work into 10 weeks. However, classes are over with faster, it's changing before you get too bored, and because there's so much packed in, you're more or less employable by the end of your second year (depending on your major).
Come and take a tour! Yes, there's a lot (A LOT) of bricks, but check out what will be your building for classes, and the dorms.
Once you're here, get out of the dorms! Go to events, meet the people from your major - those are the people you'll be having class with. Become friends with someone with a car and get off campus (Buffalo Wild Wings - or B Dubs, Chipotle, The Marketplace Mall, Tilt Night Club, Barnes and Noble... they're all right down the street! Take advantage!)
Get a laptop - the entire campus is wireless! You can sit outside your classroom, in the tunnels below the dorms (that's where the laundry rooms, the post office, and a couple convenience stores are), in one of the quads, in class, in your dorm, probably even one of the elevators, and you will have a connection.
Cell phones are also a must. Texting mostly.
Which types of students will excel at your college?
At RIT, you learn about your major. Most of the classes are about your major, with some flexibility for other classes. By the time you graduate, you will feel confident with what you have learned.
Many people don't realize how much there is to do at RIT; there are tons and tons of clubs (if there isn't one for you, you can make your own!), sports (we're really big on hockey), intramurals, and events happening all the time.
RIT prepares you for a career, they don't just teach you stuff that you'll never use. Many of the programs have a required (or optional) Co-Op block that you complete before graduation. That opportunity alone often gives students a career straight out of college.
Be aware: RIT is on a quarter system, each one 10 weeks long (plus a week of finals): fall, winter, spring, and summer (although we're not expected to go to classes during the summer, we can). What that means is that if your major requires a co-op, there's opportunity to do that in the summer. It also means that we have a very fast paced, rigorous curriculum - we're squeezing a semester's amount of work into 10 weeks. However, classes are over with faster, it's changing before you get too bored, and because there's so much packed in, you're more or less employable by the end of your second year (depending on your major). Come and take a tour! Yes, there's a lot (A LOT) of bricks, but check out what will be your building for classes, and the dorms. Once you're here, get out of the dorms! Go to events, meet the people from your major - those are the people you'll be having class with. Become friends with someone with a car and get off campus (Buffalo Wild Wings - or B Dubs, Chipotle, The Marketplace Mall, Tilt Night Club, Barnes and Noble... they're all right down the street! Take advantage!) Get a laptop - the entire campus is wireless! You can sit outside your classroom, in the tunnels below the dorms (that's where the laundry rooms, the post office, and a couple convenience stores are), in one of the quads, in class, in your dorm, probably even one of the elevators, and you will have a connection. Cell phones are also a must. Texting mostly.
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