The Rochester Institute of Technology

RIt has its problems -- but once you get up there in the years its not so bad -- it really took me 2 years to feel comfortable with the school -- infact I would give a very bad hostile review if I were a sophomore or freshman.. RIT does have -severe- social problems, apalling aesthetics, a fairly disconnected administration, a lot of rich spoiled kids (1st, 2nd year students mostly), poor housing selection,and more homosexuals (particularly in the art fields) than I will admit to being comfortable with. These problems do fade out over the years... Its sort of a useful affect. ther acceptance rate is so high which allows for an influx of ignorant people as well as intellegent people. typically the rich spoiled kids get filtered out along the way as well as the unintelligent people. What is left is typically an intelligent core of hard working students. Basically RIT is a school that will let anyone in but only the worthy survive -- the main reason for leaving is transferring due to grades, or flunking out -- amazingly it is NOT the crummy atmosphere.

So if you are a sophomore or freshman RIT will seem like a bad school -- I hated it myself -- really really hated it, but now as I approach graduation is has become a very positive experience -- sure it has its problems, but those problems fade as time goes on -- think of them as test to see if you can survive.. if you look at a forth year perspecive you see the freshman class as a bunch of idiots -- all the talent and intelligence is diluted.. Iit becomes more concentrated toward the top until you really had a good group. All the dorks who think "thinkgeek" shirts are cool are gone (or grown up) the hair bleeching subsides, the counterstrike playing subsides. (by the way a truly apalling numebr of freshmen play counterstrike on campuse MORE than the spend on classes and homework... no wonder the retention is so low).In the end you can expect a good education.. And most likely a lesson in life. It gets better believe me.

4th Year Male -- Class 2005

Useful Schoolwork: A+, Campus Aesthetics: D-

I do not know why others have been so harsh in rating this school. RIT does have quite a good reputation in fields other than Business like Computer Science and Engineering.

If the business students who posted on this site feel as though they were not challenged enough at RIT, they should have picked a different major. If they feel as though RIT has not prepared them to ``innovate'' then they are incorrectly placing their blame. Innovation requires personal talent; it cannot be taught in a course. If you want to innovate, do it! It's that simple.

This does not mean I totally enjoyed my experience at RIT. The workload was quite "heavy" which made life miserable at times. No question about it-- RIT's undergraduate CS department is one of the best and most demanding departments in the nation. Their undergraduate program in CS is rigourous and comprehensive.

Your college experience is all what you make of it! Do you want to challenge yourself at RIT? You can! Take some hard courses. Don't be afraid to take difficult professors. If you tailor your course sequence so that you take the easy way out, you have no one to blame but yourself!

I am glad that RIT is not a research university. Most schools look at undergraduate programs as a way of paying the bills. RIT does not. If you are looking for respect from people by getting an undergraduate degree from Princeton or Harvard then you should reprioritize so that your learning experience comes first. You cannot judge a school's undergraduate program by its graduate program. If you come to RIT for CS (I cannot speak for other majors), you will get your money's worth. That is, of course, you do not avoid opportunities which present you with challenges.When you get here, ask around. Ask upperclassmen who the best teachers are, and what are the best courses. You will find upperclassmen to be very responsive.

Alumnus Male -- Class 2000