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 Against similar schools
Social Life compared with similar schools in class. |
Quotes touching on Social Life | “... The extremely outdated drinking police helps to make the social life of students miserable ...” |
| “... There are a lot of techies and not much social life ...” |
| “... This school is nothing more than a business, and not here to help students gain a rounded education and social experience ...” |
| “... The social life on the Campus of RIT is non-existant (and I'm greek) ...” |
| “... There is no social life and if you want to paryt you need to know people ...” |
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For social freaks, this definitely is not the place to be ...” |
| “... And yes, there is quite a social life ...” |
| “... Social life is pretty dead ...” |
| “... I guess if you are very social and look hard enough, you can find some fun nightlife spots here and there in Rochester (Tremors is one club, ther...” |
| “... The social life is terrible and this is compounded by the new administration's attitude toward draining the life out of the students ...” |
| “... You are documented by your social security number and thats it ...” |
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For the social life, RIT is not a party school ...” |
| “... The social life is zilch unless you join a fraternity or sorority, or find something elsewhere ...” |
| “... RIT is a great place both academically and socially, one must explore the campus and the town to get the real feel for life in Rochester and RIT...” |
| “... The campus is ugly (no windows in the classroom), the food is OK, the activities are OK, social life sucks and the work is harder than hard ...” |
| “... A lot of poeple say that RIT has no social life, but I've found that you simply have to make your own fun ...” |
| “... A couple would be, No social Life, Ugly Campus, Administration that does not care what students say, Student Government that is worthless, No pa...” |
| “... I tell everyone who asks me about my school that it is good academically and sucks socially ...” |
| “... People here have no social skills because they are engrosed with technology and find it easier to use email rather than person to person contact...” |
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Social atmosphere is pretty bad ...” |
| “... A large portion of the students are anti-social and tends to fall into the self absorbed/arrogant geek category, A good 20% of the school probably...” |
| “... No social life at all, even if you aren't into partying ...” |
| “... The social scene outside of that too can be lacking, but i have found no troubel finding it thus far ...” |
| “... Yes, the social life is a bit "ick," and the campus isn't abound in lakes and wildlife ...” |
| “... Too many anti-social people ...” |
| “... The only bad thing is the social life ...” |
| “... The point here is that RIT social life makes is so plan bored ...” |
| “... The social scene here is really what you make of it ...” |
| “... Hence, I will try to summarize, concentrating heavily on the social aspect of the school ...” |
| “... Social aspect could recieve a makeover though ...” |
| “... Yes, there *is* a social life to be had, but it involves going out and getting one ...” |
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Socially, things here are not NEARLY as bad as they have been made out to be ...” |
| “... RIT definitely has a social life ...” |
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Con: Social life ...” |
| “... RIT does have -severe- social problems, apalling aesthetics, a fairly disconnected administration, a lot of rich spoiled kids (1st, 2nd year stud...” |
| “... The work load is insane, there is no social life and if you go through one day with out running in to a homosexual you are luckier than most ...” |
| “... There are problems with lack of school spirit and social life, but if you have the will to get yourself off campus and look for fun, there is ton...” |
| “... My spirit is broken, my social skills have degraded severely, I now have a very bad temper and I am always angry at everything ...” |
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Social life is what you make it ...” |
| “... Engineering students at any school usually have below average social skills, this includes RIT and myself infact ...” |
| “... " Too many folks lack social skills ...” |
| “... Aside from all the homosexuality and exrtreme socialism pushed down your throat every day, all the "deaf superiority" complexes held by some kids...” |
| “... The comments on the social life, the broken spitits of the students, the terrible weather, etc etc ...” |
| “... academics are good, social life is bad ...” |
| “... The problem with the people who can't find parties is that they aren't socializing with anyone because they have the preconceived idea that the ...” |
| “... Not only in the academic aspect but also in the social one ...” |
| “... From my experience, you will get a great education at RIT, but you have to be willing to work to get and maintain a decent social life ...” |
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Campus Life/Population:
While there are things to do here and there on campus and various routines come here every so often, there isn't any ...” |
| “... Rit is really a good school with a good program but you just have to find your fun and your social life yourself, nobody is gonna throw it in your...” |
| “... I would not recommend this school only because of the extremely negative social experience that is had by most that attend ...” |
| “... Socially, I have a lot of friends here and if you look, there is a lot to do ...” |
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The stories of the social life are true for the people that would have issues in the first place ...” |
| “... Socially, you will love it, hate it, or be whatever like I am ...” |
| “... Yes, this school has tons of nerds and tons of video game addicts, but there are also many cool people, you just have to be social enough to find...” |
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I don't need to discuss in depth the abysmal social life here--just search through the other reviews and you'll find plenty on that matter ....” |
| “... Im sorry, but socially, my life has since blossomed alot more and I dont regret it one bit ...” |
| “... Ive never meet such unfriendly people who don't want anything to do with social life before ...” |
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socially, had a great time ...” |
| “... Because at RIT the non-existent social life and lack of girls will drive you to the brink of insanity ...” |
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Social life: Be warned, you will NOT get the normal college experience at RIT ...” |
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Socially, I enjoyed being an RIT student ...” |
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“... SOCIAL LIFE
Theres is a socail scene at RIT ...” |
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There is absolutely no social life, no camaraderie, and no respect among students ...” |
| “... Campus aesthetics definitely leaves something to be desired, but it really isn't much of a factor once you get settled, and though the social lif...” |
| “... Reading the rest of the views, I have to say I really don't know what these people are talking about when they claim there is no social life ...” |
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Some of the students at RIT are sometimes anti-social and uniquely eccentric ...” |
| “... The social life at school is mediocre ...” |
| “... The social life is slim (and people will tell you there are parties if you look, but they usually consist of the same 20 people), the students a...” |
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Socially it really is what you make of it, though I would say its a little harder to "make of it" than most schools (place is a bit of a spiri...” |
| “... Alot of people complain about RIT's lack of a social life, etc ...” |
| “... Social life can be dull but if you can get into an on campus apartment (of which there are tons) you will see and find partys all over ...” |
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THE SOCIAL LIFE: Terrible ...” |
| “... Sure, there's a small population that does, but most people are friendly and looking for the same amount of social interaction you are ...” |
| “... People are generally mean or anti-social ...” |
| “... The social life is great if you are in with other socialites ...” |
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The average student at RIT is rather loud and obnoxious, has not learned manners, is very immature (worse than elementary school kids), rude ...” |
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The most interesting part of this university is the social life, and that is a double edged sword ...” |
| “... On the social side, its not as bad as people say, there are many clubs, athletic teams and other opportunities to meet people, and I have met qu...” |
| “... Secondly, disregard every comment here that speaks of non-existent social life - yes, quite a few people at RIT are nerds, but that doesn't mean ...” |
| “... It is filled with arrogant and anti-social students who are absorbed in their education too much to care about the fact that you will actually n...” |
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My first comment is on social life ...” |
| “... Social life is what you make of it ...” |
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The social life is pretty non existant ...” |
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Social Life
This really revolves around who you make friends with ...” |
| “... I have read a lot of complaints about tech schools from people majoring in business/management, humanities, social sciences, arts, and even scienc...” |
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SOCIAL The social scene at RIT isn't as hoppin as big state universities, and your personal experiences hinge on who you meet ...” |
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I'm more comfortable socially around nerds ...” |
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This is where I segway onto the social scene ...” |
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Social Life
If you're a guy coming into engineering or computing there will be VERY FEW WOMEN ...” |
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Greek life does not run the social scene and actually are most like background noise if you ask me ...” |
| “... It is important to gravitate towards kids that have the same social interests as you do and party invites will come ...” |
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