The Rochester Institute of Technology (StudentsReview)

How this student rated the school

Educational Quality	D	Faculty Accessibility	C
Useful Schoolwork	B-	Excess Competition	C+
Academic Success	C+	Creativity/ Innovation	B+
Individual Value	F	University Resource Use	B
Campus Aesthetics/ Beauty	D	Friendliness	D-
Campus Maintenance	C+	Social Life	D-
Surrounding City	F	Extra Curriculars	F
Safety	A-

Describes the student body as: Afraid, Broken Spirit, Snooty, Closeminded Describes the faculty as: Helpful, Arrogant, Condescending, Self Absorbed

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Lowest Rating Individual Value	F

Highest Rating Safety	A-

He cares more about Friendliness than the average student.

Date: May 29 2010
Major: Business - Management and Administration (This Major's Salary over time)
I have spent two years at RIT and I am 100% transferring out of that hellhole officially. I can tell you that RIT has a good reputation, but the question is.. how popular is RIT? I have told my friends back home that I go to RIT and their reactions were always like, where is that..? That clearly tells us that RIT needs to spread its name all over the nation. I'm transferring to a State University and I swear to god, it was the best decision I have ever made for awhile.

1. People

People suck. People are not easy to approach. Especially if you are a deaf individual, I'd say you are fucked. Hearing students are difficult to meet.. but deaf people are difficult to meet. So, I fell in between of both worlds, which sucked.

2. Parties

Parties are not big on RIT campus. You have to know people that party all the time, but you would have to hang out with them ALL THE TIME. If you started hanging out with other people, they won't invite you anymore.

RIT said it's a dry campus.. AHAH. Sure! It's a dry campus. Just wait until you start classes there. You will understand.

3. Classes

Classes are challenging enough for me. Some classes are very easy. Some classes are supposed to be easy, but RIT makes it way harder for everyone. That part sucked.

4. NTID Services

NTID services SUCK. I hate the every bit of NTID services. They are snooty and are not very helpful. I can't get classes with C-Print service because it's not "supported" so you will be limited to many classes when you sign up for classes. I hated it because I'm limited to few sections for certain classes. It's ridiculous because I paid some decent money to go to that school and I get shitty services. Trust me, RIT does a good job at flowering all shit up on campus and I'm sure they were like, Ohh we have good services for the deaf and hard of hearing… YEAH RIGHT. Don't fall for that!

5. Campus

It's boring. Ugly. It's a bunch of bricks. It surely can make you really, really depressed.

6. Dorms/Apartments

It's difficult to get a fucking room to live in! The Housing Operations is not good at placing people into rooms. The school I am going to transfer gives me OPTIONS to live in. It's really nice to have that while RIT doesn't provide that for students.

7. RIT/Faculty

RIT only wants money from you. It's a private school so they don't get any money from the state of New York. So they will fine you for many things so they won't be broke in the end.

The bottom line.. don't go there if you think they would happen to you. RIT really, really screws you over in the end.

Responses

I'm also hard-of-hearing and have had a very similar experience so far, particularly on being stuck between "both worlds." With all the deaf students on campus, many (though not all) people tend to assume I'm deaf and treat me accordingly. It's a depressing and lonely way to go through college. I took classes at another school while doing my co-op this past semester and had a far better experience. So unless you are profoundly deaf and into deaf culture, you'll probably be better off at a regular college.

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