The social aspect of RIT depends of you going out and making friends with A) the people on your floor or B) networking through classes or orientation your first week.  My problem was that the people on my floor are whats known as 'cavemen' where they rarely left the room.  There were 3 people on my floor (out of 12, it was a small floor) that I would associate with.  The rest were people I had networked with on my own.  My advice for you and the point of this?  RIT's social life is what you make of it, if you go out of your room and meet people, you'll find some really great people, I sure did.

The faculty are amazing.  I had one bad class my second quarter which was taught a professor who was disorganized.  I complained to the department and it was looked into to my satisfaction, good enough for me.  The rest of the faculty are amazing.  They will stay after class, give you their personal screen names, and even pull all nighters with you in the labs while you work on projects.  It dawned on me midway through my 2nd quarter that the teachers weren't just there because it was a job, they were there to teach and they even got frustrated when kids didn't show up to class because they were there to teach.

The campus itself isn't that bad looking.  Sure it's brick, but in the fall and the spring, facilities management does a great job keeping the grass green and the trees blooming.  The winter this year wasn't bad but obviously thats not normal so I can't really comment on that.

The surrounding area certainly isn't as great as NYC or Boston, but theres enough to do to keep you amused.  A decent sized mall, a movie theater, Walmart and Wegmans(grocery store) are open 24/7, plenty of places to eat(I recommened Philips European Bakery if you like cakes), and downtown Buffalo and Rochester aren't very far.  Honestly, who doesn't want to go to Canada occasionally, if you catch my drift.

The field house, while useless to many, provides great services to those who wish to use them.  An olyimpic pool, a small lazy river, a 20 person hottub, and a large gym (which is usually crowded but you can find open time), also an indoor track, many basketball courts and other stuff.  CAB also has events and people come to the school as well as movies every thursday night incase you and your friends can't think of anything.

The big concern a lot of people have with RIT is the girl to guy ratio.  Plain and simple, 35% of the guys don't leave their room because they love their computers.  That puts the ratio of guys to girls who leave their room just about on level.  Theres plenty of good looking girls and guys so don't worry.

Parties, yes we have them every weekend, meet some upperclassmen, we'll tell you where they are.

The Bad stuff:

Trying to register for classes is a 6AM ordeal which can be very frustating, but apparently it's being fixed. 

Gracies food isn't horrible, but its not great either.  Luckily meal options and debit can save you.

The B-lot parking lot (the one for freshmen) is a 5-10 minute walk depending on where your dorm is, you get used to it, but when its cold...

Student Government has poor participation and seems useless, never really had to deal with them or thought they could be of much help.

Depending on how you look at it, the quarter mile is part of a great fitness plan, or a long pain in the ass to walk in the cold.

Conclusion:

RIT is what you make of it.  I had a great year and couldn't imagine going to another school.  The classes were great, some I skipped, but overall worth the money, the people who actually leave their rooms are dynamic and cool to hang out with.  If your looking for a well known school and want to feel like you learned something, RIT might just be right for you.  It helped me find a great Co-op just after one year, making double what I was the previous year.