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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - Campus Strictness - Campus Strictness - College ProwlerCollege Prowler3.85

Campus Strictness

Quick Stats

Students Are Most Likely to Get Caught...
  • Having open flames in your dorms
  • Parking illegally
  • Smoking in the dorms
  • Underage drinking
  • Violating quiet/courtesy hours

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Students generally feel that they can get away with a reasonable amount on campus, and that’s pretty accurate. A lot of it can depend on your RA or RD, who will be the person writing you and your neighbors up and who will be the ones reporting you. As far as alcohol goes, if you keep things fairly calm and aren’t blatantly causing a ruckus, you shouldn’t have a problem. Drugs are taken more seriously, and use of them in the dorms isn’t usually a good idea—especially marijuana or other drugs that have an easily identifiable odor.

Punishments for getting caught usually aren’t too bad; most include a “rehabilitation program,” where you go to a drug/alcohol awareness seminar for an afternoon. Repeated offenses can add up though, and eventually the punishments will get serious.

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Campus Strictness at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

rosenr

Economics '12

3.5
B

Professional Systems, Help, and Freedom

Living in the dorms is a great experience for freshmen - visitors are allowed and an "advisor" of sorts is usually always available. As you get into the later years of undergrad, those same resources develop into trained professionals who are not always available but are paid for, even if you have to wait a bit. Student healthcare is mediocre but performed with a SMILE, and that says a lot. In terms of censorship, it's something relatively felt under the "reign" of Shirley Ann Jackson, but people tend to just ignore it. You can definitely tell that it's a "right wing" science school, and not a liberal arts school in Vermont - so you need to take it for what it is. :)

Oct 27, 2011

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Campus Strictness at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Physics123

Physics '15

4.6
A

Pretty Good

Unless you are a smoker, there are not many rules.

Sep 02, 2011

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Campus Strictness at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

fectej

Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering '14

4.6
A

Plagiarism Is Watched Carefully

Honesty is both a written and unwritten rule on campus. Very few cases of plagiarism crop up over the course of a typical semester, but none of them go unnoticed. The faculty, administration, and even most students work together to stop cheaters. Punishments are very severe, leading to a minimum of loss of credit and scholarships. However, the system in place is thorough and sophisticated; the wrongly accused are released unscathed, while the real rule-breakers never get off easy.

Jul 25, 2011

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User rating for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - Campus Strictness is 3.5 out of 5 based on 18 user reviews.

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