RIT does its best to provide students with a wealth of information, great facilities, top-notch academics, and a pretty good athletic program. Living in Rochester for four years teaches students a lot about who they are and what they want out of life (with the lack student-oriented activities, you’ll have a lot of time to think). Many choose to drop out or transfer schools, due to the strenuous quarter system and the arduous work hours that come along with it. Many students who come to RIT on academic scholarships end up on academic probation. Many choose to do the drunken-college-student bit, and many choose the studious-bookworm role; but in the end, many students realize that classwork may not always be the most important thing. Most students here will, at one time or another, disagree with their roommates, RAs, bursars, registrars, and their departments. These are all facts of life, though. No two people can see eye to eye on everything.
In the end, four years and one degree later, many RIT students will tell you that they would willingly do it all over again. Every bad grade, every good party (or vice versa) helps students learn what they really want from life. As students move on to their graduate studies, they are mostly confident that what they have learned at RIT will help carry them through life, and most importantly, give them a competitive edge in the job market. I was told my freshman year that getting into RIT was the easy part, and that getting out was the hard part, which is very true. Well, students get out, and their degrees mean a lot to them. Not only is RIT a very competitive school where students do well, they actually learn a thing or two about life along the way. What more can you ask for from a university?
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Diversity at Rochester Institute of Technology
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International Students!
During my first year of college, there were not a lot of students in diversity area. Over years, I started noticing there are more Asia students and at RIT, we have good numbers of cultural based clubs. Recently, I went to Malaysian Night, they had really really awesome performance based on their cultures such as dance. Also they made Malaysia food for us to taste. I actually experienced their culture food. We also have an office that is specific for diversity. In the future, RIT will become more diversity.
May 17, 2012
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Athletics at Rochester Institute of Technology
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Tiger Den
Each quarter, the athletics association always host "Tiger Den" for our home games such as basketball, wrestling, etc. Most students always come to watch men's hockey because they are playing in division I while all teams are still in division III. However, women's hockey recently moved to division I and will play with teams in division I next academic year. It is a big event for us. On top of this, we will have new rink for our hockey teams soon. In the future, our men's lax team might move up division. The purpose of "tiger den" is to get students come to watch our home games to support these athletics.
May 17, 2012
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Drug Safety at Rochester Institute of Technology
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Policy
RIT has pretty strict alcohol and drug policy. Every student who busted drinking alcohol underage or using drugs, the student's parents will get a mail notification and the student will be sending to Student Conduct Office. The student will receive a consequence from the student court based on the case.
Also, RIT only allow an apartment to have an alcohol "event" if all residents in the apartment are above 21 years old. Dormitories are completely banned any alcohol "event"
May 17, 2012
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