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Comparable Schools'
Campus Housing Grades:
Quick StatsUndergrads Living on Campus
65 %
Best Dorms
- Building 28, Building 30, Gleason
Number of Campus Owned Apartments
5
Worst Dorms
- Ellingson
- Helen Fish Hall
College Prowler Take
Many students choose to live on campus all four years at RIT. A good majority of these students feel that living on campus is convenient, mainly because of the proximity to classes and school facilities, and because they don’t have to worry about paying rent every month. Also, utilities, including Ethernet, local phone bill, and cable, are included in the rent that students do pay. However, it is true that Residence Life is usually not very helpful, and students have to be persistent in order to get answers from them. As for the dorms at RIT, they are all in good condition. Each dorm was recently renovated, and all dorms undergo thorough inspection each summer to ensure that each facility stays up to par. You will be charged for any damage done to your room at the end of the year, so it is important to record the condition of your room when you move in. Be sure to jot down (or take pictures of) any problems or deficiencies that you may notice.
On-campus apartments can be a great, affordable living option for students, but they are hard to come by. The best way to go about getting an on-campus apartment is to check the housing Web site. There are always lists of people who are looking for roommates, sometimes due to co-op. Apartment living is a bit more relaxed than dorm life, and students generally feel a bit more on their own. There are no RAs watching over you, and it is easier to get away with having a drink now and then. Parties are tolerated by administration in all RIT apartments—to a certain extent, of course. There are rules that students are expected to follow: no charging fellow students a fee to drink, parties are to be kept small (usually under 20 students), and (here’s the big one) no underage drinking. For the most part, you won’t have a problem with Campus Safety as long as you keep the party fairly quiet after midnight. Also, it is important not to let your guests congregate outside; drunken college students normally have a tough time keeping quiet. Students Speak Out
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lopatanitrok says: Rochester Institute of Technology 2016 Other  |
Like others have said, your first...
Like others have said, your first year you don't have much of a say regarding housing unless you want to live in Special Interest House (Photo house, Art House, Engineering House, etc). I was assigned to a mainstreamed floor without asking for it, which for a college freshman is not really an ideal place to live. The apartments are nice, especially UC, but good luck getting one. Many students end up in the RIT Inn, a converted hotel about five miles away from campus.
Campus Housing: February 24, 2009
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I wound up on a floor with a...
I wound up on a floor with a fraternity my freshman year; it was really annoying because I had no desire to join, and I was constantly being asked. Plus, when they had their bid nights and social events, they would come back and be loud and sometimes drunk. I really didn’t enjoy that. |
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I don’t like that you can’t...
I don’t like that you can’t control where you live freshman year. If you want to pay a fee, you can specify a dorm you want to be in, but that’s ridiculous. If you know that there are certain dorms you don’t want to be in, I don’t think you should be forced to live in them. |
Anonymous says: |
I don’t understand why we aren’t...
I don’t understand why we aren’t allowed to take the screens out of the windows. If you get caught with the window screen out, you can be fined—it’s stupid. I’ve never had screens in my windows at home, and I don’t see the need in having them here. There isn’t exactly a bug problem, and the windows don’t open wide enough for you to fall out. |
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The coed floors and the all-girls...
The coed floors and the all-girls floors tend to be pretty clean, but some of the all-guy floors get dirty really quickly. Housekeeping cleans everyday, but if the lounges aren’t clear, they won’t vacuum and mop. If the residents on your floor leave their stuff all over the lounge, you get screwed because the lounge doesn’t get cleaned. |
FactsWhat You Get
- Bed
- Closet
- Desk
- Desk drawer set
- Dresser
Room Types
- Doubles
- Quads
- Singles
- Triples
Available for Rent
AC units
Bed Types
- Bunkable beds
- Lofts
- Twin extra-long
Also Available
- Theme or “lifestyle” floors, such as alcohol- and substance- free, intensified study, over-21, nonsmoking, and Greek housing are all available by request through Residence Life.
Cleaning Service
Cleaning service is provided for the floor and common areas, but not individual rooms or apartments.
Dormitories
Building 28
Floors: 4
Number of Occupants: 138
Bathrooms: Shared by floor
Coed: No, men only
Room Types: Singles, doubles
Independent all-male floor, Kappa Delta Rho House, Phi Delta Theta House, Delta Sigma Phi House, Phi Sigma Kappa House
Building 30
Floors: 4
Number of Occupants: 138
Bathrooms: Shared by floor
Coed: Yes
Room Types: Singles, doubles
Large lounge area, males and females are on single-sex floors
Building 32
Floors: 2
Number of Occupants: 64
Bathrooms: Shared by floor
Coed: Yes
Room Types: Singles, doubles
Zeta Tau Alpha House, Sigma Sigma Sigma House, some floors are for males only
Carlton Gibson Hall
Floors: 5
Number of Occupants: 292
Bathrooms: Shared by floor
Coed: Yes
Room Types: Singles, doubles
Intensified study floors, nonsmoking, some floors for males only
Eugene Colby Hall
Floors: 3
Number of Occupants: 215
Bathrooms: Shared by floor
Coed: Yes
Room Types: Singles, doubles
Art House, Unity House, International House, House of General Science, some floors for females only
Frances Baker Hall
Floors: 2
Number of Occupants: 138
Bathrooms: Shared by the floor
Coed: Yes
Room Types: Singles, doubles
Alcohol/substance-free and Honors housing, nonsmoking
Helen Fish Hall
Floors: 4
Number of Occupants: 357
Bathrooms: Shared by floor
Coed: Yes
Room Types: Singles, doubles
Alcohol- and substance-free floors, Wellness floors, some floors for men only
Kate Gleason Hall
Floors: 7
Number of Occupants: 331
Bathrooms: Shared by floor
Coed: Yes
Room Types: Singles, doubles
Smoke-free building
Mark Ellingson Hall
Floors: 12
Number of Occupants: 600
Bathrooms: Shared by floor or suite
Coed: Yes
Room Types: Singles, doubles, single-sex suites, triples
Intensified study floors, nonsmoking
Nathaniel Rochester Hall
Floors: 8
Number of Occupants: 331
Bathrooms: Shared by floor
Coed: Yes
Room Types: Singles, doubles
Engineering House, Computer Science House, Photo House
Peter Peterson Hall
Floors: 2
Number of Occupants: 102
Bathrooms: Shared by floor or suite
Coed: Yes
Room Types: Single, double, single-sex suites
21-and-over floor, alcohol- and substance-free floor, some floors males only, nonsmoking
Sol Heumann Hall
Floors: 8
Number of Occupants: 328
Bathrooms: Shared by floor
Coed: Yes
Room Types: Singles, doubles
Some floors for males only, nonsmoking
Tower C
Floors: 2
Number of Occupants: 23
Bathrooms: Shared by suite
Coed: Yes
Room Types: Single-sex suites
Some floors are for males only
Campus Owned Apartments
Colony Manor
Bathrooms: One full, or one and a half
Coed: Yes
Room Types: One-, two-, or four-person apartments
All utilities included, computer lab in building, volleyball and basketball courts, two Ethernet jacks
Perkins Green
Bathrooms: One full
Coed: Yes
Room Types: One- or two-bedroom apartments
All utilities are included, one or two Ethernet jacks in each apartment, in ideal location near residence halls, academic buildings, Gracies, and the Commons
Raquet Club
Bathrooms: One and a half
Coed: Yes
Room Types: One-bedroom apartments for one or two people
All utilities included, one Ethernet, three miles off campus in country-like setting
Riverknoll
Bathrooms: One full
Coed: Yes
Room Types: One bedroom apartment, two- or three-bedroom townhouses for one, three, or four people
All utilities included, no Ethernet connections
University Commons
Bathrooms: Two full
Coed: Yes
Room Types: Four-bedroom apartment for four people
All utilities included, one Ethernet jack per bedroom and one in living room, furnished individual leases
Did You Know?One feature RIT is very proud of is its special-interest housing. Special-interest houses such as Photo House, Art House, Computer Science House, and House of General Science allow students to live on a floor with a group of students with similar interests. It is not required that a student be academically involved with the major in question; if he or she is interested in computer science, art, or is just friends with those who are, then they are eligible to live on one of the lifestyle floors.
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