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Fireflyscout
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Posted: Sat Jul 12th, 2008 08:37 pm |
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No thread yet for RIT? I guess I'll start.
RIT has around 16,000 students, which I believe includes graduate students. The campus was located in downtown Rochester until the mid 60s, when they moved to their suburban location. Thus, the buildings look like a brick suburban office park. However, the interiors are nicely done, with atriums and other features that individualize them. We didn't see the residence halls - that is a separate tour. The freshman residences are located about a quarter mile from the academic buildings, which would mean a very chilly walk in the winters (I believe there are tunnels, though, but I wasn't shown them). If there was a "typical" student union building, I missed it - the building that I saw had an ESPN sports zone and the bookstore (which will be moving to the Barnes & Noble being built at the far corner of the campus).
RIT requires a co-op, so it typically takes 5 years to graduate. The info session and the tourguide emphasized several times what great careers awaited graduates.
OK, this is a lukewarm review. I didn't get any feeling of school spirit (I know it was a summer visit, but I did get some feeling at other colleges I toured) or student fun. The career emphasis made me wonder about the education process. I asked, and even though University of Rochester is near, there is no cross-registration, which I found odd. Nearly every other college I've visited that is in close proximity to other colleges has some kind of cross-registration agreement.
RIT offers excellent opportunities, but it didn't excite either me or my son.
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Chedva
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Posted: Sun Jul 13th, 2008 12:35 pm |
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One of the reasons that there is no cross-registration with UR is that RIT is on a trimester system and UR is on semesters. Makes the timing difficult.
D has a couple of friends from high school at RIT, and they all seem to be quite happy there.
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