<p>How good are their chemistry programs, and how difficult is it to change your chem major to an engineering major or any other??</p>
<p>Really would appreciate the help</p>
<p>So 35 views and no replies… wow I guess RIT really does suck.</p>
<p>good and not difficult. ta da</p>
<p><em>raises one eyebrow</em></p>
<p>Haha! knew someone would answer after that…</p>
<p>Well thanks, for real. If you can say anything about the school in general, the dorms, departments, lifestyle, workload, teachers, education, co-op, ppl, or anything you’re welcome to.</p>
<p>Hi FLuser,</p>
<p>I think the reason no one has really answered your question is that a lot of RIT students/alumni are like me: we don’t know anything about the Chemistry program at RIT and have never met any Chemistry majors. I’ve actually seen the Chem facilities at RIT thanks to my work study job - they seem okay. Not state-of-the-art or new by any means, but there certainly always seemed to be a lot of activity in them. </p>
<p>About changing your majors - it can be a bit of a challenge at RIT. It’s a very hands-on school around the board, and so there is really only a tiny bit of required “general education” and “liberal arts” classes that you take across all majors. This often means that you don’t really change majors, you basically start all over again in a new major.</p>
<p>RIT knows about this, which is why they have the Multidisciplinary Studies program, or as I call it, the “Built Your Own Major” program. It’s what I did - I started off in Film and Animation, and in the second half of my time at RIT, I added Business classes to that. You end up with a sort of hybrid degree, which in many cases is better if you’re really trying to do both things, but isn’t so great if you truly wanted to switch from one thing to another.</p>
<p>As far as “the school in general, the dorms, departments, lifestyle, workload, teachers, education, co-op, ppl,” that’s a tall order, but here are some hints:</p>
<p>1) It’s a nerd school. Don’t let anyone try to tell you otherwise, especially anyone in recruiting (admissions, the information desk, etc.). While this doesn’t mean there aren’t parties and sports and fun things (there certainly are), it does mean the overarching theme of nearly every inch of RIT is nerdy. The drinking parties are nerdy. The sports are a little nerdy. All of the clubs are a bit nerdy. Keep that in mind.</p>
<p>2) The dorms are totally ugly, small, and somewhat prison-like. I say that with love, since my time in the dorms was fun and amazing and I had some of the best adventures of my life so far. (Also, they’re building a ton of new living space that is actually quite nice.) The food service on campus is really good -again, don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. People who say RIT food is bad haven’t eaten at campuses that actually have bad food. There are a ton of choices and places to eat and they work very hard to meet any special dietary needs.</p>
<p>3) Workload will be tough and fast, fast, fast. They’ll be switching to semesters soon, so I can’t comment on how it will be then, but as long as there are still quarters, it will still be really fast. Pace yourself.</p>
<p>4) Teachers: the usual spread that you get at any school. Some are terrible, some are amazing, many are in the middle. However, because RIT is so nerdy, there are a ton of online reviews of pretty much every teacher at RIT. These are supremely helpful in picking courses and teachers.</p>
<p>If you have any more specific questions, I’ll do my best to answer or find someone to ask for you!</p>
<p>Damn…</p>
<p>Well even though RIT sounds exactly like what I wanted (except for the dorms), if the chemistry department is totally w.e and it might be time consuming and too difficult to change into chemical engineering I don’t want to get stuck in something I’m not too happy about. Maybe ISU will be a better choice, since apparently their engineering is really good and they paid my full tuition also.</p>