<p>My son applied regular decision back in late August (common app) and never heard a word from RIT or any kind of acknowledgement that they received his application. Is this normal? How can you check your application status on their website? I can't find any information on that either. Thanks to anyone who can assist me.</p>
<p>I submitted my application awhile ago as well and I also did regular decision. I called them this morning and they didn’t say much that i wasn’t able to get enough information from them. They can check the application status for you if you call them. The regular decision decisions willl be out next year sometime in Feb or march.</p>
<p>Thanks for your reply, lilmelonred. My son just called and was told that because he applied common app, that’s the reason he never received any notification that they had received everything. But they do have everything, they just haven’t made a decision yet. Incidentally he is applying for Art and his portfolio was already accepted. </p>
<p>They said we need to create a portal account to check the status, however we keep receiving a proxy error every time we try. Ugh. Very frustrating.</p>
<p>Good luck to you. Keep us posted of your status!</p>
<p>Yeah they told me i have to create a portal account to check the status as well :). Does that mean we make our own account on the website? I’m applying to the engineering program. Thank you and goodluck your son! :)</p>
<p>We just created an account, however when we signed in there was nowhere to check your application status. So I think we did something wrong. The site we ended up at after we signed in thinks we want to apply, but we already applied. We’ll have to call back tomorrow and see what we did wrong.</p>
<p>Yeah, in the same situation. Keep me updated! :)</p>
<p>Okay, I called today. They asked me the questions and yeah they are linking my portal to the help desk so that they can update my application status.</p>
<p>We had to go through the same thing. Had t o take a screen shot of the portal where it showed nothing but the option to apply. It was fixed in a day or so. Apparently, they are switching to a new system and experiencing some glitches.</p>
<p>lilmelonred, son called again today and they fixed his problem, so now he has a checklist appearing on the left side of the screen. Hopefully someday that will be replaced with an acceptance message. I hope your problem got straightened out by now.</p>
<p>CareerMom, Yeah everything is fixed. 
. I just hate the waiting part lol</p>
<p>Hello, I just came upon this thread. I am beyond frustrated with the myRIT interface the Admissions Department uses for application status. My son applied via the Common App in October . It took many phone calls to the Admission Department that then would shuffle us off to the campus IT Help Desk. It took until the first week of December for RIT sync his app with their system! Then, for a while, it said that all of his credentials were received with a big green check next to the documents. Then, his essay magically disappeared ( who knows how , it is part of the Common App). My son called, and they corrected that. But now, in February, his myRIT page has no indication that he has even applied, but has replaced this with the link to apply again!! So yet another phone call, had to send a screen shot again, and it still is not fixed one week later. I have to say that for an engineering and science school this process has been wholly unimpressive. Other than campus visits, the application process is the primary communication with potential students and families. Over the last 5 years, my 3 children have applied to about 15 different schools, and we have never seen anything this poorly managed. Makes me really think twice about the administrative environment at the school and whether or not it is indicative of how you will be treated once they have your tuition check in hand.</p>
<p>How do we create a portal account to check the status of my son’s application?</p>
<p>Hi, to be honest, it has been so long sine the myRIT account was establish for my son when he applied in October that I do not remember the process. Try clicking on the myRIT icon on the admissions page? If that does not work, try calling admissions maybe. The portal is called myRIT Good luck!</p>
<p>My son applied last year, and we read the website very carefully. They definitely stated that they preferred applicants use their own application - which we did. We tried to use every school’s personal preference, it does make it easier.</p>
<p>As far as technology goes, I think this is actually the problem. They are constantly upgrading their software to the latest and greatest, and it always takes longer than the expected deadline to get it to work properly. When they finally get it, it is pretty cool.</p>
<p>In any case my son it absolutely LOVING being at RIT, so hang in there. It was worth the wait for us.</p>
<p>I was told that RIT made an enterprise-wide IT system shift around the first of the year, which is why this has been so complicated. Any time any organization has an enterprise-wide IT system changeover, it is a nightmare for a while.</p>
<p>In any case, my son’t portal didn’t work right, either. I called tech support and worked on my taxes online while on hold, and they were able to get it set up. However, it did take some doing. </p>
<p>It does make me wonder if today’s RIT (my sister is a graduate, but that was over 20 years ago) is a difficult school to navigate through from the IT and administrative side (everything I’ve heard about teaching and professors has been good).</p>
<p>Can any students chime in one what it is liek to be a student at RIT? Are you a number, or a cared-for student?</p>
<p>I can’t comment from a student’s pov but as as current freshman’s parent (with 2 other freshmen at other schools) I will say that I am very impressed with the personal attention my son receives. Because RIT is set up to admit to a specific program, you get an advisor in your major immediately, which I think makes a big difference. His first semester he was given 2 courses in his specific major - NO “discovery” classes - which really inspired and motivated him. He has had a lot of individual attention in regards to selecting classes. And when he asked about double majoring he was immediately given an appt with an advisor from that department and given a lot more individual attention in regards to selecting future coursework. He is definitely NOT a number.</p>
<p>He is having a terrific time and has made lots of friends. The “themed” dorm floors are actually a great way to meet people with similar interests - he chose an “athletic” floor - chem free and health conscious kids, and they are always out playing sports or working out in the gym, etc. In the beginning we were worried, because when he moved in, all the kids were very shy and only the adults would speak to each other, but they seemed to have warmed up to each other and now doors are usually open and it always sounds very lively in the background when we speak to him on the phone.</p>
<p>Thanks so much for giving us an inside perspective.</p>
<p>I am also a mom of a freshman, and I can attest to the system wide changes. Also, they are in the process of changing over from their historic quarter system to a semester system – so I think their entire IT and support stuff is buggier than it ever would be.</p>
<p>There is no way you would ever believe your student is at a school that is as big as it is! I hated the idea of students applying to a particular major – I was in the camp of “college should be for exploring interests” – but many students have pretty clear interests (and switching can happen after all). There is a required freshman seminar, but it in in the student’s major department, so it is relevant to them! </p>
<p>Yet, the students seem to make friends across majors, I think because the activities are so diverse and quirky – my son’t best friend is from the arts side of things, despite him being a math major. I am delighted by this! It has opened his horizons – he has gone to art galleries and openings. They met at an activity fair and are both interested in anime, magic and other games.</p>
<p>There is also a TON of support, from disability services that are incredibly accessible (better than any other campus we visited) to writing help to tutoring to review sessions.</p>
<p>My son is so happy there that we don’t complain when every month we turn the house upside down to shake out the loose change to pay our portion of the tuition bill.</p>
<p>The support for deaf/hard of hearing students is the best in the country, bar none. They have amazing accommodations.</p>
<p>For those parents of freshmen -</p>
<p>How did it go with the first quarter (or in our case first semester) schedule being pre-assigned? Were your kids happy with the courses they got? Were they able to change if they were not happy or wanted to add something like a wellness activity?</p>
<p>Did your kids have any credit coming in (from AP or dual enrollment) and were you happy with how RIT handled that credit?</p>
<p>My D is definitely going to RIT - we’ve deposited and we’re looking forward to going up for Accepted Students day in April! She has already found a roommate that seems very nice too - they’ve been e-mailing each other for about a month now.</p>