<p>Mamaduck
My son went in as a Criminal Justice major (not the usual, I know, but he really wanted their hands on approach) His first quarter classes were:
Intro to Criminal Justice
Criminology
Psychology I
Data Analysis I (Statistics)
and their Freshman Experience 1 credit class</p>
<p>All extremely relevant. And nothing at weird hours/days.</p>
<p>He had two community college classes taken in high school and received credit for both, with no issues.</p>
<p>And like Silversas said, his friends are from all over, he has engineering friends and art friends; they all seem happy.</p>
<p>My son was given a pre-assigned schedule, then he and his advisor fussed with it until it was appropriate. If your student has any special (i.e. disability) issues that might be best accommodated by appropriate course selection make sure to discuss this with the disability services people. And the folks in each department seem so dedicated to making things work for each student, you should just encourage your student to raise issues within their department. For instance, I realize XXX is a requirement, but that will be challenging for me, so I would prefer to take it next semester when I am not also taking YYY which is also hard for me. Most students find WWW hard, but I love WWW so XXX and WWW would be a better combination.</p>
<p>PS they randomly assign electives, and those seem to be possible to change. But my regular advice… prepare students for life: learn to advocate to make change, and be prepared to cope with dealing with icky classes.</p>
<p>Hi, I’m a student at RIT in the Honors College and on the Presidential Scholarship. I definitely feel fairly well-cared for. They do not hold your hand here (not that I wanted them to) but certainly for the most part the administration is helpful. I had an issue with a prior roommate in the dorms whose mental illness was so debilitating that she could not have other people in the room, which broke the rules of our ‘roommate contract.’ It took a phone call from my mom to expedite the process, shall we say.</p>
<p>Other than that, my experience dealing with the FA department, my professors, my RAs, Dining Services, the Health Center, etc. has been pretty good. I won’t say it’s flawless, because it isn’t, but the bureaucratic side of RIT, from my experience, seems to function smoothly and efficiently and there is a good support network in place.</p>
<p>As for the scheduling thing, I had 15 semester credits coming in, and decided to course overload to graduate early (one benefit of Honors is that you can take up to 25 credits for free a trimester (next year, semester). My academic advisor is EXTREMELY, and I cannot stress this enough, helpful. He emails me back on the weekends - I’m moving through RIT at an expedited pace so his advice and navigating cannot be helpful enough. My first trimester/quarter schedule was not too good but I managed. I had an extra Russian class in there that only met at one time which screwed up everything else. In general, I have a 3.8 GPA currently while taking over 20 credits a quarter (I prefer trimester), so definitely feasible for me so far. Also, one benefit of Honors is that you get to sign up a day ahead of your year-level classmates - unequivocally helpful on registration day. If it helps, my major is biomedical science and I’m on the pre-phD track.</p>
<p>We’ve made my S’s admission deposit for fall 2013. Next step is Housing. can anyone tell me about the dorms? Best for freshmen, nicest rooms, serious/fun, etc?</p>