<p>what makes people want to go to rhit? do students truely feel that they have gotten a better education there? will i get more out of here than stanford, cmu, jhu, northeastern etc?
I've read through a lot of threads about rhit and I really want to truely want to go to rhit because I want a smaller school but not exactly a LAC, but I just feel like i need more. Also, I'm from the northeast, but is indiana so different?
I don't want to sound dumb with all these questions but...yeah</p>
<p>I had never heard of rhit until my son wanted to go visit. Great campus faculty and students. private and small. 97% of teh seniors this year are already placed in a graduate school or have a job (avg pay ~57k a year) … it really is a hidden gem. biggest faults mayber a lack of diversity (~15% non-white) and a lack of liberal art majors … but for engineering it is awesome … it is why US News and Worl ranked RHIT #1 undergraduate school in the country (12th year in a row)</p>
<p>thank you for the response.
Do students who graduate end up working in the midwest area? Do people in the northeast know about this school? So far, no one i have talked to have heard about the school. Would it be harder to find a job after I graduate?</p>
<p>I’m responding to someone asking about Rose in comparision to UC schools, but the points about Rose are the same.</p>
<p>As for whether you will get more out of Rose than other places…that really depends on the person. All of those schools you mentioned are good…it just depends on what you want. I personally chose Rose because it’s small and undergraduate-focused, and I think that’s something you don’t get with many other schools. </p>
<p>As far as people knowing about it…I’m from Oregon, so things are probably similar to the northeast - “Rose-what?”. The general public doesn’t know about Rose, but those in engineering, math, and science circles do. </p>
<p>Case in point: I got a call from Intel’s HR department about an internship this next summer, and the HR person formally extending my internship offer butchered Rose’s name - she obviously wasn’t too familiar with it. But, she was calling me to give me an internship offer…Intel has Rose grads working for them, and I’m sure those in the engineering circles at Intel know Rose and respect a Rose education. For getting an engineering job, how recognizable the school’s name is to the public doesn’t matter nearly as much as how good of a reputation it has in the industry.</p>
<p>If you’re worried about jobs at graduation, feel free to take a look at the companies recruiting at Rose. There’s a link to that list on my post that I linked to above. I was pretty impressed when I was a prospective student.</p>
<p>Thank you for the response. How are the students at rhit? the acceptance rate is around 70%, so do you think that changes the quality of the students?
I’m also a little worried about the diversity of the campus…</p>
<p>The student’s who apply to RH are self selecting, therefore the higher acceptance rate. Only kids who want engineering/tech majors apply here. Similar to Rensselaer and WPi and any other predominantly technology school-they all have higher aceptance rates due to self selection.</p>
<p>thanks for your very helpful answers. And another question, i’ve heard that indiana is a very conservative state, would the majority of rhit’s students be the same?</p>
<p>@noodledance Yes, Indiana could be very conservative, but there are generally more students that don’t subscribe to any particular political ideology (at least from what I’ve seen). Most of us just want to have a good time and be able to do our work. I’m a flaming liberal/communist and I’ve found people who accept me for who I am.</p>
<p>From my 2.7 quarters here, I’ve noticed that RHIT isn’t a very political campus. I consider myself apolitical, but I know my fair share of political people (like Fedora).</p>
<p>The thing that made me want to come to Rose is the family atmosphere. For the most part, everyone helps one another when they have questions and it isn’t an “I’m not going to help you because I’m competing against you.” A girl on my floor just transferred here from <em>state school</em> for spring quarter and said that she tried to get help at a tutoring center there, but they didn’t seem to care about helping. There seems to be a “we’re all in this together” mindset.</p>
<p>Also, the unwritten “open-door” policy is nice. There are a few people who do lock their doors, but there are very few yearly theft incidents. It helps to enhance the family atmosphere, and it’s good for making friends because you can just go walk into someone else’s room and be all “hey, what’s up” and stuff.</p>