<p>yes I have heard of Maple: I have it.</p>
<p>The other program you are talking about is called Mathematica. Do many people transfer out? Is it actually difficult, or is it more busy work?</p>
<p>As far as transferring out, yes I have heard of several people transferring out, mainly because they decide all the engineering and math and science is not for them. There's also people who just don't focus like they need to and find out that Rose-Hulman is not a place to slack off.</p>
<p>Is the math actually hard? Yes. And no, it's not just busy work. It's a large volume of work, the classes are very high-paced and the professors are very motivated. There's never a wasted day in class. They ask us to do a lot on our own and our success in the class depends on taking on that responsibility.</p>
<p>Good for you getting a head start on Maple. That's something some people really struggle with and it hurts them first couple of quarters.</p>
<p>Did you ever consider any other tech schools? For example, CMU, RPI, RIT, WPI, VaTech, GaTech? Rose-Hulman sounds great, like a kinder, gentler version of MIT, for example, but it's just very far away from us. Can you tell us how RH compares to any of these other schools? What made it worth it for you to travel from Georgia to Indiana?</p>
<p>Thanks for your posts. They are definitely giving me a fuller picture of RH. In a good way!</p>
<p>Yes, I applied to and was accepted at several other schools, especially Georgia Tech given its proximity to me and how many of my friends were going there. And it was a hard decision, and one that I second-guessed until I got settled in here. I remember all second semester of my senior year wondering if I had made the right choice, if I would make it at Rose-Hulman, if I would be lonely, not really knowing anyone there. I had a lot of doubts and worries, as I'm sure most college-bound high school seniors do as they approach that milestone.</p>
<p>But I liked the idea of a small school where you can get much more individual attention. I can't imagine taking classes where the professors don't actually teach the class and just leave it all to their TA's, or where you're one of a hundred students in the class, that's just insane. All my professors know me by name and I've visited them all in their offices at some point to ask questions about things. It's just so personal, even more so than in high school, which is something I was not expecting and I suspect that it's not typical for colleges.</p>
<p>Again, I'll emphasize that one of the most important aspects to me when I was deciding was that Rose-Hulman professors' #1 priority is teaching; that's simply not the case at bigger schools that have PhD students. At those schools the profs are focused on their research and are hired to be researchers who moonlight as teachers for the most part. That was the biggest factor that drew me to Rose-Hulman.</p>
<p>That combined with my experience at Operation Catapult, where I got a first-hand experience of the community here really made it an easy choice for me.</p>
<p>i hear RHITs social life is small since it isnt a bug univerisity. although i want to get a good education and what not, college is also a place for social activities like partying and what not haha. how is that at RHIT, and what are the closed univerities to rhit</p>
<p>ilovematt:</p>
<p>That's not really true. While we're not a party university like some big state school, on weekends we have our fun. What differentiates us is that during the week we do our work, and then Friday and Saturday we unwind.</p>
<p>I don't want to scare any of you off, but the truth is that there is alcohol at Rose-Hulman, everyone knows about it; not everyone drinks, but many do. I would guess that it's a little less than half the guys on my floor who drink. That's just a reality of college life, and for some reason people think that Rose-Hulman is above underage drinking. The Institutes's official policy is that freshmen are not supposed to have alcohol, but they treat us like adults, so until someone really makes it a problem, they give us our freedom. Occasionally they will dump people's beer when those people's drinking is a problem to others, but there's not random refrigerator searches.</p>
<p>That said, don't be worried about coming here and becoming an alcoholic. I live on a floor where Friday and Saturday nights are pretty wild as far as people getting drunk, but I don't drink and have never felt out of place or anything. I don't shun the people who drink, that's their choice to make; I just choose not to. If I wanted to try it I know I would be welcome to, but it's just not for me right now, I have plenty of fun making a fool of myself even though I'm not inebriated.</p>
<p>That, and half the guys here are in a fraternity, which are very similar to fraternities at other schools, except they're responsible about what they do. The institute has a zero-tolerance hazing policy and all the fraternities have the same thing. If you get hazed, whoever did it is in big trouble. Fraternities have big parties and aren't shy about alcohol, but they know that at Rose-Hulman, life is not a constant party like it might be at other schools. Plus we have more respect for our school and property than to go get drunk and do something idiotic. It's not Animal House, but it's not tame. I seriously considered joining a fraternity, and may still in spring because fraternities here are more than raging alcoholic parties, they're a way to get a great group of guys to hang out with. If you end up coming here, I strongly recommend you rush fraternities just to see what it's like. Most guys come into Rose thinking they will never join a fraternity, but they all say the same thing: They realize that fraternities at Rose are not stereotypical. If nothing else Fall Rush gives you a great chance to get a lot of great free meals and entertainment. Fraternities will take you out to eat and out to do things like play paint ball, go to concerts, and tons of other things during rush to recruit you, and the rush here is dry (that rule is very strictly enforced), and there's no pressure to join just because they take you out to eat and all that. I mean I rushed one fraternity in particular pretty hard; they probably spent at least $200 taking me out to eat and to various events, but I ended up not joining one this fall, like I said, I'm going to re-evaluate it when Spring Rush comes around.</p>
<p>As far a Universities nearby, ISU is right across town, a 10-minute drive away, but most people go to IU or Butler if they want to party. But, like I said, most people who want parties join fraternities and party with their brothers just fine, rather than drive an hour to go to a party with a bunch of strangers.</p>
<p>As far as just normal socializing, we have that in spades. There's always someone playing a video game or watching a TV or a movie that you can join on your floor, or you can go down and play foosball or ping pong, or go to the game room and play pool, or go down to the SRC and shoot hoops or play racquetball or just workout or something, or you can make a TBR (Taco Bell Run, those are good at any time of the night). What I'm saying is, there's plenty to do here for everyone.</p>
<p>Hope that answers your question.</p>
<p>nic767:
I hope you aren't getting too many questions!</p>
<p>Can you tell me anything about extra-curriculars at RH? Specifically, is there an orchestra (if so, have you ever heard them?) and is there a theater group? Thanks!!!</p>
<p>thanks, i dont want to seem like im a party animal or anything, becasue i am not. i just think that college is a time for both. and some of the schools im applying to aka psu and vt are huge party school. it seems like rhit has the perfect balance. so if i can afford it, rhit would most likely be perfect</p>
<p>weenie:</p>
<p>Yes and yes. The orchestra I don't know that much about except that they have their first concert coming up and several of my friends are in it. Don't know what your Son/Daughter plays, but there is also a pep band and jazz band I know. I myself am a theatre man, so I know a little bit more about that. We had a great fall production of Frankenstein this year, and now we have some one acts in progress and in the spring there will be a musical, I can't remember which one at the moment though. </p>
<p>There are no fine arts classes at Rose; it's all extracurricular activities run by volunteers. Actually I'm not sure if they are volunteers; I think they are. I know the theatre group is spearheaded by this lady named Bunny Nash and her husband Greg, who is a Rose graduate himself, and they do a good job. There's a special emphasis here on set design, lighting, and effects, as you might imagine at an engineering school, but acting is still important, and the nice thing here is, you're not going to be in a pool with a bunch of fine arts majors whose entire life is acting, so, if you want to, there are some good opportunities to perform here.</p>
<p>As far as other extracurriculars, there's a ton of clubs, and most of the costs for everything are paid for by your $50/quarter activity fee, so that includes everything from guns and ammunition for the gun club to camping trips for the Outdoor Ventures Club to equipment for the fencing club. There's an activities fair in the first week, where all the clubs can set up a presentation and you can go down and sign up for as many as you want, and like I said, there's almost no cost for any of them. We have all the typical ones, a radio station, newspaper, College Democrats and Republicans, several clubs concerned with building cars and other vehicles, from Formula One Racing to Super Mileage to the GM Challenge (environmentally-friendly conversion of a 2005 Yukon), a gun club, Outdoor Ventures club, PC Gaming Club (They had an 11-hour LAN party this Saturday), martial arts, and countless more. And it's easy enough to start a club and get money for it.</p>
<p>^ Thank you - It all sounds fun!</p>
<p>Nic767 thanks so much for your thorough responses. You've answered most of the questions I've had about Rose-Hulman and it is very much appreciated.</p>
<p>However, I do have one question, although it may be more for an admissions officer. In terms of financial aid, have you or anyone you talked to had problems receiving an adequate amount of financial aid?</p>
<p>My parents, while sort of middle class, cannot afford much, but that's not quite reflected on the FAFSA (i.e. they have non-liquid assets that are not easily liquidated).</p>
<p>Thanks again.</p>
<p>That was probably one of my biggest concerns coming here, but I didn't really have to worry about it because I have a full scholarship for doing ROTC.</p>
<p>It's probably best to just shoot financial aid an email or give them a call, but I suspect they'll ask you to wait 'til March or April when they send out the award information. Never hurts to ask though.</p>
<p>The toll-free number for Rose-Hulman is: 1-800-248-7448. That'll put you through to an operator who can direct your call to anyone.</p>
<p>Email them at <a href="mailto:admissions@rose-hulman.edu">admissions@rose-hulman.edu</a>.</p>
<p>I have a question:
Does the lack of girls at RHIT affect you in any way?</p>
<p>I am applyinf as a transfer student. I applied earlier this year and got in. I just sent in the application, and they received it. Is this all I have to send because they received my forms earlier on?</p>
<p>Just kind of curious: do you have the source on the "50% of Rose students go on to become millionaires" statistic?</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure the actual statistic is that 1 in 3 alumni go on to be multimillionaires. It was thrown out in a speech our chairman / acting president gave during freshman orientation last year (that's where I heard the stat, at least).</p>
<p>That stat's really interesting.
On a completely different note, what is your biggest regret so far in your Rose-Hulman experience?</p>
<p>nic767:
Thanks for your answers to all these questions; they are all very helpful.
I visited Rose last weekend and as of now it is my top choice (I've already been accepted). During my visit I met with the reps for the Air Force ROTC (the one based in IU) and Army ROTC. I plan to do either Army or Air Force ROTC. What would you say are the biggest differences between the two programs? The Army rep said that the program at Rose is not as intense as some other colleges might be about the amount of work that needs to be done outside of ROTC classes because of the already intense work load from Rose. What is it like balancing ROTC and Rose? How did you choose the Army? Also, any tips for the Army ROTC scholarship?
Thanks</p>
<p>The admissions had an on-line Q&A which was great. Wish more people were on. Only about 5 people came on. They said they had 2900 applications for Fall 2007.</p>
<p>^ Hmmm. Too bad they didn't bother to send out an email about it!</p>