<p>My science-inclined nephew has just begun the college search process. RIT interests him but he rolled his eyes when he read about the male/female ratio. Dating is not a priority for him now in high school, but college is another thing altogether.</p>
<p>Are the fellows at RIT bothered much by the low number of women on campus? Do RIT men socialize often at U of Rochester?</p>
<p>Although in 2009 women constituted just over one third of the total undergraduate and graduate student population, my son, who is currently a freshman, told me that the percentage of women in this year’s freshman class was much higher. I would check with the Admissions Office to verify that.</p>
<p>The ratio also depends on which college at RIT you attend. My son is a sophomore in the College of imaging arts and sciences, and he says that the ratio in his classes is close to 50/50. He has a girlfriend that he met at RIT and no shortage of female friends.
However, he has a female friend who is an engineering major. She says there are very few women in her required courses.</p>
<p>As stated above, it depends greatly on what program you’re in. I believe there are a few programs where females are actually the majority. But to put your mind at ease, I don’t think I know anybody who didn’t meet a girl here. And yes, there is a certain degree of interaction with U of R if you seek it out.</p>
<p>Don’t let that be the reason for not coming to RIT; you may regret it.</p>
<p>And the guys at RIT do a lot of socializing with the students (male and female) at University of Rochester. The only thing that gets in the way is that RIT is on trimesters and UR is on semesters, so breaks don’t quite mesh.</p>
<p>My daughter just graduated from RIT last year. She met her boyfriend there. He was a Biology major. Her roomate also met her fiancee there (engineering). The girls were not in those majors. So it is possible for the guys at RIT to meet the girl of their dremas!</p>