[nobrakes8]

I've read a few posts on the first page..

I'm at the end of my first year at RIT so I can tell you (or anybody) all you want to know in a private message about specifics.. I'm a manufacturing engineering tech major but am pursueing an MBA or M/S in mechanical and manufacturing system intergration (i'll decide in the fall).

I read somebody said something about Clarkson's retention rate not being very good, and the same is true for RIT... But the school is working very hard to improve the situation. The school is open to change and WILL make reasonable changes. For example: this year all the freshmen complained about meal options being too strict on where we could eat, and supposedly they made changes for next year.

RIT's ME, MET, and Manufacturing engineering departments are rigiourious programs, but you'll have some awesome co-op oppertunities. The department of Manufacturing/Mechanical Engineering Technology here have a 100% co-op placement for students who wish to go on co-op.

If you schedule carefully like I am, it's possible to earn your MBA without taking a ton of extra courses, and one of RIT's best secrets is that our College of Business is amoung the best in the country.

The buildings are in awesome condition, we have the almost brand new college of computer science building, Engineering Technology will have a new 8 million dollar building open in 2007, the college of engineering and college of business are both going through renovations and the college of science just finished a rennovation not too long ago. Also we're getting a 56 million dollar college town with retail stores and all that good stuff, and I think construction is starting soon.

But, you should look at other colleges. If you want to do research or maybe get your PhD one of my professors told a kid to transfer to U of R since RIT is a career based university.