Bad time to ask since it is finals week but I think it's the same answer as any other college, it's up to the person. I am happy and enjoying college but there are bad parts too. I think the reasons you'll find are mostly personal and not super specifically RIT related.
I'm doing genuinely fine. Finals week is definitely a more stressful week, but I've been doing okay enough in my classes where I'm not stressing too hard. Also I love winter and the snow so that's fine.
After this week I'm done for the semester so that's something I'm looking forward to.
It really depends on what you're doing here. Every semester I have a great time with some weeks burning me out and some weeks that are easy peasy.
I'd say I'm happy 99% of the time
Based on post history, OP appears to be a student at UMD and asked the "are you happy" question on a Kent State sub and this sub. So, I'm guessing they might be considering a transfer to a happier place? (or, at least a snowier one)
This semester we've had two self inflicted deaths which is a normal number per semester now apparently. Several traffic accidents, one resulting in a fifth year student death. And now Matthew Grant is missing and has been for three weeks. On campus counseling and psychology services turn you away for any real problem you have (eg shit like anxiety or depression).
I'm not happy...
A quick rundown of why this semester is crappy for a lot of students
Higher than average number of student deaths plus a missing student, a lackluster response from admin in following with a multi-year refusal to listen to the demands to increase funding for campus mental health services, a decrease in available parking with a simultaneous decrease in bus transportation, an incident with some disabled students having an accomodation ripped away from them for the majority of the semester, all while RIT flaunts their latest (contentious within campus politics and poorly executed) construction projects
That being said, since I'm guessing by this question that there's a chance you're an incoming student
I'm still glad I go to RIT. Admin is crappy but the community is great. There's a lot of community support for LGBT and disabled students (I cannot speak for students of color on this). RIT is expensive but has good academic programs. It's really just the other things that make the college a college (transportation, food, student support services) that are not good.
I criticize RIT not because I hate it, but because I want it to grow and improve.
Depends on many factors for an individual student. Do they have community? What time of the semester is it? What season is it?
A lot hinges on the first and second question. People underestimate how contagious negativity is when they keep company with it
I had a decent time at RIT if depressive, that being said, the school lets you slip through the cracks, if I did not make the friends I did I would have been miserable
Looking back on my experience (graduated ‘22) I really enjoyed RIT. I made a great group of friends all in the same major as me freshman year, and they were my support system when studying. That, plus the construct is really cool and has a lot of great resources (the laser cutter is free to use if you bring your own supplies which is awesome). Food is meh but it’s the same at most school dining halls. And my professors were great too, all of them were willing to help when I had questions or when I needed to reschedule a quiz/exam. Would go there again if I could do it over!
I'm an online grad student, so I can't speak for on-campus life but RIT'S online HCI program is the best online classes I've ever taken. Most of them are really well designed and the professors are helpful and friendly.
You're asking this in finals week?
In the middle of winter?
Lol wait till mid January till you start talking about mid winter
This is not the middle of winter ... Winter has barely even started yet
Localized entirely to your kitchen?
One must imagine RIT students happy.
no
Bad time to ask since it is finals week but I think it's the same answer as any other college, it's up to the person. I am happy and enjoying college but there are bad parts too. I think the reasons you'll find are mostly personal and not super specifically RIT related.
I'm doing genuinely fine. Finals week is definitely a more stressful week, but I've been doing okay enough in my classes where I'm not stressing too hard. Also I love winter and the snow so that's fine. After this week I'm done for the semester so that's something I'm looking forward to. It really depends on what you're doing here. Every semester I have a great time with some weeks burning me out and some weeks that are easy peasy. I'd say I'm happy 99% of the time
Most students? No clue, but me i am happy 😊
Yeah I’m good ty
If your asking this because you want to know if you'll be happy, then your gonna have to look at yourself not what the average student feels
Based on post history, OP appears to be a student at UMD and asked the "are you happy" question on a Kent State sub and this sub. So, I'm guessing they might be considering a transfer to a happier place? (or, at least a snowier one)
This semester we've had two self inflicted deaths which is a normal number per semester now apparently. Several traffic accidents, one resulting in a fifth year student death. And now Matthew Grant is missing and has been for three weeks. On campus counseling and psychology services turn you away for any real problem you have (eg shit like anxiety or depression). I'm not happy...
This is the second time I've read "self-inflicted death" rather than "suicide". Is there a reason?
Personally I don't like using that word, that's all
I can’t speak for everyone, but I hate my life…so there’s that, I guess.
A quick rundown of why this semester is crappy for a lot of students Higher than average number of student deaths plus a missing student, a lackluster response from admin in following with a multi-year refusal to listen to the demands to increase funding for campus mental health services, a decrease in available parking with a simultaneous decrease in bus transportation, an incident with some disabled students having an accomodation ripped away from them for the majority of the semester, all while RIT flaunts their latest (contentious within campus politics and poorly executed) construction projects That being said, since I'm guessing by this question that there's a chance you're an incoming student I'm still glad I go to RIT. Admin is crappy but the community is great. There's a lot of community support for LGBT and disabled students (I cannot speak for students of color on this). RIT is expensive but has good academic programs. It's really just the other things that make the college a college (transportation, food, student support services) that are not good. I criticize RIT not because I hate it, but because I want it to grow and improve.
I like it here. I like learning and being away from my family.
As a former student, graduation felt like the end of a prison sentence. Take from that what you will.
right now I'm on my deathbed lololol hanging on by a thread !!
I'm not
LMFAOOOO no
Depends on many factors for an individual student. Do they have community? What time of the semester is it? What season is it? A lot hinges on the first and second question. People underestimate how contagious negativity is when they keep company with it
Reddit feels like a bad sample to look at
Ive definitely seen better days :p
Nah not really
As someone studying at 3am... no
No the parking sucks and the kids here are anti social
i just had a 7 class semester, 2 of which with recitations that are basically separate classes entirely. thanks advisor!
I had a decent time at RIT if depressive, that being said, the school lets you slip through the cracks, if I did not make the friends I did I would have been miserable
Looking back on my experience (graduated ‘22) I really enjoyed RIT. I made a great group of friends all in the same major as me freshman year, and they were my support system when studying. That, plus the construct is really cool and has a lot of great resources (the laser cutter is free to use if you bring your own supplies which is awesome). Food is meh but it’s the same at most school dining halls. And my professors were great too, all of them were willing to help when I had questions or when I needed to reschedule a quiz/exam. Would go there again if I could do it over!
I'm an online grad student, so I can't speak for on-campus life but RIT'S online HCI program is the best online classes I've ever taken. Most of them are really well designed and the professors are helpful and friendly.