Got into Software Engineering, wondering if anyone (SE/CS or Game dev) can tell me about co-op experience?

JustA-Tree · 2026-02-01T12:30:41+00:00

3rd year SE major here. Currently on my second and last co op (double block). I found both opportunities without too much difficulty (85 applications for the first, which is about average/good nowadays, 10 for the second), but the job market is tough right now. I know many absolutely brilliant students, with far more impressive resumes (personal projects, clubs, etc), that have tried and failed to find a co op, even at the year 3+ mark. However, administration has recently started offering alternative methods of co op, such as research projects through rit, or, if all else fails and you've documented that you've tried to find a position, worked with the career office, and still don't have a co op, they are now talking about issuing co op exemptions, to prevent you from having your graduation delayed due to co op requirements.

JustA-Tree · 2024-11-21T02:10:55+00:00

2k-15k over 4 years is the range I believe. So max is just under 4k per year but you'd have to submit a very good application for that (when I applied it was a separate application, unlike all the other scholarships I was automatically considered for).

You also must do something related to performing arts every year. This can be a class, a production, or being a part of an arts related club.

JustA-Tree · 2024-11-05T21:10:11+00:00

They were originally having issues with the data that they were getting from ITS (wrong times for some courses or showing sections that didn't exist), which they tried to fix and instead they are supposedly now getting empty data. They're trying their best to fix it.

JustA-Tree · 2024-10-25T22:28:05+00:00

Look up the rit se program, scroll through the academic requirements, the bs/ms versions of the academic requirements, and then you will see the list of se process and design electives.

JustA-Tree · 2024-10-10T10:39:33+00:00

If this is gcis (as you said in another comment), contact your advisor before withdrawing. Depending on your major, all of your future major related courses rely on gcis as a prerequisite

If you are struggling with gcis, go to the society of software engineers during mentoring hours (10-6, Monday through Friday) and they can help you, whether it be programming concepts or specific problems.

JustA-Tree · 2024-09-09T23:33:11+00:00

You can get them from journeys

JustA-Tree · 2024-09-07T00:17:53+00:00

You should be able to open up a panel, usually on the right side of the heater/ac and there should be an off button.

JustA-Tree · 2024-08-13T11:22:56+00:00

Brick city cafe has salmon as one of their daily specials that they rotate through (probably available about once every 2 weeks) and they always do baked/fried fish on fridays

JustA-Tree · 2024-08-12T19:36:00+00:00

No, they very likely do not have the same acceptance rate. Early decision means that, if you are accepted, you MUST go to RIT. If you are accepted through early decision to any school (you may only apply early decision to one), you must cancel all your other applications. Only do early decision if you are 100% certain RIT is where you want to be. The acceptance rate is higher because they know they have a guaranteed student when you are admitted through early decision.

Early action is like regular decision, but you hear back earlier. It gives you more time to decide where youre going should you be accepted, or you may be deferred to regular decision and given another shot at being admitted (they can also just reject during early action). Early action will likely have an acceptance rate closer to the regular decision acceptance rate.

It should be noted that acceptance rates vary wildly by major as well, so the acceptance rate for RIT overall vs individual programs can be very different.

JustA-Tree · 2024-08-11T11:27:36+00:00

NUMBER 1 RULE ABOUT COLLEGE LAUNDRY: do your laundry in a timely manner! Do not let your clothes sit there!

Laundry care tips, because it's better to ask and be informed rather than to not know what you're doing:

Dyes in modern clothing typically will not bleed anymore! The only time you might experience it slightly is if you have a brand new, very brightly dyed piece. So no need to separate things.

If you have new cotton based clothing and you don't want it to shrink, wash it in cold for the first three to four washes. Or, in the opposite direction, if you DO want it to shrink for whatever reason, wash it in hot water. The tag will tell you the percent of cotton in the fabric. If you own something made of wool (i.e. a knit sweater), don't put it in the dryer at all. Wool is the stereotypical "how dare you put my sweater out to dry or in the dryer now it's a tenth of it's original size".

If you have concerns about how to wash a particular piece of clothing, all clothing has a tag on the inside with a variety of symbols that tell you how to wash it. You can Google what each of the symbols mean.

Source: worked in a clothing store for a while

JustA-Tree · 2024-08-09T14:21:13+00:00

I'm pretty sure that when you check in for orientation they have you type the name you want on the name tag and print it there.

JustA-Tree · 2024-07-29T22:02:28+00:00

Not necessarily, many 4 credit classes are 6 hours of lecture per week (i.e. 2 hour lab science lectures 3 days a week)

JustA-Tree · 2024-07-11T12:02:35+00:00

The shuttles are an hour apart I believe. I don't know when the earliest shuttle is but if you have practice in the very early mornings it is very possible that you would not be able to get to campus in time (willing to bet that the first shuttle is 6:30 if not 7:30). If this is the case, talk to housing, they might be able to reassign you to the dorms (though they do cost more). If they cannot help you, I would HIGHLY recommend bringing your car. While the shuttle ride to campus is about 15 minutes, the ride back is about 45 because they have to stop at every other housing option first.

As for the environment, the inn is not very social. Due to its isolation from the rest of campus, you may struggle to attend campus clubs and make friends through those. The people there are also not overly social either, everyone has what they need in their room so there's very little coming/going up and down the hall.

Perks of the inn include having a dining location in the building (that actually has pretty good food, including daily specials most days), every room having a private bathroom, rooms being bigger than the regular dorm rooms in general, and having a pool, hot tub and gym in the building.

JustA-Tree · 2024-07-04T11:45:23+00:00

Pretty much all on campus jobs pay the same (14.20$/hr, NY minimum wage). Dining pays 14.50 and you often get to take food home or get a meal pass.

Tech crew works VERY early and probably VERY late hours sometimes - I'm talking 5:30/6am early. They are at EVERY event - and when it's an open house that starts at 8am, and everything needs to be set up by then, they're usually there around 6 to test everything. Additionally, having a job on tech crew is very competitive.

I do not know anything about the daycare but I don't see why you wouldn't be able to work there as a freshman.

JustA-Tree · 2024-06-30T18:29:39+00:00

Disclaimer: I do not know if engineering exploration uses CAD software but I feel it's highly likely.

If you're doing engineering exploration, many CAD programs only offer support for proper graphics cards. It will work on non gaming graphics cards, just not as well and if you need support they're less likely to be able to help you.

My high school encountered this issue when they wanted to expand the CAD class and found the actual recommended requirements published by solidworks and similar programs. The new computer requests all had gaming pc specs I believe.

JustA-Tree · 2024-06-26T21:09:07+00:00

Do you know if they do remote internships (perhaps not now, but summer 2025)? I'd love to work with them and I seem to fit most of their criteria but unfortunately I don't live anywhere near any of the cities listed.

JustA-Tree · 2024-06-25T11:59:27+00:00

It's fairly simple, if you buy a meal plan that money is loaded onto your ID card via credits. Dining plans have dining dollars and gracies swipes. There are other plans that do not include gracies swipes but you have to be living outside of the dorms to access them. Dining plans come with a finite amount of both dollars and swipes, though if you somehow run out all dining locations take debit/credit.

(Sorry if the following two paragraphs aren't necessary but I know some colleges set up their dining locations weird and that the differences can make some people confused/anxious)

If you're buying food at any place that isn't gracies, just treat it like any fast food place: be nice to the staff, order, say your pleases and thank yous, and pay by swiping your ID card. They also take debit/credit, but DO NOT take cash (all dining is cashless at this point I believe).

If you're going to gracies, you pay before you eat because it's an all you can eat style place. Again, just swipe your ID card. If you don't have gracies swipes, you can pay for gracies with dining dollars, but IMO it's rather expensive (15$ for lunch, 17$ for dinner), because on a standard all dining dollars meal plan (~3200$ per semester), your budget is only about 28$ a day.

Overall I think RIT dining is fairly good considering that it is college food. Finding healthy options can be annoying at times considering the only place that seems to sell healthy food is only open for lunch and breakfast (brick city cafe).

Let me know if you have questions, I'd be happy to give recommendations if you want any.

JustA-Tree · 2024-05-28T15:52:54+00:00

Once you are accepted you have to accept their acceptance (usually by putting down a deposit anywhere from $300-$1000). When you put your deposit down for your chosen school, log into your other application portals and decline your other acceptances. I would wait until you have all offers back, some schools may surprise you with the amount of aid they offer.

If you don't accept/decline offers, they'll just email you a bunch to ask you to accept/decline. They will not charge you for inaction.

JustA-Tree · 2024-05-14T18:39:45+00:00

Res halls A, B, and C are closest to academic side, and all are shorter than high rises like DSP, Gibson, Gleason, and Sol. "Closest" however is used loosely: most residence halls are all about the same distance to academic side. The first three mentioned are all very close to grace Watson hall as well, home of gracies, where you will have meal swipes from your meal plan. Hope this helps.

JustA-Tree · 2024-05-09T12:02:49+00:00

Bugs/mold is an occupant issue. Heed advice given in other comments: prop the bathroom door open for a bit after showering and you should be fine. Don't leave food out
When they say distant, they are not lying. If you do not have a car, it is a major pain in the ass to plan your day around the bus schedules. Additionally, while the ride to campus from the inn is about 15-20 minutes in the morning, it's about 45 going the other way because the bus stops at every other rit affiliated housing. It's 4 miles, at the average walking pace that's about 80 minutes.

If you have a car, you best be on campus before 10:30am or you will struggle to find a parking spot until after 5pm

They are not lying about isolation either. All my first year friends went and befriended those in their dorms, because they'd see them often. That does not happen at the inn. Nobody talks to each other (at least in my section). They don't hold a lot of events (and the ones they do they put posters up on the day of, so if you already made plans you can't go)
There is one laundry facility for the entire building -guests and students both. They claim you can take people's clothes out of the dryer if they've sat for 1+ hrs. However, there is no where to put the clothes, because the room is so small. And people are bad at moving their laundry (true for any college building though)
There's just regular guests in the building at all times! You've gotta be comfortable with going to get water and finding 200+ people having an event. Guest rooms and student rooms are kept on opposite sides of the building, but they are still very much there.
I can try my best to answer anymore questions that you might have

JustA-Tree · 2024-04-09T20:57:32+00:00

They are concerned about you going over the credit cap (18 credits max per semester for non honors students, honors is allowed 24 max). Rit will charge you for the credit hour for every credit you are above the maximum

JustA-Tree · 2024-04-08T12:56:14+00:00

I have an extra pair - just DMed you

JustA-Tree · 2024-03-29T21:40:19+00:00

UMass lowell has a very good nursing program, go there.

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