Re: Digest Number 3029 ... RIT

May 19, 2006

Joan,

Ian is a sophomore now and unlike our daughter, he has never had a plan

about what he wants to do. Our daughter has always had a plan -- that changes

ever few years as she develops other interests. But not Ian.

In kindergarten the teacher always makes a bulletin board for open house

posting the kids' answers to " what I want to be when I grow up. " Ian's answer:

" A lot older and much taller. " I've saved it in his baby book because it

absolutely cracked me up.

So, after Christmas chaos we sat down to talk seriously about his interests

because we need to visit some schools next year. His comment was he likes

math, science and photography. Using those details I went online and searched.

RIT has all those.

He looked at the web site and liked how the school looked. Now we plan to

visit there this summer. I know school is not in session but it'll give him a

chance to see the campus, the town and maybe meet with admissions people.

We've compared the curriculums of RIT and NTID (the deaf college) and the

programs Ian liked were at RIT. But we haven't spoken with anyone there so I am

not really sure about anything yet. I plan to call and talk with them next

week so I can get information about the honors vs regular diploma thing. Ian

likes the idea of taking classes at our local colleges.

And since our school budget just got voted down, he may have to take classes

there in order to get the coursework he needs anyway. If we go to a

contingency budget all kinds of programs will be cut, including the arts

(photography) and some of the advanced academic programs.

What major was considering at RIT? How did you like Rochester

itself? I've only been there for very brief visits (airshows).

Thanks -- Jill

PS: I voted YES for the budget and don't understand why it went down. It

was the smallest increase in our county and was only going to raise taxes an

average of $100. If the school goes to a contingency budget, it will affect the

housing costs and I don't think our locals realize that. People looking to

buy a home will NOT pick the school district that has no sports, music,

advanced academics ... the contingency budget will drive down our housing

costs. Duh

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