Rochester Institute of Technology - Techmila / Ramikin Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

Page 28 text:

They’ve Get Ytup Nembep

Page 27 text:

Janis Ian Before a capacity crowd of 700 students and rock fans, in the George Clark Me- morial Gym, teenage songstress, Janis Ian, “Society’s Child,” dedicated her first song to Tricia Nixon. The song, “Pro Girl,” concerned the antipathy of a professional prostitute. In the true free-wheeling spirit at- tributed to the early Dylan style, Miss Ian took time out between songs to converse with her RIT audience and inject several plugs for her new album, “Who Really Cares?” During the all-college concert. Miss Ian kept the crowd in good spirits, com- menting on subjects from her dropping out of high school to LBJ. always re- turning to the phrase that will stay in the minds of those present for many years, “This place is really weird.” 25

Page 29 text:

Article by NeU Shapiro The lushly carpeted office of Admissions and Records is situ- ated on the first floor of the administration building, just past the long rows of cashiers windows It is not one of the offices a typical student may find himself visiting once a week, or even once a quarter; but it affects each and every student here from the time he first applies until graduation. One of the primary goals of the administration's end, as Dean Donald A. Hoppe explained it, is “to attempt — by publications, talks, and the like to tell the prospective stu- dent about RIT and to present him with as accurate a picture as possible. Towards this end the Office of Admissions publishes such things as a guide lo RIT which gives a brief summary of each college and tells of the extracurricular activities of the Institute. The Admissions office also visits high schools, although their form of recruiting differs considerably from that of other col- leges and universities. “We don’t talk about RIT as a whole, Dean Hoppe said, “we prefer to talk more about the individual programs which are offered. He further explained that “Sixty to seventy per- cent of our students tell us they chose RIT because of the repu- tation of their department. So, we don't tend to go much for the ‘rah-rah-rah’ method of recruiting. Once an application is received, it’s processed in what is known as the “rolling admissions method. As soon as an application is received, it is acted on. This is opposed to some other schools where they wait until all applications are in be- fore acting on any of them, RIT feels that, as the best students usually apply first, it is unnecessary to wait: and if a prospec- tively good student does apply after the quota is filled he can always be accepted for the next quarter. There are no formal admissions committees which act on applications. Instead, applications are usually judged on by one or two members of the Admissions office, and perhaps a 27