<p>My sister goes to RIT and she’s quite happy - although statistics don’t necessarily paint that picture. RIT has a retention rate for freshman of about 60%, so people are leaving for some reason. </p>
<p>Engineers have to be able to think about problems and find solutions, although I think that it’s much less tied to intelligence than say math. If he likes Physics, he’ll probably love engineering - since most engineering is just applying physics to design.</p>