Yes he did. And I can’t remember if this one has you list a back up? If so- then Computer science as a second choice.
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The pep band-
It seemed to be about 35-40 students.
On face book I stumbled across the RIT Pep Band page and it appears that they have more than this. So do not know if this is the average performance size- or if it was smaller this one night due to other events taking place?
D26 took a video- I have asked her to send it. I am not sure if I can post videos here- but if not, I will take a few screen shots and post those later!! 
I do not have a frame of reference to know if the band was awesome or not- but they all did seem like they were having fun!!! And we really enjoyed the whole experience at the hockey game!
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LOL, no worries! We’ve been following the pep band on FB, too. One of the benefits of pep band over marching band is the flexibility – because they don’t need every member at every game. So probably they allow the students to just attend the games they want to, with maybe a minimum number required or something.
We saw on FB that a bunch of the pep band members dressed in Mario characters for a Halloween game. They are speaking my daughter’s language, hahaha!
Glad you guys had a great time. Hockey would be new for my kid, too – but she doesn’t care one whit about football, so it could work.
Yes, it is – mine applied to New Media Design, with Humanities, Computing & Design as a second choice.
She’d like to study game design, but RIT’s major is too coding-heavy for her – she likes the narrative design and storytelling aspects of it. If she lands there, she might try to minor in it.
And my kiddo wants more of the technical side/programming. Did you look at Syracuse? Theirs is very art focused
We didn’t – funny, my husband went to Syracuse, and the kids have visited, but it hasn’t really been on her radar.
RIT’s combo of art and tech was particularly attractive to my D26, along with the quirky students, minimal Greek life, etc.
Syracuse is much more a mainstream university, which is really not what she’s looking for. (I say that, but she applied to both Miami Ohio and Pitt because both had other aspects that were appealing.)
The marching band at Syracuse would actually be a plus – on the smaller side, no audition, and especially because they march inside in a dome! – but we haven’t looked into it. Maybe we should, lol!
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Anyone else and their kid like obsessively check their portal and email for EA decisions despite knowing full well we have ages to go? 
It’s like a sickness! Guess we’re just really excited!
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Well, I would, but D26 hasn’t given me her portal login. Probably with good reason, lol! 
This “hurry up and wait” portion of the college application process sucks, though. Especially because I don’t want to wish away my daughter’s senior year – I want her to enjoy every moment, especially because she’s my last – but dude, just TELL us already!
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Thank you for sharing this! We visited RIT this summer and prioritized admitted students day at Pitt. Loved RIT and will go back if he gets in.
wishing you a speedy “recovery” 
I listened to the virtual session on financial aid and scholarships tonight. Current merit aid amounts range from $18K to $30K per year. (This is a bit higher than what’s listed on their website.)
Also, there were three different answers as to what the range of the performing arts scholarship was (stackable with other merit aid). The PowerPoint slide said $500 to $3,000 per year. But then two different people gave two different answers in the chat – one said $500 to $1,500 and another said $1,000 to $5,000.
I’m going to watch the performing arts virtual session tomorrow night and see if I can get a more precise answer, lol.
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I feel like merit and other scholarship info always gets a bit muddled for RIT and often times it’s because the amounts can differ for ‘regular’ RIT and NTID. My daughter is applying via NTID and I’m getting used to seeing the amounts for everything be half for her (prorated) since students already get the tuition break that comes along with NTID
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Just dug out the NTID specific booklet they recently mailed us which says NTID merit amounts range from 6K-14K annually (so 24K-56K through the course of 4 years)-curious if it’ll also be a little higher than this published amount-fingers crossed
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RIT-NTID-Financial-Aid-Brochure.pdf
Here is the 26/27 brochure- looks like it may have gone down a bit instead of up.
I do feel like there is lots of discrepancies depending on the source (I have seen and heard so many different numbers)
Maybe this is intentional, so they have more discretion/leeway to make different offers? 
So far- the discrepancies are small enough that though we hope for the bigger $$ numbers We are ok with the smaller $$ numbers.
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ohhh thanks for sharing! Not sure why they mailed us (2 copies mind you!) of the 2025-2026 version. I guess they didn’t have the new one on hand yet?! And yea–we’ll take what we can get!!
RIT reached out to my daughter today encouraging her to apply to the performing arts scholarship (I guess they saw that she’s been dancing since age 5 on her application)-we thought we didn’t qualify since she doesn’t do solo performances but they wrote back saying it could be part of a group performance so I told me daughter it doesn’t hurt to throw her name in! The real takeaway I got from the email was that someone was actively looking at her app–YAY!
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We got that email, too! But my daughter was always planning to apply – application is due January 15. I watched the info session about it last night, and I learned a couple things.
First, there are no performing arts majors, so all of the programs are equal opportunity for all the students. (It’s not like the shows are only open for theatre majors to audition, for example, which is true at many other places.) My daughter especially likes this facet.
Two, the scholarship is smallish – maybe $1,000 a year or something. They don’t publish an amount or even a range, because it really varies. It’s renewable as long as you participate in some kind of performing art on campus (taking a class counts).
Three, the performing arts scholars get free tickets to community arts events, mentorship and guidance, lots of perks.
I heard speakers talk about theatre, dance, music ensembles, etc. RIT really seems to have everything.
My kiddo plays clarinet as her main instrument – in marching band, pep band, jazz band, district honor band, blah blah. She dabbles in soprano sax, piano and percussion. She acts on stage (plays rather than musical theatre – she doesn’t sing or dance, lol), and she also sews costumes. She’s done stage management.
She is really excited about all the possibilities at RIT!
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Oddly, they reached out to my son too, who has never been involved in the arts. (In a twist of irony, both my husband and I are creatives).
We had signed up for the webinar so I’m assuming that’s why?
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We got the invite too. Hoping my kiddo will play something on his drum set and submit an application …. Every $ helps…
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My daughter has not gotten that scholarship invitation yet 
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She wouldn’t apply/qualify for it- super artsy/creative kid- but in the visual arts, not performing arts. But now I am paranoid that she did not get the invite - lol 
Good luck to all that are applying for this scholarship- so much talent with the group of kids that are drawn to RIT!!!
You don’t have to be invited to apply for it! If there was nothing performing-arts-related on her application, then she probably just wasn’t flagged to send an “invite” to – but it’s open for any applicant.
FYI, I learned that it’s not something you can apply for in later years – it has to be done during the initial application process.
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