Why do students choose to attend Rose-Hulman?

RHITAdmissions
Wed, 14 Apr 2010 10:45:45 +0000

Great question, roderick. In reality, “Undecided” is the largest major for incoming freshman. There is a caveat to that statement, however. While those students are undecided as to major, they are confident in their desire to pursue a career that makes consistent use of math and science. And there are many more careers than engineer and scientist that will make use of those tools in day-to-day work. Doctor, lawyer, pharmacist, veterinarian, teacher/professor, executive…the list goes on. So if your son is undecided, that is fine, but he needs to be undecided within our list of majors offered.

It is great that your son is one who enjoys–not suffers through–English. While there isn’t an English major at Rose-Hulman, there is a “Literature and Language” minor. And that is only 1 of 19 minors offered in the Humanities and Social Sciences department (they also offer two majors: Economics and International Studies). Believe it or not, in terms of number of faculty and courses offered, Humanities and Social Sciences is our largest department on campus. As a result, you will find that we require our students to take more of the “soft” subjects than what will be required elsewhere.

Hope this helps.

Jared Goulding
Assistant Director of Admissions
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology