Yet another reason she's glad she is at Rose Hulman

Father_of_the_Boarder
Tue, 26 May 2009 15:13:18 +0000

Cheezwhiz – you should think about receiving a few bucks before you deliver such an incredibly positive statement about the school. That is a great statement – and although the scientist in our children may argue the experimental group of those who went are identical to those who did not – the issue you presented is exactly what was preached when we looked at the school. And, that message was heard loud and clear.

BTW: not to anger parents of techies, but face the realities. They are not the boisterous pat-you-on the back, buy-you-a-beer, tell a mildly dirty joke, yuk yuk crowd. For the most part, they are introspective and often less aggressive questioners. When their push-comes-to-shove hard-as-it-gets engineer classes pile up, that shell needs to break. In the larger environments, the shy will probably not ask questions and may succumb. And,since the majority may be shy, the majority (or at least about 35%) will not make it through.

Rose counters this with smaller classes and professors’ ajar doors.

One other true story about Rose: On CC, I was e-mailing couple who knew the subject – they were EE’s. They sent uber kid (something like 14 AP’s) to big name Tech school and he was okay with it. Younger sibling went to look at RHIT in beautiful Terre Haute with the youngest and oldest. Not a classic family vacation. Oldest was awed by small size and amount of toys. Uber kid thought seriously about transferring. Sibling went.