 Please get real snow boots. I bombed a quiz. Listen, you hit the subscribe button, you hit the subscribe button. This is good. We are going to Rochester Institute of Technology here in Rochester, New York, and talk to some students, hopefully. The best people to start talking to are the frat guys. So I saw these two frat guys, and I said, I got to talk to these boys. Yeah, I'm Henry Valentine. I'm the president of Fidel to Theta, and this is the quarter mile. It's our yearly fall philanthropy event. Our national philanthropy is the Live Like Lou Foundation. Lou Gehrig was a Fidel and ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is something that's close to Fidel to Theta. So every year we fundraise for it, reaching just under $7,000. That's awesome. Congrats, man. That's pretty great. It was called the quarter mile because of this event run by a different fraternity back in the 70s. My name is Ezra Schultz. I'm actually an alumni now. I just graduated in the spring. I was part of a five-year program. It was called Mechanical Engineering Technology. The technology here at RIT basically means that it's a lot more hands-on. So a part of every single core class, a part of the MET department, you have to do a collaborative group work. If you're a freshman coming in, a part of the MET department, you're going to do this class called Fundamentals of Engineering. A big part of that was this thing called Pumpkin Chunkin. And you have to put together a traditional launcher. I'm going to call it a launcher. That can be a tribuchet, a catapult, a slingshot. And you have to find a way to launch a pumpkin 60 yards. And you get graded on how far you shoot it. And it's literally you have to hit it certain amount of distance. If you hit 60 yards, you get an A. If you hit 50, you get a B. So every class will give you a specific project or group work to do. And all that's basically so that when you graduate, you can go into the workforce. And as a mechanical engineer, you're never going to be working by yourself. I was determined to find some students who could tell me about what it's like to be a non-techy major here at RIT. And they didn't disappoint. I found a few. So I'm Bailey Kale. I'm a second year here at RIT. And I study international business. I'm Jesse Verks. I'm also a second year here. And I study psychology. I'm Sophia Blina. I'm a first year. And I study criminal justice. OK, awesome. So you're kind of the exact people I've been looking for today because everybody else is just like something engineering, something engineering. And I was like, do they do other things here? We, for my psychology program, we do a lot of data analysis or different things like that. Sorry. I feel like everything here, I mean, it's in the name, technology. But they incorporate it with everything, which is kind of cool. Because I think there's a lot of majors that people do that wouldn't normally have that aspect. So you kind of get a good mix. I'm kind of curious how you chose RIT because I feel like those majors that you've got might be the kind of thing that you would maybe normally go somewhere else for. Yeah, we have. So yeah, fill me in. So we are actually all on the women's ice hockey team here at RIT. So I think for the most part, that's what brought us here. When we toured, I don't know about them, but I fell in love with the campus. It's not too big. It's not too small. I completely agree. RIT has such a strong culture and such a friendly culture. You just constantly feel welcome. I remember when I first toured, I was so nervous. But I didn't walk by one person that didn't say hi or introduce themselves. And it's just something great to be a part of. Can you tell me a little bit more about the ice hockey scene here? What's going on? How much ass are we going to kick? So much. It's one thing that brings the school together. And we have this really cool group of people. They call them the corner crew. And they sit on the corner of the rink. And it's just a bunch of different people. And they're all like our main supporters. And they work jerseys. And they have all these different chants. They're awesome. And they are awesome. Like, so cool. And they get the crowds going. And it's super cool. I have always wanted to talk to people who were involved in game design. So I was lucky enough to find two people who could tell me a little bit about their experience. One's in first year. One's in third year. So we get a little bit of that freshman vibe and also a more experienced perspective. I think you're going to love it. I'm Kovu, game design. I'm a third year. My name is Christian Ophori. I study game design and development. Right now, I'm a first year. I ain't going to lie. So right now, we're going into the intro basics of it. I'm a bit experienced with it. So for me, I'm just writing basic programs. What's the engine? I'm forgetting. Unity. Yeah. For Unity to actually run really basic stuff. I'm more excited for the sound design. I love music a lot. So I'm excited for the sound design. What I really like about RIT is that it's really getting inclusive to the sexuality, race, gender, social identity, anything. You always find someone here to hang around with. I remember my first group of friends were my freshman orientation. And we honestly just got along because we saw someone playing Animal Crossing. We just got in touch since. I did do some games in some of my classes. You start out with a very basic experience. They teach you coding. Then you make the game literally the next semester. So it's pretty fun there. And then you just make more games along the way. I like to go and make fighting games. I get more RPGs. I would love that. But from my love of music, I think I would really be interested in making some sort of rhythm game or some sort of music-based game. That's sort of the project I want to work on eventually. You got a favorite game franchise? I like RPGs a lot. Yeah, like what? Persona, if you could tell. OK, I'm kind of ignorant of Persona, to be honest. I was more of a Final Fantasy guy myself. Oh, yeah, yeah. I haven't gotten into that series yet. Yeah, that was kind of my childhood and everything else. You can check out my music. I do music on the side. It's Reborn on SoundCloud. Shout out to my boy, Slain Jalen. My boy, Ate Sosa, he used to change his name to Ate's. Right now, check out his sound called Ate Sosa and Slain Jalen, my family for supporting me, helping me get here. And shout out to you all for watching. Hey, you hit the Subscribe button. You hit the Like button yet? Hey, listen, you hit the Subscribe button yet? Come on, man. Hit the Subscribe button. Hit the Like button. Come on, man. I think I finally figured out how this campus works. So like, I mean it's a STEM school, so naturally you're going to have a lot of like nerdy people, right, that are a little more introverted. Once you start reaching out to those people and really just kind of zeroing in on them, right, talking to them, they open up very quickly. And so no wonder nobody bothered me for so long as I walked around campus. But at the same time, like, it was really easy for me to start engaging with people. My name is Gianna. OK, Gianna. And what do you study here? I study mechanical engineering. I'm a third year transfer student from a local community college. When did you start studying here at RIT recently? Like two weeks ago. Two weeks ago. OK, all right, first transfer, yeah. All right, I wasn't sure if that was like a recent thing or awesome. Yeah, it was like a really recent. OK, so like first impressions. How are you feeling so far? So far, I really like it. It's a lot of homework and I'm trying to stay on top of it. But all the professors have been like really welcoming, really willing to help you out. So yeah, I've had a really good experience. So I'm going to let Lon Moore, a guy, pass us over a second. That's why he's following me around because he passes by and he's on my over here. That's a cameo, I think. I think, yeah, I think he's like, I don't get enough. Yeah, he's showing off now. He's going fast. He's like, I see how it is. Yeah, totally. What do you like about the place so far now that you've been here a couple of weeks? I like how it's very accessible. I like the campus shuttle. I live at Perkins Green, so I can just get on it. I'm here within 10 minutes, but I can also walk. I can also bike. And I like how it's organized, like all the engineering classes being in the engineering building. And yeah, it's really easy for me to get around and figure my way out here. OK, cool. So have you had any, like, bumpy situations, any challenges so far? I bombed a quiz, so that was a little, a bit of a wake-up call, but, you know, I'm going to keep moving forward because it's only one grade out of many. That's it. It's just the beginning. Yeah. It's not about how you start, it's how you finish. Exactly. All right. Well, thank you so much for your time. I really appreciate it. No problem. Thank you. Hi, I'm Liam. I'm a new media design student. I'm a second year here. This is my first year in the program. I transferred in from exploration last year. Were you then totally, like, undecided when you came in? I was thinking of going into new media at first, but I wasn't set on it. But I decided to go into it at the end of last year. What are you looking forward to the most? So we're doing a project right now where we have to redesign, like, tarot cards, basically, using, like, pictures we take in, like, similar symbols. And so I need to find people to model for or potentially myself, but I'm looking forward to designing that for my first class. OK, cool. What would you say is, like, your strength in terms of, like, graphic design or media design? My strength? I'm really good at making work when I'm procrastinating, but that's also kind of a weakness because I procrastinate. So good under pressure, I guess. Yeah, that's pretty difficult with most creatives. I can relate. Yeah. Favorite program to use? Oh, my favorite program? Probably Illustrator. How did you choose RIT? So originally, I was picking between, it came down to between RIT and Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York. But I decided that RIT has a bit more of the tech stuff that I was looking for outside of the fine arts that Ithaca also specializes in. So I figured that would be a bit better fit for me. OK. And how hard has it been so far? I'm not going to say the class work has been crazy difficult. I'm just going to say that I'm not the greatest, like, student with the best work ethic in the world. So that's kind of part of it, but it's definitely manageable if you just, you know, do all your homework and set a little time aside. All right, cool. I'll let you get back to the, you know, your day. Thank you so much, man. Of course, thank you. Appreciate it, Liam. Take it easy. You too. Have a good one. All in all, I'm extremely happy that I was able to make it out here to RIT and I want to give a shout out to David for just helping me coordinate this whole thing, giving me all the logistical support for today, made it really easy for me to come onto campus and check out RIT. And I'm so glad I did because honestly, this is a really unique campus, very cool place, very cool people here. Like, I know that the tech guys get a wrap for being a bit shy or weird, but like, I like weird. They're good weird here. And there was a lot of fun personalities that I met today. So I'm really glad I was able to come here and check it out. I hope you can check it out too. If you're interested in RIT, you can go to RIT.edu. If you need help prepping an application, you can go to preprisquo.com and reach out to us. But otherwise, thank you for watching this video and go check out RIT. I'll see you next week.