Life at Rensselaer

If it isn’t apparent yet, I love college

By Christopher N. ⋅ September 25, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

This is my first blog, ever! I am a freshman working in the Office of First Year Experience and having a great time at RPI.
I am enjoying my classes (challenging, but in a fun way) and I have tons of new friends even though I’ve only been here a few weeks.
I have played tennis behind [...]

A nice, short week of classes

By Andrew ⋅ September 11, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Thanks to the day off for Labor Day, this was a nice, short week of classes. I was able to use the day off to complete all of my previously assigned work, even that which wasn’t due until the end of this week. As a result, I was able to have some more time to [...]

The week of recovery

By Derek Y. ⋅ August 3, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

This week has been a great week to recover from the craziness of SOs 1-4. They were all very exciting and filled with energy. All the advisors miss the past two weeks, they miss the staff and incoming freshmen. With this down time we are switching gears to prepare for SO5 but mostly for NRB. [...]

You only get to be a freshman in college once

By Wendy ⋅ May 14, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

So the end of my first year as a student at RPI has finally come to an end. The stress of finals have ended and I have returned back home. Overall, the year went by with many ups and downs. I’ve made unforgettable memories with a bunch of great friends.

Tonight’s my night of entertainment

By Franklin ⋅ February 20, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

First: Sheer Idiocy, second: Transporter 3, and third: lots and lots of work. It’ll be a little hectic, but I’m sure I’ll manage.

It was an amazing time

By Ahmad ⋅ February 20, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

I thought that, during freshman year, living in the residence halls was going to be the worst experience, but, contrary to my opinion, I was dead wrong. It was an amazing time.

Architecture: the good ol’ days

By Christos ⋅ February 13, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Architecture classes during freshman year can produce some of the most fascinating projects. After months of hard work, they go on display in the Greene Gallery, part of the Greene Building, the home of the School of Architecture. Here are some pictures from those days.

Why not start with some random information?

By Megan ⋅ February 4, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Welcome all of you who have been recently accepted to RPI, all those who are thinking of coming to RPI, and random RPI students with nothing better to do than read blogs on the FYE website! I hope you can find here some useful, yet amusing, information dealing with everything and anything concerning Rensselaer.

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