Rider University Top Questions

YES. THEY ARE.

No!

And it is semi-true. A lot of people do go home on weekends, however if you try and find people that stay there is a lot to do. People do stay you just have to look for people and things to do.

1. For some reason, the freshmen tend to go home a lot, but as people get more comfortable at Rider, and go up in their years, people tend to go home less and less 2. Rider is just a few minutes away from a trainstation that goes straight into NYC and just 40 minutes from Philly. There are malls and great shopping in the area, especially if you head over to Princeton, which is only a few minutes away. Rider also has a lot of off campus trips to see Broadway shows in NYC, white water rafting, baseball games, and much more. Lastly, there are always events going on on campus. There is no reason for anyone to ever be bored.

Not at all. Are some people wealthy? Of course. You'll find that anywhere you go, but a majority of them still don't piss away money. As for classes, of course there is slight truth to it but for a minute population. Most people go to class and actually study.

They are, completely. But once you get the hang of it, it doesn't really matter.

Not really. Rider is just really small compared to the other schools. I do believe Rider is a good school because I work with stuck up millionaires and they wouldn't lie.

For the most part, they are. However, there is quite a lot to do on the weekends such as bronc buffets, bingo going to basketball games, and off campus trips. Even though weekends at Rider are full of things to do, I do find that a majority of students either go home or travel off campus friday nights and do not return until sunday night or even monday morning; leaving the campus to seem like a ghost town.

Actually, many of the sororities and fraternities on campus require a high GPA. They also look to give back to the community. Many students are not involved in Greek Life, but because of Rider's size that is one of the major social scenes on campus. There is more to do on campus then just drink, because of Rider's location we have New York City and Philly.

It's what the school is most well known for but there are some really strong non-business programs. While the majority of students aren't from that far away there is a community of students, myself included, that live farther away and stay on campus except for breaks

NO!

For the most part, but there are always exceptions.

Many students do go home on the weekends and the campus is significantly empty on the weekends. Rider, like any college, is as fun as you make it. The campus shutting down fraternities and making it more risky to party on campus has reduced the overt partying at Rider, making it appear to be less fun, but if you have found your own group of friends you can make your own fun.

No

Yes and no!! Yes because there is an enormous amount of money within the student population at Rider, as well as it is very cliquey. Although you do get a select group of students that attend Rider because they get very generous financial aid packages and they are great students who don't care about the Greek focus and are a true value to Rider.

Yes and no. Rider IS expensive, but in no way is it like taking classes at the Ritz. Yes- it's hard to go to an expensive private school unless your wealthy..or really really poor that the school gives you obnoxious amounts of financial aid. Rider can be considered a suitcase school if you want it to be because most of the people who attend don't live too far, but in general there's always a lot of people here - even in the summer.

yes....and yes.

I'd say half the students are probably smart and the other half don't care much about school work. And it was only the past year we had alot of people kickin the bucket. The ones due to drugs and alocohol were the ignorant, stupid kids that go way past being drunk.

It is true for some students but I have met many nice and friendly students like myself.

Nope not at all. Everyone on campus is different but we all pretty much get along.