Rider University Top Questions

Definitly not. My sorority has the highest gpa on the campus. We study and all do well in school. We help out the community with community service and fundraisers. This school is very demanding of its academics. A lot of students take their educations very seriously.

alot of people do go home on the weekends and a few have died but it was their own fault

No, these stereotypes are not accurate.

No, there not. The people that go home miss out on what college is all about and they realize this and eventually start staying, also as long as your not a jerk, you wont get in trouble.

Depends, yeah we have had a few incidents but the university is trying more to control such events. The students do seem committed as much to classes, etc as they are with partying to relieve stress and have fun.

It depends on what side of campus you are on. If you are involved with Greek Life than you will always have something to do no matter what day of the week, however, the stereotypes are true if you live in the residence halls on the other side of campus. Weekends are dead and boring. On the night life aspect the campus has changed a lot in that aspect, it is no longer a crazy party school but if you make the best of the situation it will provide you with plenty of good memories.

NO WAY! Most of us are good kids from good neighborhoods who just like to have fun like everyother college student out there. The older people such as teachers and people in the neighborhood act like they didn't go out and party when they were younger. They are the reason that the drinking age went back up to 21. They couldn't handle drinking at 18 and ruined it for everyone else.

nope, i got a lot of academic money to go here and am far from rich as are a lot of athletes and students at rider

I don't think so.

Not fully. There are some regular people around.

For the most part... a lot of the kids ARE rich and stuck up, I hate it. Way too many people party, and I have to deal with hearing the loud music, the throwing up, and I have to pay for the things THEY break. It pisses me off. While the policies are supposedly strict, hardly anything is done about it. And there are a lot of high school rejects at Rider, but also a lot of other people are very intelligent, but don't get noticed for it outside of the school. Our reputation is brought down by the rest.

for the most part

A lot of people do go home because they feel there isn't anything to do. I think Rider is very safe, people just do stupid things no matter what school you are at.

no

Yes lots of people do go home on weekends. If you are involved in extracurricular activities there is plenty of things to do on the weekends however.

No

somewhat through certain incidents

no, i believe that any school can be a party school because the students chose the way they behave and if they chose not to drink and party then they won't. There are always a few students that are going to chose to do the opposite but that does not mean that everyone has to do it. There are many activities around campus for you to stay active and doing something without having to drink.... The stereotype about rider being a backpack school is partially true.. about 50{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of the student body go home but i barely went home and i always had friends that were around and i always found something to do.

Well, I made 'em up, so I think they are.

Every school which has people coming from the local area is a "suit case" school. If students want to go home they are going to. However there is always something to do for students who choose to stay.