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The students hardly ever participate, because they are part of cool cliques and don't want to see there reputation ruined. The science professors are alittle obnoxious. A SELECT FEW talk about students behind their back and call them dumbasses. IT'S TRUE!!! They come to school in sweat pants and one professor brings his dog in the lab every day. Really professional. HOWEVER, they are extremely knowledgeable and can be professional when they feel like it. They have always tried to help me to understand the material. Most of the science department looks down on students not going to grad school. The business school on the other hand dresses better and is well spoken.

Every professor has office hours and they like to talk to you about everything and anything. They know your first and last name and get to know you on a personal basis through class and campus interactions. Rider has a career development center that allows you to find out what your specific major entails and what jobs you can plan on obtaining with that degree as well as internship preparation.

The good thing about having a school on the smaller side is that you really get the chance to personally get to know your professors. All of my professors over the past two years have known my name, except my one of my science professors because there were 120+ students in the class. I am an english major and Ilove it. I have some of the most talented teachers in the area. I have grown exponentially from their classes. In my experince there is also a lot of class participation, my english professors base their class around the class participation method. With a few professors I do spend time with them outside of the classroom.

I am part of the Business Honors program at Rider and I love it. I have my core business classes with the same students and we have all learned to work great together. I never worry about not knowing who I can ask for help and the professors know how to challenge us. Overall, though, the classes at Rider are pretty good. Class participation and hands-on learning is big. Every classroom and building has wireless internet access and every class has big projectors. As for how often students study, every student is different. Some students study very often, and some don't. When it comes to finding a job after school, Rider rpovides plenty of help. Students here are not very competitive, and are more concerned with their own personal successes rather than competing with the successes of others.

Most professors take the time to know each student's name (whether they remember it once the semester is over is another story). Since the classes are relatively small there is always class participation which leads to more discussions about a certain topic that someone was debating outside of class. Rider is very much geared toward getting a job.

Every class is differant. There is no average size. I have had a class with 120 students, and my next class is 10 students. Not every teacher then knows your name, but the ones who do are the ones who really care. The teachers who don't seem to as much are the ones who teach classes with more students. But, the rest are so caring and so helpful.

Academics at Rider are probably the same as other schools. If you do your homework and study and go to class, you will def. get a B or better. If you're more laid back like myself, and are ok with just floatin by with C's, you only really need to study. The professors at Rider are all pretty cool though. The math teachers can't really speak English so you just gotta deal with them, but everyone else is cool. Best professor's I've had were Dr. Rebovich (politics) twice, RIP you were the best Rider had, and Professor Emery (finance), who didn't care how long it took, he made sure EVERYONE knew what was going on. The classes aren't very huge which is good I guess for some people, even though i hated that because then the professor will probably call on you. Overall, the academics are hard, but if they weren't it wouldn't be college. And occasionally, on Monday's, you might find a professor or 2 at the Rider PUB where u can hang out and have a beer with them, which makes learning more fun anytime!

I guess it depends on your luck. I use ratemyprofessors.com for everything I want to know before taking a class with a certain professor. I rarely interact with my major-related professors outside the classrooms, but I've heard of some pretty amazing stories with the Science majors. Not only are those professors crazy-wacky, but you should hear the after parties they're seen at. That's only if you're in science.

Professors at Rider are not just people you see three times a week who don't even know your name. I have learned that developing close and trusting relationships with professors is beneficial, especially if you are struggling in class. My academic adviser for psychology has been a professor of mine for 2 psychology classes and he is always available for extra help, as well as to talk about my class schedule and where I want to go with my future after Rider. I find it easier to talk to college professors than it is high school teachers because of the fact that they understand how much pressure we as students are under, as opposed to simple pressures in high school.

Professors know your name, email address and cell phone number. The higher up you get on the education ladder the closer you become to professors. For the communication department, I can say that mostly all of the professors that I have had have taken time to help either myself or other students with anything. There have been so many favorite classes that I have had, I would be unable to pinpoint one. Many of the students I know are very hard working, but any college you go to you are going to find students that just don't care and do the bare minimal. Class participation is common. There is not that much intellectual conversations outside of class. From what I noticed, students are more helpful that competitive. Being a radio and tv major, students are more likely to help you with a project then to be competitive with you. What Rider does, is Rider gives you suggestions and guidelines in each class. There is no possible way that they can teach everything that a certain course can offer, so they teach the most important aspects, and expect students to either grow from there by outside work such as an organization or an internship.

Professors vary as much as the subjects they teach, I have had some that know my name on the second day and others who didn't know it by the end of the semester. My favorit example of this is when I was talking with one of the biology professors, and the department chair of biology walked in and addressed me by name, I had only met her once or twice before hand. That story encapsulates something that I felt as soon as I walked onto campus. Participation always varies depending on the class, from my experiences the professors are pretty accepting of all viewpoints. Rider's requirements can be a little lax, and for some majors particularly. I have an internship in a professor's lab as a freshman, most students if they are dedicated enough can get involved somewhere.

My major is very small and doesn't really allow my to expland too much. the classes are sometimes really hard, but they also give great opporunities like going out and getting involved outside the classroom. I study a lot. Going into college I thought it was going to be fun all the time. But to be honest, freshman year was tough. you can't get caught up in the hype of everything. Students are competitive but not too crazy. my professors are really cool, for the most part. I already have a fantastic internship for my summer right now, so Rider has a good reputation for getting you into a good job.

Academics at Rider vary as to what campus you are on. Me being at the Princeton campus, most of my academics revolve around music and how it surrounds us. To speak about the Lawrenceville Campus of Rider would be un-fair simply because I am not on that campus. Westminster's standards of excellence in music are set at the highest goal for the college level education standards and each and every day, we as students are pushed to that limit but only leave year after year, eventually graduation with those goals achieved.

The classes sizes seem to be getting bigger over the years because they keep accepting too many students. During my first two years, professors always knew your name..now very rarely. The education is geared toward getting a job, professors always refer to the real world application because most of them have worked in the field.

The class sizes at Rider are favorable and many professors know their students' names, especially if students participate. I wish Rider's professors encouraged more discussion of current events in class and had more assignments that fostered critical thinking and problem solving rather than rote memorization of facts from a textbook. The real world requires much more than regurgitation of facts. It requires practical application and problem solving abilities to be successful. I believe Rider can do more to encourage this in their students by challenging them more.

All the professors at the campus know your name. All of the classes are small, about 30 kids or so, usually smaller than that. Actually no, that's a lie. All of your classes for your major are small like that, but core classes like BIO or something are lecture halls. And they suck! you need to go to class and pay attention. The only things you do in those classes are take tests. 4 of them. Which aren't hard if you study. What's good about those classes though is that the professor posts all the past tests online so you can study from them. They want you to succeed. They give you all the nec. equipment, but it's your job to use it.

Academics at Rider see the full spectrum. It also depends on major as well. If you are a dance major (which is popular and has a good program at Rider) the amount of time you will spend in the library is probably a lot less than an Accounting major. Also, there are definitely a group of students you will always see in the library and they care a lot about their grades, gpa, etc; and there is also a group of students that will only be in the students the night before midterms, finals, etc. Due to the nature of the size of Rider, I would say most professors know your name, and genuiely care about your academic progress at Rider. Within the Accounting department, I definitely had a feeling that my professors cared about my success and wanted to help when I struggled. Also Rider's business program carries a competitive accreditation of "AACSB" for their overall Business Administration and also specifically for the Accounting program. This was very important to me when I was picking a college, as it's seen very well amount employers.

The professors here ROCK. Of course theres the handful of fluke ones that suck and are jerks but all of my professors here are amazing. I'm in a more specialized major (a foreign language) so it's kind of hit or miss with me- I'll have the same professors over and over again so if I love them (which I do) it's great but if I hated them I would have to suck it up or transfer. It doesn't seem like students are crazy competitive here, but for those who are there are great rewards (like special scholarships) for those who do well. We always have the Freshman building where a professor actually lives there for a year- it's great. Education at Rider is definitely geared toward getting a job.

not worth the money.

Academic wise I hear Rider has a kick ass business program. There are tons of big name corporations around and tons of possible internships that Rider will help you get. Thats definatly a nice thing compared to other places. When it comes to professor's, it's like any other school. Some professors suck, some are amazing. Definatly check ratemyprofessor.com because it tells you how ur prof. will be. Dr. Alan, Dr. Burnahm, and Professor Emery are some of the coolest just to throw out there. Professor Wygal and Dr. Wiman will put you to sleep in 2.4 seconds.