Rider University Top Questions

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.