<p>^ wow you got into cornell?! you must be amazing :rolleyes:</p>
<p>fyi, i got into cornell, berkeley, umich ann arbor and I decided to go here to save money…you don’t need to brag about your cornell :rolleyes: it’s no big deal :rolleyes:</p>
<p>as for liking rpi, i am not in love with rpi but it has helped me very much, therefore i am indebted to defending it when an obnoxious 12th grader gives his views on the college without actually attending the classes. </p>
<p>oh please, nirali, some students like rpi a lot and they wouldn’t want to see their college being defamed like that…if i made fun of brown, i bet you wouldn’t like it either give joshuaguit a break.</p>
<p>I do agree, however, an institution that gives out mostly 50 point averages in a large magnitude of classes has a problem. Have you been hearing about the faculty problems! I mean President J is the highest paid president of any university of this nation! ( And definitely doesn’t deserve pay in the millions, although, RPI has grown an exemplary amount in the past decade.) I know I am very critical about RPI, but I am just tired of the commotion going on about how RPI is anywhere close to MIT as a whole institution. Every University or College has prodigious majors, but this mean nothing if the education on a whole is not in proportion with said popular major. Let me give you an example. Syracuse University’s best major statistically is Public Affairs, and it is ranked #1 by US News which many employers use. It even displaced Harvard, however, this does not matter because all of the other programs in Syracuse cannot reinforce the other strengths you need to be well-rounded, and thus you will not have the competitive multitude of skills other people will have when it comes time to get a job. That is basically it, I have ranted on haha.</p>
<p>AikoMidori!! Is that you Roshni! hahhaha, I went to Guilderland too! Nice! International club is running good this year! Mrs. Mackey is on the top of everything as usual! ( Fellow indian at GHS!)</p>
<p>The line you place between an ivy league school and other educations is arbitrary and completely reliant on a perceived reputation- a name. I can not be more vehemently opposed to your thought process and repulsed by the demeanor that just because a school predates abolition means it possesses some inherent gift. it all seems completely absurd. While NYU stern is a fine institution, you certainly are not some better person for having gotten into and and rejected Cornell. I know little of RPI’s grading practices but know enough of college life to understand laziness among underclassmen- you are definitely going to find a similar atmosphere over at NYU (and probably worse at brown). </p>
<p>As far as engineering is concerned ivys don’t even top the list, neither really with architecture. Those who consider RPI and are successful students come out with promising careers. RPI just doesnt hand out grades like Brown does.</p>
<p>I agree with you. I am still flexible to change my opinions, and would be glad to. However, I certainly did not mean to brag about getting into Cornell, it seemed as though it came off as I did and I did not mean it like that. But brand name does in fact distinguish students. Many employers focus on brand names.</p>
<p>wait…who are you nirali??? are you girl or a guy? if you have a girlfriend, i’m going to assume you’re a guy… but that really doesn’t help me :o </p>
<p>yes nirali you’re going way too much on brand name, i think when you actually go to college you’ll realize it’s not the name (yeah i used to be like you too…though i don’t know who you are :/)</p>
<p>As a graduate of RPI, Cornell and, curiously, Guilderland High School, I know a little more about these topics than an 18 year-old that needs to show off.</p>
<p>My daughter has also been accepted by MIT and will probably go there over my dear undergrad and graduate school alma maters, but she’s taken a very deliberate and calculated look at each. I’m very proud of her for that. In her preferred major MIT is more highly regarded, plus they gave her more money. That is not the case for all applicants, however.</p>
<p>As for the claim that no employer would take an RPI grad over an MIT grad (an assertion based on the extensive experience of an 18 year-old), it’s blatantly false. My wife recruited engineers for years at Fortune 500 companies and often hired grads from RPI and similar schools over MIT grads. Smart employers looks for skill sets and compatibility, not just the name on a sheepskin. Nirali will learn that some day.</p>
<p>BTW: I have at different points in my career managed grads from HYPSM schools and worked for grads of state schools. Once you get past your second job employers don’t consider your alma mater to be significant in hiring decisions. Pick the school that will best prepare you for what you want to do and that you can afford.</p>
<p>As someone in the business world (who has interviewed and hired a lot of people over the years), I agree with everything that Padre13 says.</p>
<p>To his statement:</p>
<p>Pick the school that will best prepare you for what you want to do and that you can afford. </p>
<p>I would only add that you should also be picking the school that you feel most comfortable at - the school that you actually want to spend the next 4 years of your life at.</p>
<p>Have to agree with Padre - where you go to school helps you get your first job. After that all I’m interested in is what did you learn on that job that can help you on this one? Yes, having a degree from certain schools might get you an interview (which is no small thing) but it won’t get you the job, an only for a few years.</p>
<p>I actually preferred kids from schools like RPI over other more theoretical programs. Maybe its because I attended Cal Poly but these school tended to produce graduates who could do actual work. Theory’s fine but in day-to-day engineering there’s very little application for it.</p>
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give joshuaguit a break.</p>
but that really doesn’t help me :o