Chances for Admissions and Merit

Colleges and Universities A-Z Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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Chance me for RPI for admissions and Scholarships please

95.5uw 99.0w
32 ACT (31E 33M 33S 31R 31E/W)
SAT Bio 790
AP World 5 AP Bio 4 APUSH 5
100% Hispanic
In-state
I visited the Campus

Freshman Year:
Honors MMT, Honors Geometry, Honors Earth Science, Regular English 9, Regular Global 1, Spanish 3 (skipped a grade in spanish), and Concert Band

Sophomore Year:
Honors Chemistry, Honors Trig/Algebra 2, Spanish 4 (Spanish 1 University of Albany), Honors English 10, Lifeguard Certification Class, Honors Global 2, Health, Concert Band, and self studied for AP world history exam and got a 5

Junior Year:
AP Biology, APush, SUPA Forensic Science (Syracuse), honors English 11, Honors Precalculus, and Wind Ensemble

Senior Year:
AP Calc BC, College Physics (OCC), AP Macro, SUPA Public Affairs, CAD Engineering, and Creative Writing

ECs:
Club Swimming 10 years
Varsity Swimming 5 years, 2 years Captain
National Honor Society
Science Honor Society
Math Honor Society
Community Service Club (Recycling Club)
Tutor
Co-leader of new program designed to teach future tutors the best ways to interact with students and deal with tough situations

Work Experience as Lifeguard:
Lifeguard for Swim Club
Swim Teacher
During Summer: Lifeguard at 2 Jobs

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Admissions chances are probably quite good. Not sure about merit scholarships though. RPI does not publish high detail regarding the basis for granting merit scholarships. Though expect to get lots of emails from them telling you that they have merit scholarships.

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RPI uses SAT for merit aid. I would suggest calling their FA office, or on your own looking up conversions from ACT to SAT and running your numbers with that. A quick glance at a conversion chart would put you around 2100 for SAT, which is what my son got.

Merit aid my son got was lower than the NPC predicted, but they did give him more loans than expected. Merit aid was around 25% of tuition.

If you have financial need, you might be okay because they might consider that.

As for skipping a grade in Spanish, that’s not that impressive if you are Hispanic.

You are probably fine for getting in, merit aid seems to be weighted towards those with higher test scores though.

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Excellent chance of getting in.

I wish I knew how they calculated merit aid but with the stats I’d probably expect something in the $30,000 range. Always write an appeal letter worst they can do is tell you no but good chance they’ll increase it.

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I doubt 30K of aid with a 32 ACT. Maybe with a 34 ACT.

Our experience was extremely negative with the FA appeal, they were kind of rude and really didn’t care if there were one-time increases for the base year due to back pay and other reasons that could never recur. Couldn’t hurt to try.

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My daughter had similar if not higher stats, more AP’s, recruited athlete, and was offered 14k in merit. It was by far her lowest merit award.

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My daughter was awarded 1/2 tuition merit for similar scores. She applied ED1 and had quality high school leadership. Plus she lives out of state. So I think they must use more than just test scores, based on the various awards listed in this thread.

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When my son was accepted several years ago, we appealed and received 10K more each year. We had an offer from a peer school, which we shared with them. They say it doesn’t matter, but in our case I think it did.

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Wonder what the outcome was