<p>I am really new to this forum so please bear with me. RPI is one of the schools my junior d is considering (received rensellaer medal). I feel with her stats that RPI is a good match (class rank 7/550 unweighted; 3/550 weighted); GPA uw 3.99/w 4.15; SAT's (retaking) 1940; moderate EC's. What do you think her chances are at CMU engineering? And does CMU give any merit aid. How do the two schools compare, in your opinions. Thanks.</p>
<p>I don't know much about RPI, but I can give you some info about CMU.</p>
<p>First of all, it won't hurt to get those SATs up a bit. The higher the math score, the better. The rest of the statistics, look fine. One thing I want to stress is that CMU, unlike other schools, doesn't really weight stats as high as other factors (ECs, essays, etc.). I think they really want people who will "fit in" rather than having a horde of 2400-scoring-lemmings. </p>
<p>CMU is unique in that it accels in my different areas.
For example:
Drama
Art
Design (top 5)
Computer Science (#1)
Engineering (top 10)
Physics
etc.</p>
<p>This allows for a diverse course load for the student. If your D comes here and takes advantage of the courses available, she will leave a very well-rounded and (hopefully) happy individual. It's very difficult to find a school that's so highly ranked in so many diverse fields. </p>
<p>The engineering department is great. The course-load allows for many diverse courses from the different colleges on campus (art, drama, computer science, physics etc.). </p>
<p>I'm not sure where this post is going, I think it'll be easier if you gave some specific questions.</p>
<p>As for merit aid, CMU does give it - but not easily ;-).</p>
<p>Thanks for skipping the top 5 business school...</p>
<p>Lol, is Tepper top 5 for undergrad? I thought it only made top 10 undergrad but like number 3 grad. I guess it all depends on where you look for your rankings...</p>
<p>Tepper is #5 tied with Stern (according to USNEWS). The Wall Street Journal also ranked them very highly.</p>
<p>How about engineering (original post)... :-) Thanks. Just wondering how much better than RPI it is ranked in engineering. Thanks!</p>
<p>Better pay and better companies (Google, Microsoft, IBM, Amazon along with Merill Lynch/Morgan, etc) to start with but of course this is from the persepective of a business student. </p>
<p>Educationwise: Better research opps along with the top competitions in robotics/engineering. Great professors at the top of their field with of course an amazing facility/top technology at your fingertips to help students achieve their utmost potential.</p>
<p>There really is nothing holding you back at CMU engineering and it is quite deserving of its rank along with Cornell, etc. I forgot the rest of the list but CMU engineering (especially ECE) is at the top of its game.</p>
<p>Computer Engineering is 3 and Electrical Engineering is 8 overall... I think most if not all of the other engineering are ranked in the top 10-20... RPI is also a good school for engineering. However, I made a decision to come to CMU even though I would have paid pretty much nothing and gotten a free laptop if I had gone to RPI. But then I came for the ECE program which is CMU is really good at. If I had wanted to do something like nuclear engineering or aeronautical engineering or some type of engineering that RPI only offers I probably would have had a harder time deciding between schools.</p>
<p>The engineering program is very good at CMU. I think you should go there.</p>