Georgia Tech vs. RPI Engineering- College Selection Decision

Colleges and Universities A-Z Georgia Institute of Technology
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<p>I'll be beginning my undergraduate education this coming fall, and am planning to major in Electrical and Computer Engineering. I have narrowed down the decision to RPI and Georgia Tech. I have visited both universities. I liked RPI, but absolutely loved Georgia Tech. I am out-of-state in both universities. I received a large merit scholarship from RPI, and before any loans, it would be about $8000 cheaper than GT, which is a lot- especially over four years. My parents have left the decision to me. I personally found Georgia Tech to be significantly better than RPI in almost all aspects, but finances are a pretty big factor as I do not want my parents to have to pay excessively. I do realize that both universities have strong Engineering programs.</p>

<p>What are everyone's thoughts? Is Georgia Tech's location, campus, prestige of Engineering program, connection to major companies, etc. worth the extra 8K a year?</p>

<p>Thank you in advance.</p>

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<p>I have to naively ask, what does RPI stand for? :slight_smile: As far as Tech, my kid toured…expected nothing…and was blown away by her day there…way better than either one of us expected. </p>

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<p>You could CO-OP at GT to make up the difference and get great work experience. </p>

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<p>What GPA do you need to maintain in order to keep the merit scholarship? If you lose the scholarship would RPI still be cheaper? The reason I ask is engineering is hard and keeping a high GPA isn’t easy.</p>

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<p>@SouthernHope‌ RPI stands for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. And yeah same here! I knew Tech was well ranked but when I visited I was so amazed by the school :)</p>

<p>@MichiganGeorgia‌ Surprisingly there’s no GPA requirement at RPI to maintain the Merit Scholarship, so it would be guaranteed for the next four years.</p>