How hard it is to go to top grad schools after Rose?

<p>Hi guys! So far Rose is my top choice for college! I know many of the students here get into top grad schools but I am wondering how good your grade should be to get accepted from Rose to a top grad school (I mean schools like MIT, Stanford or USB)? I have some top 30 schools offers(not one of those top schools listed above tho) so will those school's undergrad be valued higher by top grad schools than Rose? I will study engineering in grad school too.</p>

<p>hopefully I am making sense here ^:)^ </p>

<p>Rose will do everything they can to enable you to accomplish your dream, be it graduate school or a job with a particular company. Btw, there’s a lot more than just GPA in order to be accepted to grad school(i.e. research experience). The easiest way to get into those graduate schools would be to go there for undergrad and maintain a certain GPA, and then you’re essentially,unofficially, automatically in. Since you said you didn’t get offers from those schools, that option is out(it’s all good, I didn’t get any either). Again, Rose, unlike most other schools, will be very eager to help you get admitted to grad school. Also, GPA importance somewhat depends on which program you’re applying to, e.g. medical school, law school, business, etc. Shoot for learning the material and the grades will follow. </p>

<p>A small side note, most criticisms against Rose are based on that it’s focused on undergraduate learning. Since there isn’t a graduate program, they say you won’t have as good of opportunities for research. This is false-there will be opportunities for research. Professors aren’t conducting it because they’re required to. They’re doing it because they’re passionate about their research. </p>

<p>Hope this helped. There’s a lot of information on their website, too.</p>

<p>After some digging, I found a comment by RHITadmissions:</p>

<p>Congrats Jmeneses! As for acceptance rates, medical school is much easier to track because almost everyone who goes to medical school applies and goes right after Rose-Hulman. The majority of our JD alumni worked in industry before applying and going to law school. If you want me to go into the why of that, just let me know.</p>

<p>But med school placement…I have numbers for 2002-2007 (have asked for an update). Two criteria outweigh all others when it comes to medical school admissions: undergraduate GPA and MCAT score. For those students with at least a 3.4 GPA at Rose-Hulman AND at least a 25 MCAT, 86% were admitted to medical school. Students who meet the criteria minimums are the only students we advise to apply to medical school, if interested. If you include all our students who applied to medical school, the placement rate was 73%. National medical school acceptance rate was 48% for the same period (2002-2007).</p>

<p>Hope that helps.</p>

<p>Jared Goulding
Assistant Director of Admissions
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology</p>

<p>*<strong><em>Hope this gives a better idea</em></strong>**sumnuyungi</p>

<p>@sumnuyungi thank you so much :x I just came back from my visit to Rose and all you said above is right! Are you a student there? Cuz im wondering how many students get admitted to those schools every year? (I have to convince my mom to let me go to Rose ) :(( </p>

<p>@HeyComeOn No problem! I’m happy to help. I’m a high school senior, but was accepted to Rose and will make my deposit soon. According to <a href=“http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rose-hulman-institute-of-technology-1830”>http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rose-hulman-institute-of-technology-1830&lt;/a&gt; (wow that’s a long URL), about 20% will go on to grad school after receiving their bachelor’s. Typically, most students will want to go into the industry after receiving their bachelor’s, one reason being that Rose is a very rigorous program and they’ll want a break from school. Not saying that it’s bad to immediately go for a graduate degree, just saying this is why a relatively small portion go on to grad school.</p>

<p>Anyone who wants to see by major the graduate schools our student have gone to since 2008, just send me an email (<a href=“mailto:jared.goulding@rose-hulman.edu”>jared.goulding@rose-hulman.edu</a>). I have six pdf documents that show that data. One thing to remember about graduate school is that not only are our students admitted, but no graduate with at least a 3.2 graduating GPA has had to pay for graduate school in the last 15 years. Assistantships, fellowships and stipends are all a reality.</p>