I am an international student and I recently got admitted to the university. I am still in two minds about accepting the offer. The college seems like a good fit but the tuition is pretty high. Can someone please tell me more about the college, the job opportunities and the general reputation of RPI in the industry. My concentration is Mechanical Design. Being an international student, I wanted to get a perspective from someone who might know this better and understands the reputation of RPI in US. I just need a second opinion on whether the investment is worth while.
Thanks in Advance.
RPI is a pretty well know engineering school so job wise you should not have trouble, particularly on the East coast. RPI is mostly focused on Engineering majors and employers know that.
You can reach out to their career services dept and ask about how they help place students for internships and new grads.
My recollection is that they have career fairs (ask them how many times a year they have them) where some fairly top Engineering firms come to try and recruit students since companies know it is such a highly regarded engineering school.
Job opportunities in the US are problematic for internationals no matter what the school. You need to get work authorization (green card or ??) to work in the US. Most employers will not sponsor internationals.