<p>Greetings.</p>
<p>Thank you for your link. The program seems to favor RIT over RPI. You are entirely correct about the award letter, it requires me to maintain a high GPA and remain in good academic standing. I have contacted the admission departments of the universities, and MIT has recommended a research school.</p>
<p>This narrows the decision to two schools: RPI and RIT. If my calculations are correct, the tuition fees for RIT are about $33,000, and the fees for RPI are about $60,000. </p>
<p>I would greatly appreciate any input you could offer on the following question: Are there any characteristics of RPI (concerning the overarching question of eventual acceptance to MIT or Stanford) that could justify the extra $27,000 it would require? </p>
<p>Kind Regards,</p>