***Official RPI Class of 2021 Regular Decision Results ONLY***

Colleges and Universities A-Z Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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**Decision: Accepted **

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1300 (690 math, 610 reading)
SAT II: didnt send
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): don’t know
AP (place score in parenthesis): Environmental Science (4) school only offer 4 APs
Senior Year Course Load: APUSH, AP calc ab, english, physics, research, bunch of elective classes
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4 year commitment in a nonprofit organization (student -> intern -> employee at one point), research at a well-known university in the city (don’t want to reveal too much), sci research club and some other non-STEM things here and there
Job/Work Experience: worked in a pretty well-known garden/public space, office assistant
Volunteer/Community service: ~200 hours (tutoring ESL students at a church and helping with the nonprof org mentioned above
Summer Activities: jobs, internship at a summer camp from nonprof org, research
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 9/10 I spent a lot of time on it and pinpointed a very specific moment that changed my outlook on things. It was casual and showed my personality well but a few sentences sound a bit cliche.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Rec 1: 9.5/10 - APES teacher (10th), Research club advisor (11), Research teacher (12)
Rec 2: 9/10 - Chem teacher, probably wrote about personal strengths more than academic which I think balanced the previous rec out
Counselor: 7/10 - Probably like the same as everyone elses in my school
Rec 3: 8.5/10 - Department chair from the university I do research at. Probably a little vague but he’s a big shot lol

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yep
Intended Major: Civil Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): NY
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: very low lol
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first gen, female in engineering

Reflection

Strengths: my essays, extracurriculars, and recommendations
Weaknesses: Test scores definitely, GPA and lack of APs
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: idk
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: CUNYs, Stony brook, UB, RIT, Penn state, Rutgers, Syracuse Honors

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D was accepted into Design, Innovation, Society major (and stated intent to dual major in MechE).

No aid listed on portal but we see this is common from prior years so others like us shouldn’t be too concerned.

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Can anyone else confirm that there is in fact an institutional grant that will be added to the scholarship merit award that was given to us forthcoming? If so, can you please cite a source?

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@polarbearpaw123 - Congrats on the awesome award. Do you mind sharing your stats and also whether you were expecting any need-based aid or if that is all merit? Thanks!

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How do you check financial aid / awards?

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Accepted with a 40K scholarship :slight_smile:

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@biblee apparently some candidates have a link at the bottom of their acceptance letter directing them to their financial aid award. Others don’t (yet). This caused confusion the last 2 years and many got financial aid award later…

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@momoffive thanks for response, I haven’t taken physics as well so this might be the case

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Accepted into Mechanical Engineering!
95.26 GPA and 1260 SAT
I am ranked 34/435

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@fatherofsam - here are my stats. I am also involved in a ton of extracurriculars, and I have volunteered for 3+ hours/week for the last ~5 years. The majority of my scholarship is from the Rensselaer Leadership Award.

SAT I (M/CR/W/Essay): 770/680/750/11
SAT I superscore (M/CR/W/Essay): 770/680/770/11
SAT II: Math 2 - 800, Physics - 750
Unweighted GPA: 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.632
Rank: 1/284
AP: Calc AB (5), Stats (5), Lang (5), APUSH (5), Physics C Mech (5), Physics C Electromagnetism (5)
Senior Year Course Load: PHY 105 Advanced Mechanics (High School Program at Princeton University), Independent Study in the Arts, AP Chem, AP Literature, AP Calc BC
AP Scholar, National Merit Finalist, NJ Governor’s Scholar

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Accepted ChemE with a 20.5k leadership scholarship
I had a 4.05/4.5 GPA and a 30 ACT (32 superscored)

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@polarbearpaw123 - I can only say “Wow!!”. Thanks for providing!

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Decision: Waitlisted

Applied Major: Information Technology and Web Science

Objective:[/b
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SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 1120 (590 Math and 530E)
SAT I super score (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 1160 (590 Math and 570 English)
ACT (breakdown): Didn’t take it
ACT super score (breakdown):
SAT II (subject, score): Took them, but didn’t send
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): No idea
Weighted GPA: 3.85
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parentheses):
IB (place score in parentheses):
Senior Year Course Load: Calculus 2, AP Computer Science A, AP Computer Science Principles, Calculus 1, English 12 Honors, Global Relations Honors, and Orchestra (whole year, every other day)
Number of other EA applicants in your school: Around 5?
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.):
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.):

[ b]Subjective:**

Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description):
JV Softball Captain - Junior Year
Varisty Softball Player - Senior Year
JV Softball Team - Freshman-Junior Year
Key Club General Member - Sophomore and Junior Year
NHS General Member- Senior Year
Homeroom Representative - Junior Year
Health and Wellness Club General Member - Junior Year
Student Council General Member - Sophomore and Junior Year
String Ensemble - freshman, junior, and senior year
Cello Soloist - Freshman year
Orchestra all 4 years

Job/Work Experience: Babysit and worked as a produce associate
Volunteer/Community Service: NHS senior year, iRun4Life 3k sweeper my junior and senior year, Key Club during sophomore year and junior year
Summer Experience: Worked during the summer going into my senior year

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):

Essays: Bounced back from a solo in freshman year, and did well in adjudication, String Ensemble got superior (9.5 / 10)

Teacher Recommendation #1: Acc. Pre-Calculus, knows me well and knows I worked hard in her class 9.5/10
Teacher Recommendation #2: English 11 Honors 9.0/10
Counselor Rec: 9/10, counselor knows me pretty well

Additional Info/Rec:
Interview:
Art Supplement:

[ b]Reflection**

Strengths: Essay, recs, and extra-curriculars
Weaknesses: SAT and GPA
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: SAT Score and GPA
What would you have done differently?: Done better in my freshman year
Where else did you apply? Bentley, UPitt, Umass Amherst, Penn State, Maryland, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Florida Tech, George Mason, Northeastern, Virginia Tech

[ b]Other Factors: **

[ b]General Comments & Advice:**
Wish I was Top 10% so I could even apply for the RPI Presidential Scholarship

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D accepted w/ $21.5K/year Rensselaer Leadership Award.
Applied to Design, Innovation & Society major (would hope to double in CogSci or CompSci)
SAT 1480 (23 essay)
UW GPA 3.97, Weighted… depends what counts, but probably 4.3-something?
AP’s: Euro (4), Lang (5), APUSH (4), Bio (4), CalcBC (5)
Senior Year: AP Lit, AP Gov/Econ, AP CompSci A, AP Physics 1, plus classical & jazz choirs
College classes in French, Painting & Architectural Modeling
Lots of performing arts & athletic EC’s, but not a recruited athlete

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Accepted!!!
Computer Science
ACT: 32 GPA 4.5
30k Scholarship!!!

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Candidate’s Choice is BS. My son applied through that and there isn’t any difference between that and the regular application. It’s a marketing tool. My son was wait listed for Engineering with 1400 SAT and 3.8 unweighted/4.6 weighted. So nice to be dangled.

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This was the last S was waiting on. S was offered waitlist but probably won’t take it, at this point. 3.9GPA, 31 ACT (32 superscore), heavy EC and volunteer, strong rec and essays; Computer Science major

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Accepted

Rennselaer Medalist
White female physics major
I go to a small private school with not much going on

4.2/5.0 GPA
Taken the hardest course-load every year.
SAT: 760 math, 740 reading/writing
Physics SAT II: 740
Math level II: 730 (retaking in a week)

EC’s:
President of Sci. Tech. Club senior year
Robotics Club junior year
Art club 9-10 grade
Black belt in karate, been doing it for 7 yrs
Also volunteer at my dojo to assist instructing kids
NHS
Volunteer weekly to tutor kids in math/science
I was a paid engineering intern this past summer

Super passionate about art and music.
Submitted an art portfolio.
Also submitted a maker portfolio of a drone project I did.

Awards:
Won 3 awards in my state science fair (grade 11)
3-year high honor roll award (grade 11)
ACSI regional art show first place (grades 9&10)

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^Edit: whoops, I copied and pasted this from a chance me thread for another school. I did not submit an art portfolio to RPI nor did I submit either of my subject tests

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Accepted to CSE

SAT - 1420
TOEFL - 111

SAT SUBJECT
MATH2 - 800
PHYSICS 780
CHEMISTRY - 760

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