<p>Hey,</p>
<p>So on my RPI essay about how I became interested, I said that a reason was the proximity of NYC...then I realized its not very close to RPI...am I screwed? It was only in one sentence of my essay....</p>
<p>Well depending on how far you currently live from the city maybe not, but seeing the whole essay or just the sentence before and after is the only way to know. RPI does consider itself to be a reasonable distance from both New York and Boston(3hrs) by Amtrak but if you are like me and actually live in the city its a dumb mistake.</p>
<p>-Simon</p>
<p>Oh man that would drive me nuts if I did that.</p>
<p>...and it IS something I would do.</p>
<p>well im from Boston...whatever can't change it now...but ya its been bugging me every single day haha</p>
<p>You'll live. If anything you can hope they just skim over it.</p>
<p>I actually kind of think they might like that you put that in your essay. RPI's admissions seems to really like the idea that RPI is equally close to Montreal, Boston, and New York City-- a "short" 3-hour drive away. They tend to put that under "location" in most of their admissions material rather than talk about Troy, which isn't as bad as you may hear, but isn't really a tourist destination nor college town. It's possible that they may read your essay and think "wow! it really worked!" and like you even more.</p>
<p>That's actually a really good point.</p>
<p>I agree with NBinks. You will hear many RPI administrators & people say it is "close" to NYC. It's all relative. Kids sometimes will take the train down to NYC for a look/see weekend. You have not erred. If you're from California, RPI is "real close" to NYC.</p>