<p>Sorry, OP, you’re right, RPI does not promise to meet full need, though it at least sometimes does for more desirable admits.</p>
<p>You might want to explore the EA/ED combination such as EA @MIT and ED @Cornell, if you get into ED school and the school does not give you enough aid, you can back out and apply RD to the rest of schools. But you need to do research carefully regarding financial aid and such at these schools. I don’t know how strong are your ECs, if they are not strong then this obtion maybe more advantageous then apply to MIT and Stanford in RD, both are really reach schools for anyone.</p>