<p>Last year, 2,393 students were offered a spot on the waiting list.
811 accepted a spot on the list.
45 of those students were admitted.</p>
<p>All of that is according to the common data set for last year.</p>
<p>Accepted!!!
640 V, 630 M yeah, not so great i know. but apparently my gpa, classes, and extracurriculars and class rank made up for it. ahh, the perks of going to a high school full of idiots, makes it so much easier to be in the top 4 (out of +500!)</p>
<p>i loved the corny band music! i had iTunes on really loud on my speakers and it freaked me out when it started playing! i think i jumped about 3 feet! </p>
<p>probably not going to go though because they didnt give me enough money. great.</p>
<p>Wow, that 2,393 students placed on the wait list last year is huge! Doesn't sound too promising :(</p>
<p>waitlisted...i wonder if it means i won't get into any ivies i applied to?
but congrats to others !!!!</p>
<p>My son got in with 680 reading, 720 math; SATll's: math1 700; bio 700. Weighted GPA: 4.50. Rank top 7% in a very competitive hs. Offered $15,000 merit. Seems like that is the norm given. Major is Physics. Not sure if we will accept, still waiting on others. But have a full scholarship at University of Miami, and University of Florida too...</p>
<p>are they still in the process of putting up acceptances online?</p>
<p>my son was wait listed as well. and I'm pretty aggravated about it. He was constantly being emailed by RPI...We are waiting for your application. You've impressed us...etc...etc...etc.
And then waitlist?
Oh well..he wasn't sure about going to a primarily science university anyway</p>
<p>Mom El my son was absolutely bombarded with the same hype. RPI wasn't really on his list, but then he added it since they showed him so much interest. Then they waitlisted him. He's not upset though since he's in to his #1 choices closer to home...</p>
<p>RPI does that to try to get more students interested in their school I think. I don't think they look at the stats very closely when they decide who to send it to. More applications are more applications, and they're trying to become more selective to gain better students.</p>
<p>It sounds like they're using a waitlist to weed out overqualified applicants and increase their yield. It would be rare (pardon me for saying this) for a kid with a 4.0 GPA and 2400 SATs to want to go to Rensselaer. Most kids with those kind of stats would want to go to HYP + Columbia + MIT. These kids will likely be accepted by better schools and choose to attend them, so Rensselaer figures "Why admit them?" In doing so, Rensselaer increases its perceived prestige.</p>
<p>I can definitely see a trend here: kids with lower stats (myself included) are being admitted, while kids with near-perfect 3.7+ GPAs are being waitlisted. If you are waitlisted at Rensselaer and want to go, accept your position. With a good GPA, you have a great shot of getting accepted. </p>
<p>That's my take on it anyway.</p>
<p>mikesown, that's definitely a valid argument. RPI is such an expensive school; someone who has the stats to get into Cornell (or something) while paying around the same cost of attendance will probably not choose RPI. Not comparing the programs at the two schools, but I'm sure many people would favor Cornell over RPI (myself included, for various reasons).</p>
<p>Mine says, </p>
<p>"Due to the special nature of this program, admissions decisions will be released via postal mail only. Thank you for your patience."</p>
<p>I applied to the combined med program, but I got a letter months ago saying I wasn't accepted into the program. I received a letter of admissions already in the mail, but I want to check my scholarship/finaid status and it won't let me. Has this happened to anyone else?!</p>
<p>i do not believe that i would be overqualified for rpi or anything, but i resent the fact that people are claiming that waitlist means overqualified, i do not believe it is fair for the people that got in. </p>
<p>Granted my sats are low, a 2140, but i have an 800 on the chem satII, perfect unbweighted gpa, first in class, 4s and 5s on ap, and leadership in my ECs. So i dont think it is fair to degrade the people that did get in, it could be the popularity of the major, i guess its up to the admissions officer.</p>
<p>Easonh89, thank you im not the only one in the same situation, I got the same evil message,.... I guess we will find out next week.</p>
<p>I applaud you grauation08 and congratulate you on your acceptance. This is one of the schools my dtr was accepted to and regardless of what anyone says she should be elated. I'm not saying if her scores were above or below those waitlisted, or that RPI is a definite, she still has to hear from a few more schools. I do understand though where some of those waitlisted are coming from, she did apply to one ivy (early decision, obviously her first choice) and fit the requirements of admittance, but guess what, she was rejected, we can try to guess all the reasons why, but we'll never know, nor does it matter anymore. Don't get upset over what others think or say, RPI happens to be an excellent school for engineering, architecture and the sciences. They are one of less than 50 schools that offer an STS program in the US. If it makes anyone feel better, maybe you applied with a major that they already filled their quota, are you male, maybe you just didn't stand up to all they were looking for; and if you really don't care (which makes me wonder why you even applied) because you feel like you are too good and belong at an ivy (as one cc'r mentioned) than you shouldn't be upset, this will be one less decision you have to make. Always remember, things happen for reasons we might never know. Good Luck!</p>
<p>graduation 08...
Your stats were certainly better than my sons. My son has very good SAT's but his grades could have been much better than they are. (Although my son's science grades are very good.)
I would not have been angry or surprised at my son being wait listed at RPI ....IF RPI hadn't sent hundreds of emails recruiting him!
In my opinion, a school should not do that if there is a real question about whether they will admit the student.</p>
<p>I also think that the argument that the school wait listed overqualified students is Baloney. I think some wait listed students are trying to deal with bruised egos.
If the school got too many applications and wait listed some applicants who had arguably better stats than some of the students that the school actually admitted ...then there were other factors involved...
Perhaps the students applied to different programs...perhaps tone student applied prior to another student.</p>
<p>There is a definite pattern to the selection. A 1780 being admitted. a TOEFL score of 96 with no SATs being admitted, and then asking the applicants about their other applications- definitely indicative of 'there is more to it than meets the eye' feeling. As for me, I am definitely not into 'sour grapes complex'.</p>
<p>About the waitlisting of qualified applicants.</p>
<p>RPI is looking at more than high gpa's, and I feel they need to. I know my son is only one example of an applicant with a gpa lower than most of you waitlisted that RPI has accepted. From what I can tell, they understood his gpa was low because he really stretched himself in a very rigorous hs setting. Taking five languages for 2-4 levels each (excelling in two, ok in three) showed his interest, commitment and willingness to hang in there. He struggled with all his humanities as well as bio and chem getting only B's, but always enrolled in the tough classes. His math and physics were strong with a steady upward trend ending with A's in APcalc, APphysics and comp programing. Ended up with a 3.3 gpa, and a 2060 sat. He has many 4.0 / 2200+ classmates who followed a more traditional, but narrower schedule and had teachers and counselors advise him that his chosen path was dangerous compared to their's if he wanted to attend top engineering schools. Well, one of the 4.0 kids at his school was waitlisted at RPI, and another at Syracuse and WPI.
Conversations jr year with RPI lead him to believe that if he could demonstrate his ability to deal with tough math and science, then his getting lesser grades in other coursework, >provided he had made deep commitments to them, would actually give him a boost. They said his B- overall average in Latin I thru IV was stronger than if he only had Latin I with an A+. Likewise he only earned a B in the required history but also took two other histories as electives. The point being they are looking for depth and breath to back up strong math and science.
Now please, don't get me wrong. Getting a high gpa is probably still the strongest indication of your ability to handle college coursework, yet there are other indications that you can be successful. I believe my son is a case in point.</p>
<p>That said, he also been accepted to other great schools (so RPI is not alone in the thinking) and has chosen not to accept at RPI which frees up one slot in Arch and 100k (20 x 5 yrs) in merit aid for one of you waitlisted...</p>
<p>Good luck to all of you.</p>
<p>Accepted. LOL, I didn't even realize it until I was browsing the UCSD forum.</p>
<p>xD;</p>
<p>How do I check my financial aid status, BTW?</p>
<p>IMO, students from regions in the US outside of Northeastern US, females, and students wishing to major in an area that is typically lower in enrollment (ie: Not electrical/computer eng) would probably be factors for one student being admitted over another being waitlisted. This just happens.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, my s is not one of those :(</p>