<p>lucky2010: The “little song” was the RPI fight song.</p>
<p>hammer123: If you applied for the BS/MD program the decision is made jointly by RPI and AMC (or at least it was in the good old days). They will probably send the decision in a joint mailing.</p>
<p>I was accepted, and I’m actually very surprised based on the stats I’ve read in here… </p>
<p>Not sure if I’ll end up going because I’m still waiting to hear for 6 other schools. This acceptance makes me feel a little bit better about my chances though.</p>
<p>Thanks mdbdad and dadinator.</p>
<p>I sent an email to the admissions office. If I don’t get a response in a few days I’ll give them a call.</p>
<p>I’ll post my findings.</p>
<p>Randwulf, since CS is in the school of science (which doesn’t require additional applications to transfer into from another department), you’d be set even if they put you down as a humanities major. Nevertheless, I highly doubt they put you in the wrong program.</p>
<p>Congrats :)</p>
<p>I just looked at my aid again and I didn’t realize that I received a $15k Rensselaer Grant in addition to my $5k Rensselaer Leadership Award. Is the grant merit-based or need-based?</p>
<p>that’s what it said for me too, i applied for the columbia law program. because theyre waiting on the other school, they’re just going to tell us the whole deal when the other school notifies them as well</p>
<p>Accepted!</p>
<p>SAT:
CR - 560
Math - 800
Writing - 650</p>
<p>SAT2:
Math1 - 800
Math2 - 800
Physics - 800</p>
<p>UW GPA: 3.93
8 AP classes</p>
<p>Intended major: Mechanical Engineering
A. & L. Scribner Scholarship: $5000</p>
<p>Accepted!
SAT
CR:600
Math: 690
Writing 680
GPA: 3.5
EC: captian of science Olympiad, president of cultural club, biology club member
All AP sciences my school offers</p>
<p>Intended major: bioinformatics
Leadership Scholarship: $5,000
Rensselaer Grant: $4,000</p>
<p>GPA - 4.0
SAT: 2220</p>
<p>Quite a few college courses:
Basic Algebra , Intermediate Algebra and Trigonometry, Precalculus, Analytical Geometry/Calc I ,
Analytical Geometry/Calc II, Differential Equations,
Photography I, Photography II, Computer Graphics I ,
Computer Graphics II , Computer Graphics III ,
20th Century Art , Composition I , General Psychology,
Guitar I , ASL (American Sign Language) I , ASL II, Drawing, Sociology. </p>
<p>Certified yoga instructor
ECs: Co-founder, American Sign Language club, ballroom dance group, freelance graphic designer, Black and white photography, own and operate my own handmade jewelry business, started and led online book sale program for local library.</p>
<p>Worked the last two summers as a camp counselor and a yoga teacher.</p>
<p>Homeschooled</p>
<p>$5,000($10,000) Leadership Scholarship, and $7,000($14,000) Rensselaer Grant</p>
<p>I’m really excited about RPI, I’m planning on majoring in Architecture, and I’ve finally figured out how to spell “Rensselaer” correctly all the time :p</p>
<p>ACCEPTED</p>
<p>sat-1840
gpa-4.00</p>
<p>Oh darn, forgot the stats.</p>
<p>Wait, why do ya’ll do this?</p>
<p>ACT: 27
SAT: 1980, reading-700, math-710, writing-570 (which sucked, annoyed me)
I take IB classes, theater (VP, stage manager), NHS officer, Engineering Club pres, Interact Club officer, and other clubs, Model U.N.
Have some honors, can’t really think of all but some UIL awards and ventures scholar.
GPA, ~ 93/100 (3.5ish on 4.0 scale), Ranked 30/303 (top 10% barely)
Can’t remember my subject test scores, somewhere in the high 600s
Visited during the STAR weekend
I’m a girl, hear that helps
I got a good amount of money, short about a few grand. It’s all met but some of it’s in loans, trying to avoid that.</p>
<p>has anyone gotten mail from them yet?</p>
<p>I got my acceptance packet today…big white envelope. They mailed them yesterday (March 18)…I live in Troy, so that’s why I got mine today. Hope you get yours soon!</p>
<p>Accepted!</p>
<p>SAT: cr:600, m:670 w:640
GPA: 3.91 W, 3.85UW
Rank: Top 5%
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: female
Major: Engineering und.</p>
<p>some EC’s, good recommendation letters, and an internship the summer before that was engineering.</p>
<p>I was waitlisted Class of 2012 and figured I would just let it go. Then in mid April I was finalizing my stuff to go to another college and I figured I’d call RPI and ask them how the waitlist was doing. Four hours later I got a phone call and an email telling me my financial aid package. In other words, if you are waitlisted and really want to go to RPI, CALL!
Also, to those of you who have been accepted, you should check out the Rusty Pipes at the Accepted Students Day, they will be singing at lunch</p>
<p>Waitlisted</p>
<p>SAT: cr: 700, m: 740 w: 640
SAT Subject tests: Math I: 720, Math II: 800, BioM: 750, Chem: 700, US Hist: 800
ACT: 33 composite, E:30, M:35, R: 36, S: 31
AP US-5
Class Rank 14/443</p>
<p>I’ll put up other stats later, but I was a little disappointed…oh well</p>
<p>Accepted!
Engineering Major</p>
<p>GPA: 3.80 UW
Rank: Doesn’t rank
SAT I: 620 CR, 710 M, 520W
SAT II: 640 Math II, 580 Chem
ACT: 27
AP: Doesn’t offer
Senior Year Course load: Spanish II, Mock Trial, Senior Language Arts, (The following are at a community college) Calculus II, III, & IV, General Physics I,II,II, Problem Solving Physics w/ Matlab
Hooks: African-American male from Ohio. Earned 48 college credits at the time of submitting the application (67 now). President of an engineering club. Attorney on state qualifying mock trial team. Won a local speech contest. Interned at an Air Force research laboratory for 2 summers. </p>
<p>$10,000 Leadership Award
$13,000 Grant</p>
<p>Accepted!
BME</p>
<p>3.6UW/3.9W
SAT1 1580/1600; 2290/2400
SAT2 800 Math2; 780 BIOE
ACT 33
AP Tests WHist (5), Bio (5), USHist (4), Eng Lang (4), Stats (4)
ECs Mediocre
Hooks None</p>
<p>$10,000 Leadership Award</p>
<p>Much better merit awards from 2 other good schools.
Not going to RPI.</p>
<p>I’m copying and pasting from my acceptance post to NYU, which had a pre-made format so chill out if it looks super detailed compared to the rest.</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!</p>
<p>Date applied:1/1/2010
Date decision postmarked/received: 3/23/10
Accepted to which major at RPI: Biology</p>
<p>Stats
*SAT I (breakdown): 800 M, 730 CR, 740 W = 2270
*ACT: 31
*SAT II (if submitted): 690 Math IIC, 770 Bio-M, 730 Physics
*Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.64 / 4.00 overall (3.79 1st semester senior year)
*Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): My HS does not rank or give percentages
*AP: Biology-5, U.S.-5, Euro-5
*Senior Year Course Load: Advanced Band, AP Physics B, AP Calculus AB, Later British Literature, AP Japanese, Government
*Awards/honors: Japanese Honor Society Inductee, AP Scholar
*Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Advanced Band (1st chair tenor sax), School Newspaper (op-ed writer), Community youth group (co-founder/officer), Summer camp counselor (treasurer), ABRSM grade 4 piano music & theory exam passing grade with distinction
*Job/Work Experience: N/A
*Volunteer/Community service: 200+ hours volunteering at a geriatrics center (assisted many kinds of therapists, led a survey and talked with patients )</p>
<p>Subjective:
*Essays: quoting my English teacher -> “your essay displays a strong drive to accomplish your goals and shows off your strengths without sounding obnoxious”
*Teacher Recommendation: I got amazing recommendations from my junior English teacher (had him for 1 term) and my molecular biology/AP biology teacher (had him for 2 whole years)
*Counselor Rec: Average? (my counselor had a baby midway through the process and I’ve been shuffled from counselor to counselor to write my counselor rec so I don’t think it’s too insightful)</p>
<p>Person:
*Applied for Financial Aid?: yes.
*Intended Major: Biology
*State (if domestic applicant): New York
*School Type: competitive public (3,000+ kids)
*famous school? : yup, I go to Stuyvesant H.S.
*Ethnicity: South Asian
*Gender: XY chromosome
*Income Bracket: ~ $170,000 - $180,000</p>
<p>Other Factors, hook?: None</p>
<p>General Comments, scholarship decisions, are you going to RPI? If so, why? If not, why not?: Depends on Financial aid/scholarships I receive (I applied to a special program and only got an e-mail, so my packet with aid has yet to come)</p>
<p>Accepted - Chemical Engineering
10K Leadership Award</p>
<p>White/Male/Massachusetts</p>
<p>Intended Major: Chemical Engineering</p>
<p>GPA
4.61 / 5.3 (about a 3.7 on a 4.0 scale)
28 / 365 in my class (top 8%)</p>
<p>Scores
SAT I
CR: 650
M: 770
W: 660</p>
<p>SAT II
Math 2: 730
Chem: 800
US History: 740</p>
<p>AP Tests
Chemistry: 5
US History: 5</p>
<p>Senior year classes: AP English, AP Biology, AP Spanish, AP Statistics, AP BC Calculus, AP Physics</p>
<p>Extracurriculars
Tri Varsity Athlete Junior Year: Soccer, Hockey, Baseball
Soccer League All Star Award Senior Year
Scholar Athlete Award (x3 seasons)
Treasurer of National Honor Society
Spanish Exchange Program (hosted a Spaniard two weeks, go to Spain for three weeks)</p>