Accepted!
Female for CompSci
1510 SAT
4.52 GPA
OOS
$29k scholarship
Daughter accepted!
97.0807 Weighted GPA
30 ACT
$25,500 Rensselaer Leadership Scholarship
Chemical Engineering
What is the “Student Reported Scholarship?” It says our daughter got $10K for that but she never reported any such scholarship. Weird!
Congrats to all!
That’s wonderful. What was her GPA and ACT score? Thank you.
When do they notify you if you’ve been taken off the waitlist and accepted, or haven’t? Or at least, what is the last possible they will notify. Is it before May 1st?
@Sam4818 Scroll down past the admissions letter, there are 2 links at the bottom with aid info 
Congrats to your D!
Son accepted in mechanical engineering. $32K in merit scholarships. So proud of him! But he will need to weigh his return on investment. We live in NJ and he received a merit scholarship to NJIT which would bring his cost per year down to $20K per year vs. $36K for RPI.
GPA Weighted 4.1
SAT 1460
ACT 32
Admitted to School of Engineering as Engineering - Undeclared major.
Out-of-state
WGPA: 4.79 out of 5
UWGPA: 4.0
Does not rank
Took/Taking 9 AP classes, doing Dual Enrollment for Multivariable Calculus (Fall) and Differential Equations (Spring)
SAT: 1490
Honors: NMHS, NTHS, NSHS, NEHS, NHS, Top 10 Finalist of M.C. Council’s Councilmember of the Day, Superintendent’s STEM Breakfast, AP + PLTW Achievement in Engineering
Extracurricular Activities/Experience: President of Interact Club (Rotary-sponsored), Co-VP of Anime and Manga Club, Co-Leader of Women in Engineering, Manager and dancer of Last Minute Crew, Exploring Engineering (WIE program) @ University of Maryland, College Park, Counselor-In-Training (CIT) at Gaithersburg Summer Camps
Essays:
1.) Discussing my extracurricular activity of being the manager and a proud dancer of Last Minute Crew, a studio and K-pop dance cover group
2.) My interest in the opportunities and facilities like the Manufacturing Innovation Learning Laboratory or the Design Lab. My interest in the various Asian clubs available and support for women in engineering.
@gymnast9261 Thank you. I don’t see any links on the bottom of the admission letter. Does this mean we didn’t get any and have to pay full price? RPI is pretty expensive. Also the acceptance letter does not mention the major but the applicant portal says Major : Architecture.
Congratulations to all admitted and wait-listed. If you have questions ask RPI and do not accept generic answers. I always prefer e-mail so there is a written record and one does not play phone tag. Sometimes questions require some thought to answer correctly. The phone does not lend itself to this.
Read the poly poly.rpi.edu This is the student newspaper. If I got the link wrong google rensselaer polytechnic newspaper. You can also check the poly archives to see what has happened based on a student’s perspective.
Ask for copies of the presentations etc made during the accepted student days. This will help you take notes and not miscopy key information.
Consider just visiting during GM week the week of Student Government Elections to see what is going on. Introduce yourself to students and ask if they can answer a few questions.
Determine if it feels write compared to other schools.
That’s how I made my final decision many years ago (I will not answer how many except to say it was more than 20). I never regretted it.
All the best.
Accepted into Architecture w/ 29k/year scholarship
W GPA: 3.4
SAT: 1460
Detailed, large portfolio
Son accepted Aero Engineering. 33 ACT, 3.4 W GPA. Scholarship offered at $18,000 per year. He has committed to Purdue so the question I am about to ask is just curiosity. Does RPI consider financial need as a component of merit money? We will get no financial aid (not a complaint) but other schools offered much more merit money than RPI, so I am just curious as to why RP offer was relatively lower than others from same reputation schools.
Sorry, I meant 4.3 GPA
Decision: Accepted
Major: Mechanical Engineering
ACT: 35
GPA: 3.6 u/w
Rank: school does not rank
State Residency: OOS
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Merit Award: $19k/year
Yeah, son got accepted to CS!
Son got accepted as well no merit is showing any advice on where to look in case we are missing something .
Now it’s down to do we ask for additional financial aid or not? He did get a nice merit scholarship but due the sticker price I was hoping for more.
Daughter got accepted to electrical engineering. $36,600 in merit award. SAT 1540 GPA above 4.0 but not sure how much.
Congrats to all accepted!!!
Accepted into Mechanical Engineering with 23k scholarship
SAT: 1510
UW GPA 3.76
Rank: 8%
It looks like the total cost of attendance is 73K, then 76k year 2, and 78k year3 and 80K year 4 per New York State Shopping Sheet at the bottom of admission page.
Is the scholarship yearly for 4 year?
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@mom05 Click on view update and it will bring up a page of admission. at the bottom under “The following letters are available for this account:”, it shows of decision letter link, financial aid award link, etc.
Thank you gre8texp .