<p>I have been admitted to RPI, WPI, and Colorado School of Mines. I personally like WPI the best even though it is not the best academically. </p>
<p>My main concern is that I want to go to either Stanford or MIT for graduate school and I am not sure whether WPI will be able to get me there. Looking at where WPI graduates were going last year, I see that none went to MIT. </p>
<p>Would RPI or Mines be better for attaining that goal?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Probably RPI more than Mines but going to WPI will not prevent you from getting into MIT for grad school.</p>
<p>I might add I also got into Rose-Hulman. I was planning on visiting that in the next month or so, but it looks a little dull. Where do Rose-Hulman graduates usually go?</p>
<p>It really depends on the year and the student. This is for those that reported from last years class. [Rose-Hulman</a> Institute of Technology](<a href=“404 | Rose-Hulman”>http://www.rose-hulman.edu/careerservices/stats.htm) grad schools are at the bottom.</p>
<p>How would Rose-Hulman compare to RPI, WPI, and Mines in your eyes?</p>
<p>Honest to god truth? 90% of profs are amazing 10% are ok. Terre Haute has less to do than an uninhabitited desert island. Honestly it is what you make of it academically. Students that are there tend to think they are of a higher caliber than they are. Most students, being from Indiana, seem to think Rose is globaly known and have never had the pleasure of trying to explain to thier friends that it is a real school. The upsides are the Profs who are almost always availiable, no TAs, above average student body (most of who think they are MIT quality), small classes (Big classes no larger than 30 small classes as small as 3), and great connections with industry (Rose has maintained >95% employment 6months post grad even through the recession).
I can’t really comment too much on the others as I have never attended but can give you links to the college board search for each.
[College</a> Search - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - Rensselaer - SAT®, AP®, CLEP®](<a href=“http://collegesearch.collegeboard.com/search/CollegeDetail.jsp?collegeId=3483&profileId=6]College”>College Search - BigFuture | College Board)
[College</a> Search - Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology - SAT®, AP®, CLEP®](<a href=“College Search - BigFuture | College Board”>College Search - BigFuture | College Board)
[College</a> Search - Worcester Polytechnic Institute - WPI - SAT®, AP®, CLEP®](<a href=“College Search - BigFuture | College Board”>College Search - BigFuture | College Board)
[College</a> Search - Colorado School of Mines - Mines - SAT®, AP®, CLEP®](<a href=“College Search - BigFuture | College Board”>College Search - BigFuture | College Board)</p>
<p>I too love WPI but I would really suggest RPI if you are comparing the academics.
As UTPG told, it wouldn’t hurt your chances of getting into MIT even if you go to WPI.</p>
<p>I haven’t been involved in grad school admissions, so I DON’T KNOW, but I’d guess that it’s your work (academic and EC) and your connections that will get you into grad school.</p>
<p>My son didn’t apply to RPI and WPI (because they on Princeton Review’s list of awful teachers and because they’re too big). He was accepted to both Rose Hulman and Mines, and while neither was his favorite, Rose Hulman was way above Mines (which has the huge advantage <em>to him</em> of being close). He preferred RHIT because of the teachers who really care about the students, and because we spoke to a teacher at Mines who said that undergrads aren’t very likely to get research jobs.</p>
<p>RPI is on the list for worst teachers, but Mines and WPI are not. I don’t really think this list is going to change my decision because most of the schools on the list are very prestigious such as Cal Tech.
Also RHIT is on the list for “class discussions rare,” why is this?</p>
<p>Honestly, I am not big on rankings.</p>
<p>RHIT is on that list because most students tend to not be the most socially or politically active. You may notice it is also near the top for Election? What election?. It has little to do with the environment as the profs encourage discussion and questions for the most part.</p>
<p>I am a current student at WPI and I also would love to go to MIT for graduate school (although a long time from now). I applied to both places for college since they are great schools, but WPI is great for academics and has great professors with a small and close community.</p>
<p>It really depends on what you plan to study, what is your major by the way? Some graduate programs require the GRE and GRE subject tests, but some like some engineering disciplines require only the GRE.</p>
<p>If you want to study Math, Physics, Chemistry etc. you will have to take their respective GRE subject tests and MIT expects very high percentiles for those tests for grad school.</p>
<p>WPI is project-based which has pros and cons to it, one of the cons is that you might need to study a little extra for the subject tests but thats mostly it. A pro is that our projects and research looks great on grad school applications.</p>
<p>Hope this helps, I could also use some advice on this topic.</p>