<p>just got admitted. I know that graduates from there have high salaries. But people seem to hate that school.. What do you think of it?</p>
<p>From a distance RPI has a great reputation. Can’t say much more about it myself though.</p>
<p>I graduated from there. World class engineering school. Yes it was tough but my career has gone very well and all that hard work was well worth it.</p>
<p>Excellent reputation in the east, and I believe well-regarded by professionals nationally. Strong undergraduate focus. Excellent facilities. Academically rigorous. We visited last spring and listened with admiration mixed with a bit of trepidation when a Dean told the assembled crowd of parents and prospective applicants “…we don’t mess around here.”</p>
<p>Now of course, the student tour guides and other kids associated with the Admissions Office have an institutional bias, but the students we met seemed quite content. Female engineering students seem especially supported at RPI.</p>
<p>RPI isn’t a name well-known outside engineering, but those who recognize it are impressed when I say I’m a student there. I’m in my second semester as a non-traditional transfer student, and already have multiple paid internship offers for the summer. </p>
<p>I’ve been very happy with the quality of the academics here. We really don’t mess around - the assignments are hard, grading is not lenient, and there is no such thing as a light workload. The above is true for any engineering school, but I’ve found that RPI stands out for having a great support system and cooperative environment. What another poster said about supporting women here is true. Women are definitely a minority (I believe the ratio is still at about 3:1), but mentoring programs, scholarships, and entire administrative divisions are set up to support the female population. </p>
<p>The only drawback, I think, is the dearth of humanities and social science options. I wouldn’t come here to major in anything but science and engineering. The truth is, though, that engineering and science majors don’t have time in their curriculum to take a lot of H&SS classes, so I don’t see that as a major issue.</p>
<p>My son was accepted into their architecture program. Anyone have any info? He also applied to Cornell, CMU, and Syracuse.</p>
<p>its a really great school, how much fun you have there is what you make of it.</p>