<p>Just Ask'n</p>
<p>Many reasons…
RPI is a well respected and prestigous school
[Rensselaer</a> Polytechnic Institute | Best College | US News](<a href=“http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rpi-2803]Rensselaer”>http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rpi-2803)
[America’s</a> 25 New Elite ‘Ivies’ - Newsweek and The Daily Beast](<a href=“http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2006/08/20/25-new-ivies.html]America’s”>http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2006/08/20/25-new-ivies.html)
[The</a> 50 Best Colleges in America - Business Insider](<a href=“The 50 Best Colleges in America”>The 50 Best Colleges in America)</p>
<p>One RPI is a great engineering school
[Top</a> Engineering Colleges, Best Engineering Schools](<a href=“http://www.graduateshotline.com/ranks/]Top”>Best Engineering Schools - Top 50 Engineering Colleges in US)
[Wall</a> Street Firms Are Aggressively Hiring From the Nation’s Top Technology Schools – NEW YORK, Aug. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --](<a href=“http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/wall-street-firms-are-aggressively-hiring-from-the-nations-top-technology-schools-167833615.html]Wall”>http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/wall-street-firms-are-aggressively-hiring-from-the-nations-top-technology-schools-167833615.html)
[How</a> to Land a Technology Job on Wall Street: Inside an Elite Wall Street IT Education - Wall Street & Technology](<a href=“http://www.wallstreetandtech.com/career-management/how-to-land-a-technology-job-on-wall-str/240001144]How”>http://www.wallstreetandtech.com/career-management/how-to-land-a-technology-job-on-wall-str/240001144)
[The</a> World’s Best Engineering Schools - Business Insider](<a href=“The World's Best Engineering Schools”>The World's Best Engineering Schools)</p>
<p>RPI is a great science school: (
in US NEWS, RPI is ranked 47 in Computer Science, 56 in Math (17 in Applied Math), and 57 in Physics.
We produce a lot of students to pursue PHDs.
[Top</a> 50 Schools That Produce Science PhDs - CBS News](<a href=“http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505145_162-37242954/top-50-schools-that-produce-science-phds/?tag=mwuser]Top”>http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505145_162-37242954/top-50-schools-that-produce-science-phds/?tag=mwuser)</p>
<p>You will get a job and make bank once you graduate fro RPI
[12</a> Colleges Whose Job Payoff Is Better Than Harvard - ABC News](<a href=“12 Colleges Whose Payoff In Pay Beats Harvard's - ABC News”>12 Colleges Whose Payoff In Pay Beats Harvard's - ABC News)
[College</a> Education Value Rankings - PayScale 2012 College ROI Report](<a href=“http://www.payscale.com/college-education-value]College”>College Education Value Rankings - PayScale 2013 College ROI Report)
[In</a> Pictures: Top Colleges For Getting Rich - Forbes.com](<a href=“In Pictures: Top Colleges For Getting Rich”>In Pictures: Top Colleges For Getting Rich)
<a href=“Students | Career and Professional Development”>Students | Career and Professional Development;
[Top</a> Colleges Ranked by Average Salary of Graduates](<a href=“http://www.collegeatlas.org/colleges-average-salary.html]Top”>Top Colleges Ranked by Average Salary of Graduates)</p>
<p>Our business school is well respected also
[Best</a> Undergraduate Business Schools 2012 - Businessweek](<a href=“Bloomberg - Are you a robot?”>Bloomberg - Are you a robot?)</p>
<p>Our architecture school is amazing also:
[2013</a> United States Best Architecture Schools | ArchDaily](<a href=“2013 United States Best Architecture Schools | ArchDaily”>2013 United States Best Architecture Schools | ArchDaily)
[America’s</a> Top Architecture Schools 2013 | Features | Architectural Record<a href=“control%20f%20to%20find%20Rensselaer”>/url</a></p>
<p>The we are first school to get IBM’s Watson. (Showing the strength of RPI’s cognitive science and computer science program:
[url=<a href=“http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/30/3933716/rpi-first-university-to-receive-ibm-watson-system]Rensselaer”>Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute becomes first university to receive IBM Watson system - The Verge]Rensselaer</a> Polytechnic Institute becomes first university to receive IBM Watson system | The Verge](<a href=“http://archrecord.construction.com/features/Americas_Best_Architecture_Schools/2012/Architecture-Education-Now/Americas-Top-Architecture-Schools-2013-2.asp]America’s”>http://archrecord.construction.com/features/Americas_Best_Architecture_Schools/2012/Architecture-Education-Now/Americas-Top-Architecture-Schools-2013-2.asp)</p>
<p>RPI has a strong greek life program:
In RPI, people think we are all nerds, but that is far from the truth. People here are just mainly mathematically inclined, but we still have fun. We have 17 fraternities and 7 sororities. If you are in to partying and drinking we still have that at RPI.</p>
<p>Well, it is hard to improve on a great response, but I was unable to get to one of the links on salaries, so here are two links to RPI’s website - one showing 2012 salary information and then a full report on 2011:</p>
<p><a href=“Students | Career and Professional Development”>Students | Career and Professional Development;
<p><a href=“Home | Career and Professional Development”>Home | Career and Professional Development;
<p>Hard stats aside, when we visited with our son we all really enjoyed the atmosphere of the school. My son was hesitant to apply to “tech” schools because he really didn’t think he fit the mold. The nice thing about RPI, for us anyway, was that they really try to infuse some liberal arts into what could easily be a pretty cut-n-dried technology focused environment.</p>
<p>If you are a guy who’s considering attending RPI - for all that’s holy, don’t! Unless you don’t mind spending 4 of your most precious years longing for a girlfriend when you look around and realize that only 3 out of 10 students are female.</p>
<p>Trust me - I’m a guy who spent 4 years at RPI. And when I was in 12th grade and knew the male/female ratio at RPI was bad, I said “Ah - who really cares! I’m getting a great education!” BIGGEST mistake of my LIFE!</p>
<p>Please, please, I implore you young men - go to another school! There are many great tech schools which have a healthy male/female ratio! In New York State, there’s Cornell. There are also the great state schools like Michigan, Illinois, Berkeley, UT Austin, and on and on.</p>
<p>This is a warning! Remember this post if you are a guy and choose to attend RPI. Today is February 15, 2013. The website is collegeconfidential.com. I plead with you not to ignore the male/female ratio. It will come back to haunt you. I speak from experience. I attended grad school at a great place with a more even gender ratio, and it saved my social life. But going to RPI was a horrible mistake. Women act differently when they’re heavily outnumbered and have the “pick of the litter”. Men act differently too when the cards are stacked against them.</p>
<p>Parents - please, PLEASE consider the happiness of your young son as well as his intellectual education! I am a parent now and I will NOT let my son make the same mistake I did.</p>
<p>Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you want more information on this.</p>
<p>OneRPIAlum… I am sorry, but just because you are one example of a person who couldn’t find a girlfriend at RPI doesn’t make RPI a miserable place to go to… First off, me and my friends got our girlfriends at RPI, and I personally have never dated at all at high school.( Also, we are freshman bear that in mind.) So it is still possible to get a girlfriend… You just need to make an effort…</p>
<p>CSMath-- Don’t feed the ■■■■■.</p>
<p>If most tech schools are mostly men and you say that you shouldn’t go to those schools, then why would any guy attend? People still go and have a great time. I know it’s harder for guys to find a girl but it’s not impossible.</p>