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Mechanical Engineering
Apr 27 2006
I got in, with cruddy SAT scores and mediocore math grades. But I did mention I scored in the like 96% percentile on the grammar section [ hard to beleive eh?] Anyhoo. I wrote a very honest please accept me letter. It talked about things I had done in the past that involved my major [robotics club, braking stuff to see what makes it tick, buildings various, well call them , ballistics] anyways. My essay showed I had a drive and passion to learn my major. I think ultimately that passion is what got me in. Definitely not my grades !
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Biology
Apr 11 2006
RIT will accept just about anyone. If you're black, asian, indian, or jewish, then you are guaranteed acceptance, regardless of your educational background.
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Biology
Mar 26 2006
RIT will accept anyone, regardless of what you may think.
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Computer Science
Mar 08 2006
While RIT does not accept every single applicant, it does have a very high admissions rate. RIT's admissions policy can be summed up as: let (almost) everyone in, and let them filter themselves out when they get here. RIT accepts a good deal of people who cannot handle the amount and difficulty of the work here. You hear a lot about the low retention rate here, but I can tell you from my own experience that it is mostly from academic problems and not dislike of the school. So even though you stand a good chance of being accepted, make sure you SHOULD be accepted before you bother coming here.

With that said, I personally did not have an outstanding high school record, and I was accepted into the Computer Science program. So I can tell you where I stood out and those aspects are probably the ones that will help you get in here. I had a low GPA but high SAT scores. I did poorly in social studies and english classes but well in science, math, and computer science classes.

Although I am not privy to the RIT admission policy, I would say SATs are probably the #1 factor used for admissions here. Every year the school brags about how this year's incoming freshman have the highest median SAT score of any year. That should tell you something.
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