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By Gender Male D+ Female C-   By Major Aerospace Engineering D+ Architecture C- Biology D Business - Management and Administration C+ Chemical Engineering C- Chemistry C Civil Engineering C Computer Engineering C- Computer Science C- Design Arts - Industrial Design/Graphic Design/etc F Economics B Electrical Engineering D+ Engineering Department D+ Industrial Operations Engineering C- Math D Mechanical Engineering C- Nuclear Engineering C- Other D Physics D- PreMed and Medical F Psychology B Undecided D-

Against similar schools Surrounding City compared with similar schools in class. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute  D+ Average of All Schools  C+ Average of schools in class  B- Rochester Institute of Technology  C+ Massachusetts Institute of Technology  A- Cornell University  B- Worcester Polytechnic Institute  C Harvard University  B- Carnegie Mellon University  B- California Institute of Technology  B- F A+

Quotes touching on Surrounding City

“... its true that Troy isn't a great city, but downtown albany is only about 15 miles away and there are plenty of cultural things to do, along with...” [Read full comment]

 

“... Oh yes, another complaint is that the surrounding city really is a slummy place ...” [Read full comment]

 

“... The city sucks, and I was very unhappy because it can be hard to make friends and there aren't many social activities ...” [Read full comment]

 

“... Considering the severe negative of the weather, the city of Troy, the cost, and the lack of social development (i ...” [Read full comment]

 

“... The city sucks, but I don't ever go there anyway ...” [Read full comment]

 

“... One of the worst factors is the city of Troy ...” [Read full comment]

 

“... There are a few restaurants near by you can eat at that are really good, but that's about as useful as the city gets ...” [Read full comment]

 

“... The social life is sometimes lacking but joining a frat helps and the city of Albany and a few other colleges aren't far away ...” [Read full comment]

 

“... However, recently the city has been cleaning up and lots of cool businesses are moving in downtown ...” [Read full comment]

 

“... There is no social life whatsoever and Troy is an unsafe city ...” [Read full comment]

   

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