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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 C- Economics B Electrical Engineering C- 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  C- Average of All Schools  B- Average of schools in class  B Cornell University  B Worcester Polytechnic Institute  C Rochester Institute of Technology  B- Harvard University  B+ Massachusetts Institute of Technology  A Princeton University  C+ New York University  A F A+

Quotes touching on Surrounding City

“... 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]

 

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

 

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

 

“... There is no social life, the surrounding city is very dangerous, and you have to walk at least in a group of 3 or risk getting mugged at gun or ...” [Read full comment]

 

“... The thing is that the apartments in Troy are not cheap but the city is shit and at least one of your friends will be mugged during your 4 years...” [Read full comment]

 

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

 

“... Lastly, the city of Troy has nothing much in particular, however there are other attractions nearby to travel to such as boston/new york, plus i...” [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]

 

“... *The city of Troy is crappy and unsafe *All the students are extremely tall ...” [Read full comment]

 

“... However, the proximity of the school to the city of Albany means that many excellent restaurants, bars, and concert venues are only a 20 minute d...” [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]

 

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