Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Students who would return Would not - 5/6  Would Return Ratio
This is about 16% lower than the average for all schools.
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Average Yrs. Completed: 1.5
Mechanical Engineering Rating
8.7, A- | |
5.0, C+ | |
8.3, A- | |
7.7, B+ | |
7.3, B | |
6.1, B- | |
6.9, B |
5.2, C+ | |
7.8, B+ | |
7.6, B+ |
7.5, B+ | |
6.5, B- | |
3.8, C- | |
6.1, B- | |
6.4, B- |
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Education Quality Vs. Competing Schools
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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Average of All Schools
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Average of schools in class
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Cornell University
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Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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Rochester Institute of Technology
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Harvard University
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Princeton University
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New York University
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Student Expectations
| Expected coursework difficulty: | 4.0 High | ||
| Actual difficulty: | 4.2 High | ||
English Speaking
| Percent of teaching staff that does not speak satisfactory English | 20-30% | ||
Student Personalities
Faculty Personalities
Mechanical Engineering:
| “I love it here. The work is challenging as hell, but my kick-ass Friday and Saturday nights make up for the long weeks. Most of the negative reviews... |
| “RPI will give you a solid education in many technical fields, and has great job placement. However, I found that the education there was one-sided, a... |
| “RPI is a good research school and has a lot of well known professors. There is much attention paid to learning facts and theories which are taught ... |
| “RPI is a great school that is home to a unique and brilliant bunch. There is a variety of students that likes to do different things. The faculty is s... |
| “A great place to surround yourself with knowledge and improve yourself in many ways. Don't go here to be entertained. You will get a ton of work, bu... |
| “RPI helped give me an outstanding academic education in addition to a lot of practical hands-on engineering skill. My biggest recommendation to HS st... |
| “I am a pretty regular kind of guy in my opinion, i don't like to play video games all the time i would like to be a bit more active. Unless you are mo... |
| “RPI is a good school. I read a lot of negative reviews and was apprehensive but after coming here, i realize that if you make an effort to be social, ... |
| “The only thing bad about RPI can be seen in the Princeton Review. The professors are not ranked very high because of their focus on their own research... |
| “there are no females |
| “I went here for my undergrad. I did not have such a fun time at all. Sure there are tons of clubs and such to do on campus, but that doesn't change ... |
| “Nothing is black or white. There are good things about RPI. I've learned to be responsible w/ money(you got to be smart w/ ur money since the school... |
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