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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Located in Troy, NY; RPI is the pre-eminent engineering school in the United States.  Established in 1824 for the application of science to the common purposes of life, RPI is the oldest technological university in the world.  50% of all 6,000 plus students major in an engineering discipline.  RPI graduates currently hold 1,824 patents.  The brand new Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) boasts a concert hall with the state of the art acoustic finishes on every surface.  The Admission Director was eager to share the news that a recent alumnae created the Guitar Hero III video game and another designed a green packing material grown with mushroom protein featured on the TV show CSI
Many of the 11 concentrations in engineering have their own building, concentrating on research exploration.  Each discipline offers their own Bachelors, Masters, and PhD diplomas, so you need never leave RPI for any advance degrees.  Students work in teams on real life projects sponsored by Bell Labs, Lockheed Marin, IBM, GE, and Boeing.  As competitive as the curriculum is, the retention rate from freshmen to sophomore is a whopping high 92%.  Bear in mind that over 15,000 applicants apply for only 1,200 seats.  As in any engineering school, the gender ratio is heavily weighted towards men, in this case, 3:1.

Students who applied to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, also looked at California Institute of Technology, Harvey Mudd College, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  For more information on Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, visit http://rpi.edu/
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is located at 110 Eighth Street, Troy, NY  12180 (518) 276-6000

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