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Originally Posted by red-beard
RPI is a very very nice Campus in a terrible city. I started at Texas A&M, had a little too much fun and ended up at Union College (RPI's hockey rival) in Schenectady.
I went to RPI for 1 semester, 30+ years ago. The upside is it is a small beautiful campus. It is easy to get around. But it is a very cut throat place with everyone being a top student before going.
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I nearly ended up going to GMI (now kettering) and when, on a student tour, some southerners asked about the "habitrails" above the roads. "Oh, this is Michigan. It's cold here". The guide's response was "no, it's Flint"
It seems that the more glamorous fields get the cut-throat mentality. I know that my wife with a ChE at Colorado Mines experienced that. Brutal and it seemed like they all were angling for that "fat" job in a consulting firm. It turns out that a comfortable grad degree is far less stressful and likely more profitable.