@Spark2018, when I attended in the 80’s, RPI indeed did have a more prestigious reputation than it does currently(though, it’s still pretty highly regarded), in fact I turned down an Ivy to go there. What I’ve gleaned since is that RPI was not the only such technical school to have a reputation for a grim educational program. Those who did it on the level truly did achieve something, yet many of my RPI friends who studied hard and did well at RPI do not harbor especially warm feelings for it. While I’m in tech, I’m not close enough today to the hiring of recent grads to know what the current view of RPI is. However, about 10 years ago my company hired a recent RPI grad, and he was highly thought of by his managers and peers. My former employer, a large, well known networking company, still regularly recuits there.
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