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LushLillies
Fri, 15 Jul 2016 15:00:59 +0000

I’m going to tour in about a month, but I’ve done some research and I’m wondering if…

1. Troy is actually super sketchy…is it concerning? I like an urban atmosphere, but obviously not sketchy urban places. Is it like regular NYC at night or worse?

2. Is everyone into video games? I personally hate video games but I go to an engineering high school and everyone is playing pokemon and watching anime and I feel a feeling that RPI is exactly the same as high school…it only kind of bothers me as long as there is a good population of people who are into other stuff

3. Is the M/F ratio an issue? I’m not a tomboy; I don’t like video games or anime, I enjoy fitness, cooking, music, volunteer work, research…not into a strong party or drug culture at all, but I doubt that is an issue at a technical school!

4. Do you know anything about the 7 year BS/MD program? Do you know any students from there? I am interested especially in this competitive program…but also since it’s very difficult to get into, I’m trying to gauge if RPI would fit me as a “match” school on my list! If it is a match…but that’s an entirely different story.