Financial Aid - RPI vs. UCSD

pmcbts
Fri, 06 Feb 2015 19:13:36 +0000

RPI was a bit flexible with both of my children who attend RPI concerning merit awards-We drafted a letter explaining our financial status-merit letters from competitive colleges were sent and we waited for a response. BTW now you’ve heard of $15,000 or more of merit aid without the medal-Both my son and daughter received it-but RPI wants girls and will pay dearly for them-also different majors then engineering-RPI is trying to portray themselves as Rensselaer-not a tech school-they want to broaden their horizons and programs-Think they would leave it as is because they are well known for what they are good at -tech-
To answer whether RPI is worth it-depends on your major and future goals-Also we you be living/working on the east or west coast? Think about it-Class size is smaller once you’re thru the requirements but the professors are tough-be ready to study-I can’t speak for UCSD-but I wish you the best of luck in your college career!