Transfer Applications to RPI

reformedman
Mon, 26 Feb 2018 15:31:02 +0000

@Aran888888 Hello, good luck on your application, I hope you get in. 3.9 is great and I’m sure will be seen as acceptable by RPI. You should know though that the concept of transferring from one college to another is commonly thought as a money saver for many people. For example doing two years at community college and then transfering to Harvard. But the truth behind the concept is pretty bad. The first is that transfer students typically get less aid than students that start as freshmen at that college. They give the most aid to freshman, secondarily to waitlisted people, then lastly to transfer students.

The other thing is that when you go from a non stem college to a high tier stem college like RPI, the rigor may be a shock to some. This second point shouldn’t dishearten you because people tend to build momentum and get on track with the rigor of the rest. Since you’re already in Stem at Clarkson you should be ok.

Your highschool transcript and scores will probably not be considered except to see that you graduated. What they concentrate on is the classes you took at Clarkson. You need to show that you took classes related to your major and that you have atleast Precalculus done. If you got Calculus 1 done even better. Only those courses where you got atleast a C- or better will be considered for credit transfer. To see what courses have already been approved for credit transfer check [this site](Rensselaer Undergraduate Transfer Course Guide).