<p>Yeah, I’m going up to visit Worcester this Tuesday. I got accepted to RIT’s honors program, so that might make up for the “less selective” effect, if only a little bit. </p>
<p>Btw, collegeHelp, I think your idea of picking the most selective school is a good idea, but there are exceptions. I mean, WPI will probably require me to take 60k of debt, while RIT will require me to take about 10k. That’s not a small amount of money, especially if the transfer credit for RIT allows me to graduate in fewer years. </p>
<p>I’m not discounting your opinion by any means, surrounding yourself with the “best” peers is really a great strategy, and for that reason I’m going to JHU 100% if I ever get off of their waitlist. </p>
<p>I think I’m a little late to the party here, but I just wanted to point out that while the majority of students at Rose are engineering majors, that doesn’t mean we don’t offer theory-based courses. For example, look at the mathematics courses offered: [Rose-Hulman</a> Institute of Technology](<a href=“404 | Rose-Hulman”>404 | Rose-Hulman) . While certainly there are courses geared toward engineering and applied mathematics, there is also a healthy dose of pure mathematics offerings. I’m not as familiar with the science offerings (I’m more interested in pure mathematics), but the situation is probably similar in those departments.</p>
<p>If you are taking advanced classes, places like WPI that have graduate schools do give you the opportunity to take graduate-level courses at the undergraduate level, something you wouldn’t get as much at Rose. </p>
<p>Also, the humanities and social science department’s offerings at WPI and RIT would be superior to Rose’s - so if you want a well-rounded education in that regard, WPI and RIT are better choices.</p>
<p>In any case, all of your choices are good schools…good luck in your selection!</p>
<p>WPI is a good school, you will love it. I did a summer program there last year which was supposed to be just like college and I really enjoyed it. The professors know what they’re talking about and it’s just a cool place.</p>
<p>My parents want me to go to RIT because the engineering buildings were built more recently than WPI, and they think that the engineering is stronger at RIT than WPI. </p>
<p>I’m going to visit RIT this weekend. </p>
<p>I want to go to a school with a lot of difficulty and rigor, and I’m afraid that RIT won’t have the same depth, challenge, or academic opportunities as WPI. </p>
<p>For example, RIT doesn’t list graduate school placement in their pamphlets, while WPI has the list of schools that one would expect from a good school (MIT, Harvard, Yale, Princeton…) Also WPI has a neat program where they send 15 or so kids to MIT Lincoln Labs to do project work. </p>
<p>I really am sort of preferring WPI, but my parents really want me to go to RIT…</p>