RPI

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is trying to be known by it’s full name and, for some reason, get away from the RPI moniker we know and love. My visit and 90 minute tour was on a bitter cold day. The only student on the tour with me was from Texas. His father, ironically, was roommates in college with Mr. Cillis from Voorheesville! Small world.
RPI is one of the best engineering schools on the planet and many VVille grads have successfully pursued higher education at this outstanding college. The new EMPAC center boasts the second best acoustics in the world at a school without a music major! Students here are exposed to hands-on work in science and tech labs early and often and graduate as desired job applicants. Just 15 miles from home, RPI is an outstanding opportunity for those students who can meet their rigorous admissions standards.
As with most tech schools, there are far more men than women. As I believe one of our own female grads attending RPI was quoted in the Times Union; “the odds are good, but the goods are odd!”