Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Academic Experience

Past Performance

• 91% of our freshmen returned for sophomore year.
• 47% of our most recent graduates graduated in four years.
• How long does it usually take to graduate from freshman year?
  • On average, 54% of our freshman graduate in four years.

What Do We Like To Study?

Most Popular Majors

• mechanical engineering
• electrical engineering
• computer science

Policies

Graduation Policy:

• The minimun GPA that a student needs to maintain in order to graduate is 1.80.

Academic Calendar for 2002-03.

Academic Calendar System:

• Semester System (two terms comprise academic year)

Summer Sessions:

• 2 summer session(s) that consist of 6 weeks.

New student orientation:

• Orientation for new students is held in July and August.

• 18% continue immediately.

• UC Berkeley, Cornell University, Rensselaer Polytech Inst, Stanford U.

• Andersen Consulting, General Electric, IBM, Northern Telecom, Procter and Gamble, United Technologies, Xerox.

• J. Erik Jonsson, founder, Texas Instruments; William Mau, founder, Bugle Boy Industries; Robert Sageman, former president and CEO, AT&T; Jim Forsese, vice-president, IBM; George Strichman, former president, Colt Industries; Nancy Fitzroy, first woman president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers; George Lowe, manager, NASA's Apollo Project/Mission; George Ferris, inventor of the ferris wheel; Washington Roebling, Brooklyn Bridge architect.