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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]just dont get why parents send their kids to places like Cornell, CMU.

all downside.. weather, hard academics, no life[/quote]

We toured Cornell summer before senior year.  My kid hated it.  COuldn't arrange a tour (they don't give them).  just had you a map at the admissions office and send you on your way.  The town was okay, but not very exciting and the fact you are surrounded by nothing was depressing---it was only slightly better than RPI (and my kid took one look at that campus/area and said "really we can skip the tour no way in hell I'm spending a day on this campus, let alone 4 years" and I agreed.

The weather isn't the complete big issue---my kid is only a few hours away in an similar weather situation.  But the kids at the school seemed much nicer, the campus is much nicer and it's a city of 200K+, so while it's not the "best city" it's a city.  The airport is 5-10 mins from campus (and it's only 2 flights to get home), not a shuttle ride plus 2 flights or 3+ flights to get home.  We just were not impressed with Cornell, and their lack of seeming to care about prospective students tells me that once you get in you might be treated the same.

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I lived with an RPI grad student in Troy a couple of blocks from the school in the early 90s when Troy was scary. I made some great friends at RPI. Those were some great years! We had great parties too![/quote]

Glad you enjoyed it!

My kid is an engineering major, but not nerdy/geeky and a female.  Never done robotics club and not interested. The town was depressing and still a bit scary.  Might work for some people but not for our family.

Also, RPI has serious financial issues.  Most buildings we saw were in desperate need of repairs, the newest building was a performance venue---great if you have a theater/drama/music majors as serious majors on your campus, but RPI does not.  The next newest building opened about the same time my DD was born.  There were so many things we did not like about the tour (yes, we stayed and went knowing full well she would not apply).

Also, on our tour, it was 2 females and 10 males.  2 of the males were actually students matriculating for the fall.  They were the geekiest/nerdiest kids in our tour group.  That was a warning for my kid.  
Just not the right school for her.  But also, the requirement to take summer classes after sophomore year and then take a semester for an internship is strange and not well thought out.  I wouldn't want to take fall of junior year engineering classes in a condensed summer schedule.  Engineering/STEM course are HARD and typically not the best Classes to take in 5-6 week format.  My kid is currently taking Heat and Mass transfer and ThermoII as a junior---those are difficult courses and require time to learn the material---best not to rush it.  
So put all of that together and nope, not a place we considered
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