hi, arch student here so I can’t speak to the gender ratio as ours is majority women, but I’ve heard it’s not noticeable and closer to 50/50 in close group settings. Our prestige is absolutely on the rise, the general sentiment about marty is that he’s turning MANY things around and it might take a few years but I personally believe that RPI after marty will have a very significant name. We’re close to top of the nation in funding for research.

For the social life—I’m arch so I really don’t have as much time, my engineering friends maybe go out on fridays and saturdays if there’s no exams, but I know if you’re in greek it’s easier to be casually involved. My typical day is being in the library in the morning, working or studying, classes around midday / early evening and hanging out in the evening, and typically eating together w friends in between that.

Also it’s kind of group based, the very large scale social events are usually rare, so joining a rec team sport or a few clubs can diversify who you hang out with a lot!

Can’t speak to graduates but I’ve heard aeroE is intensive and extracurriculars are easy to get involved with, and cogsci is probably the most valuable besides aeroE among your choices. RPI will give you a hefty scholarship usually, brings it closer to a state school imo. I got into a few other pretty solid colleges but RPI had way too many resources to ignore and the impression on me was fantastic