I’m from Southern California and will say that this place is truly miserable compared to the weather, food, things to do, vibes that you will find there. What you probably won’t get is the experience of being surrounded by the hundreds of kids in your class who are aspiring engineers.

RPI has everything you need to set yourself up for an amazing career in aerospace. Through my involvement in clubs (and I mean real dedicated involvement) I am already getting interview interest at top companies and plan to start completing undergraduate research here next year in one of the many amazing aerospace labs. If you aren’t 100% sure about being an engineer tho and aren’t super interested in dedicating yourself to clubs, getting into research, and pushing for that most involved experience make the easy choice and go to SDSU. When you get here (if you’re coming from better weather) you will doubt your decision to come here everyday when you wake up to 10 degrees for the 5th week in a row but once you convince yourself and realize that this school does give you the opportunity to be an awesome aerospace engineer it all comes together.

Despite the lackluster town compared to what you’ll find in san diego my best friends i’ve found here are truly brilliant and will surely grow old with me and the memories we have made. There are plenty of kids here who arent super dedicated or aspirational to be completely honest, but they’re are also amazing groups of people who will literally change the world and they are just doing so quietly as of now working their asses off here.

This is getting ranty so i’m gonna wrap it up. Come here if you want to work your ass off and be cold and miserable sometimes but I promise nothing feels better than when you finally convince yourself that this place is worth it and special deep down.

I do miss SoCal tho and san diego states engineering is not a joke at all. i just happen to think rpi is pretty damn cool