Schools Undergraduate College Decision Help

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The discussion centers on a decision between two universities, Carnegie Mellon and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), for a major in physics or a related field. The poster notes that both schools are financially comparable, with RPI having a slight advantage. Insights shared include a concern about RPI's physics department, which has only 22 professors, many of whom are from abroad, leading to a perception that RPI is more focused on engineering than pure science. The poster ultimately chose to attend the University of Texas instead of RPI, indicating a preference for a different academic environment. Carnegie Mellon is mentioned as having a strong computer science program, but specific details about its physics offerings are not discussed.
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Hello everyone, I'm new here and am hoping you could give me a hand with my decision. I highly doubt this is deserving of its own thread, but I would really appreciate the help. I plan to major in physics, or at least a subject in a similar vein. I've narrowed my choice down to two schools, Carnegie Mellon and Rensselaer PI. In a strictly financial sense, they're relatively equal, but Rensselaer does have a slight edge. Could anyone please shed any insight on which would be the better choice?

Thank you for any information.
 
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MCpeePants said:
Hello everyone, I'm new here and am hoping you could give me a hand with my decision. I highly doubt this is deserving of its own thread, but I would really appreciate the help. I plan to major in physics, or at least a subject in a similar vein. I've narrowed my choice down to two schools, Carnegie Mellon and Rensselaer PI. In a strictly financial sense, they're relatively equal, but Rensselaer does have a slight edge. Could anyone please shed any insight on which would be the better choice?

Thank you for any information.
I got accepted to RPI and turned it down. If you look at their physics department you will notice only 22 professors. Quite a few of those professors are from foreign countries. With that in mind I decided no. RPI does give a very nice financial aid package however. RPI is more engineering than pure science oriented.

I don't know much about Carnegie Mellon, except that they have a good Comp Sci program.

I wound up choosing UT for myself next year.
 
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