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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - Admission Criteria



Criteria Ranking | High School GPA and Class Rank | Standardized Tests

Criteria Ranking

  • Academic ranking criteria for this college is listed below. Academic criteria are ranked in order of importance from 1 (Most important) through 5 (Least important) or N (Not relevant).

      Rank Criterion
      1 Secondary School Record
      4 Class Rank
      3 School's Recommendation
      2 Standardized Test Scores
      5 Essay

  • The following non-academic criteria are indicated as E (Emphasized), I (Important), C Considered, or N (Not relevant).

      Rank Criterion
      C Character and Personality
      C Extracurricular participation
      C Particular talent or ability
      C Geographical distribution
      C Alumni/ae relationship

High School GPA and Class Rank

  • Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

    Rank Percent
    Top fifth 80%
    Second fifth 16%
    Third fifth 4%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

  • All freshmen scores reported used the old scoring system.
  • The following scores do not include International students.
  • 95% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 5% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
  • The recent adjustment to the SAT I scoring system has affected the school's admission policy: Contact the school directly.
  • Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:

      SAT verbal scores over 500 96%, SAT math scores over 500 100%, ACT scores over 18 98%, SAT verbal scores over 600 67%, SAT math scores over 600 93%, ACT scores over 24 76%, SAT verbal scores over 700 17%, SAT math scores over 700 43%, ACT scores over 30 11%