Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Generally, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is known for being a fairly selective school. The institution receives about 17,000 applications every year from incoming students. With regards to the overall acceptance rate, it tends to be 65 percent which equates to about 11,000 students being accepted to the institution. Every year, about 18 percent of the 11,000 candidates who received the acceptance letter from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute chose to attend. The ratio of the students who submitted their applications is 66% and 33% for males and females respectively. However, of the first-year students enrolled, 29% were typically women and 70% were men. Applicants are asked to submit their ACT or SAT scores to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute when applying. Most often, accepted students have test scores in the range of 30 - 35 for ACT or 1,370 - 1,520 for SAT. This school also allows submissions of Advanced Placement (AP) credits and Dual enrollment. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s undergraduate application fee is $70.