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 63 percent which equates to about 11,000 students being accepted to the institution. Every year, about 12 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 64% and 34% for males and females respectively. However, of the first-year students enrolled, 32% were typically women and 67% 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 - 34 for ACT or 1,380 - 1,510 for SAT. This school also allows submissions of Advanced Placement (AP) credits. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s undergraduate application fee is $70.