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Welcome to RPI North Albany Academy!

Welcome to RPI North Albany Academy!. Orientation December 12, 2011. Today we will:. Investigate College Life & Career Learn about Smart Lighting Explore how to bring Ideas to Reality Tour RPI. Agenda. 9 :30-9:40 AM – Orientation 9:40-10:00 AM – College Life Panel

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Welcome to RPI North Albany Academy!

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  1. Welcome to RPI North Albany Academy! Orientation December 12, 2011

  2. Today we will: • Investigate College Life & Career • Learn about Smart Lighting • Explore how to bring Ideas to Reality • Tour RPI

  3. Agenda • 9:30-9:40 AM – Orientation • 9:40-10:00 AM – College Life Panel • 10:00-11:00 AM – First Activity • 11:00-12:00 PM – Second Activity • 12:00-12:30 PM – Lunch • 12:30-1:00 PM – Campus Tour • 1:15-1:30 PM – Exit Talk

  4. What is college? • A place to learn • A place to do research • A place to socialize • A place to….

  5. Categorize the following schools: Harvard Cornell RPI Saint Rose UAlbany Hudson Valley Union Yale Sage UCLA Dukes Purdue UConn Syracuse UPenn

  6. Types of colleges • Public vs. Private • 4 year vs. 2 year • Big vs. Small • Local vs. Distance • Cheap vs. Expensive • Anything else?

  7. Picking the right school

  8. Picking the right school

  9. Making the hard choices • Jobs & Salary • Location • Personalities • Finances

  10. Jobs & Salaries

  11. Jobs & Salaries

  12. Location US News & World’s Report Best Colleges 2009

  13. Personalities

  14. Personalities

  15. Finances • Grants • Scholarships • Work • Loans • FASFA • Free Application for Student Federal Aid

  16. College Life • Turn over to panel here…

  17. Mackenzie David Ott Career Aspirations - Work for a private aeronautical firm • From Somerset, Wisconsin • Aeronautical/Mechanical Class of 2014 • I chose Aeronautical Engineering because I’ve loved space from an early age • Chose RPI because its considered one of the best schools in the country for Aeronautical engineering • Active in Design, Build, Fly • Founding member of Students for Exploration and Development of Space • Brother of Sigma Chi Fraternity Favorite book: Hitchhikers Guide to the galaxy To be successful in college. You have to focus and get stuff done Find Your Passion and Engineer it! Rensselaer Engineering Ambassador

  18. Jeffrey Morton • Mechanical Engineering ‘14 • Delmar, NY • Clubs • RPI Engineering Ambassadors • UPAC Lights • Hobbies • Camping/Hiking • Frisbee • Unicycling • Water Skiing Find Your Passion and Engineer it! Rensselaer Engineering Ambassador

  19. GHANA 2010 Accra Kumasi Chemical Engineering 2012 Astoria, Queens  NYC President, Sigma Delta Sorority Inc. President, Chem.E Honor Society, OXE Women’s Mentoring Program Undergraduate Research Program Tip: I use Microsoft Outlook Calendar to keep my entire semester organized. SPAIN 2011 Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia Find Your Passion and Engineer it! Rensselaer Engineering Ambassador

  20. Whitney McKenzie Hometown: Bronx, NY Major: Electrical Engineering Why?: I am a very techy person and have always wanted to do robotics as a concentration. Why RPI: Other than having one of the top engineering schools, when I visited the campus for the first time I felt like this was where I wanted to be. Favorite movie: Up, Despicable Me, Harry Potter, All Comedies Favorite music types: Rock, Pop, K-pop, J-Rock, Alternative, Caribbean music Games: Team Fortress 2, Rusty Hearts, DDR, Mario Kart, Super Smash Bros., All Fighting games (Tekken, Street Fighter), Minecraft Find Your Passion and Engineer it! Rensselaer Engineering Ambassador

  21. Aspirations • Graduate from RPI • Get a Masters Degree in Business • Get a Job • Have a Family • Biography • Born and Raised in Boston MA • Parents are from Haiti • 2 older brothers and 1 younger sister • Favorite Subjects in Elementary School were Math and Gym • Favorite Subjects in High School were Math, Chemistry, and Gym • Hobbies • Singing • Dancing • Video Games • Hanging out with Friends • Eating Kethia Mathieu Chemical Engineer Class of 2013

  22. Panel Q&A • Mack Ott • Jeffrey Morton • Kethia Mathieu • Whitney McKenzie • Adriana Rojas

  23. Before you go… • Pick up your fractal pattern • Hand in your green sheet • Fill out your survey Enjoy the rest of your day!

  24. Why should I go to college? • Salary Bachelor’s (4-year) $45,400 Associate’s (2-year) $33,000 High school graduate $25,900 http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t17.htm

  25. Why should I go to college? • Job Security http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t17.htm

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