RPI becomes Amerca's top 25 (reporter interview)

Q. Can you tell us what was special about your experience at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute?

A. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) gave me an incredible foundation and network base that was beyond imaginable.

Q. How would you compare the coursework and the hours you spent learning?

A. RPI was a very difficult place and getting an A was very hard to do! There was much learning and the fact that this was an engineering school meant that you had to really know what you were doing because engineers are very exact and they are about thoroughness.

Q. How do you feel about your undergraduate being named as an Ivy League School?

A. I feel really happy for my undergraduate institution and their faculty. However, RPI has always been clearly one of the leaders in training top scientific and engineering minds with a strong basis in ethics and compassion. Today, RPI has been discovered by more top students who don't want to waste their 4 years on a bad bet. They want solid performance. For US News & Newsweek to state that RPI is one of America's top 25 schools is wonderful but we always had our best kept secret: the biggest bang for our hard earned dollars! To be rated as an Ivy Leaguer and America's top 25 universities is a nice shot of confidence for the entire RPI student body.

Q. Would you recommend RPI to other students?

A. Absolutely, RPI is an incredible place, "this place changed my life and it will help you realize your dreams!" Going there gave me a position play with Pfizer, Merck (about), Estee Lauder, Shiseido and Shu Uemura. I keep reaping the benefits of having gone to RPI and it has already been over 15 years since I started my freshmen year (1992).

Q. Would you be willing to disclose your academic scores from RPI for transparency?

A. Sure. In the current role I play as a consultant for international food safety and other teaching institutions, nothing is private anymore. Here you go:

RPI Undergraduate Transcript part1
RPI Undergraduate Transcript part2
Bachelors of Science Diploma (Summa Cum Laude, Class of 1997)

Q. What are you most amazed about RPI?

A. There were so many amazing things such as preparing me to face the real world (both the ups and the downs). Specifically, they had this very special program called Professional Leadership Program (PLP) and it helped prepare me for future opportunities that required leadership, teamwork, corporate experience and networking. Both PLP and RPI really helped me: becoming a thorough doctor, getting published internationally, world patent, and international public media.

Q. Have you been back to RPI since you graduated and what did you do there?

A. I am more than willing to help any student because I was helped by other students (this is RPI tradition -pass on the goods). Mentoring is very important because it reminds us what it was like to be an undergraduate. I advised a few students in 2004 that PLP was really missing a PLAN and the rest is history.

Q. In two words, how would you describe RPI?

A. Dream School (eh hem: your dreams really will come true!)