POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY, BROOKLYN CAMPUS O-34

Six Metrotech Center
Brooklyn, NY 11201-2990
Tel: (718)260-3600
Free: 800-POLYTECH
Admissions: (718)260-3100
Fax: (718)260-3136
E-mail: admitme@poly.edu
Web Site: http://www.poly.edu/

Description:

Independent, university, coed. Awards bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. Founded 1854. Setting: 3-acre urban campus. System endowment: $126.1 million. System-wide research spending 2003-04: $17.6 million. System-wide educational spending 2003-04: $16,559 per student. Total enrollment: 2,819. Faculty: 277 (129 full-time, 148 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 12:1. 1,158 applied, 69% were admitted. 40% from top 10% of their high school class, 77% from top quarter, 92% from top half. 25 National Merit Scholars, 2 valedictorians, 15 student government officers. Full-time: 1,471 students, 19% women, 81% men. Part-time: 72 students, 21% women, 79% men. Students come from 18 states and territories, 44 other countries, 5% from out-of-state, 0.3% Native American, 9% Hispanic, 11% black, 35% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 8% international, 5% 25 or older, 13% live on campus, 4% transferred in. Retention: 81% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: engineering/engineering technologies; computer/information sciences; mathematics. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, honors program, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, co-op programs and internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. ROTC: Air Force (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Common Application, electronic application, deferred admission. Required: essay, high school transcript, 2 recommendations, SAT or ACT. Recommended: interview, SAT Subject Tests, SAT II: Writing Test. Entrance: very difficult. Application deadline: 2/1.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $50. Comprehensive fee: $35,170 includes full-time tuition ($26,200), mandatory fees ($970), and college room and board ($8000). College room only: $6500. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to course load. Room and board charges vary according to housing facility. Part-time tuition: $835 per credit. Part-time mandatory fees: $300 per term. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to course load.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Student-run newspaper. Social organizations: 58 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities, local fraternities, local sororities, a coed fraternity; 6% of eligible men and 3% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: National Society of Black Engineers, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, Association for Computing Machinery, Alpha Phi Omega, Chinese Student Society. Major annual events: Club Day/Club Rush, Career Fair, Poly Pride Day Mini-Fair. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling, women's center. Campus security: 24-hour patrols, controlled dormitory access. 400 college housing spaces available; 192 were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen given priority for college housing. Option: coed housing available. Bern Dibner Library plus 1 other with 150,000 books, 60,106 microform titles, 1,621 serials, 337 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $903,639. 1,334 computers available on campus for general student use. Computer purchase/lease plans available. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.