Recruit Lally Scholars
Talent, proven by practice.
Lally Scholars are a select community of RPI students, spanning finance, analytics, marketing, information technology, and management, who have already led teams, managed real capital, built with AI, and defended their work in public. Here is how to recruit them, engage them, and partner with the program that develops them.
Candidates who have
done the work, not only
studied it
Learning by doing has defined an RPI education since 1824. Lally Scholars are the students who take that furthest: a selective community, drawn from across the Lally School's majors, who build a portfolio of real, verified work in leadership, research, investing, artificial intelligence, and service. For an employer, that means a candidate who has already practiced what the job will ask of them, and a credential, issued and authenticated by the school, that lets you confirm it.
You are not screening for potential. You are
recruiting demonstrated performance.
A Selective Community A curated group, not the whole fieldScholars are invited top admits and high-performing current students who maintain a 3.4 GPA and complete a demanding slate of work. You recruit from a vetted cohort. | The Right Competencies The skills you screen for, already practicedLeadership, teamwork, problem-solving, communication, and analytical judgment, demonstrated on real projects and documented, rather than inferred from a transcript. |
Verified, Not Self-Reported A credential you can authenticateThe Lally Scholars Achievement Record is a secure digital credential that lists each experience and outcome. Screening is faster, and what you see is confirmed by the school. | Work-Ready Ready to contribute from day oneApplied, experiential preparation is tied to faster ramp and stronger retention. Scholars arrive having already worked the way your teams work. |
Applied experience
predicts performance
The case for hiring experiential talent is well documented, and Lally Scholars are the students who have it.
9 in 10 Nearly nine in ten employers look for problem-solving and critical thinking on a candidate's resume. Scholars practice both across real projects.1 | 2× A mentor and a project lasting a semester or more each roughly double the odds a graduate is engaged and thriving at work. Scholars get both, by design.2 | 63% About 63 percent of interns convert to full-time hires, the highest in five years. Experiential engagement is a proven hiring pipeline.3 |
The pattern runs deep. Only about three percent of graduates experience all six of the college elements that most predict thriving at work. Mentored research, internships, and capstones are the high-impact practices most tied to those outcomes, and the Lally Scholars Program is built to deliver several of them to every Scholar.
Real work, before the
first interview
A sample of what a Lally Scholar has done by the time you meet them.
Financial Judgment Managed real capitalIn the James Student-Managed Investment Fund, Scholars research companies, pitch trades, and vote on a real portfolio, for academic credit. | Builds with AI Shipped a working productIn the Lally AI Academy, Scholars take an idea to a functioning, AI-powered product in a thirty-day sprint, then present it. |
Leadership Led teams and organizationsScholars hold substantive leadership roles, from club and competition team leads to officers who run an organization for a year. | Communication and Depth Defended their work in publicEvery Scholar completes a capstone and presents it at the annual Lally Scholars Symposium to an audience of faculty, alumni, and employers. |
A hiring tool, not just a
transcript
A transcript shows the courses a student took. The Achievement Record shows the work a Scholar did, verified by the school and ready for your team to confirm.
What it gives your hiring team
| Screen on demonstrated ability, not a GPA alone.Employers increasingly weight verified credentials. In a survey of more than a thousand employers, most said a recognized credential makes them more likely to hire a candidate. The Achievement Record brings that signal to undergraduate hiring. |
More than one way to engage
Recruit, develop, and shape talent early, and build a relationship with the program that compounds across cohorts.
Recruit at the Symposium
Meet the cohort in one place. Every Scholar presents their capstone to an audience of employers, faculty, and alumni.
Host externships and internships
Bring Scholars in for applied placements. It is the most direct path to a full-time hire, and to shaping talent early.
Sponsor or judge competitions
Put your brand in front of the cohort and watch Scholars solve real problems live at the AI Academy showcase and case competitions.
Host a corporate immersion
Welcome a Scholar cohort onsite for a multi-day visit with your teams and leaders.
Set a pro bono challenge
Sponsor a student consulting project on a real business question, and evaluate talent while you do.
Mentor and advise
Serve as an industry mentor to Scholars, or help guide the program as a partner.
A partnership that compounds
When you engage the Lally Scholars Program, you join its community: the students, the alumni who came before them, and the faculty who mentor them. A recruiting relationship here deepens year over year, with each new cohort of Scholars you come to know.
Lally alumni can connect through Engage with Lally and support the program through Ways to Give.
For recruiting and partnership teams | How to recruit Scholars, trust the credential, and get started.
The annual Lally Scholars Symposium is the best single venue, because every Scholar presents there. You can also host externships and internships, sponsor or judge competitions, or arrange a campus visit. The Lally School can match your timing and the fields you recruit in.
It is an official credential, signed by the Dean and issued as a secure digital credential your team can authenticate. It lists each verified experience with roles and outcomes, so what you see is confirmed by the school rather than self-reported on a resume.
At the annual Symposium, the AI Academy showcase, case competitions, and corporate immersions. If you host an externship or a pro bono project, you work with Scholars directly. The school can align opportunities with your recruiting calendar.
Host placements, sponsor or judge competitions and the AI Academy, set a pro bono consulting challenge, mentor Scholars, or support the program directly. Several sponsorship opportunities are available, and each one also puts your brand in front of the cohort.
Reach the Lally School of Management at lallyschool@rpi.edu. Tell us whether you are interested in recruiting, hosting placements, sponsoring, or mentoring, and we will connect you with the right person.
