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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]WPI seemed almost joyful when we visited, although with the fast paced quarters, kids still work hard. Rose Hulman has small classes, even freshman year, which helps foster relationships with professors, which is protective against stress.[/quote]

The 4x7-week quarter system is a crush though. Every 3.5 weeks you either have midterms or finals. You have finished the course when your friends at other engineering schools are approaching mid terms. You have to be a fast learner.[/quote]

Not sure I would recommend going to a school that is on the quarter system to study engineering.[/quote]

For some students, quarter system might not work as well as semester. If one falls behind for any reason (eg illness) on a quarter system, there just is not enough time to recover. [/quote]

+1[/quote]

My kid had wpi as their top safety.  Seriously considered it along with all their other acceptances, they liked it that much.  But ultimately ruled it out for the fast pace quarter system.  My kid is very smart but loves to procrastinate, and smartly realized the 7 week system might not be the best for them [/quote]

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