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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just wanted to say that my DD is a sophomore there and is having the time of her life.  Club sports, sorority life, and engineering?  Not many schools you can fit it all in.  The students are smart, but there is no prestige there.  It was everything she thought it would be.  The term cycles are hard, but the breaks make it worth it.  And because of terms, many kids are graduating in 3 to 3.5 years when you count AP's.  Some with good scholarships still stay to do their masters which takes another year, maybe a bit more. Most kids have no problems getting jobs.

Good luck! [/quote]

This is very similar to my daughter who is a freshman at WPI.  The current freshman class is 38% female.  She did really well her two first terms there and is currently in C term now.  She will have completed 40 credits when the year is done.  She rushed a sorority in B term and is loving that. Never would have done that in a big school, but these sororities are much more chill and philanthropy.  She is part of multiple clubs, goes on a lot of the social sponsored outings on the weekend (tubing, Boston, Escape Room, ice-skating.)  There is a train right into Boston from Union Station about a mile away.  The campus has a shuttle to it and also offers Friday night shuttles to a huge shopping/restaurant/movie complex and shuttles to grocery shop on weekends.  There are plenty of places to eat in walking distance though.  She lives in a 6 person suite and they share a bath.  She has a single and loves that.  She got a part time job there and has made a lot of friends.  The girls are much more down to earth there than they were in the DC metro.  It definitely suits her.  The breaks between terms are great and between the 4 airports there and 3 here, I get great deals on flights. Haven't paid over $150 for a round trip yet!  Another perk - she has a paid internship this summer already.  That can be tough for freshman

I have heard the merit isn't as good this year which I guess is good and bad.  Good because it is getting a bit tougher to get in.  Bad because it can be pricy to go.  My daughter received the leadership merit award last year.  I think it was $32K total a year. She also received 5K in a separate scholarship outside of WPI. And I think all kids get a $5K IQP scholarship still.  She did get hers and will use it her junior year. This year is the priciest because they have to live on campus. Once you get off sophomore year, rents are in the 400's a month plus utilities ($50-80/mo) so that makes it MUCH more reasonable.

I will try and come back if anyone has any questions.  [/quote]

Can I ask a shallow/mean question?

My ds is interested in WPI, but he’s afraid it’s dorky.
He’s a very social athletic popular guy. He doesn’t usually get along with other computer/engineering types. He’s the kid who has had a tech internship every summer and is already building great business connections but won’t join the robotics or cyber security team at school because he swears its social suicide. He’s hesitant to attend a tech school because he’s afraid everyone is playing quidditch and dungeons and dragons and he’s never going to find his people.

What is you take on that as a parent with a kid there? [/quote]

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