More and more emphasis is added on very short and very intense. Students learn to work hard and play hard. With such ever changing and very strict schedules as terms require, students have less flexibility to plan large events, parties, vacations, etc. No matter where students come from, what they believe, or who they think they want to be, in order to survive in the accelerated pace of WPI academics they have to adapt, evolve. No one leaves WPI without this anxious sense that life is too quick, and you just have to be faster.
All students here have a desire to learn.
Most choose WPI for its readily applicable project based curriculum. It is evident that individual success is very important in this culture. In fact, it is one of the most sacred values or motivations. There was not much new to be learned in the group study, that was not already apparent. Most of the members of the group agreed on most of the points.