Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Date: Jul 10 2013
Major: Computer Science (This Major's Salary over time)
i LOVE this place. I think that people often don't give WPI enough credit.

So some backgroud; I'm not a nerd. I never have been. In high school, I was really social and had a lot of friends and although I studied hard I wouldn't really classify myself as a nerd. I first had an overnight at WPI when I was a senior in high school (the Athena overnight to be exact), and I was so sure that I was going to hate it here. I thought

everyone here is going to be antisocial and just play video games all day and not talk

I could not have been more wrong. I met an amazing group of people who I'm still friends with to this day, and honestly, they're one of the main reasons I joined WPI.

Anyway, so freshman year I moved into Institute. For those of you that don't know, it's the dorm that's the furthest away from campus, which kind of sucked and definitely didn't help in making friends. A-Term of freshman year was kind of rough…I felt like I wasn't making friends, which was weird cause, to be honest, I never really had to try to do that. It always just worked out. And while I loved the girls on my floor, they never really wanted to go out or hang out with other people or just explore. But then B-Term came around and I ended up meeting my best friend in Spanish class and she lived in Riley. So I hung out in Riley and made more friends, and because we're probably the loudest people on campus, we just got to know a lot of people.

It's also really easy to get involved on campus. You can literally walk into any club at any point in time and be welcome. My freshman year I joined SGA, RHC, and a bunch of other random stuff. People are really friendly and eager, and for a social person like myself, getting involved on campus is the best because you get to meet even MORE people and make even more friends, which is like, my favorite thing to do.

Now onto the campus. The campus is actually really beautiful in the fall, spring and especially summer time. I don't know, I just love it.

Onto the people, I have NO idea what anyone is talking about saying that people here are conservative and close-minded. I'm not sure who they're hanging out with, but everyone that I know is warm and welcoming. And I'd say the majority of campus goes out to party, a lot. There's always something to do if you know the right people. If you're social, you'll have social friends, and when you have friends, you'll always have something to do.

Moral of the story: If you're social, you're good to go. If you're not, you're still good to go. Everyone has their niche here. You'll love it I promise <3 Also, try greek life. I was totally against it before I came here, but it's amazing for networking and getting to know people!