Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Date: Mar 28 2017
Major: Biology (This Major's Salary over time)
Overall, I'm very glad to be at WPI, and everything has been really great for me. Even though I'm a female in a non-engineering major, I don't feel excluded or anything of the sort.

The absolute biggest complaint I have about WPI is the Residential Services department. Students are randomly assigned into Wellness Housing, so "substance free" is meaningless. I do not see many students drinking, but the football players on the top floor do come back drunk far too often on the weekends. Substance free housing should be voluntary, so that it actually contains substance free individuals. There is also a rather concerning rule where if there's an open space, anyone can move in without the current residents consent. I am uncomfortable with a forced room mate/friend of my long term room mate I am getting into my room soon (half way through D term), but I can't do a thing about it, aside from tell her I am not comfortable with her moving in. This, combined with the very high costs of living on campus, have caused me to change my mind about living on campus next year, and I am working to obtain an apartment.

Most professors are absolutely amazing individuals, who I would love to have more classes with. However, some do not have the best English, and these professors seem to favor PLAs/TAs who also do not have English as a first language, making it difficult to obtain help when you can't understand what the professor is saying. I have only experienced this with math and chemistry classes, and the biology department itself hasn't had this problem, in my experience.