Interactive Media and Game Development at WPI

Thinking of majoring in Interactive Media and Game Development(IMGD)? Maybe your parents aren't convinced you can make a living off designing games?

Check out the IMGD seminar series at WPI. It's one of the most active speaker series at WPI welcoming guests on a weekly basis to WPI....and it's open to the public.

The spring series is just getting finalized:
http://www.imgd.wpi.edu/speakers/index_2009s.html

Ed

Potpourri

Wow it has been quite a while since I sat down to post...so much has happened, the least of which is a new year!! As I read applications I feel older and older as I see birth dates of 1991 and 1992; soon our entire incoming class will have been born after I graduated from WPI!!

Virtually all of our early action applications have been reviewed and decision letters mailed...if you still haven't heard that means we are missing something...maybe a transcript or SAT scores for example. Give us a call and we'll let you know what's happening. We are anxious to wrap up those lingering applications as well.

We already have over 50 students that have submitted their enrollment forms and deposits for next year....this is great to see. That represents a little over 5% of the incoming Class of 2013. This includes students from Texas, Colorado, Maryland, Turkey, Honduras, and of course Massachusetts. If you are one of our admitted students still considering their options, don't worry you are not alone. If you spend time on Facebook you can connect with admitted students in the WPI Class of 2013 group...check it out!

I'd also encourage all of our admitted students to check out the Admitted Student site....http://admissions.wpi.edu/Congrats/ It is brand new and has been seeing lots of traffic. It was just the featured site on a popular higher-ed marketing site: http://www.bobjohnsonconsulting.com/linkoftheweek.html which is always nice to see:)

For those students still working on their application, or with it on their to do list, don't forget our February 1st deadline is just around the corner.

Enjoy the cold weather!!

Ed

Usain Bolt and a foot of snow!!

Just in case you didn't believe me winter is indeed here!! WPI closed at noon yesterday in anticipation of a significant snowfall. The forecasters weren't wrong as you can see from my kitchen window this morning. The day was filled with snow blowing and shoveling...and just a bit of Christmas shopping. I am watching my beloved Cowboys losing to the Ravens as I type this...but I digress!!




The snow reminded me of our incoming students who will begin their studies at WPI in January. We will welcome about 30 new students to WPI next month. Some will be first time college students and otters will be transferring their studies to WPI for our spring terms. Some students will be coming from Massachusetts, but the snow made me thing of some of the other students coming from further distances...Greece and Jamaica for example. Each fall we welcome students from around the globe to WPI and some of those students have never experienced cold weather or seen snow for that matter. At least those students have a few months to ease into the cold weather...it may be a severe shock to the system for some of our incoming students in January!! Now I understand that Olympic Champion Sprinter Usain Bolt was in Boston last night and in attendance at the Celtics game...I figure if he can tolerate the snow our new students will be OK:)


That being said, we are of course looking forward to welcoming the new group of students wherever they might hail from and I hope to have the chance to meet you all in January.

Ed

Winter Wonderland

Winter is officially here.....

A bad ice storm just a few days ago, followed by 2 inches of snow today, and two more storms waiting in the wings. Friday sounds to be a big one with upwards of a foot of snow in the region. I guess we'll have a white Christmas for sure!!

I finally fixed the snowblower tonight after it broke down late last winter and was sitting in the garage all summer...looks like just in the nick of time...finally putting that WPI engineering degree to good use:)

The Admissions Office is winding down for the holiday break. We'll be open through next Tuesday and then return on the 5th of January. If you have last minute questions about the app process or a visit to campus be sure to catch us in the next few days.

Ed

Decision Letter Update

Hello from an ice covered Worcester!!

A quick update on Early Action decision letters: They have mailed!! However there may be some weather related delays with their arrival.....hang in there:)

Ed

Time to sign the letters

After learning about many great applicants over the last few weeks we wrapped up our admissions committee meetings this morning for early action and now it is time for me to sign the letters!!

We plan to mail decision letters late Friday.

Ed

New Look for the Office of Admissions

The posts have been a bit quiet as we are all hunkering down and reading applications...over 1,600 Early Action Rd I applications this year!!

I did want to draw attention to some great additions and a new look on the admissions home page.....admissions.wpi.edu. Check it out!

If you applied Early Action Rd 1you'll be hearing from us shortly...hang in there!!

Ed