Fuck em both tbh

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EE, CE and CS

I came in originally to say affordable housing, because gentrification is by far the #1 issue facing the city, but the people saying transportation infrastructure have a great point. It's counterproductive to try to fit even more people into the city that really can't support the population it has now, and providing more efficient transportation methods to use would help to alleviate that issue.

As a Clark alum, I've got to say that your choir is top notch! We had a real lack of tenor and bass, so our director reached out to see who from WPI wanted to join a second group. The guys who came over were so amazing and really keen to get into the community of it all. I know WPI had a bit of a rep among Clarkies, but all the WPI guys I met really put a good name on the school.

The big dig put tunnels under the ocean. I think they can manage to put a tunnel under Worcester. But it would be cost prohibitive.

Ken retired as a professor emeritus few years ago, but he's still doing some MQP's and working with FIRST.

May I ask what field?

Good is relative. What major? What metrics?

People in the comments said that their engineering program is good. Niche has them at #59, usnews has them at #61. Certainly not bad, but it's also not a powerhouse like some other schools.

It's stem classes are rigorous, but all stem classes at good universities will be.

I'm studying in the state of Indiana. There is nobody out here that has heard of WPI outside of those from MA. It's a small school, so it makes sense, but just objectively it's brand is not nation wide.

I've also visited occasionally, and the campus is pretty nice, but I can't really say much beyond that. I also cannot comment on culture or student life.

However, as with most MA schools, their coop program is one of the best out there. The relative density and development of MA makes the college to work transition a lot easier, and generally helps a lot with preparedness. My school also highly emphasizes this, and I can tell you if WPI is even anywhere near the level of my school there is absolutely nothing stopping you from achieving your goals.

Not built, but I'd ditch the city-council system for a strong mayor system. City council doesn't work well for the size of Worcester.

Another vote for WPI as a very good engineering school.

Sorry mom, the mob has spoken.

Is Ken Stafford still around?

Yes, it is. I got my Bachelor's there for robotics engineering. It was difficult, but I learned a lot and it was fun. I met a lot of amazing people.

Prior to WPI, I went to QCC for my associated for engineering. They have an articulation agreement between the schools. This let's you transfer the credits from QCC to WPI with no questions asked, essentially. You have to follow the program though.

QCC was also a great school for engineering. It absolutely prepared me for WPI, especially taking summer classes with Dadbeh, the engineering dept head.

WPI does accelerated classes, so your in class for about 8 weeks, with three classes each, then you go I to the next semester. It's 4 semester a year, so you end up with a lot classes and work. It's all project based, so you're working with a group. This is both a blessing and a curse, but out of all the groups I had, in two years there, I only had maybe 3-4 sub par group mates.

Again, it's difficult, but it's well worth it.

Further more, if you can go to QCC prior, and you do well, and get into Phi Theta Kappa, the honor society and are active, you can get a substantial scholarship to WPI. I ended up with about $60,000 in college debt for a Bachelor's degree, which is roughly the cost a single year. Again, it's difficult but we'll worth it. QCC is very much a "get out what you put in" type of school. If you're hardworking and dedicated, you will learn a lot more than the average student who is just going to college because that's expected of them.

Comcast? do you mean spectrum?

A High-speed rail network to NYC and other major surrounding cities will be a game changer.

As someone who considered MA state schools, but decided on WPI, I must say that the culture at WPI is what sets it apart. It’s a smaller school with a great community. We have a Humanities & Arts requirement so a good number of our classes are non-STEM. I decided that I didn’t like engineering after my freshman year, and there were plenty of other majors for me to choose! 🙂

That would be a nightmare to keep the tunnels from flooding, like a massive engineering feat, even bigger than the big dig. Worcester is half built into the side of a mountain, and the other half is in a flood zone at the bottom of that mountain, which is heavily controlled by canals, levees and a massive city wide storm water drainage system. ( I mean we have a whole section of Worcester called the canal district, and we are not near any major rivers or the ocean lol)

I mean if we get 2inches of rain in an hour, most of Worcester turns up flash flooded. Now think about being 12ft underground lol

Betters arts, restaurants, waste management, maybe another hospital network. Worcester has so many universities, it’s clear that alumni do not stay. So perhaps development, investments from large employers or those in a growing industry

Frequently re-paved and/or better engineered roads. Co-sign on public transport and high speed rail lines.

Build an apartment tower on the lot across from the Palladium. Put a supermarket on the ground floor then make it the tallest building in the city.

Ew.

It wouldn’t be little that’s a long stretch and would be just as big and costly as the actual big dig, one of the largest public works projects ever, yeah Worcester isn’t getting that kind of funding not to mention it would take 20 years and tie up Worcester with constant construction that entire time. Then it will leak and ceiling tiles will fall and kill people.

How about a gondola rail system we can ride around in the sky and have a nice view actually that might not be a bad idea.