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Originally Posted by Jake177
If you've looked at WPI, then you probably know that the undergrad curriculum here is centered around three projects. One of these is part of the Humanities and Arts requirement, but the other two are research projects. There are also a lot of undergrad classes that are based around smaller-scale research projects. If you want to do research as an undergrad, you will definitely be able to do it at WPI.
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Jake raises a good point here. WPI's main selling point is the three project system, the Sufficiency (Humanities projects, ie English, Spanish, German, history, arts, theater, etc), the IQP (Interactive Qualifying Project, basically a project comprising of how science/technology works in society), and the MQP (Major Qualifying Project, a major-based project, or senior project).
If you want to do fun projects (haha, well, maybe not always fun...) then this is a good option. Travel is also available. I did my Suff on campus, but I went to Iceland for 2 months to do my IQP and I did a huge project with Gillette in London, England for another 2 months. They were some of the best experiences of my life and definitely helped prepare me for the real world.