<p>My S just completed his freshman year at WPI and loves it!!! I don’t really know about how large the Jewish population is, but I don’t think it is structured into any organized activities (e.g. hillel). I will say that I was FURIOUS last fall when WPI scheduled their Parent’s Weekend on Yom Kippur! I always planned on attending Parent’s Weekend only when my S was a Freshman and I was so upset to have to make that decision on what to do. I called the school many times regarding that conflict, which they could not/would not change. Ultimately, we did attend the Parent’s Weekend, but I expressed my displeasure to the President of WPI just before he addressed the group that morning, on Yom Kippur. Aside from that, I was impressed with the President’s talk.</p>
<p>Regarding the 70/30 gender disparity…it doesn’t seem to matter when you consider those males that don’t actively socialize. My S joined a fraternity and is very, very happy in his world at WPI. </p>
<p>He also considered RPI, Tufts, Lehigh, Carnegie Mellon, Dartmouth…and RPI was his second choice, but for many reasons he much prefers WPI…proximity to Boston/Providence an important consideration for visiting friends and having them visit, too. I don’t think those experiences would have happened if he was at RPI.</p>
<p>His first visit to WPI was in his sophomore year, after a morning visiting Tufts…he kinda knew then, he wanted to go to WPI and I’m glad he’s so happy there!</p>