I imagine the kids that wait and wait that schools fall further down their lists as they’ve heard from others first.
There are less kids and less rich kids to go around going forward - and as a technical school, it’s not quite the best (the technical part) it’s been the last decade or so - it seems less are applying, especially for computer stuff - so that puts a WPI/RPI/RIT type maybe at another challenge.
So great they are taking steps to, in their minds, mitigate.
Agree it will help with yield and that many other EA schools they compete with come out on that timeline… personally, in my house, I am thrilled - lol.
FWIW, back in the day the mid-December timeline was normal for EA, but they didn’t have ED then. (My HS class of 22 kid, who ended up at WPI, found out his EA acceptance I think 12/13 or 12/15.)
And relatedly, if anyone reading this thread has WPI questions, please feel free to ask me or send me a message. My older son graduated last May with double majors in MechE and CivE and I’m always happy to talk about the school.
fascinating! so they have gone back and forth on dates!
I had tracked for my 25 and 27 and seemed to be mid-late Jan so assumed had “always” been that way. They also got rid of their “why WPI essay” since my 25 applied as well. Possibly they didn’t have it last year (or in 22!) not sure…but suspect new this year? I had assumed to increase # of apps but also may increase speed of reading apps:) (or both!)
Anyway, good for them for experimenting and trying to improve their stats:)
That’s great if true – it’s somewhat conflicting on their own web page (if you click on the “early action” on that same page it says late January or late February). I hope it’s true. Right now WPI is the top school on my kid’s list that she is fairly likely to get into. I’d love for her to have an early win and some peace of mind about the whole thing.
FWIW I dug out old emails from my 25, and they said “late jan” for EA 1 and “mid-Dec” for ED (not “early-dec”). My prediction is they had entry-level or intern changed chart on that page and didn’t look at other places on website Hopefully we both get emails at some point soon that have info confirming…I imagine social media will start having “ads” soon too.
They didn’t add any new options, nope! But did seem to move up the answer dates for ED1 and EA 1 if the chart is right (vs. text above it) which is my guess.
Ok I was really compulsive and went to wayback machine as this was weighing on me - lol.
WPI changed the chart with dates to what I pasted above between August and September 2026… to me that means chart is probably right and they changed their timelines so EA1 will be in December…I am hoping they post something in instagram or send an email to confirm, but right now emails seem to be pitching ED, sigh.
Hopefully we both get emails at some point soon that have info confirming…I imagine social media will start having “ads” soon too.