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Applying to WPI

Applications

Before choosing your application method below, please read a complete version of our admission requirements and application instructions.

You may apply to WPI using the Common Application, the Universal Application, or our customized WPI application. We accept both online and paper versions of each. We don't have a preference for which application you use, but please only submit one application.

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• WPI Online Application
• WPI Paper Application
• Common Application
• Universal Application

 

Current Applicants

Current applicants will be able to check their application status online, as well as follow the receipt of application support materials. You will receive an assigned Login ID and PIN in your application acknowledgement letter. This acknowledgement will be sent via e-mail and by letter to the address provided on your application. Please allow 2–3 weeks for the Login ID and PIN to arrive.
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Additional Forms & Fees

Once you submit an application, the process doesn't end there. We need to receive your application support materials to complete your application file. Some of these items are included with the submission of the Common and Universal Applications. Others need to be sent from your school and teachers. If you have not obtained the necessary paperwork and forms elsewhere, you may access them below.

• Application supplement for Common Application and Universal Application (PDF)
• Recommendation from Secondary School Counselor and Transcript Request Form (PDF)
• Mid-year Transcript Form (PDF)
• Recommendation from Mathematics/Science Faculty (PDF)
• Standardized Test Scores
• Scholarship Supplement Form (PDF)
• Flex path form (PDF) for students using the WPI application, choosing the Flex Path, and not submitting standardized test scores
• Home school applicant form (PDF)
• Certification of standing form (transfer candidates only) (PDF)
• Mid-semester grade form (transfer candidates only) (PDF)
• $60 application fee (WPI endorses the fee waiver policy of the College Entrance Examination Board, as well as accepts fee waivers from high school guidance or college counselors)

The teacher recommendation and school report forms for the WPI Application, Common Application and Universal Application can be used interchangeably. Please note that if your teacher or guidance counselors wishes to submit the Common Application teacher recommendation or school report form through the Common Application website, the you must also be submitting a Common Application to WPI. If you are choosing another application type (WPI or Universal Application), the teacher or guidance counselor should simply print and mail a copy of the Common Application teacher recommendation or school report form to our office. Please contact our office should you have any questions.

To view and print the PDF files, you will need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader® installed.

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