Acronyms
Academics
Crimson and Gray
WPI History
The G.O.A.T.
100

All WPI students complete an IQP, which stands for this.

What is Interactive Qualifying Project?

100

WPI runs on these four terms.

What are A Term, B Term, C Term, and D Term?

100

Before the start of A Term their first year, all WPI students go through this event with their community advisor.

What is the New Student Orientation?

100

WPI was founded in this year

What is 1865?

100

This is the name of the WPI mascot.

What is Gompei?

200

Student clubs looking to request funding go through this three-letter governing body that supports campus organizations.

What is the SGA (Student Government Association)?

200

Students tracking their progress toward graduation check this online system to view grades, their academic advisors, degree requirements, and course registration.

What is Workday?

200

Students can grab food, study, and attend club meetings all under one roof in this red-brick hub at the center of campus.

What is the (Rubin) Campus Center?

200

This is WPI's motto.

What is "Lehr und Kunst" or Theory and Practice?

200

The goat mascot's name honors this student who cared for the first live goat in 1893

Who is Gompei Kuwada?

300

This 3 letter acronym refers to the requirement involving "depth" and "breadth"

What is the HUA (Humanities and Arts)?

300

WPI's grading scale skips these letters in place of NR (No Record).

What are D and F?

300

This is what you must do when you step on the WPI seal on the quad.

What is run to the goat statue in under 10 seconds?

300

These are the 2 towers referenced in WPI's "The two towers"

What are Boynton Hall and Washburn Shops?

300

This is the country from which the mascot's namesake comes from

What is Japan?

400

This 3 letter acronym describes WPI's career support department.

What is the CDC (Career Development Center)?

400

The "WPI Plan" refers to this distinctive model of learning.

What is the project-based curriculum or project based learning?

400

The main dining center on campus, Morgan Dining Hall, also goes by this much more popular name.

What is daka?

400

This WPI alumnus, often called the Father of Modern Rocketry, allegedly tested his early liquid-fuel rockets in Washburn Shops, and now has a building named after him.

Who is Robert H. Goddard?

400

When the original live goat mascot passed away, WPI students preserved its head, leading to this annual award.

What is the Goat's Head Trophy?

500

WPI's health and counseling center uses this acronym.

What is the SDCC (Student Development & Counseling Center)

500

This is the name of the on-campus group that can help support the improvement of group dynamics.

What is the SWEET Center?

500

All WPI students cross this bridge at the beginning and end of their time at WPI, marking a transition between campus life and the wider world.

What is Earle Bridge?

500

This WPI founder was a self-made wire manufacturer whose donation built the university’s first hands-on workshops, which still stand today.

Who is Washburn?

500

The goat was chosen as WPI's mascot because it symbolizes this trait, also common among engineers.

What is determination (or persistance)?

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