Office of Pre-collegiate Outreach Programs - WPI

Ignite! Our Drop off location is temporarily moving this morning! We have folks helping direct traffic, but we will be asking cars to enter between Riley and Daniels Hall. 🌳🌳

Frontiers FAQs

Swipe through for answers to popular Frontiers questions! We can't wait to see you all for session one so soon!

Throwback Thursday to past Ignite 🔥and Frontiers 🧭 sessions!

As we get closer to Ignite and Frontiers opening days, a look into what has happened in the past, but also what to expect when you're here! We look forward to seeing everyone on campus so soon😊. We cannot wait for an amazing summer☀!

POP is 10 years old today! POP stands for Pre-Collegiate Outreach Programs. You might know us from Frontiers🧭, Launch🚀, Ignite🔥, Engineering Ambassadors⚙ or any of the other programs that we have run in the past! Over the past decade, this team has created space on the WPI campus for brilliant students that aren't yet college age! Happy Birthday to POP!

What to bring to Ignite🔥 this Summer!

Make sure you bring these things with you to ignite! Check out our what is lab attire post if you are not quite sure what that means.

Pro tip: Bring baggy sweatpants to pull on over shorts on hot days😅!

Meet our RPAs part 3!🐐

We have a lot of RPAs, so we had to give them their own spotlight! They are so excited for opening day, and we know that they will be amazing😊! Frontiers🧭 is so close!

Meet our RPA's part 2!🐐

Here are more of our RPAs for this summer☀!

Meet our RPAs part 1!🐐

RPAs are the Residential Program Assistants for our Frontiers program🧭. They will be living in the dorms with our students to ensure they are safe and to create a fun and exciting environment! They are looking forward to meeting everyone on opening day! We cannot wait to see you😊!