<p>Indiana Univ--Purdue Univ--Indianapolis.</p>
<p>Is this a good university? Anyone give some comment on it?</p>
<p>The entering SATs are right at the national average, which I suppose may mean slightly under the average for students who actually enroll in college. As a partnership between Indiana and Purdue Universities, its mission is to be Indiana’s urban research and academic health sciences campus - not to necessarily provide a well-rounded college experience for traditional-age students. And only 5% of the student body lives on campus. That’s not a recipe for a vibrant campus culture.</p>
<p>Thanks a lot!</p>
<p>I hope someone can talk about the living there, the climate, culture, ,etc</p>
<p>In addition, how about the prestige of this school? Is it well respected or not?</p>
<p>gadad’s post sums it up well. Its goal is to be an urban center offering educational opportunities in the most densely populated area in Indiana (Indianapolis, obviously). U of Illinois at Chicago has a similar mission. It isn’t a bad mission to have, but it’s a very specific mission, and there would generally be little reason to move to go to it if you weren’t already living in Indianapolis.</p>
<p>IUPUI used to be just a commuter campus for persons who lived in the greater Indianapolis area and wanted an IU or Purdue degree without having to move to Bloomington or West Lafayette for several years. It attracted (and still attracts) persons who are going to college part-time while holding down jobs. Therefore, the average age of the student body is higher than usual and the four-year graduation rate is unusually low. Regarding prestige: a diploma from IUPUI reads either Purdue University or Indiana University, so your degree has the prestige associated with Purdue or IU. When you choose a school for major, you choose which University will be granting your degree. I think there are some majors for which you could have either a Purdue or IU degree, and it is possible to get degrees from both Universities if you have a double or triple major. That’s the good news. The bad news is the US News and World report ranks it as a Tier 4 National University, although some specific programs have high rankings. </p>
<p>Several of Indiana University’s schools for health-care professionals are located at IUPUI, including the Schools of Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing. IU also has a branch of it Law School there. There are also students pursuing graduate degrees in the arts and sciences. </p>
<p>In recent years, IUPUI’s campus has been centralized (there used to be one IU campus near the Medical School, and another for the Purdue School of Science, and another for Herron School of Art, etc.). There are many new buildings on its attractive campus, which is close to downtown Indianapolis. There are excellent recreational and sports facilities on campus.</p>
<p>There used to be very few dorms rooms available, and those were usually taken by nursing students and international students. Now there are several new dorms and campus apartments. So, there are many more students living on campus than there were a few years ago, and IUPUI is attracting many more students from outside Indy.</p>
<p>Based on my personal experience of living in Indianapolis for decades (I’m here as a parent, not a student), Indianapolis has a great climate if you like the change of seasons, which I do. It is not usually excessively hot in the summer (rarely over 100 F), nor excessively cold in winter (rarely below 0 F although it did get down to about 20 below once in my life). We have snow in the winter, and thunderstorms in summer. But the snow usually is nto deep and melts promptly and the thunderstorms rarely result in truly severe weather such as hail or tornadoes. The occasional ice storm, which makes roads dangerous and takes down tree limbs and power lines, can be a problem.</p>
<p>When I first moved to Indianapolis, there did not seem to be much here culturally, but that too has changed. We have several excellent museums (Indiana State Museum, Children’s Museum, Eiteljorg Museum of Western Art, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Conner Prairie Living History Museum, etc.) We have many different kinds of music (opera, rock, symphonic, …) available at a number of different venues including Verizon Music Center, Clowes Hall, Circle, Murat, etc. Indianapolis is more of a “melted pot” than a melting pot. There is a great deal of ethnic diversity, but few neighborhoods where a particular ethnic group predominates. </p>
<p>Hope this answers your question!</p>
<p>Thank you very much!!</p>
<p>I love the replies !</p>
<p>IUPUI is a great School!!! It is home to the second campus of the Kelly school of business (one of the best busness schools there is), the IU school of medicines ( Lots of cute doctors,and med students 
),IU School of dentistry,and is main campus for the School of Social work!! Many students here were at or near the top of their class!! It is a vastly under rated school!!! This school rocks even more if you what to work in health care since there are 4 hospitals on campus,and one across from campus,which means lots of work study jobs,internship opportunities,research opportunities,and more!! We are kinda of the cutting edge,and Sciences campus were IU-bloomington is more liberal arts,and traditional. It all depends on what you out of the school!! Good Luck!!</p>
<p>Go IUPUI!!!</p>