<p>I'm only going to be applying to one so I want to know which would be a better fit. Neither would be a problem to get into (ACT 35, GPA 3.9). If you know of scholarships they might offer me, that would be great.
I love big sports - I know both have that. I love having a college town, AKA a few streets within walking distance with lots of campus bookstores, some regular clothing stores, a couple of places to eat (both chains like Panera and smaller, non-chain places), a convenience store, and a smallish grocery store. Basically, the essentials.
I love school spirit. I want to be able to walk through the campus and see a school shirt on every other person.
I want to study psychology or French and Spanish. I want to be a behavioral analyst in the FBI so I can pretty much study anything, but I definitely want to go to grad school.
I row and alpine ski race, so if I could continue that on a club team, I would love that.
I don't know if I want to join a sorority, but I definitely want there to be Greek life. I love to party so that's a major plus.
I know Purdue had a majority of men - is that still true? Definitely a plus. Unless they're all weird, dorky (some dorks just aren't cute) engineers.
Thank you so much!</p>
<p>If you post in Indiana’s forum, it’s going to be pretty biased towards Indiana, but I’ll give you my most unbiased (kind of) opinions. </p>
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<li>IU has been called the “quintessential college town” Kirkwood and it’s surrounding area has exactly what you described. 4th Street is famous for its different foods from all over the world (tibetan, malaysian, indian, greek, japanese). Purdue is built on a sewer system</li>
<li>As far as school spirit goes, I’d like to argue that IU has more, but Purdue has been winning more in football and basketball. If you like watching other sports, IU is apparently ridiculous in swimming/soccer/tennis</li>
<li>IU’s greek life is pretty prevalent. If you join a sorority, you will have complete access to a ton of parties (if you don’t you still can get into most frat parties)</li>
<li>Purdue is an engineering school, which is why there are so many guys (engineering is a male dominated field) IU’s main attractions are going to be the B-school and the Music School, there are going to be dorky guys and cool guys in both schools; just more dorky in purdue, and more cool in IU</li>
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<p>IU is stronger in the liberal arts than Purdue so if you’re looking to study languages and psychology, it’s the place to be. </p>
<p>Bloomington is also an awesome college town full of school spirit and lots of awesome restaurants and places to shop. There’s everything here from major grocery stores and restaurant chains to smaller, off-the-radar kinds of places to eat and shop. </p>
<p>The party scene here is amazing, Greek or non-Greek.</p>
<p>Purdue may have more guys, but the student body at IU is pretty 50/50 and trust me, there is no shortage of eye candy on this campus. </p>
<p>Although your arrogance regarding your stats is a little bit off-putting, I will say that they’re good enough to warrant you some merit aid, and an invite to the honors college: [Automatic</a> Academic Scholarships: Office of Scholarships: Indiana University Bloomington](<a href=“Future Scholars: Office of Scholarships: Indiana University Bloomington”>Future Scholars: Office of Scholarships: Indiana University Bloomington)</p>
<p>IU also has a varsity women’s rowing team which I believe any incoming freshman can try out for, and a club team as well if you don’t want as big of a commitment. There is also a ski/snowboard club. </p>
<p>Just come to IU. It’s way better. And feel free to PM me if you have more questions or would like me to elaborate upon anything I said above.</p>
<p>I know nothing about undergraduate psychology programs, but I found this list through a Google search. </p>
<p>[Ranking</a> of U.S. Undergraduate Psychology Programs](<a href=“http://www.socialpsychology.org/gunder.htm]Ranking”>Ranking of U.S. Undergraduate Psychology Programs)</p>
<p>It has IU as the number 13 undergraduate psychology program in the country and I don’t see Purdue on the list. </p>
<p>I don’t think rankings exist for languages but the general rule of thumb is that IU is much better in liberal arts than Purdue. </p>
<p>Purdue’s two big strengths are engineering and business. It just so happens that IU does not have engineering and has a business school that overshadows Purdue.</p>
<p>I can tell you based on my personal experiences with the French department that you’ll be learning from some fantastic professors who really know their stuff and what they’re doing. I’ve taken up to 3 400-level classes (before transferring to NYU now) and I’ve been happy with all of my courses. If you love French, then you’ll like taking the French classes. If you are just taking French just because, then you might not like going into the upper level literature courses as it’s a lot of heavy reading. If you want to be challenged, then the French lit courses are it. They’re much harder (for me) than the more linguistics-oriented courses (which I personally focused on).</p>
<p>I can also tell you that my ex-roommate was from West Lafayette who went to IU (because both of his parents went to IU), so he knows Purdue and IU intimately since he hung out at Purdue a lot whenever he went home. He told me that if his major was equally strong at both Purdue and IU, he would still choose to go to IU because it had a better bar life scene and the town was just better and more beautiful. I’ve never been to Purdue and only went through West Lafayette once when I went to his house one weekend, so I don’t know Purdue well. Take it for what it’s worth though.</p>
<p>I do know that the Bloomington campus is regarded as one of the most beautiful campuses in the nation.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone! I understand that it’s slightly biased but all bias is based in fact. I’m sorry for sounding arrogant, but I promise I’m not! I’m just a good tester. This is really helpful, keep it coming!
Does anyone know anything about the two universities’ study abroad programs?</p>
<p>From what I know of IU, if there’s a place that you have in mind that you’d like to study abroad, there’s a way to make it happen.</p>
<p>The IU Study Abroad is quite strong and very accommodating. If there’s a program that’s not in IU’s list, they will still do their best to make it possible for you to go. I’ve never come across a person who was rejected from a program because it wasn’t in the program list. The IU study abroad programs is very broad and will take you all around the world. Several of them are directly administered with IU so you won’t have to worry about a 3rd party (but it’s still smooth with IES).</p>
<p>"I want to be a behavioral analyst in the FBI "</p>
<p>FBI Behavior Science Unit (BSU)</p>
<p><a href=“https://webspace.utexas.edu/.../FBI%20Behavioral%20Science%20Unit.ppt[/url]”>https://webspace.utexas.edu/.../FBI%20Behavioral%20Science%20Unit.ppt</a></p>
<p>Knowledge:
The investigator should have a minimum of a bachelor’s degree preferably in
criminal justice, sociology, criminology, or psychology.
Knowledge in investigation, law, and the criminal justice system
The investigator should have at least five years experience, with a law enforcement agency principally in the investigation of major crimes, interpersonal violence including homicide or sexual assault.
Be computer literate and able to use excel, office, and access
Be mathematically competent (Statistics and Probability)
Profilers require about a year of in-depth training, an academic background in psychology or another social science is helpful. However, the most important trait of an FBI profiler is extensive experience working on investigations. The initial BSU staff handpicked agents that seemed to have a knack for behavioral analysis. When asked what traits a profiler should possess, former BSU agent Roy Hazelwood said:
- “Common sense. Another term for that is practical intelligence.
- An open mind- you have to be able to accept other people’s suggestions.<br>
- life experience.<br>
- ability to isolate your personal feelings about the crime, the criminal and the victim.<br>
- ability to think like the offender thinks not get into his mind. All you have to do is reason like he does. You don’t have to get into his mind.” </p>
<p>Once an agent is selected into one of the behavioral analysis units, they go through a 16-week class classroom-based program, taught by both agents and outside professionals. Hilts says, “We try to start with a basic foundation of psychology and then go to specifics. By the last several weeks, we get into the specialties of specific types of crimes.”</p>
<p>IU is well-known by government agencies as a place to recruit those that can speak other languages. Although you can’t read the entire article, this link maybe of interest to you.<br>
[Foreign</a> Occupation: Features: May/June 2011: Indiana Alumni Magazine: IUAA](<a href=“http://alumni.indiana.edu/magazine/may-jun-2011/features/foreign-occupation.html]Foreign”>My IU: Indiana University)</p>
<p>Unfortunately that situation may change at IU and other institutions due to a reduction in federal funds. This article explains the situation.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.idsnews.com/news/story.aspx?id=82254[/url]”>http://www.idsnews.com/news/story.aspx?id=82254</a></p>
<p>Languages and Psych–IU is the way to go.</p>
<p>You might consider taking two courses at Indiana University at Bloomington taught by G. Coyle, who used to be a former CIA field agent. </p>
<p>One is entitled
“Intelligence and National Security” (and is being offered this Fall), and the other is
“Espionage in the 21st Century” (and is normally offered the semester following the first class–meaning it will likely be offered in the Spring Semester).</p>
<p>My son took both classes–received "A"s in both and said that he thought they were some of the most interesting classes he took at IU-B (along with the course by A. Douglas titled “Western Intellectual Thought”).</p>