<p>Hi! I am looking to go into foreign languages/education. I have visited both Purdue and IU and loved both of the campuses for different reasons. Any info about the students personalities/general "feeling" of the campus would be greatly appreciated. Also if anyone else is applying to either, what your thoughts are. Thanks!</p>
<p>I think Indiana University is better for a liberal arts study, Purdue is great for engineering/science fields</p>
<p>IU has a better language program. The campus is also a lot nicer.</p>
<p>IU for sure. You’ll love Bloomington. Its one of the better college towns in the nation + has great academic reputation in the midwest.</p>
<p>Purdue- Known mostly for engineering and basketball, the students love purdue, a lot of them from Indiana. Personally, I think Purdue campus is pretty good, nice buildings and lots and lots of trees. But one thing i dont like is there is really nothing much to do in west lafayette and it is far from everywhere. (chicago, indianapolis) Also, people in west lafayette are hard core fans of purdue and its sports. Campus tends to feel isolated in winter (well to me at least), but people there are pretty friendly. </p>
<p>I have never been to Bloomington but i heard it is a good college city.</p>
<p>Since you’ve visited them, you have a better feel for what you’re looking for and how each of those schools meets those needs. Still, from an outsider’s POV, Purdue is the engineering and business school, while IU is for the liberal arts.</p>
<p>In particular, IU has a bigger and much more respected languages department, and the education department is also pretty good. As for the campuses, I personally like IU much more than Purdue - got the feeling that there wasn’t much enthusiasm in general at PU.</p>
<p>Does that mean Purdue is a poor choice relative to IU? Depends on what you want, and only you know what’s important to you.</p>
<p>Huh?^^^ IU is the business school, Purdue is engineering.</p>
<p>yeah i really liked them both. i am interested in possibly a double major and am un-sure which school is more likely to allow me to be flexible with my studies. any idea? thanks so much for responding by the way! the reason i posted originally is because i know a few people who are hardcore purdue fans and insist IU is terirble, but I know they are biased and i wanted to get a more level opinion</p>
<p>also, does anyone know about how long a drive it takes to get to Purdue to Indiana and vice versa</p>
<p>Definately Indiana University- Bloomington, just really expensive for out of staters.</p>
<p>When I said Purdue was engineering and business, I meant that those were the only two majors where I’d consider Purdue. Indiana is much more broad and has a good business school - probably better than Purdue’s, but not much help if you want exposure to both engineering and business, and not so much better that I’d go to IU if Purdue had other things outside of the business school which made it preferable to me. Guess I could have stated that better, but since the OP didn’t mention business as an interest, it really doesn’t matter.</p>
<p>D just spent a week at IU and during that time arranged a meeting with the Classical Studies Department. IU is definitely the strongest in languages and business. Purdue
Engineering. Half of our family graduated from IU and the other Purdue. Cannot go wrong with either school, but pick the school that fits what you want to study. It is like splitting hairs between the two. Both good, but different strengths.</p>
<p>West Lafayette to Bloomington will take about 2-3 hours by cars. </p>
<p>and i completely agree with collegeorbust10. They are decent state schools. you will enjoy your college experience and if you study hard you are likely to become successful. Honestly there are states that have worse state universities. e.g Arizona. lol</p>
<p>Purdue is not just science and engineering. They offer a broad choice of liberal arts majors. But as everyone has said, both IU and PU are excellent universities. While Bloomington might be a more fun college town, Purdue is has a very large number of international students which give it a unique flair.</p>
<p>after visiting both IU and PU, Bloomington clearly is more of a “college town”. however, coming from an extremely small town, west lafayette/the purdue campus actually felt like there was a ton to do compared to where i am from. i know most people describe it as somewhat dead compared to bloomington, but in comparison to my hometown there was a lot going on. thanks for your help!!</p>