<p>I have been accepted to Purdue University for Fall 2010 for Undergraduate undecided engineering. I am an international student. </p>
<p>The universities that I applied to in the US for engineering were selected only because they were highly ranked by US news. I don't know much about Purdue and would like to know more. </p>
<p>I am leaning towards Aerospace, Mechanical and Electrical engineering. </p>
<p>Please elaborate on the following aspects/topics :- </p>
<p>1)Quality of education.
2)Jobs/recruitment
3)Housing - Also on which would be a good Co-ed housing facility with proximity to the engineering classes and has a good social atmosphere ?
4)Social life - I am a guy (Do I need to say more). Also on an athletic perspective. </p>
<p>Thanks a lot in advance.</p>
<p>Purdue is a respected university, annually ranked within USNEWS top 100 schools. Attending the school there are many opportunities of recuirment but alot on your part you may need to search for jobs/ internships etc… ( which the school is likely to help with), again a degree from Purdue would be respected. I’m not too sure on Purdue housing or social life. Though you can find many houses that are co-ed and a few that are non co-ed and put fourth for one gender. Purdue being a Big Ten school is popular in many sports and provide good social life for its students.</p>
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<li>Purdue is a top ten school in Engineering for a reason. </li>
<li>Don’t know much but companies like Boeing come every year and Purdue is known as the “Cradle of Astronauts”</li>
<li>Doesn’t matter where you live your freshman year since all your classes would be gen. ed classes which are scattered all around campus. Best co-ed choices are Harrison/McCutcheon, Shreve, and Earhart for freshman. However, males live in one tower and females live in the other side with a main building in the middle. </li>
<li>Purdue I believe has the top 5 largest Greek system in the US so yeah. There are a lot of Indians as well since I’m assuming you are one due to your username. The Co-Rec(Recreation Center) will be starting a renovating this summer so your athletics experience won’t be that great in the gym for a year but when it’s finished it will be sweet! Intramurals are very very big at Purdue as well. Parties are pretty much everywhere, you just need connections then your set. Make friends starting in BGR week and look at some fraternity houses so you know where the stuff is at.</li>
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<p>I heard on tv that Purdue has the best aerospace engineering program in the country.</p>
<p>Well Purdue ranked #4 on the 2009 US News Undergrad Ranking for Aerospace Engineering… Below MIT, GT, and UMich…</p>
<p>Purdue has an absolutely terrific engineering school no matter the specific major. They also have graduated the most CEO’s of any public university which could be helpful when job searching. They have great job placement as well with their graduates being very heavily recruited. When it comes to housing the dorms are typical size and quality I kind of liked them but the communal areas in the dorms are insanely nice and are all brand new and have a lot of cool game rooms and tvs and the like to offer. The dining halls are also very nice and serve much better quality food than most colleges. Socially, there is a slight shortage of females, but I have heard it really is not much of a problem for any students. It has the third largest greek system in the country so there is always plenty to do on the weekends. On the other hand, the town of Lafayette is not very interesting. There are not a ton of places to eat and do whatever but it is definitely still acceptable. Regarding you being an international student, they also have one of (if not the largest) population of international students of any public university so you would not be alone by any means. Oh and back to academics, it is a an engineering weed out school, meaning they make it extremely difficult to have a high drop out rate from engineering, but I am sure you would do fine, most motivated students do. Also athletically they have a pretty bad football team, but the games are always very exciting for students to attend and they don’t really have high expectations. Being in Indiana they are a huge basketball school though and they have done extremely well over the last few years. There are also a ton of club and intramural sports to compete in. I was rejected by engineering but got into a similar major in their college of agriculture and would try to transfer, but I really have no idea where I will be in September.</p>
<p>Thanks a lot for the help. The only thing that is holding me back from going to Purdue is the Social scene (Which is another reason Why I did not apply to GT). I spoke to a few guys in Purdue on Facebook and most of them complained Purdue having a very low percentage of girls. - Is this true. Also what about the parties ?. </p>
<p>One of the main reason I am looking at Purdue is because it is 10,000$ lesser than the other universities I have been accepted to (mainly - UMich , UIllinoi and Texas). </p>
<p>Thanks a lot again.</p>
<p>Yes, but all engineering schools have a similar female to male ratio problem. There are about 10% fewer females on campus, but I have heard that it really isn’t a big deal and if you are a decent guy you will do just fine. They have such a large Greek scene that there are always tons of parties every night of the week and since they are a Big 10 school they also attract bands and such for concerts that provide other things to do.</p>
<p>*43% Women
*57% Men</p>
<p>It’s not bad.</p>
<p>The quality of the women are +++, it redeems for the lack of them. There are parties any day of the week, as long as you are social and socialize with white kids then you are set. As everyone knows, IFC fraternities are mostly white and these fraternities are the ones that have houses on campus. Some students may feel as though students at Purdue are rascist but they are not. As long as you reach out and socialize with them you would be fine socially. I’m Asian and I’m part of an IFC fraternity at Purdue and all of my friends are legit. Best of luck.</p>
<p>^^^</p>
<p>Jim…you’re going back to Purdue! Wow…how are the finances working out? Will you also afford to be active with your frat again?</p>
<p>Thanks a lot for all the help. </p>
<p>One last question. I was filling out the housing application and in the virtual tour I notice that there are two beds in one room. Do I have to share one room with another guy?. What about the kitchen and the bathroom ?. Will it be like a one room apartment or just a room and there will be common kitchens and bathrooms?. This is mainly in regard with Harrison and McCutcheon Hall. </p>
<p>IS there a possibility that I can have a room all by myself? </p>
<p>Thank you once again.</p>
<p>mom2collegekids, yup I will be going back to Purdue in the fall. I have yet to work on finances but I will most likely have my parents loan money for me. They prefer me going to Purdue again than Rutgers which surprised me. I can afford being active in my fraternity since I will be living in dorms(mom’s condition for me going back to Purdue) and it really isn’t much in fees since I had to pay a one-time membership fee last year unlike other houses. </p>
<p>Sharjeel92, yes you will have to share a room with another guy. Every freshman will have one or three roommates depending on the housing choice. I’m not sure about Harrison but I’m sure its the same as McCutcheon but when I was in McCutcheon during Fall '08 there were no kitchens except for a microwave in the basement. Each floor has a community bathroom and at McCutcheon there were 4 showers, 8 toilets, and 12 sinks. It gets cleaned everyday except on Saturday and Sunday. There really is no big line for showers since everyone showers at a different time. There is a possibility for you to have a room to yourself if your roommate leaves in the middle of the year. If there are no spring transfers that rooms with you, a student who lived in temporary housing, or a student who wants to switch out of his room then you are in luck. Usually, everyone has a roommate though so don’t keep your hopes high. It’s nice to have a roommate to be honest, unless he just frustrates you everyday and it’s part of the college experience. If you want a single so badly then apply for First Street Towers when your a upperclassmen and pay that ridiculous $15k+ for just housing/dining.</p>