Purdue vs Ohio State vs Indiana

Transfer Students
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<p>What would be the best choice for me? I will be an Out-of-State transfer student looking into Purdue-West Lafayette, Ohio State-Columbus, and Indiana-Bloomington. I'm from the east coast and I'm planning on taking a road trip during spring break to visit all 3 to see which campus I like the best. I will be majoring in either Finance or Accounting, and they are all ranked similarly in the US News undergraduate business school rankings.</p>

<p>But for prestige, which is better? Also, I'll most likely go to the school that ends up giving me the most financial aid, but I just wanted other peoples' opinions. Thanks.</p>

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<p>Prestige-wise Indiana is the best, but not hugely. The campus is much nicer than the other two, OSU is the ugliest college campus I have ever seen.</p>

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<p>really? i was looking at pics online and it seemed that OSU campus wasnt so bad and doesnt OSU have a brand new gym also?</p>

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<p>Photos can be decieving. I was on campus a couple weeks ago, they have a really nice new part on high street, but all around it are dirty 7-11s and homeless people. In one night on high street I got asked for change more than 10 times, no joke. Most of the off-campus area around the school in dingy and full of disgusting houses. The campus itself is depressing with soviet block architecture.</p>

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<p>anybody else? it seems like people seem to be pushing for indiana..</p>

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<p>I dunno, I was asking a knowledgable poster about out of state undergraduate business schools to transfer into and the guy recommended Kelly and Mccombs (texas). Although i really have no idea about either schools.</p>

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<p>i would say I am a knowledgable poster. I interview for an Ivy, have an MBA from a top 5 school, worked and recruited for a top tier consulting firm and I also happened to hang out at over 30 colleges in my life (road trip anyone?). </p>

<p>Indiana is the best name on this list by a margin AND it had the best social life/ campus. My best advice though is to look into UNC-CH. No only is it better than all of these, its much easier to transfer into out of state than first year admissions. A hidden gem that isn't as hard to get into as it might seem, they have over 700 transfers come in annually.</p>

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<p>I dispute the best social life.........but I am comparing to urban which OSU is better.....depends if you like beer bongs or city life.</p>

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<p>Columbus isn't exactly a real city lol! My parents live there, sure it has sky scrapers but 90% of the OSU students spend their time on campus anyway. Pretty much a beer bong social scene as well...</p>

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<p>Well then one must eliminate all three schools. Just makes the choice less difficult if they are all so similar.</p>