How is the student life at both of them?
How is the student life different?
How is the student community? How is it knit?
What are the differences in campuses?
** Which would you choose and why? **
What is the level of Engineering education at UW Madison compared to Purdue?
What are the engineering opportunities at UW Madison?
As an international student, which one would I prefer more and why?
Which city would you rather live in? Why?
And everything else there can be about both of these universities which would help those accepted decide.
I have never been to either, but I’m planning to visit both of them and have done some research. From what I have heard, Wisconsin is more of a party school. Purdue still has parties and everything, but has a stereotype of being boring when you do not involve yourself. Both are great engineering schools but I think Wisconsin is a little harder to get in to.
@pgkurtz Thank you for your reply! @ucbalumnus If those questions were for me: I have been accepted by both and hence started this thread. Also, for me, price would be one of the least deciding factors compared to the ones I’ve asked.
If those questions were factors you believed everyone would benefit from, thank you for adding them.
Purdue admits engineering students to first year pre-engineering; students must take the first year courses and then apply to their majors. You may want to ask what kind of GPA thresholds your desired majors have: https://engineering.purdue.edu/ENE/Academics/FirstYear/T2M
If getting into or staying in your desired major is much more difficult at one school compared to the other, then you may want to prefer the school where it is less difficult.