#UConn vs Purdue

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clever bobcat
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What's your major

tropic estuary
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oh god how was it deleted

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christ

tropic estuary
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ill retype everything

clever bobcat
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Ohok

lyric wasp
lyric wasp
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So I'm a citizen of US but living in India right now. For UConn (Safety) I applied for mech engineering and industrial for Purdue. Here's the catch: I didn't get into the main campuses for either of them. I got into UConn Stamford and for Purdue they gave me the option to choose between the other 3.

Uconn Pros

  • i got 17K financial aid
  • it's near Massachusetts where I grew up

Uconn cons

  • it's 17k over the entire 4 years, so not a lot
  • its cold bro
  • UConn by itself was ok, but stamford is very low ranked
  • on niche there are some really terrible reviews; they say its very small and not a good place
  • they didnt have industrial engineering so i had to apply for mechanical

Purdue Pros

  • Good name brand
  • i got into industrial engineering which is what i want to do, not mech
  • i think its ranked higher than Uconn stamford

Purdue Cons

  • again, ranked very low
  • a bunch of kids in my school are going to Purdue main campus so they're going to know something is up when they don't see me
  • Cold (i originally wanted to be in NC but I haven't got any choice now)
  • no financial aid (haven't got an offer yet, idk if i'm going to)

Tiebreaking considerations

  • prestige/ranking
  • campus life

Addendum

  • idc about parties, i just want to be in a place where theres a good student community
  • wherever the weather is better (not too cold)
  • campus shouldn't be out in the middle of nowhere, maybe near the city
  • don't want to be a transfer kid bc i'll have to start over in new school

I got waitlisted from NC state but I don't think I can rely on getting in there. But I'm doing IB and i'm thinking about taking a gap year and applying next cycle with my final grades, provided they're better than my predicted (36/45).

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Another problem with this is that I'll have to stay at home for another year and i have a very bad home life. Can someone pls advise me on this? I'm very confused and neither of these campuses is where i want to go but this is the best i've got.

clever bobcat
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I'd say go to Purdue, it has a muchh better rep for engineering

tropic estuary
tropic estuary
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Yeah I guess that’s better then

elfin star
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If not, don't pay a premium price a regional campus (when you have a discounted price at another regional campus)

warm niche
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uconn. the purdue regional campuses are worse than mid.

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wait you didn't get into uconn main campus either, hmm still would lean towards uconn though

tropic estuary
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tropic estuary
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thx guys

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does anyone know anything about the conditions of the UConn stamford campus

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are they really as small as people say?

ocean rock
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i would watch some videos from students who went to stamford

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also, i would see which school has a greater chance of letting you transfer to the main campus

latent hamlet
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latent hamlet
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not many kids on campus - I know a couple that commute. If campus life is something you’re concerned about, I’d definitely take that into consideration

tropic estuary
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i feel like im in between a rock and a hard place

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thanks tho

latent hamlet
ocean rock
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Especially with what seyd said, Stamford has a sizable commuter student body

tropic estuary
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i take a look

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