Purdue University (2024-2025)

[karmic parcel]

but u can always be stuck in ur dorm room doing jackshit

not for engineering

business for sure

engineering and the sciences are connections

and skill based stuff

remember

when ur here

[sturdy lintel]

ok got it

[karmic parcel]

ull be around thousands of other purdue engineers and scientists

being from purdue wont make u stand out there

[karmic parcel]

now im not saying dont come to purdue

i do believe the opportunities provided here

are splendid

im just saying dont expect anything to come to u on a dinner plate, instant success typeshit

[sturdy lintel]

yeah, i am just trying to weigh in the options in comparison to paying 0 cash and staying in my home country

[karmic parcel]

what country?

[sturdy lintel]

bulgaria

[karmic parcel]

oh

well u can always do masters

in the us

[sturdy lintel]

a lot of factors are meaningful in this discussion

i.e. do i want to stay in the us afterwards

whats the overall goal

[grim sonnet]

was there an rd poll?

[pliant garnet]

yea its in pins

since its rolling, i suppose u can just use the general decisions one by tay

[grim sonnet]

for rd not ea

[pliant garnet]

for by me for indy

[grim sonnet]

k

[sinful viper]

go ahead and use the one pinned one anyways

hello future boilermakers and boilermaker hopefuls and current boilermakers

[grim sonnet]

i got in through ea...just wanted to see how the decisions were in the rd

[eager kelp]

hellooo

[brazen kiln]

i mean

[sinful viper]

helloooooo

[brazen kiln]

prestige does open manga company recruitements

for cs majors

[eager kelp]

How's it going

[sinful viper]

it is going wonderfully except for my biochem report

[eager kelp]

damm :((

[sinful viper]

but i went home yesterday and went to my favorite dinner & icecream place and i got the RA job in a good dorm

[eager kelp]

I can't wait to come to campus holyyy

[brazen kiln]

and quant

[eager kelp]

oooh

that's really good

[sinful viper]

and i got to see my dogs

[brazen kiln]

lowk prestige helps a lot in this job market

[eager kelp]

it'll be so nice to come home and see my pup aswell

[sinful viper]

chm33901 is the baneof my existance

[karmic parcel]

prestige really dont matter as much as you think it does for engr and sciences

[sinful viper]

yes because youre from washington right

[karmic parcel]

i wish

[eager kelp]

Yup

I sure am

[karmic parcel]

prestige really dont help bro

these jobs want technical skill

[brazen kiln]

yeah it doesn't after you have some experience but for internships and shit bro there's literally companies only hiring from top schools

[karmic parcel]

and experience

[brazen kiln]

ofc but for new grads

[karmic parcel]

well for engineering and sciences which was the content of the statement from before, it dont

[brazen kiln]

and internships

[karmic parcel]

i was at a career fair like last week

[brazen kiln]

im just talking about cs

[karmic parcel]

yea even for that

[brazen kiln]

idk much about the engineering field

[karmic parcel]

they are caring more about technical skills rn

more about what u can do less about where u went

[brazen kiln]

yeah but some companies aren't even reading resumes if you aren't from a top college bro

😭

[karmic parcel]

thats some companies

but alot of folks are tryna just get jobs

so the companies are less of a influence

when u are tryna get an internship u will be fine with many of these other companies

[brazen kiln]

fair enough but prestige helps when tryna get a job as a new grad in this market

[karmic parcel]

a smart applicant would apply to places where they have chances

[karmic parcel]

not in this market

its connections

and connections are not prestige

[brazen kiln]

and where are the best connections bro 😭

[karmic parcel]

connections are all u

[karmic parcel]

state colleges

and big school

[brazen kiln]

the connections you get at top unis vs mid state schools are way diff

[karmic parcel]

ive had this conversation many times

[karmic parcel]

those state colleges

have hella alumni

and people to connect with

rememeber ur connections can really go far

theres more folks from "mid" state schools

than top unis

[brazen kiln]

i guess 😭

[karmic parcel]

lets stop acting like nobody in the world can get a job unless they go to a top uni

[brazen kiln]

im not saying that

[karmic parcel]

or it does give u such a boost

cause it doesnt

[brazen kiln]

im just saying that going to a top uni helps

not that going to a top uni solves all problems or gives you a hella big boost

but it definitely matters

[karmic parcel]

and im telling you

that it matters alot less than you believe

when it comes to technical based majors such as computer science, engineering and the sciences

it is not 2018 anymore

things have changed

companies are more picky now

they know everyone is smart and capable

and those from the big unis are "top tier"

but u forget a few things

u will be competing with ur classmates

and since u are at a top uni, u might be good

but u might lose a internship or job cause ur classmmates have connections

and skills

u dont

[brazen kiln]

fair points

[karmic parcel]

additionally, since many of these jobs are looking for folks with a wide variety of skills, just being in a college wont mean much

if someone at a nother college has a better profile

skills, connections, experience

its better to realize ur limits and what u can do

than to believe prestige exists

cause prestige wont get u far

it be ur blood, sweat, and tears that will

[brazen kiln]

yeah bro ofc

but like would u rather be a top uni or a mid state school..

[karmic parcel]

well i rejected alot of top unis

cause of money

im only here at this "mid" state school

cause of money

i woulda been back home in another "mid" state school

because of money

money and finaical reasons superceed prestige any day

[brazen kiln]

i think for engineering you can succeed at any school

[karmic parcel]

and cs

ive seen it at small state colleges

[brazen kiln]

yeah its just all skill for engineering

[karmic parcel]

at this career fair i went to last week

[karmic parcel]

and cs

well its not all skill

[brazen kiln]

but going to top schools definitely helps

[karmic parcel]

its still connections

[karmic parcel]

not as much

as you believe

realize top school have hella competitive

hella pressure

and stress

[brazen kiln]

yeah i agree

[karmic parcel]

for the same shit

[brazen kiln]

but

[karmic parcel]

that u can do elsewhere

[brazen kiln]

more opportunities

[karmic parcel]

really it is sometimes not worth it

[karmic parcel]

u would think

but because of comeptitive

folks alot of times canot get that opportunity

because they are always fighting for it

only the best of the best get it

[brazen kiln]

fair point

[karmic parcel]

and realistically, we are all not gonna be the best of the best

[brazen kiln]

it all depends on the person

[karmic parcel]

our freshman year

[karmic parcel]

that is all i was saying

college is so much different than hs

[brazen kiln]

yeah but prestige is always a factor no?

[karmic parcel]

that you might think ur the shit

[karmic parcel]

realistically, alot of forget about prestige

cause in the day to day

it really doesnt matter

presige wont save our grade

[brazen kiln]

sure it all depends on the person but if someone can beat the competition then going to a top uni is definitely gonna help them

[karmic parcel]

or get us food

[lean holly]

anybody no when purdue will send there next wave of admissions?

[karmic parcel]

but like thats a hope

[brazen kiln]

mar 21

next friday 5pm

[karmic parcel]

we hope to believe that we cna beat it

but sometimes ur not defeating the viscious wave

[lean holly]

any unis dropping admissions today?

[karmic parcel]

and ur just gonna have to be content with that

thats why it is better to go to a "mid" state school

or small technical college

where u have less competitive

challenges

[brazen kiln]

bro im just saying prestige actually exists 😭

[karmic parcel]

where u can bond with profs more

[karmic parcel]

im saying it exists

but matters less

for many

impacts their lives not as much

[brazen kiln]

yeah but it still matters

in general going to a top uni > mid state school

[karmic parcel]

prestige is a privalege for those who can access it

[karmic parcel]

no not really

[brazen kiln]

dont get me wrong mid state schools are good

[karmic parcel]

its all personal shit

[brazen kiln]

everything is personal shit bro

[karmic parcel]

so u cant say in general

cause sometimees folks dont want allat competitive bullshit

[brazen kiln]

but on average a person from a top uni fairs better than a person from a mid state uni

[karmic parcel]

no not reallly

they fare the same

unless the person is from a rich household

at the end of the day, ull be in the same position

then when ur career starts

thats a whole different game

[brazen kiln]

wdym

[karmic parcel]

many times, folks from those top unis will end up at the same jobs as folks from ur percieved mid schools

except rich mfs

cause being rich is a different ball game

if we talking avg person

then the uni u went to is a factor but not the biggest

im saying that u can be proud of ur college

u can believe prestige exists

but it is really really not a determining factor of things

[brazen kiln]

i never said it was a determining factor

[karmic parcel]

its like an ant pushing a chair

[brazen kiln]

im just saying its a factor

[karmic parcel]

then a human pushes the chair

the ant had an impact

but its super small

the human did the most

prestige is the ant

the human is luck

[brazen kiln]

so basically what youre saying is exactly what im saying

[brazen kiln]

what

bro luck is not that big of a factor

[pliant garnet]

not from cs anymore :D

unless its like university of podunk nowhere

u shud be fine for cs

[brazen kiln]

oh really

[karmic parcel]

yea

thats what i telling you

the game has changed

companies want folks who are passionate and technical

so they can suck ur passion

but keep the epxreince

[brazen kiln]

my point is just that prestige is a factor bro 😭

[brazen kiln]

and that going to a top uni definitely helps

[hardy spear]

For me I just love Purdue 😊

Campus is nice

Just happens to be amazing for engineering asw

[karmic parcel]

that was pretty much my decision

i love the architecutre here

and the photos i can take here

i love the size

the friendliness of the people

[karmic parcel]

yea you can always go to cmu if thats ur mindset

that place loves prestige and and top uni moves

but its depressing

and its in pittsburgh

https://tenor.com/view/harvey-beaks-miriam-irving-nickelodeon-nicktoons-gif-3182331011124662083

the pit

(im a hater of the steelers)

[brazen kiln]

bros js a hater of top unis atp

😭

so many top unis w a good atmosphere no?

[pliant garnet]

in like law or quant, name does matter

[karmic parcel]

no im not a hater

[pliant garnet]

but cs is more skill or experience

[karmic parcel]

i just dont like pittsburgh

or many of the ivies

specially princton cause its in nj

and fuck nj

[narrow minnow]

Did anyone that was accepted rd get into their second choice major or just first?

[pliant garnet]

but ur right

like cmu feeds to google, penn feeds to openai

but u can def get those positions from schools like purdue, uiuc, umd etc

[karmic parcel]

but cmu is where the dark and depressed reside

[karmic parcel]

ive seeen it happen from witchita state university

acc at nsbe

[brazen kiln]

these are all top schools tho imo

[karmic parcel]

there was hella cs majors from witchita state who got offers from nvidia

and google

as well as keenesaw state

and other smaller state colleges

[brazen kiln]

but yes i agree

you can get those offers from anywhere

its just easier

[karmic parcel]

uhh depends

[brazen kiln]

from top schools

[karmic parcel]

acc

someof those schools do not have good departments

for some majors

so the idea of top uni

changes per person's major

[brazen kiln]

aren't we just talking about engineering and cs

[karmic parcel]

like cmu is goated for enginerring but less for philosophy

[karmic parcel]

no its more competitive

so its harder

how is that concept hard to understand

[fallen venture]

yo when is purdue coming

[karmic parcel]

acc

nvm sid

this is sematics

[karmic parcel]

wait child

[brazen kiln]

just because its competitive doesn't mean its not easier to get into a top company from a worse school

[pliant garnet]

some came yesterday

if not

then prolly next to next friday

[brazen kiln]

next wave is next friday 5pm est

[pliant garnet]

during spring break?

[fallen venture]

bet thanks

[pliant garnet]

damn AOs working overtime

SHOOT I FORGOT TO ASK THEM

im so sorry guys

[brazen kiln]

well someone said they released during spring break last year

[fallen venture]

thats p odd though why they sending it so spread out. did they get a lot of apps this year?

[pliant garnet]

they always roll out RD results

[brazen kiln]

they always rolled rd

[pliant garnet]

EA they send out all at once

[brazen kiln]

yup

[fallen venture]

oh what really?

[brazen kiln]

yup

[fallen venture]

damn i didnt know that thanks

[brazen kiln]

@karmic parcel u go to purdue?

[karmic parcel]

bro.

[brazen kiln]

bro u said mid state school and purdue isn't a mid state school

😭

[karmic parcel]

i literally mentioned it like twice

[brazen kiln]

purdue is t20 for engineering and cs

[undone maple]

I thought Purdue was regarded as a really good school right?

[brazen kiln]

yeah exactly

[brazen kiln]

so i got hella confused

[undone maple]

Or was that just in general

[karmic parcel]

this school does not exist to the minds of most folks who arent from the midwest

when i tell people i go to purdue

[pliant garnet]

????

its big in cali

[karmic parcel]

they think i go to a chicken farm

[pliant garnet]

its like UCI/UCSB level for ppl here

[karmic parcel]

well not in the midatlantic

[undone maple]

Personally ik a lot of people east coast who know it

[brazen kiln]

i feel like everyone whos in engineering and cs will know of purdue bro 😭

[pliant garnet]

and in the east coast ive heard its like UCLA level for engineering

[karmic parcel]

perdue is bigger than purdue there

[brazen kiln]

and think of it as a good school

[narrow minnow]

^

[karmic parcel]

dont call state schools mid

u dont know what they boffering in these colleges

[undone maple]

Like not the mit and Stanford level but Purdue seems to have a really good reputation

[brazen kiln]

yueah exactly

[karmic parcel]

except in the indiana senate

[pliant garnet]

https://tenor.com/view/yippee-cat-gif-696604303596555012

[karmic parcel]

where they wanna gut up like a fish

[pliant garnet]

nah theyre gutting iu

🙏

nvm politics

[brazen kiln]

bro onlyu place where school reputation acc matters is for employers and i feel like everyone in the field would think of purdue has a really good school

[weak siren]

Purdue why u give me no aid

👩🏼‍🦯

[pliant garnet]

we need munny 🤑

how else are we going to get our salmon sushi

[fringe gyro]

depends so heavily on your field and location

[undone maple]

Speaking of which people who go to Purdue would you say people are able to get fairly good jobs right after graduation? For cs specifically

[fringe gyro]

Yes

[pliant garnet]

our post grad cs stats are incredible

[fringe gyro]

especially in midwest cities

[pliant garnet]

lemme send

[brazen kiln]

uyeah

[fringe gyro]

Chicago, indy

[pliant garnet]

https://www.cs.purdue.edu/corporate/placement/index.html

[weak siren]

👿

[undone maple]

Ah true purdues awesome at aerospace right?

[fringe gyro]

stl

[weak siren]

Not one good financial aid offer yet (waiting on washus aid offer)

[undone maple]

Ty

[pliant garnet]

go west 🙏

[fringe gyro]

yes

[karmic parcel]

but thats cause thats teh cs majors who make it

quite a few cs majors just leave cs

[pliant garnet]

lowest salary of someone who went west with cs major is 82k

75% of grads answered the survey

[brazen kiln]

purdue has good faang recruiment too

[pliant garnet]

those who graduated with a cs major

[pliant garnet]

yeah :D

[undone maple]

Wow That’s insane

[brazen kiln]

so idk why you called it a mid state school lmfao

mid state school is like

uni of south carolina

[undone maple]

I’ve been trying to decide between here umd and umich for a while this just makes it harder lol

[pliant garnet]

or UC Berkeley 🤮

[pliant garnet]

wait u got into mich cs?

[undone maple]

They all seem amazing but Purdue is for sure cheapest

[brazen kiln]

or uiuc for cs ong

[pliant garnet]

is cost an issue?

[undone maple]

Yeah

[pliant garnet]

bro 2.8% cs acc rate goes insane

[pliant garnet]

holy shit congrats

[brazen kiln]

congrats bro

[undone maple]

I’m able to pay for it as I only have to pay for 1 year so technically it’s not an issue but Lower would be better of course

[brazen kiln]

all good options tho

you wont miss out no matter what you choose

imo

[undone maple]

Ty! Was surprised when I found out

[undone maple]

Thanks! Did you get into Purdue as well?

[pliant garnet]

oh wait thats solid

[brazen kiln]

nah waiting

deferred ea

🙏

[pliant garnet]

def ask https://discord.com/channels/786557653924708373/954425230896545792

[undone maple]

Ah same wishing you the best

[brazen kiln]

tyty

hopefully next wave 🤞

[pliant garnet]

wait wtf u got into mich and not purdue?

[undone maple]

Yeah I made a post a few days ago with just umd and umich but yeah now that I got Purdue it’s just harder

[misty jacinth]

It’s happened to a few people ik in past cycles lol

[pliant garnet]

nahhhh wtf is purdue thinking

god damn

[karmic parcel]

that is not a mid state school

[undone maple]

Idk essays maybe? Is mich harder to get into?

[karmic parcel]

idk who told you that

[misty jacinth]

So not entirely unheard of

[pliant garnet]

i would say, trying to be unbiased, mich is better than purdue

[pliant garnet]

yes wayyyy harder

[misty jacinth]

Yeah ngl mich is a whole different tier

[brazen kiln]

how

[misty jacinth]

Not that purdue isn’t tough

[karmic parcel]

usc is a flagship state college

all the main state colleges are not mid

[undone maple]

For cs even?

[pliant garnet]

mich is more UCLA level than purdue level imo

[karmic parcel]

university of state name

[brazen kiln]

yeah for cs too

[karmic parcel]

is usally a good state college

[undone maple]

Because Purdue had crazy outcomes based on that link

[karmic parcel]

gneerally a good college

[brazen kiln]

shit better for me then

[fringe gyro]

again it definitely all depends on your location and field

[brazen kiln]

that's my safety rn 😭

[pliant garnet]

yeah thats fair

[pliant garnet]

see mich

https://career.engin.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2024/05/BachelorsComputerScience2023.pdf

[fringe gyro]

to a2c people the difference between purdue and umich is massive but to employers in certain fields they’re like the same

[pliant garnet]

average salary 116k is insane

[fringe gyro]

cs probably differentiates them

[undone maple]

True

[pliant garnet]

max 250k jesus christ

[undone maple]

But Purdue was like 110k I thought?

[fringe gyro]

I don’t think civil engineering for example would though

[misty jacinth]

Mich is a t10 cs so it becomes even tougher for cs lol

[misty jacinth]

Yeah UCLA seems about right

[pliant garnet]

yea 113

ur right

[undone maple]

Yeah true, and cs feels so hard to begin with

[pliant garnet]

damn

i didnt realize purdue cs was that good

[undone maple]

Yeah it’s crazy based on that

[fringe gyro]

like a civil engineering employer would see purdue and umich as just “good schools” better than like some random state school, but not necessarily above or below one another

yeah purdue cs is goated

[undone maple]

So you think mich is worth it then?

[pliant garnet]

HOLY SHIT

uiuc average cs starting

is 130k

[fringe gyro]

if you have the money yeah but if not

[undone maple]

No way that’s insane

[misty jacinth]

Optiver my beloved

[brazen kiln]

yo what's gt cs im curious

[misty jacinth]

Bro isn’t CMU like 200

According to collegescorecard anyways

[misty jacinth]

I think about the same as mich

[undone maple]

Do you know what umd is? Couldn’t find it

[pliant garnet]

lemme see

[pliant garnet]

lemme see

[narrow minnow]

Have any of u been accepted to second choice major during rd? I wonder if the first wave was just first choice major acceptances only?

[brazen kiln]

i haven't seen any second choice acceptances here

[pliant garnet]

Salaries for graduates entering full-time employment were competitive, with a median starting salary of $110,000.

https://www.cs.umd.edu/article/2024/09/umd-computer-science-graduates-secure-96-job-placement-rate

[brazen kiln]

maybe they haven't mentioned that it was their second choice

[narrow minnow]

Ok cool thanks! I’m not expecting to get in for cs after being deferred but hoping for second choice

[brazen kiln]

but still

[brazen kiln]

glgl

[narrow minnow]

Ty!

[pliant garnet]

https://academiceffectiveness.gatech.edu/surveys/reports/georgia-tech-career-survey-salary-report-ay-2021-2022-public

same as purdue?

thats insane

[brazen kiln]

holy shit

[pliant garnet]

gtech being same as purdue feels wrong

[brazen kiln]

purdue is hella high

dubs

[pliant garnet]

gtech, umd, purdue, and umich have the same cs average starting salary

thats so weeeeirrdddd

but uiuc is leagues ahead lmfao

130k

wait lemme see cmu gimme a minute

[brazen kiln]

https://www.cmu.edu/career/outcomes/post-grad-dashboard.html

bout the same

[pliant garnet]

yea tableau is slow for me

holy shit for cmu cs

[brazen kiln]

oh shit wait i wasn't looking at cs

[pliant garnet]

oh my god AI

😍

[brazen kiln]

200k+ being the most common is crazy

for cmu cs

[pliant garnet]

god damn

cmu is next level insane

but still, 113k average aint bad :D

[fringe gyro]

my friend got in second choice yesterday

So second choices should be getting in

[brazen kiln]

@narrow minnow

[narrow minnow]

Oof I was hoping they were just not releasing second choice acceptances till next week

[brazen kiln]

dont worry next wave will prolly be acceptances too

[narrow minnow]

If I was deferred and it said for my first and second choice does that mean they considered my second choice during ea or do they wait till I get actually rejected from my first choice?

[narrow minnow]

Ok phew that’s good

[undone maple]

Damn still really good

Is cs on average the highest paid undergraduate degree?

Because these are crazy

[pliant garnet]

not

sure

CE may be higher

[sinful viper]

hello

guys never take chm 33901

thats my advice

ive been working on this paper for the past like 3 hours

and i am tired of it

[pliant garnet]

CE was sliiiightly higer in 2020

[pliant garnet]

its break tho :(

did they assign it to do over break?

or ur just not procrastinating

[karmic parcel]

no industrial engineering is higher

[sinful viper]

i got it assigned like 2 weeks ago but we didnt get all the data we needed until lab 8 which was like only a week ago and then i had 2 massive exams so i couldnt work on it and its due tomorrow

😅

[karmic parcel]

chemistry seems scary

[undone maple]

Oh really? Interesting

[sinful viper]

my results are 7 pages

my intro and methods are 6

[undone maple]

At Purdue or in general?

[sinful viper]

so this will be probably at least like 15 pages in total

[pliant garnet]

gl 😦

[sinful viper]

el oh el

its okat

[karmic parcel]

in gneeral

[sinful viper]

(im coping)

[karmic parcel]

theyre the engineering consutants

[undone maple]

Oh ok

[undone maple]

Based on that since they’re all kind of the same Purdue feels like the best option ngl

Also the campus looks great

[vocal solar]

purdue's really nice

[undone maple]

Yeah definitely

I was only concerned about location since it’s kind of in the middle of nowhere and how that may affect jobs but based on the data apparently it doesn’t really

[pliant garnet]

i loooove our campus

[vocal solar]

I really hope I get in 🥺

[pliant garnet]

i mean I don’t like cities very much, so campus is rly good imo

[pliant garnet]

U got this :D

[vocal solar]

thanks

I'm waiting on BU and Purdue lol, both are pretty much opposites vibe wise

an urban campus vs purdue's like, more isolated campus

[undone maple]

I was hoping for my college to have a very campus feel so no city buildings in between campus which I’m guessing Purdue has

Would you say internship opportunities and research is still good at Purdue despite the location?

[noble dune]

purdue pls accept me

[hollow field]

Nobody got a non acceptance right

[hardy spear]

Don’t think so

[vocal solar]

I think so, yeah.

I know undergrad research is really nice at purdue

[undone maple]

Awesome, do you know if there’s things like career fairs and such for jobs?

[vocal solar]

I'd be surprised if there weren't, there are at most universities.

purdue's pretty well regarded

(assuming we're discussing the engineering/CS programs)

[undone maple]

Yeah cs in particular, good to hear

[vocal solar]

https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/top-feeders-tech might be worth looking at

[karmic parcel]

guys

also rememebr

that wl has companies

near it

they take folks from purdue

[undone maple]

Thanks!

[undone maple]

Oh actually? Do you know which?

[vocal solar]

if you just want the raw strength of their CS programs, without much regard to employability, you can look at https://csrankings.org

[pliant garnet]

yeah we have massive career fairs

like ik a dude who got a cs internship at the cia cuz of the career fair

among like 5 other companies

[pliant garnet]

research is super super easy to get

purdue helps a ton with that

as long as ur motivated enough to make an effort to get research

u can def get some research

[pliant garnet]

staying in indiana after grad?

a fate worse than death

[fossil jolt]

for the co op thing do u get credits for working at another company?

[pliant garnet]

im not entirely sure how co ops work cuz i dont rly wanna do one

but u can find more here: https://www.opp.purdue.edu/our-programs/undergrad-co-op

engineering specific

[karmic parcel]

no internships

[karmic parcel]

i might do a co-op

[fringe gyro]

To be fair, my friend’s second choice was only offered at the indy campus

so maybe it was just second choices for indu

he just told me that so I had no clue 😭

[pliant garnet]

huh?

what major is at indy thats not in wl?

[narrow minnow]

Ohh ok ty for letting me know!

[fringe gyro]

integrated business engineering or something like thT

[pliant garnet]

oh damn nice

[fringe gyro]

or maybe motorsports engineering?

Something like that

yeah

[pliant garnet]

ok thats hella cool

[karmic parcel]

https://www.prf.org/researchpark/companies/index.html heres at research park

[undone maple]

Ok now Purdue may actually be my #1 based on all of this

I just have to wait until my offer comes out

[pliant garnet]

also id def post in https://discord.com/channels/786557653924708373/954425230896545792, cuz im a little biased towards purdue, u havent heard the perspective of someone in mich rn

we do have ppl in mich cs here that can give their input on internships, career outcomes, research access, etc, like my twin @fickle coral

[undone maple]

Yeah definitely open to different opinions, made this https://discord.com/channels/786557653924708373/1349147542809612379

But just for UMD and Umich

But double price for umich is a lot, although its just 1 year Id pay so 40k total

[pliant garnet]

oh i didnt notice that lol

that u made the post

but leon is typing there so he shud be able to give his input on mich

[undone maple]

all good, yeah just trying to weight pros and cons

[misty jacinth]

Bro look at the gap

[undone maple]

but like some people said all are really good in their own way

[misty jacinth]

So hella people just earn like

“Normal six figures”

And then there’s a whole other group that earns 200k+

[pliant garnet]

lmao ur right

but the average of 150k is still insane

[undone maple]

thats cs what job would even pay that much though?

[pliant garnet]

research at big tech companies

cuz those are the ppl that literally make the products that earn them their money

[undone maple]

Can you do that with an undergrad?

[pliant garnet]

cmu cs feeds into google ai research iirc

they have an office in pittsburgh just for the cmu ppl

openai feeds from penn ai/cs

[undone maple]

crazy, I guess if there was any school to do it cmu would be one of the best

[pliant garnet]

and they pay hella

[pliant garnet]

yeah fs, cmu/mit/ucb/stanny are t1 cs tied

twin is here :D

[undone maple]

I was thinking about doing AI honestly but I saw a lot of people saying you need a masters to do it, do you think it's achievable with just an undergraduate cs degree? (Didnt apply ai unfortunately)

But ive just been doing it on my own and its really fun

[pliant garnet]

so the thing is

we dont know

there arent any ai grads from purdue, it started last year
cmu is the only school that has ai grads

and evidently theyre doing rly well

BUT im 100% planning on doing grad school fs

i feel like undergrad AI, though good, its not nearly in depth enough for a specific AI subfield

[undone maple]

true its just too new, seems like a really good path though for the future, gl!

[fickle coral]

def go with umd. the 30-40k diff is way too much for umich. the difference is so small even if like many says umich cs is just slightly better. it came down to money for me as well

[undone maple]

If I wanted to do AI in the future would cs -> ai for undergraduate to masters work?

[pliant garnet]

yeah

[undone maple]

mb lol

[pliant garnet]

all the AI ppl rn are cs/math majors

cuz there arent many AI grads at all

so thats the main path rn

[undone maple]

Yeah the money is just a lot, would you say umd over purdue?

[undone maple]

ok thats good then, I went cs because itd be more general but I think I might've chose AI as a backup for purdue

[pliant garnet]

in fact yeah there are less than 100 ai undergrad majors in the job market at all rn

all are from CMU lol

[undone maple]

Yeah and from the data you showed they're doing great

[misty jacinth]

Quant quant quant

[pliant garnet]

and then the AI major at penn and purdue are rly small, less than 100 ai majors here total so far

[misty jacinth]

That’s what pays it

[pliant garnet]

NO

i hate quant

[misty jacinth]

Yes

I’m sorry

[pliant garnet]

[misty jacinth]

But that’s prolly like

The majority of the 200

[pliant garnet]

ai research :_D

[misty jacinth]

[pliant garnet]

pays a shit ton too

[undone maple]

isnt that like making algorithms for trading/investing companies?

[pliant garnet]

like c.ai research starting salary was like 200k

idk if this is a starting role

but

225-400k compensation

https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/character/3ab40c3d-63bd-4634-a126-5a3d25d3263b

+benefits, equity, starting bonus

[misty jacinth]

Yes

[glass lake]

!quant

[tender void]

Ding!

Looks like someone's brought up quant again!

I think it’d be better if you analyzed some grass instead.

Used 1857 times.

[misty jacinth]

Are you gonna get these roles

Mr ai major

[pliant garnet]

either im planning on doing ai research after grad school

specifically ai + music/audio

or going for an MBA

depends on how its looking in 2 years

[misty jacinth]

Fire

Purdue ms?

[pliant garnet]

wherever accepts me lmaooo

id prefer to be closer to home, but all tehse schools are so competitive

stanny, berkeley, ucla, etc

[misty jacinth]

Yeah that really how it be

You got it tho trust

[fickle coral]

yes, umd is slightly better in terms of research and stuff. and i think u would be happier at umd too no shade to purdue. location also goes to umd. how much is purdue

[pliant garnet]

idk how grad school admissions works, but i would assume purdue wud be my fallback assuming that they like purdue grads

but i could also be rly wrong

[misty jacinth]

How about UIUC vs UMich vs Purdue vs UMD. I have a scholarship at UMD that brings it down to around the same as Purdue + UMD honors

OOS for all 4

[pliant garnet]

uiuc and mich oos are rly expensive right?

[misty jacinth]

CompE

[fickle coral]

i just can't wrap my head around umich oos full price

[misty jacinth]

UIUC is 60k, umich 80

Purdue is 50

UMD is 50

Bro if only I didn’t get deferred from gtech

[fickle coral]

10k diff is that a lot for u?

[misty jacinth]

I’m not sure if it’s worth it myself

[fickle coral]

i will say umd here

[glass lake]

and theyre stingy as hell w oos finaid

[misty jacinth]

Tbh for CompE purdue negs umd

So for me it’s really between purdue and UIUC I think mich is too pricy

[fickle coral]

oh yea compe

yea nvm

go to purdue

purdue is like so good for engineering

[misty jacinth]

Now if ONLY I WASN’T WAITLISTED FOR THE HONORS COLLEGE

RAAAAHHH

Gtech better clutch up bro

I finna don’t wanna be homeless

[fickle coral]

yea ur in state for gt right

[misty jacinth]

OOS

I live in NJ

[karmic parcel]

bro

[misty jacinth]

I got deferred early

[karmic parcel]

u can literally go honors

anytime

in purdue

[misty jacinth]

Rlly

[karmic parcel]

yes

[misty jacinth]

Will I be homeless my first year bro

[karmic parcel]

no

[misty jacinth]

That’s my biggest worry

[karmic parcel]

ur guaranteed housing

are u engineering?

if so

[misty jacinth]

Ye

[karmic parcel]

do vip or epics

they get u guaranteed good housing

[misty jacinth]

Got it

[karmic parcel]

learning communites bro

for engineering

[fickle coral]

housing problem is fixed at purdue?

[karmic parcel]

https://www.purdue.edu/learningcommunities/profiles/engineering/index.html

[karmic parcel]

hell no

we just have learning communities that have housing with em

[karmic parcel]

when i tell u, purdue has so many ways to get housing

as a freshman u cna get good housing

[pliant garnet]

purdue honors?

[misty jacinth]

Yeah they sent me an email telling me I was “on the waitlist for the honors college”

Lame as shit

[pliant garnet]

wait housing ur guaranteed first year

and after that, idk anyone who wanted on campus housing and didnt get it

[karmic parcel]

honors really aint allat

[pliant garnet]

and its gonna be better for u since we lowered our acceptance rate hella

[karmic parcel]

freshman year

[pliant garnet]

and this

[karmic parcel]

afterwards

[pliant garnet]

they dont have much that u cant get without

[karmic parcel]

its helpful

also

ur gonna be fye

u can get alot of opportunities for things throuhg learning communiteis

vip

has research

purdue my beloved did research with vip

[pliant garnet]

yesss

best experience ever, 10/10 would recommend

https://engineering.purdue.edu/VIP

[karmic parcel]

my vip team

while i didnt love it

really helped me learn what i wanted

[pliant garnet]

yeah its super group dependent

[vapid pelican]

I got waitlisted for the honors college as well. If you want guaranteed or nearly guaranteed housing just do a learning community

Plus, it seems like they cut back on admits pretty significantly this year so the housing issues probably won’t be as bad

[undone maple]

Idk didn’t get offer yet, but thanks for the feedback

[karmic parcel]

im from delaware

umd was my almost number 1

but it was too expensive

purdue was the move generally

[undone maple]

Would’ve been same for me but got scholarship for umd so it’d be 50k vs Purdue which I think is like 47k

[karmic parcel]

i will always promote purdue as the best option

just cause of that affordablity

[undone maple]

Yeah not wrong it is the cheapest

Coa without any aid is 47k right?

For non resident

[karmic parcel]

i was lucky

that i got schollys

with purdue

but it is possible to reduce the price

over time

with schollys

[marble robin]

Omg I did UGA VIP as well

This is actually the easiest research positions one could get as a freshman-sophomore.

Enjoy it while it lasts. 😭

[pliant garnet]

Exactlyyyy it’s so good

Hallo tea 👋

[marble robin]

I love it ❤️

Hai!!!

[karmic parcel]

im doing vip again

but for something thats not what im doing

maybe research

[obsidian glacier]

what do u do in there

i might join this

and the

uh

surf thingy

next yr

[pliant garnet]

it’s like guaranteed undergrad research

u pick a group that offers it and do research for them

it’s great

https://engineering.purdue.edu/VIP/teams

[undone maple]

are vips available at all colleges generally? or is it a purdue thing

[pliant garnet]

i thought it was purdue only

But tea just said it’s at uga

So it’s prolly at a few other schools

But def not all of them

[marble robin]

Georgia tech has it as well

[undone maple]

yeah looked it up apparently it was made by purdue and georgia tech and only a couple other have them

[marble robin]

https://instruction.uga.edu/initiatives/vipr-program/

[undone maple]

oh this is awesome, so you can choose anything?

[karmic parcel]

yep

[karmic parcel]

well u gotta apply

for a group

[pliant garnet]

Yep

[karmic parcel]

but the application is like not real

[pliant garnet]

If u get lucky

[karmic parcel]

i know someone who wrote 10 words

and got in

i just put my college app supps three

and it worked

[marble robin]

Easiest research experience to get into

[undone maple]

Yeah thats awesome

[karmic parcel]

i just joined a club

lunabotics

which was awesome

and so much epxiernce from that

its clubs

or research

[undone maple]

Ohh thats what they are, I didnt know VIPs but I actually wrote about wanting to join lunabotics in my essays

It seems super fun

[pliant garnet]

Oh yeah a few of my friends are in lunabotics lol

wait im talking abt Lagrange lmao

[marble robin]

Omg nasa lunabotics

I wish UGA had it 😢

A team

[frozen dagger]

Has anyone gotten in for their second choice major?

[karmic parcel]

yea i am in lunabotics

and ngl

i wouldnt reccomend it all time

i like the building part

[marble robin]

I wanna join but UGA doesn’t have it 😢

[frozen dagger]

What is the point of listing a second major if they don’t bother

[sinful viper]

they do bother looking into it?

[hardy spear]

anyone know about the robotics team at Purdue?

Is it good?

[karmic parcel]

theres like 20 of em

so many different robotics teams

im on lunabotics

which is creating a lunar rover

but tehres autonomous robotics

marsbotics

and many more

so i recommend checking boilerlink

and finding clubs

then asking about specifc club

[marble wagon]

Are u in any bio related clubs? Any reccs for interesting ones to join?

[sinful viper]

im in bio club and the pre-genetic counseling club!

bio club is kinda inactive but the exec team is getting basically completely redone so it should be so much better next year

im on exec for pre genetic counseling club so im biased

apamsa, medical humanities book club, et

if you go on boilerlinl and search bio you should find a lot of good stuff

• during BGR the b involved fair is so good to go to

[marble wagon]

Lol maybe i’ll check the genetic counseling one. Probably not gonna go for the bio club if its inactive since i’m looking at clubs as a way to make friends. Medical humanities book club sounds cool also

[marble wagon]

Still trying to convince my parents abt BGR since it costs extra but if i do end up going i will def go to that

[sinful viper]

caduceus club is also good. my friend is going with them to peru

[sinful viper]

BGR is basically necessary. use that angle. irs student orientation

[sinful viper]

pgcc meets 3x a month (2x more academic/professional oriented, and 1x social)

[marble wagon]

Sounds interesting but Idt i can join any club that does expensive activities like that, purdue is already super expensive 💀

[sinful viper]

and thennnn my friend is actually the one who started medical humanities book club (shes really cool) and then brain exercise initiative is also cool. they go to retirement homes and help people there like work on memory and stuff

[sinful viper]

thats so fair

[marble wagon]

Def using that + it looks like alot of fun so i def rlly wanna attend

[sinful viper]

for sure for sure

its really good imo just even to be on campus and get acclimated before classes start

college is sooooo different i think i wouldve been so fucked if i hadnt adjusted to campus before starting classes

[marble wagon]

Interesting, kinda psych related also

[marble wagon]

Thats fair + i have to get acclimated to the usa itself. Havent visited in a while 💀

[sinful viper]

yeah LOL

[sinful viper]

that especially then. if youre not in the US rhen you can so bgri and move in even earlier

[marble wagon]

Yea

[sinful viper]

but yes tldr i highly recommend digging on boilerlink for clubs and also going to the b-involved fair during bfr

i might be working a table again idk 💀 it was really hot last year and i got realty burnt

[marble wagon]

Maybe i’ll see u then. Yikes

Idk why but its hard to imagine purdue having hot weather, everytime I think of Indiana i think of freezing negative temps 💀

[sinful viper]

i had to be there the whole like 3 hours in the sun. when you arent stuxk there the whole tome kts mot as bad 😭

LMAOOO my first week of classes here. like freshman fall, the feels like was like 106ish

it gets hellishly hot

[marble wagon]

Damnnnn thats hot af

I’m used to hot weather but thats extreme

[sinful viper]

no portal astro

[sinful viper]

it’s not that bad most of the time

[marble wagon]

Ik, also i’m pretty chill with hot weather cuz here summers typically go to 100 or more.

Winter barely exists, coldest here is maybe 57 so thats smth i’d have more problems/have to adapt to.

[karmic parcel]

they never learn

[sinful viper]

i fear not

[pliant garnet]

oh yeah the winters do suck

i lived most of my life in a cali desert

so like 110 wasnt any big deal

and now it reaches -20 at purdue

just get a hella good jacket, and u should be fine tho

[marble wagon]

Already got one, big puffy and warm. Worked for Chicago winters so should suffice for purdue also

[pliant garnet]

oh yeah fs

our weather is relatively similar to chicago

[marble wagon]

Makes sense, literal neighbours

[fringe gyro]

last wave had a few rejections too apparently

so the decisions this time is a mix ig

[marble wagon]

My parents finally agreed to let me go to BGR and BGRi 🔥 (had to drop joining a LC but thats chill)

[mortal forge]

when is the next wave of decisnos coming

[hardy spear]

Source?

[hardy spear]

Friday

[fringe gyro]

can I dm u?

anyways its on some reddit posts

[noble canopy]

it did? it felt that the wave was overwhelmingly filled with positive decisions

[fringe gyro]

yeah it was

but there were very few rejections

I just typed a2c purdue and saw a few posts

some were rejections

I only saw like 2-3

[restive current]

send

pl0x

that's strange

they usually never do that

[fringe gyro]

I mean whats stopping them

[noble canopy]

i guess it makes sense because if the wave was exclusively for acceptances then the other applicants would freak out (kinda like what's happenin now anyways)

[fringe gyro]

yeah true

[restive current]

they've never done this before

it's weird

[fringe gyro]

also not many ppl would bother to post their rejections ykwim

so u never know

[restive current]

it's weird they started caring now

[fringe gyro]

Firday 5 pm est

[noble canopy]

true true

didn't someone say wednesday? apparently all decisions are supposed to come out this week, so wednesday would low-key make sense

[fringe gyro]

no clue, majority decisions come out on Friday

[brazen kiln]

source on all decisions are supposed to come out this week

[hardy spear]

Sure

[hardy spear]

Source

[noble canopy]

someone on reddit asked the admissions office. ofc take it with a grain of salt

[hardy spear]

Did they specifically say it would all be coming out on Wednesday?

[noble canopy]

nah they said that all decisions will be out by this week

[turbid ether]

Proof?

[noble canopy]

and considering the theory that there'll be 3 waves (2 majorly announcing acceptances, last one majorly announcing rejects/wl) ig there may be a wave on wednesday

[noble canopy]

idk dawg it was some reddit comment, the person apparently talked to the admissions office

[brazen kiln]

if this is true then that's good for us bro

no m ore edging

[fringe gyro]

yeah

[obsidian glacier]

so is this deferrals or rd

[brazen kiln]

both

[pliant garnet]

bgr is suuuuuch a fun experience

it rly got me adjusted to college rly well

and im still friends with the ppl in my bgr group :D

[fringe gyro]

what is bgr?

[pliant garnet]

boiler gold rush

basically orientation

[fringe gyro]

oh like wlcm week

cool

[pliant garnet]

yeahh

its hella fun

[tight dirge]

another wave out?

[eager kelp]

dammm

[eager kelp]

ooooh okay

[somber anchor]

Is there a Purdue 2029 discord?

[marble wagon]

Super excited for it! Hope i get a good group

[marble wagon]

Yes

[tight dirge]

can you send it?

[somber anchor]

Can u dm me the link

[tight dirge]

got accepted as well same

[marble wagon]

Sure

[eager kelp]

I just signed up for BGR

@pliant garnet How do you sign a housing contract cause i want to apply to the Cyber Security LC do i have to go through the entire housing applicaton?

And also did you get gradguard or wtv

[karmic parcel]

Yeah, it was an awesome experience. Really helpful, really did introduced me to so much stuff

[pliant garnet]

i forgot lol 😔

but i think u shud first fill out the LC app

and if u have the option to, then sign up for the housing as well, but u wont be assigned housing for a while iirc

[pliant garnet]

wait whats taht lol

[karmic parcel]

I think that's financial aid insurance.If not, then I have no clue

[hardy spear]

So for housing is it prioritized for people who do the deposit earlier and commit early?

[pliant garnet]

nah

its randomized lmao

[fringe gyro]

oh so we dont get to choose our dorms?

[eager kelp]

ah okay but as a requirement for an LC i have to do the housing contract first

[eager kelp]

like the insurance thing'

[pliant garnet]

freshmen dont 😔

[pliant garnet]

probably

i forgot how the lc thing works 😔

[eager kelp]

This application is for new students admitted to Purdue University West Lafayette, who have a completed housing contract, not returning or transfer students. If you are a Purdue University Indianapolis student, your complete housing contract will serve as your Learning Communities application as well.

[eager kelp]

damm it

[pliant garnet]

oh my family has an insurance plan

so i didnt use purdue insurance

[fringe gyro]

I thought we could cuz otherwise why do admitted students online ask which dorm is the best

like it will matter

[eager kelp]

ah okay

[eager kelp]

Well it was like an all around insurance

like laptop, stolen goods, clothing even

[pliant garnet]

it doesnt lmao

like certain learning communities

have different dorms

like data mine (the best one ) gives u hillenbrand, one of the better dorms

[pliant garnet]

oh damn that seems nice

but i also have no idea 😔

[eager kelp]

How do i figure out what LC has which dorm?

[pliant garnet]

they usually say on their site

[eager kelp]

yeah my quote is $180 a year

[pliant garnet]

or u can ask current students

[eager kelp]

This is all it says Required. The location of learning community housing will be determined based on the incoming size and needs of the learning community.