Purdue University (2025-2026)

[hoary quartz]

fundamental

with the industry

[pulsar palm]

goddammit

[hoary quartz]

fea

as well

[pulsar palm]

bro

[hoary quartz]

aero is alot of coding

[pulsar palm]

im trying to get autodesk cfd to not shit itself

NO

CODING

NO

[hoary quartz]

like a crazy amount of coding

most of engineering

becomes coding

now its matlab

[pulsar palm]

oh god oh fuck

[junior sun]

it's okay js summon purdude and he'll help u with vibecoding or sum shi

[hoary quartz]

and python

and like

you shouldnt vibe codie it

im not gonna lie

[pulsar palm]

ok chat sudden change of plans

[hoary quartz]

next year gonna be

interesting

[pulsar palm]

i am switching to mat science

[hoary quartz]

dont worry

[pulsar palm]

dude

[hoary quartz]

wow

[pulsar palm]

i got a 3 on the apcs exam

[hoary quartz]

bro

youll be taught

theyll teach you

you think theyll just throw you to the wolves

[pulsar palm]

i get a 5 on every ap test except apcs

[hoary quartz]

fye has like 2 coding classes

[pulsar palm]

yes bro they will

[hoary quartz]

now one of em

2-3* coding classes

[pulsar palm]

i can barely make a for loop in java

[hoary quartz]

youll be fine

its not that bad

i didnt know what the hell i was doing

and i made it through

its college for a reason

you struggle

to learn

[junior sun]

uncle bits would u say it's worth it to pick purdue over a school like, say, uiuc or gt, specifically because of the fye program?

[hoary quartz]

so you can learn

i mean vtech and tamu have this

program

[pulsar palm]

i shouldve done business like all the other npcs 😭

[hoary quartz]

and folks like it

[hoary quartz]

no

do not waiver

again

theyll teach you

and theyre not that mean with it

its engineering coding

not cs coding

[pulsar palm]

so its like

[hoary quartz]

its more about simulations

and stuff

[pulsar palm]

ok

[junior sun]

engineering is aura dawg!! think abt all the cool stuff ull be building 🤩

[hoary quartz]

less about backend stuff

[junior sun]

matlab?

[hoary quartz]

if you dont like coding like that

[pulsar palm]

true

[hoary quartz]

youll come to tolerate it

again

you dont have to love it

you just have to know it

[pulsar palm]

i wanna make the plane fr

[hoary quartz]

i dont love circuits

[hoary quartz]

how do you think

they make planes

[junior sun]

also as a robotics kid who did programming, yall hafta put urself in the programmers shoes bruh

[hoary quartz]

they have to simulate them

[junior sun]

like u cant js blame them for everything

[pulsar palm]

yes

[junior sun]

which ppl have the tendency to do

[hoary quartz]

theyre not just gonna build em

[pulsar palm]

i know

[hoary quartz]

in cad

[junior sun]

so ig having to learn coding is also a good thing in that sense

[hoary quartz]

they gotta make all the parameters

and math

[pulsar palm]

they have to make the plane on a computer first

[hoary quartz]

and its easier to do that on a computer

with matlab

best way to get yourself

[pulsar palm]

dude

[hoary quartz]

more acclimated

is a club

join a club in college

[pulsar palm]

what crack were aero engineers smoking before computers were invented

[hoary quartz]

theyll teach you

[hoary quartz]

idk

[junior sun]

computer aided design 😔

[hoary quartz]

math gods

before cad

engineers

[pulsar palm]

precomputer aero engineers

[hoary quartz]

were doing shit

by hand

and its beyond me

[pulsar palm]

they manually did navier stokes

fucking madmen

[junior sun]

oh yeah have yall watched "the wind rises"? great movie :D

[pulsar palm]

lowkey couldnt they use wind tunnels back then

[junior sun]

i think they designed planes by hand in the movie

[hoary quartz]

you will be doing that manually

also

your graphing calculators

will never appear again

[pulsar palm]

what.

[junior sun]

not even in exams? 🥀

[pulsar palm]

desmos?

will i use desmos

[hoary quartz]

no

[pulsar palm]

pls say yes

NOOOO

[hoary quartz]

exams are like

single line calculators

or none

[pulsar palm]

what

[hoary quartz]

math classes have no calculators

[pulsar palm]

the fuh

[hoary quartz]

engineering classes use single or two line no function calculators

[junior sun]

oh right... nearly forgot the rumors i've heard abt purdue math 😭

[pulsar palm]

i thought college classes let us use calculators

[hoary quartz]

you can use em

for like clubs

and all

but on exams

the 1-2 liners

will be your only thing

why do you think these classes are hard

its cause you gotta use your brains

[pulsar palm]

can we use these

[hoary quartz]

not in math

in engineering

[pulsar palm]

or do we have to use the poverty calculators

so we have to use the poverty calculators

[hoary quartz]

calc 1-3, diffeq, and linear are all no calculator for exams

[junior sun]

"poverty calculators" 😭

[pulsar palm]

we have to use the calculators i havent touched since elementary school 😭

[hoary quartz]

most engineering classes use the 1-2 liners

physics is also 1-2 liners

some classes might not even have formula sheets

depending on major

[pulsar palm]

what.

[hoary quartz]

fye physics

has no formula sheet

thats why i foudn it to be hard

cause like ngl

i coudlnt memorize

[pulsar palm]

oh god oh fuck

[hoary quartz]

neither does intro to C

you just gotta be good at remembering

[pulsar palm]

i can barely remember the 2 body gravitational force equation

[hoary quartz]

chemistry gives you the periodic table

[junior sun]

bruh tests without formula sheets r the worst. i js (attempt to) cram everything and forget all of it right after i leave the room. thats if i still remember it

[hoary quartz]

yea dont do that

youre gonna have to learn to study

[pulsar palm]

...

[hoary quartz]

and understand

[pulsar palm]

so

the ONE thing

that i actually memorized

is given to us

yay

[hoary quartz]

develop the engineering knowledge

[hoary quartz]

why would you memorize the periodic table

[pulsar palm]

i was bored

so i memorized the periodic table

[junior sun]

bro my "why major" essay hook was me memorizing the first 100 digits of pi 😭

[hoary quartz]

if you do mechE or ece or bme or industrial engineering, or nuclear

youll have to take intro to circuits/intro to ece

[pulsar palm]

no pls

[hoary quartz]

if you do aero

you have to take that class + controls

in one class

[pulsar palm]

pain

[hoary quartz]

its called signals and systems

[pulsar palm]

what is controls

[hoary quartz]

and its so ass

[pulsar palm]

flight controls?

i know flight controls

fun fact

if you push the "not a steering wheel" down when you fly the plane

you die

[hoary quartz]

i think bilbert here has explained it well

its complex

ill say that

[junior sun]

owie my eyes

[hoary quartz]

for mechEs the pre-reqs are dynamics, intro to ece fundamentals 1, and intro to ece fundamnetals 1 lab and partial diffeqs

look itll make more sense

[junior sun]

what did i js read 😵‍💫

[hoary quartz]

later

[cobalt cloud]

the words, they burn my eyes

[hoary quartz]

ngl

rn

idk what it is

i have no clu

i saw my oldre friends doing it

on a white board

it seems abstract

and seems real hard

junior year of engineering is the real tough stuff

but yall are nowhere near that

for you

the challenges

are to pass

and to get adjusted

rn just enjoy the fun you got

you got into purdue

or maybe got deffered

regardless

the jobs not done,

[cobalt cloud]

how strssful is eng at purdue

[trim ermine]

ugh youre reminding me i need to do my loci

how do i even write one 😭

[hoary quartz]

it can get pretty stressful

but thats engineering in general

you eventually learn to deal with it

[trail escarp]

hallo bits

[cobalt cloud]

lowkey my guy, isn't it liek 12:30 there rn

[hoary quartz]

through enjoying life

[cobalt cloud]

why u awake

[trim ermine]

yeah my friend in biomed is going through it

[hoary quartz]

homework

bro

[cobalt cloud]

[hoary quartz]

i just finished my first of 3 dynamcis homework

im submitting

i gotta learn the content

then do the homework

[junior sun]

tqsm for the wise words uncle bits 💖

[hoary quartz]

then go to lecture at 930 am

[trail escarp]

its ONLY 1230

[junior sun]

hi purdude!!!!!!!!

[trail escarp]

i got like 2 hours before my laundry finishes 🗣️

[trail escarp]

hallo!

[hoary quartz]

youre wlecome

[cobalt cloud]

dude i sleep at like 10 every day and i think that's late. bro what are these schedules

[trail escarp]

[hoary quartz]

best way to like not go voerboard is to not go overboard

keep yourself grounded

keep hobbies and such

do non engineering clubs

[hoary quartz]

im just a night owl

[cobalt cloud]

no actually dude u good?

i am genuinely baffled

[hoary quartz]

like i said

im a night owl

i usually go to sleep around 2

i like to get my 7 hours of sleep

today might be 5 hours

[cobalt cloud]

ONLY???

[hoary quartz]

im tryna get up at 730

[trail escarp]

they recommend 6-8 hours so i like to see how low i can cut it

[hoary quartz]

i try to get at least 4 hours

of sleep

[trail escarp]

yeah same

[hoary quartz]

cause any less

im not functioning

i take naps

[late stream]

@hoary quartz is UWM a good uni?

[hoary quartz]

later in the day

[hoary quartz]

yes

[trim ermine]

yeah i think i average 5 hours and im not even in college yet

[cobalt cloud]

my 4th grade teacher fixed me on the 9 hr sleep schedule and i've had it for the last 7 yrs.

[trim ermine]

i might be fried for mecge

[hoary quartz]

dont do that

[trail escarp]

it only gets worse because now the profs know you LIVE at school

[hoary quartz]

please sleep

[late stream]

so if Purdue rejects me (i got deferred), UWM will be decent right?

[hoary quartz]

yes

[late stream]

coooool

[junior sun]

what even is "good" anymore atp 😭

[hoary quartz]

idk why youre asking me for that

its like your life bro

[trail escarp]

try to stay on it 🙏
college messes up ur sleep schedule horribly

[late stream]

i trust you ngl

[cobalt cloud]

how do i avoid ts?

[hoary quartz]

if you like the school

[junior sun]

homework isnt even homework anymore

[trail escarp]

ur asking the wrong person

[hoary quartz]

set boundaries

[trail escarp]

its just work atp 😭

[hoary quartz]

be consistent with your work

dont get distracted

and get everything done before a set time

now thats not always realistic

[junior sun]

at an institution ur paying to attend mind you 😭🙏

[hoary quartz]

but folks get it done

but ngl

[cobalt cloud]

wait how do ppl even date with like this horrible sleep schedule and all? like how do u have time for anything else???

[hoary quartz]

i like just work all the time

[hoary quartz]

idk man

this week was ass

im behind on everything

job fair and snow day

threw me off

for the week

[trail escarp]

i love the work im doing! i just dont like the amount of time it takes 😔
but also tbh its entirely self afflicted, my schoolwork isnt even that much, id def be able to finish it in like 2 days, the rest are just the cruel number of ECs ive forced myself to do

[hoary quartz]

i used to be worse

so much worse

there was a semester

in which i slept like 1/2 my life

away

yea we not doing that no more

[trail escarp]

sleep is the one thing u can move around to make time for everything else :D

[junior sun]

oh i currently have so many random ecs that i genuinely enjoy like swim and jazz, on top of robotics... im also worried i wont be able to keep all of them in college

[cobalt cloud]

i feel attacked

[trail escarp]

ikkk i lost so many things i used to enjoy like music and stuff i feel so guilty

[junior sun]

would u realistically be able to? like in terms of ecs, do u do more or less in college compared to hs?

[hoary quartz]

i lost myself

in the first year

[trail escarp]

im just grad school maxxing now 😔

[hoary quartz]

of college

i like did not do anything

i loved

but then again

i like had a crash of doom

and gloom

it fucking sucked

[junior sun]

yeah i feel like that's bound to happen to me next yr asw. esp since id be moving far from home asw

[hoary quartz]

but we up now

best thing to do

is to find time for it

[junior sun]

js trying to prepare myself the best i can ig 🥀

[hoary quartz]

allocate time for your interests

and such

i finally got time to join the photography club

im finally doing more non engineering things

im not consistent always

but im tryna make interactions

and rekindle friendships

[pulsar palm]

so much pain

[trail escarp]

I’d recommend taking a class in something u love every semester

Like a fun class

Next sem I think I’m gonna take music theory or music tech in very excited

[hoary quartz]

life sucks man

we just gotta do what we gotta do

[junior sun]

jazz band? a class on feminist literature? music theory? even then i cant decide 😭😭😭

[hoary quartz]

to make it not suck

[trim ermine]

i hope engineering leaves me w time to still do taekwondo and choir

bc ik its hard

[junior sun]

fig tree becoming too real rn

[hoary quartz]

youll have time

[junior sun]

im scared

[hoary quartz]

its just that

[trim ermine]

i have the advantage of like being a fast learner

[hoary quartz]

some weeks

you might not have time

[trim ermine]

yeah

appreicate it

[hoary quartz]

there will be weeks

wehre youre just overwelmed

and cant commit

[trail escarp]

one each semester! we have a jazz band we have a class on feminism and music theory too!

[hoary quartz]

but you got no choice but to

[trail escarp]

force urself to do the things u like for a grade so u can’t bail out on urself

[junior sun]

music theory

[hoary quartz]

also

the art courses

[trail escarp]

I’ve wanted to learn it for so long

[hoary quartz]

are the worst here

[trim ermine]

i kinda wanna learn music theory it seems interesting

[hoary quartz]

so much time

so much time

[trail escarp]

Exactlyyy

[hoary quartz]

they be 3 credit hours

but wanting 20 hours in the lab

[junior sun]

yeah i wanna learn it too 😭 im js afraid grading would be harsh or sum

[hoary quartz]

from you

[junior sun]

cuz it is hard innit

[trim ermine]

i also wanna learn how to sing jazz but like i feel like i js dont have the background

[hoary quartz]

theres clubs

[trim ermine]

yeah but i only have like classical training and idk if everyone else would be experienced

[junior sun]

i literally have no jazz piano background but here we are 😭🙏

[trail escarp]

Yeah grading sucks, but u can audit courses for not a grade, but u get access to lectures and materials, but then since it’s not graded it’s likely you’ll just slack off and forget about it 😔

[trim ermine]

i js listen to a lot of jazz and sing a lot of classical

[cobalt cloud]

speedrun depression lmfao

[trail escarp]

I’ve forced myself to take space and astronomy classes and omg I looooved it

[hoary quartz]

nah

it actually causes the opposite

[trail escarp]

And philosophy too it’s so cool I want to take more phil classes

[hoary quartz]

college makes it really easy for you

to not do shit

and then youll be miserable

and depressed

[junior sun]

philosophy breaks my head 😭

[hoary quartz]

you actually have to do things

to not go insane

like holy shit

[trail escarp]

I think I’m gonna double major in it it’s so fascinating

[hoary quartz]

not being invovled might be the worst thing to do to yourself psychologically

[trim ermine]

im kinda excited for that bc i like doing things i alr kinda hate just feeling like im doing nothing

[trail escarp]

But we have a course on almost everything so it’s a great way to keep urself sane in general

Have something to look forward to

Otherwise the weeks get so grueling 😣

[trim ermine]

i wanna learn portegeuse in college if i have to do foreign language bc of bossa nova

[pulsar palm]

wdym look forward to

i just wanna vegetate and do my eng classes

i lost so much sleep i need to get it back

[hoary quartz]

sometimes

you realize

theres not enough time

to do everything

[pulsar palm]

i have the permanent bain damg

[hoary quartz]

you want

[trail escarp]

Something to be excited for!

[hoary quartz]

or join everything you dream of joining

[trail escarp]

After all my horrible cs classes I was so excited for my astronomy class

[pulsar palm]

true

I would be more excited to sleep tho

[trail escarp]

Learning about something you really really want to be learning about rather than what ur forced to learn

[trail escarp]

Ok yeah that’s fair

[trim ermine]

no real thats how i felt abt my engineering design and choir classes my junior year of hs

[junior sun]

would i have time to take "for fun" courses in fye?

[trail escarp]

Idk about fye you’ll have to ask bits 😔

[junior sun]

wait is there somewhere i can try building a hypothetical schedule or smth 😭

[trail escarp]

But my engineering friends all have time for free courses this sem

Like art or music or smth

[trail escarp]

Yeppp in mypurdue there is the degree audit

[junior sun]

@hoary quartz 🥺

[trim ermine]

any advice for writing loci for purdue? idk what to talk about

[trail escarp]

Purdue cares about demonstrated interest a lot, so be specific and really research purdue

They should be sure that if they take you, you’ll attend

So find things here u rly like and talk about them

[trim ermine]

thats probably why i got deferred lowk it was my first app and i wasnt in the swing of it yet

[junior sun]

supp advice from a lot of admitted upperclassmen ive heard is "glaze purdue" 😭😭😭

[trim ermine]

i wish i didnt procratinate my apps but i lowk always knew i would

[cobalt cloud]

procrastinate procrastinating!

[hoary quartz]

yes

i wish i didnt overload my courses freshman year

[trim ermine]

this is real advice tho

[hoary quartz]

and actually do fun coruses

but we doing that now

[trim ermine]

if you think abt it

[hoary quartz]

when the classes getting to be evil

and horrible

[cobalt cloud]

you know, there was a day when i did that. back 4 yrs ago

only one

[trim ermine]

every now and again i get a surge of motivation adn do everything when i get home

its like jan 1st at the gym but for shcoolwork

then its right back to the normal schedule

[junior sun]

i genuinely hope things go well for u twin! wishing u the best of luck on all ur apps :D

[trim ermine]

tyty

[cobalt cloud]

oh did u get purdue?

[trim ermine]

i prob didnt apply to as many as i shouldve (10) but im hoping itll work out i have good stats and decent ecs

[trim ermine]

deferred

only decision so far so

[cobalt cloud]

ah it's fine, you'll get in

or perhaps you'll get into better ones too

[trim ermine]

hoping i get some better results tmrw (uiuc and gt both oos)

big hopes are stanny and nw 🙏 🙏🙏 but those are long shots for anyone

but i only applied to colleges i would actually be happy going to so

as long as i get a couple im sure itll all work out

[cobalt cloud]

you know, every now and then i imagine a future where i get into a good college, work hard, and grind

and then im like "too much work"

[trim ermine]

😭

[cobalt cloud]

how is CS at purdue? is it like same grindy as fye?

CS @ col of science

[hoary quartz]

fye is not grindy

cs is something

those folks

are doing their major

since i dont know enough about the sufferings of cs majors

in the day to day

i cant say

you might just have to find out yourself

[cobalt cloud]

ah i see

wait where is the purdude, i remember seeing an "AI" on his

[junior sun]

awh i can't find the degree audit thingy :<

wait WHAT is Pete's Za that's so funny i can't

[cobalt cloud]

pizza?

[junior sun]

yeah apparently it's a pizza shop at purdue 😭

[trim herald]

Shitty pizza shop at Purdue

You use your meal swipe on it

[cobalt cloud]

[trail escarp]

hallo!

[trail escarp]

its our pizza place lol

its not great tbh

[trail escarp]

go to mypurdue where all the cards are, click view all cards near the top right, and search audit, and click that little button

also https://boilerclasses.com/ is a rly useful student led resource that can help u discover classes, gpa, profs, prereqs, sections etc etc

[junior sun]

i think i js don't have access to it :< noooo

[tawdry nebula]

heyyyy

so ur going to purdue?

[junior sun]

dunno yet! my parents r telling me to keep my options open, since i technically have until may 1

im kinda prone to making rash decisions precisely bc of my indecisiveness lol

this all still feels so surreal to me

the idea of going to college

sometimes im excited, and other times (like rn) im scared shitless at the prospect of an entirely new place

i hope everything works out, but rn it genuinely feels so overwhelming to think abt idek anymore

js tryna go w the flow n trust the process n ppl around me ig

but yeah purdue is my dream school after all so rahh boiler up ig

[glacial elm]

Purdue also has a very big drum

i think it’s the largest drum

[cold nacelle]

WHAT?????

[glacial elm]

??

woah

[past arrow]

I was asking

I don't know

[trim herald]

Yeah it’s on display on the Main Street

In one of the buildings there

[glacial elm]

ooo

[trail escarp]

hagle hall for band and orchestras!

very cool building

[trim herald]

There it is

[glacial elm]

wow

ykw

im going to Purdue

[glacial elm]

?

[supple scroll]

oops

[daring beacon]

why r purude studnets called bops

[hot nest]

quite ironic

all purdue mfs i know have negative rizz

[pulsar palm]

impossible

if that was true i wouldve got in

[cunning sleet]

Should I keep the current Purdue thumbnail or do we have suggestions for a different one

[glacial elm]

guys i might

go to purdue

💔

[onyx fossil]

yeah no like purdue might be the move for me

who knwos still got a lot of applications left to open

[glacial elm]

samee

wait what major

[tired zinc]

What major?

[glacial elm]

cs

[tired zinc]

Oh ur fine

[glacial elm]

yea we gudddd

[tired zinc]

Purdue CS is a pretty big W

[glacial elm]

🙏

hopefully man

[unique owl]

Probably purdue bound gang

Is there a purdue co 30 discord?

[near horizon]

Same maybe Purdue bound

[onyx fossil]

over gt?

[near horizon]

Depends on if I want to do data science or engineering

If engineering I’ll go to Purdue

[onyx fossil]

i was not aware that you applied seperate thats on me

[languid idol]

did anyone get waitlisted from honors

[quasi oasis]

no but dont do it bro

[languid idol]

why not

don't you get aid

[quasi oasis]

you just have to take extra classes and you don’t really get anything for it

except better dorms

[languid idol]

there aren't even like better opportunities?

[hoary quartz]

this program is amazing

totally do it

if you get to do it

[ashen night]

do you like west lafayette

[hoary quartz]

yes

[ashen night]

and the campus ig?

[hoary quartz]

i think its pretty nice

i love the campus

its so big

[ashen night]

I needa tour

[hoary quartz]

and so many random things to do

[ashen night]

idk about the big state school vibe I'm ngl 😭

60k is alot

[hoary quartz]

bro

[ashen night]

I just got rejected from gtech

[hoary quartz]

you wont even see that many people at once

[ashen night]

so I think my fate is here

[hoary quartz]

my day to day i see like a couple hundred

[ashen night]

what about fye tho

[hoary quartz]

everyone is in their own sector of school

[ashen night]

fr?

[hoary quartz]

even the majors

yea

[ashen night]

hmmmm

[hoary quartz]

i only been to the animal science part of campus twice

its so outta my way

[ashen night]

housing isn't split by major right

[hoary quartz]

id never do that

[hoary quartz]

nope

[ashen night]

gotcha

idk

I gotta tour

[hoary quartz]

yea

tour

[ashen night]

maybe I'll learn to love it

[hoary quartz]

i like the red brick

[ashen night]

I heard it's hella industrial looking 💀

[hoary quartz]

and the mix of old and new

and the fact its hella walkable

[hoary quartz]

some of it is

but most of it reminds me of a liberal arts college

[ashen night]

do alot of ppl bike

[hoary quartz]

yes

we have dozens of miles

[onyx fossil]

got rejected from gt and uiuc

[hoary quartz]

of bike infrastruture

[onyx fossil]

so purdue is the current #1

[hoary quartz]

i bike everywhere

[onyx fossil]

not super mad abt it but cant lie id rather have it be gt

[hoary quartz]

the entire downtown of west lafayette

is bikable

so is most of purdue

[onyx fossil]

thats nice

[hoary quartz]

all of purdue is walkable

[ashen night]

yipee

I'm excited for college highkey

[hoary quartz]

even to the airport

[ashen night]

are you in meche

[hoary quartz]

yes

its in my name

[ashen night]

lmao same

[hoary quartz]

that was me initially

[ashen night]

you could be impostering ..

[hoary quartz]

ive come to love purdue

[onyx fossil]

i think ill find a nice spot at prudue

[hoary quartz]

has a nice charm to it

[onyx fossil]

yeah im sure itll grow on me LOL

only real issue is

where the fuck is west lafayette

😭

middle of nowhere it seems

[hoary quartz]

yea

[ashen night]

same thing goes for uiuc tbh 💀

[hoary quartz]

but its indiana

[onyx fossil]

also i miss out on scioly nationals

[onyx fossil]

true

[hoary quartz]

this place is allot of middle of nowhere

the midwest

really

[onyx fossil]

cuz nationals is 2028 uiuc and 2029 gt

[hoary quartz]

is just small towns

and allot of middle of nowheres

but hella things]

are in the middle of nowhere

cool things

cool places

[ashen night]

how did u like fye

[onyx fossil]

gt also has awful food is tha ta thing at purdue

[hoary quartz]

cool people

[hoary quartz]

horrible

hated it

mechE is better

but i was also adjusting to engineering

so after i did

i was okish

[onyx fossil]

yessir

[ashen night]

do u feel like fye actually helped u realize what engineering discipline u wanna do

I got in for ie but idk abt it still

[hoary quartz]

yea

[onyx fossil]

id lowk also much rather go to mit or stanford this is still like backup and I feel bad for saying that

[hoary quartz]

i learned what i didnt wanna do

[hoary quartz]

we have the 2nd best IE program

in teh country

you dont wanna be anywhere else

[onyx fossil]

ie?

[hoary quartz]

yes

[onyx fossil]

im tryna do mech

[hoary quartz]

industrial engineering

[onyx fossil]

i dont really care abt ie no offense

[hoary quartz]

kelly

[hoary quartz]

dont worry

[ashen night]

yessirrr

[hoary quartz]

IE and mechE have overlap

[onyx fossil]

true

[hoary quartz]

and this place has great mechE

[onyx fossil]

but im tryna do meche thermodynamics

[hoary quartz]

so am i

this place

[onyx fossil]

yeah ofc im not saying it doesnt

[hoary quartz]

literally

[pulsar palm]

still lowkey salty i got deferred from purdue

[hoary quartz]

started the undergrad propulsion

lab

bro

[pulsar palm]

and legit all my friends got in

[onyx fossil]

hmmmm

[hoary quartz]

you gotta research purdue

cause like

[onyx fossil]

okay maybe i didnt do my research enough thats on me

seemed their energy labs werent that extensive

comapred to other schools at least

[ashen night]

wait meche bits are you in any cool clubs

[onyx fossil]

nvm purdue has solar racing

we're locked in

[ashen night]

bro I wanna join their fsae team 😭

but as an industrial engineering major idk abt that

[hoary quartz]

none of the clubs

on campus

are major locked

you do what you wanna do

dont think like that

[hoary quartz]

i was in lunabotics

then left for purpl

purpl is a new club

its engines

propulsion

im on the turbojet subteam

we making a turbojet

my friend's doing the electrical propulsion one

[onyx fossil]

purdue greatest warrior over here

[hoary quartz]

i got friends doing the Rotating detonation engines

[ashen night]

that's cool ash

[onyx fossil]

hows purdue campus

[hoary quartz]

im not even anywhere near

[onyx fossil]

thats the big reason i chose gt ove rpurdue was just becuase of thre cmapus

difference

[hoary quartz]

let me finish my homework and ill come back to you

[onyx fossil]

aight

[ashen night]

not to hate but I didn't find gtechs campus to be that interesting

I just liked that it was in atlanta

[onyx fossil]

oh yeah it wasnt interesting but it was nice

[hoary quartz]

this campus

[onyx fossil]

lotta giant windows and kinda modern buildings

and a lot of nature

[hoary quartz]

has alot of interesting places

alot of interesting places

hella nature

around

[onyx fossil]

nature was a big selling piece icl

[hoary quartz]

we got a whole ass horticulture park

right next to us

and many trails around the campus area

[ashen night]

https://tenor.com/view/coast-water-gif-25799018

^west Lafayette indiana

real not fake

[onyx fossil]

hmm i see

maybe i was hating on purdue for no reason

in my mind i thgouth gt was like a whole tier above purdue in terms of rankings

[hoary quartz]

theyre exactly the same

ranking wise

rankings are stupid

dont think use em to determine colleges usually

its hella subjective

[onyx fossil]

i see

[hoary pike]

does anyone have opinions on getting scholarships oos atp

[trail escarp]

Can confirm, this is the view outside my dorm

[ashen night]

yeah I literally took this picture inside ur room

tell me smthn I don't know

🙄

[junior relic]

At this rate I’m going to leave WL in a coffin

[daring beacon]

Fr?

[past arrow]

hey dude did a lot of ppl get in purdue first year engineering from ur school

jus wondering

[hoary quartz]

that and the mep

if youre tryna develop a set of connections of life

these groups

are deep

[runic patio]

Welp.

Looks like this is my destination 😭

[daring beacon]

everyone from enginerring got rejected

js me and my friend got into business analytics

[past arrow]

damn, not even deferrals?

[past arrow]

dayum

[daring beacon]

i think one deferred

[runic patio]

Dam

[daring beacon]

its not like alot applied though js

5

or 6

[hoary quartz]

why is this welp

you gonna enjoy it

[runic patio]

Idk GT denial hurts

[hoary quartz]

yea

understandable

but sometimes

rejection

is redirection

this wont be the last time youll be dissapointed with rejection

but this gives you the opportunity to change things

and come to terms with it

cause you have alot of time

[runic patio]

I’m going up to tour Purdue in a few weeks

Are the dorms as ass as legend says

[hoary quartz]

some are ass

other are not

most folks

are not spending all their time in their dorms

[patent echo]

didnt know purdue's standards were so high, got denied from purdue but deferred from uiuc

[crisp pulsar]

Engineering is competitive asl

Dont get ur hopes doan

Ull find somewhere

[glacial elm]

PLEASE tell me how the campus is

[onyx fossil]

what is a boilermaker btw

is it a train

😭

[unique owl]

Lowk hype for Purdue gang

[past arrow]

when do deferral updates come out for purdue

any estimations?

[junior relic]

thats teh boilermaker special

[runic patio]

Someone who makes boilers

[supple scroll]

it's rolling you can get at any time

[crisp pulsar]

Most likely in march

[supple scroll]

yea

[supple scroll]

bro arsenal might win the league 😭

[crisp pulsar]

Fuck no

[supple scroll]

they have a fair chance

hope they bottle

[crisp pulsar]

14 games left and they're 3 points clear if villa or city win

I smell the bottle coming from a mile away

[supple scroll]

they're like 4 i think but 7 if city loose

or villa

yea

[supple scroll]

and saka's injured

[crisp pulsar]

Altho i think city lose and villa win

And united lose

And we win

[supple scroll]

yea

same

no i think utd will draw

[runic patio]

I got my Purdue tour booked

[near horizon]

Let me know how it goes!

[runic patio]

Imma make so many boilers bro

[trim herald]

Very flat but very pretty

[glacial elm]

bet I’ll take that

[hoary quartz]

theres about 100-200 feet of elevation change across campus

[trim herald]

Is there?

[hoary quartz]

yea

i bike around

and theres a decent elevation drop

and rise

[near horizon]

wait sorry if this is a stupid question, but you declare engineering major at the end of first year right

[hoary quartz]

yes

[near horizon]

alright thanks

[runic patio]

Purdues Scholarship universe just asked me a billion questions to give me 0 scholarships I actually qualify for

[junior sun]

same LMFAO

[runic patio]

Like bro gave me a quadrillion questions just to tell me to fuck myself

[supple scroll]

oh shoot didn't do that yet

[unique owl]

Literally me I swear

[hoary quartz]

so you gotta

apply on other websites

[runic patio]

Is just funny to me they give a quadrillion questions then go “fuck you”

[hoary quartz]

yea

pretty much

on an unrelated mark

what major are you doing again

you might be able to find scholarships for that

[onyx fossil]

ow good is pride in industry respect wise

purdue

for meche

[hoary quartz]

one of the best in the world

[onyx fossil]

awesome

[runic patio]

ME

[hoary quartz]

yea

check out

[onyx fossil]

how is it compared to like other top engineering programs tho

[hoary quartz]

asme scholarshiops

[hoary quartz]

the same

undergrad is basic bro

[onyx fossil]

that’s true

[hoary quartz]

we are all learning the same thing

[onyx fossil]

why abt purdue grad

what abt

[hoary quartz]

its great

i hear

[past arrow]

uhhh

[hoary quartz]

most folks in mechE do a 4+1

[onyx fossil]

from what i glean at least it seems purdue is more heavy on the theory vs research

[past arrow]

theres better options if u have a 330+ GRE

[hoary quartz]

combined bsme+msme

[onyx fossil]

oh fuck due the gre

[hoary quartz]

when it comes to grad school

[onyx fossil]

my brother was doing it

it’s hard as hell

[hoary quartz]

purdue doesnt take that

i think

[past arrow]

i see

im writing gre this may before i go to college

so i dont have to do it later in life

[onyx fossil]

i’m ngl it’s menutia idk why i asked

[hoary quartz]

well you can all learn this

in college

[onyx fossil]

ideally i just get a bachelors or +1 and be done

[hoary quartz]

a masters is a good idea

in this day and age

getting a masters and starting the FE exam

is optimal for preparing for the future

[past arrow]

yeah but Gre scores are valid for 5 years so might as well finish it very early and chill

[onyx fossil]

engineering phd seems so worthless if you don’t want research which i’m not sure i want

[past arrow]

ye

[hoary quartz]

since the industry isnt as stable as before

a phd

is for folks

who know what they wanna do

[onyx fossil]

also how is purdue so highly rated and so high acceptance comparatively

[hoary quartz]

field wise

[onyx fossil]

shouldn’t those two be inversely proportional

[hoary quartz]

like they fr down to do 5 years of engineering research

[past arrow]

its complicated tbh

[hoary quartz]

that is all artificial

other schools

[onyx fossil]

seemed bizzare

[hoary quartz]

specially private schools

[past arrow]

engineering is sub20 prolly

[hoary quartz]

need bring down acceptance rates

to make them see good

but at purdue

everyone is just solid

[onyx fossil]

well even other public’s like gt uiuc and berkeley

[hoary quartz]

they dont need low acceptance rates

like single digit

to make them known

purdue grads started the chinese nuclear program

[onyx fossil]

no lie im tryna go somewhere warmer LOL

so i’m praying for berkeley

[hoary quartz]

thats the only downside

[onyx fossil]

or stanford if

ig

[hoary quartz]

but its not horrible

it could be worse

it could umich

[onyx fossil]

truly could be

[hoary quartz]

or anything norther

[onyx fossil]

that’s why i didn’t apply mich

[hoary quartz]

folks who say they wanna go to umich

always forget they getting that lake effect snow

[onyx fossil]

85k+ a year plus freezing temps

[hoary quartz]

and cold

its all about rankings

[onyx fossil]

i live mn man im tryna escape the fucking frigid north

[hoary quartz]

until you get that frigid air

we get less frigid air

theres still a couple weeks

where its cold

but its aight

use the bus

[onyx fossil]

that’s why gt was the number one

[hoary quartz]

bundle up

[onyx fossil]

sunny georgia + engineering

😍😍😍

aight well i’ll just have to wait and see what happens rd

maybe i’ll end up here again in may!

[runic patio]

Summer…

[onyx fossil]

yeah ngl it sounds awful during summer

also forgot to mention mit

i’ll tank the cold + tuition because no offense to purdue

it doesnt get much better than mit

[junior sun]

hey uncle bits @hoary quartz can i dm u with a question?

[crisp pulsar]

Real shit

[true oriole]

ull sent ur purdue loci ?

im gonna send it today

[crisp pulsar]

I sent it a week ago

[true oriole]

u wrote a full 500 word loci ?

[crisp pulsar]

I didn't fill up the entire space

But i wrote a full loci and sent it thru their portal

[true oriole]

oh

[swift niche]

Hi nerds

[past arrow]

Sent mine 2 days after the decision

[past arrow]

Hello

[past arrow]

Yup

498

[fervent smelt]

does anyone know how many deferred applicants actually get accepted?

[junior sun]

i personally know a few who got deferred and accepted RD :D so it's defo possible

[near horizon]

did you commit to purdue yet

[junior sun]

my parents want me to keep my options open 😭

[near horizon]

oooo ok

did you get uiuc

[junior sun]

yeah

[near horizon]

ayyy congrats

[junior sun]

i'm still shook

[near horizon]

engineering?

[junior sun]

mhm

[near horizon]

:Fire:

[junior sun]

aero

[near horizon]

niceeeee

congrats

[junior sun]

tqsm!! and i see u got gt :D

[near horizon]

yeah somehow

[junior sun]

congrats!!!

[near horizon]

i didnt get uiuc

but you cant win em all

[junior sun]

their portal crashing was the funniest thing ever

"t5 cs school btw guys"

[glacial elm]

you got GT tho 🙏

😢

[near horizon]

congrats on your sucess

success*

I also applied Washington but I'm instate

[glacial elm]

you fs got that

you got gt macs

😭

[near horizon]

Mixed bag of results for me as well, with a lot coming up in the future

CMU Early Decision Data Science / StatML -> defer
Case Western EA BME -> Defer
Penn State CS OOS -> accept
Purdue FYE OOS -> accept
Michigan COE Data Science OOS -> defer
UW-Madison Engineering OOS -> accept
UVA CAS (data sci) OOS -> accept
UIUC Engineering Undeclared oos -> defer 😭
Georgia Tech Math and Computer science OOS -> accept

awaiting:
Michigan Defer
Case Western Defer
CMU Defer
UCI
UCSB
UCD
Cal Poly
UChicago
NU
Rice
JHU
UIUC Defer
Wharton
Cornell
UCB
Duke
Vandy
UT
USC
UCSD

[glacial elm]

ur so goated bro

ur getting into many of these schools

🙏

[near horizon]

honestly i believe i got lucky for uva and gt

my personal statement

is

"safe"

lowk i do hope i get rice tho

[glacial elm]

well the luck worked 🙏

[glacial elm]

gt lowkey better tho

comp and math

[near horizon]

options = better

[glacial elm]

gt top 5 for that