Purdue University (2025-2026)

[junior relic]

(hell)

[vast wyvern]

I have like 16k merit so I wanna see if there’s like a cs related field in case I do come

ah

[junior relic]

i mean there is

[vast wyvern]

icic

[junior relic]

it is possible to CODO into CS

its just hard

[vast wyvern]

o icic

[junior relic]

like really fucking hard

[vast wyvern]

man maybe I should a just applied cs LOL

welp

[hoary quartz]

Yea

Some folks think thry can just transfer into cs

But like applying into cs is easier

Also are you sure cs is even the thing for you

You might find another major to be a better option

Think about whar you wanna do

Or where you see yourself

And aim for that

[junior relic]

cs "enthusiasts" when the cs 240

[safe spindle]

theyre just moving faculty, in theory nothing wlse will change and nothing is gonna happen till fall 2027 anyways

[junior relic]

whats happenign fall 27

[safe spindle]

that’s when jmhc can no longer have faculty of their own. basically jmhc faculty has to be relocated to another college then

[junior relic]

gotcha

[junior relic]

istg if i dont make it into honors this time im gonna have a big crash out

[lunar cypress]

you could go for cybersec or cnit

they're both in polytechnic

cs is really really really really tight on space right now, we just do not have enough faculty or resources for how many cs majors there are here

mfw mechE and ece can have 150-200 person lectures but we gotta fill up the entire WTHR 200 lecture hall balcony included because one professor has to do the course for 600 people

[near horizon]

Did you go to the protest

[vast wyvern]

? NO

whoops caps

not skyline lol

[near horizon]

Oh shit EHS

Forgot

One of your teachers walked over

After school

[vast wyvern]

oh dangg

[near horizon]

Are you committed to Purdue

[vast wyvern]

no LOL

i wouldnt mind going here

but im praying for uw or nyu

or any of my rds

[trim herald]

ah wthr 200

[supple scroll]

tandon?

[supple scroll]

so basically ur saying ece has space for me

[hoary quartz]

But like why would you wanna do ece if you got the capabilities and experience and motivations of a network engineer

[vast wyvern]

tisch 😔

[supple scroll]

i just feel like the polytech degree wouldn't be as "worth it" as an ece degree outside of purdue job fairs in general

and like less paying jobs and stuff

sure it's more specialized but it's still not like an engineering degree

idk

maybe recruiters don't care

but i also like the electrical side of it

[hoary quartz]

like you gotta realize this all depends on industry

an ece degree in the cybersecuirty or network engineering related fields isnt gonna fly as well

as a cnit or cybersecuirty degree

[hoary quartz]

most engineering jobs are not high paying outside of college nor are they high paying in gneeral, its good money, but not like lucratie money

[hoary quartz]

the company simply matters

[supple scroll]

i mean yea this makes sense but if you go to another state where polytech schools don't exist, recruiters wouldn't be able to tell the difference

at least i think

[supple scroll]

yea that's true and job position

[hoary quartz]

polytech majors are everywhere

purdue did not invent the engineering techology majors

they just consolidated all of them into a school

[junior relic]

ew

[trim herald]

You just get a degree in cyber security, polytechnic is no different than if it said school of computer science or some shit it's all the same. ONly difference is here you get a lot more hands on work

[trim herald]

It's definitely worth it, what major are you?

[junior relic]

i feel like the work u r given are very different

[supple scroll]

cnit

[hoary quartz]

i mean

its cybersecurity

[supple scroll]

that's true

[hoary quartz]

if you want them to go into theory of how it ppped up, they can do cs cyber

but like most of the time

cyber isnt a peice of cake

specially at purdue

i dont hear good things in the junior level

[junior relic]

i stand firm with my belief

that polytechnic is not worth unless ure stupid and also in state

[trail escarp]

polytech is good if u want to go into industry straight afterwards

they teach applicability really well

[junior relic]

i feel like polytechnic has a cap

on like how much u can make

like a lower cap

or how high you can climb

but hey at one point its just soft skills

[trail escarp]

buddy WE are not getting jobs anyways

WE are gonna be homeless

[junior relic]

SYBAU WHOS WE

[trail escarp]

YOU AND ME

[junior relic]

IM GONNA FUCKING SLIME YO ASS BOY

I KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE

[opal trail]

Is Uiuc vs purdue CompE better

?

[junior relic]

idk king

atp its like

[supple scroll]

this is what i was thinking

[junior relic]

whic school do u like more

[supple scroll]

uiuc for comp lowk

almost every other engineering purdue

except bme and stuff

[junior relic]

purdue ece is worth imo if ure into semiconductors and stuff

[junior relic]

bme is competitive here

[supple scroll]

i definitely am but it's gonna be difficult to switch into it

[junior relic]

ure cnit?

[supple scroll]

i might do what mech e said and do industrial to coda first

[supple scroll]

yea

[junior relic]

https://catalog.purdue.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=18&poid=33060

bruh 3.7 gpa

yeah youre cooked

[supple scroll]

is that hard 😭

[junior relic]

YES

https://catalog.purdue.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=18&poid=33055

this is for FYE

would be ur backup option tbh

seems easier

u can always just join ECE/ whatever in the spring

its no biggie

[supple scroll]

wait how do you switch to fye?

[junior relic]

bro

the link is right there

[supple scroll]

i thought you can only codo after a sem

[junior relic]

some dumb fucks stay in fye for like 3 to 4 semesters

[supple scroll]

what the heck

[junior relic]

yeah a girl ik did taht and still got internship before me 🥀

[supple scroll]

multivariable calc as a freshman 😭

[supple scroll]

dang

if my credits transfer ill have finished most of these

do u know how i can check if my local community college credits transfer

i can't find it anywhere

[junior relic]

https://selfservice.mypurdue.purdue.edu/prod/bzwtxcrd.p_select_info

[supple scroll]

oh i didn't find that

okay so they take both my org chem credits

oh i just have to take 3 classes

[hoary quartz]

polytech is a great thing

but it matters what majors

some of the polytech majors are not useful

or redundant

[junior relic]

tbf id rather be a engr tech major than most majors in hhs

[hoary quartz]

like comparative leadership

[junior relic]

*organizational

[hoary quartz]

or smart manufacturing

[supple scroll]

what's hhs

[junior relic]

health and human sciences

[supple scroll]

oh

[trim herald]

Nah that’s just cap

[near horizon]

Hi snowy

[trim herald]

Yeah it gets really hard

[trim herald]

Yo what’s good

[near horizon]

Nothing much honestly

[trim herald]

Yeah fair

[near horizon]

Just getting ready for the super bow

[trim herald]

LETS GO HAWKS

[near horizon]

🔥

I might visit Purdue as well

[trim herald]

You should

[near horizon]

Yeah it’s in my top 3 offers

[trim herald]

Fire

[meager belfry]

@hoary quartz bro

i got saved

i dont gotta go to purdue indy

[hoary quartz]

fire

[meager belfry]

they told me to not transfer, but uiuc got in

[junior sun]

bro transferred from indy to the urbana champaign campus 😭🙏

[meager belfry]

Uh yes

I selected the wrong campus on CA bro it was as

Sad

[lunar cypress]

is everyone just cheering for seattle this time

[junior sun]

wait but aside from the people/clubs n stuff, purdue claims the degree btwn the 2 campuses is the exact same??

would ppl who went to indy then be viewed equally w the main campus in jobs n stuff? coz can't the indy ppl js say they go to purdue and not specify

im so irked by this two campus thing... like purdue aint even slick abt the fact theyre pushing the indy campus sooo hard

[lunar cypress]

okay so tldr

the degree plan is the same

[junior sun]

and they KNOW people might choose and end up at the wrong campus asw. idk it js kinda feels unethical to me

[lunar cypress]

as in people in purdue WL and indy take the same courses which are managed simultaneously between the two campuses

that means same exams, same topics, shared faculty

so my WL instructor and the indy instructor for a course are both active on a shared discussion board for the class for example

the problem is that the upper level courses offered at indy dont have much breadth

you dont have a lot of choice yet in your elective courses

and yeah student life is kinda lacking

[junior sun]

do u think indy being counted as an "equal" makes purdue lose some of its prestige? bc i heard indy is relatively less competitive admissions-wise

[lunar cypress]

so right now they're taking steps to kinda equalize it? it's still a mega work in progress

at least i know for the cs department they've been hiring new faculty stationed at indy (but i know some of them are doing classes over the summer at WL)

they're introducing some newer 300 level courses in indy as well iirc

i do personally plan on putting on my resume "Purdue University, West Lafayette" just to be on the safer side (and yes i do not have a resume right now LMAOOO)

[glacial elm]

the big laf 🙏

[past arrow]

Gng how did u manage to get in Purdue WL with this many braincells

[trim herald]

Bro I was asking 💀

It doesn’t seem like it but wtv gang

Oh wait I am stuoid

[past arrow]

Lol

[near horizon]

We are from Seattle

[near horizon]

Who’s that

[past arrow]

Nah bro deleted his msg

It was snowy, the Purdue cyber guy

[near horizon]

Dawg 😭🤞

[past arrow]

Poor guy leave him alone

[near horizon]

I am bro snowy and I are tight

[past arrow]

Gng why u in the Purdue subchat, ur in gt

Why even consider pesky purdue

I would've enrolled alr tbh

[near horizon]

I got into both, weighing my options

[near horizon]

I have Udub in state coming up

[past arrow]

Well one beats out the other by far

[past arrow]

😂😂

Gt over anything in the world except CMU imo

And maybe mit too

So 3rd

[near horizon]

Nah UW CS vs GT MACS

[past arrow]

And oxford imperial and Cambridge ofc

[near horizon]

Is a conversation

[past arrow]

No it isn't, gt wins

Gg

[near horizon]

💀

Look at UW CS lmao

It’s really fucking good

[past arrow]

I looked

And gt wins

Gg

[near horizon]

Well I get to choose between the two

[past arrow]

Gt wins

[near horizon]

Choice = better

[past arrow]

Gg

[trim herald]

No it’s UW lmao

Especially in state

Yall are tripping if he doesn’t instantly pick UW cs

[trim herald]

😭😭

[trim herald]

Depends on the major

[near horizon]

Lowk it’s still a convo

I do love math so math and computer science at GT is pretty good considering I like DS/ML

[trim herald]

Fair

But it’s way cheaper in state

Unless money isn’t a concern

[near horizon]

It isn’t like 100k a yr it’s like 50k, so my parents don’t have any concern I’m very lucky

[trim herald]

h okay

[near horizon]

It’s 20k diff / yr

[trim herald]

Ah yeah

[near horizon]

Same with Purdue

It’s like 20k/yr difference

[glacial elm]

fs go w uwash if you get in for comp sci

[trim herald]

^

[dull prawn]

has anybody that got deferred gotten a decision back yet?

[past arrow]

nop

[worthy trout]

hard agree

and robotics too i'd say, because cs doesn't cover enough mech and mech doesn't cover enough cs

[worthy trout]

i mean there are huge differences for sure

also like it's gonna be significantly harder to get into cs masters programs with a cyber degree

[hoary quartz]

Robotics engineering technology should have been a engineering major under multidisciplinary or in mechanical

School

MET and ECET also are good polytech majord as those captures the whole technician thing

AET is for airforce

[junior sun]

WHY are there so many georgia tech glazers here 😭 i love purdue

[glacial elm]

we see the name bro

[near horizon]

really? i feel like its a tossup

[glacial elm]

nah bro

uwash is like

right there gt level

uwash way better campus

seattle>atlanta

and relatively cheap

[near horizon]

i want do study math too

if it was straight CS

i'd lean more UW

[glacial elm]

lowkey i wud still go uwash

i mite js be biased cuz i really like seattle tho

[near horizon]

i mean i'd certainly be leaning washington

but like GT is not out of the question

[glacial elm]

yea thats valid

does gt have jaxon smith njigba tho?

[trim herald]

I mean if you’re going for a CS masters just go CS undergrad

[near horizon]

no 😭

if pookie jsn tells me to go to UW i will

[trim herald]

My point was that the name of the school has nothing to do with how god it is

[trim herald]

“Wake up sunshine you get to see JSN play today” 🫢

[near horizon]

2 catches 26 yards (not his fault btw)

ball knowledge if you know you know

[trim herald]

Yes

GIMME JSN OPOY RN

[glacial elm]

he was on my fanasy team bro

fantasy

truly generational

[trim herald]

Gimme Denzel Boston 👀

Denzel Boston is my lord and savior

[supple scroll]

what's ecet

[trim herald]

Add techonology to EVE

ECE*

[supple scroll]

oh that's a thing?

i might switch to that lowkey

if i can't switch to actual ece

[trim herald]

You’re CNIT right?

[trim herald]

JSNNNNNN

[near horizon]

What’s up

Oh he won OPOY

[supple scroll]

yea

[trim herald]

That’s a pretty good major yeah you learn a whole different variety of things

It’s like cyber and networking mixed

[opaque olive]

bro druski's announcement lwk pmo 😭

[trim herald]

it highkey did

[opaque olive]

he's tryin so hard to be funny 😭 like

[trim herald]

fr though

[opaque olive]

yeah BUT IM SO HAPPY MY BOY BOBBY WAGNER WON THE WALTER PAYTON AWARD!!

[near horizon]

Yes bro

[blissful sky]

when will the financial aid notifications come out?

[undone quail]

any RD aplicants get their decision yet?

my transcripts from CC wasnt even sent until today so I doubt they read my application yet

[onyx fossil]

is purdue good if i wanna go to work straight after or better for grad school

[trim herald]

Depends on the major

[onyx fossil]

got in for mech i believe

[trim herald]

Probably going to work straight after

[onyx fossil]

i see

i’d purduegood for bachelors job opportunities?

[trim herald]

Yes?

[onyx fossil]

oh i mean every college is i guess

lowkey bad question on me

[past arrow]

any idea about ECE opportunities after Undergrad @trim herald ?

[trim herald]

Man I’m cyber I got no clue

[past arrow]

alr

[hoary quartz]

Completely depends on you. There is a program that a lot of engineers do take, which is called 4+1 combined bsms in mechE, this is how people get their master's degrees within five years.And then go on to industry

The main reason why people do this is because they want to get the benefits of a master's degree while still being relatively close to graduating college

Like something else you can do to help yourself.Is to also get your professionals engineer license

[hoary quartz]

Completely dependent on how the economy goes

But there are jobs everywhere somewhere

[hoary quartz]

You can get a job from graduating from most engineering universities.Going to university will increase your chances of getting a job.But it doesn't guarantee anything

Fundamentally, you must attach the idea that a specific university will increase or decrease your job. Chances at any given time because that's more dependent on
How you are as a student and how you are related to your professional mindset

[onyx fossil]

bragging rights tho

🥹

and campus culture and what not

[glacial elm]

purdoo

[runic patio]

It’s gonna be snowing on my day i tour purdue

[languid comet]

did anyone else get a box with like stickers and a beanie and stuff

my friend got one but he didnt commit js got accepted lol

[glacial elm]

packages arrived?

[junior sun]

PURDUE BEANIE?! man i want one too 😭🙏

not fair >:C

!!!

[supple scroll]

what state

and what major

[neon condor]

Hey gng, when will RD will be released?

[opaque olive]

its rolling

[neon condor]

this month or next month?

[opaque olive]

i think it started

i think

[neon condor]

thanks

[past arrow]

No

It dint

[opaque olive]

shi fr? i thought it started rolling in jan?

[glacial elm]

didn’t get anything from purdue

I want the stickers bro

[opaque olive]

im intl so i got no hope 💔

[opaque olive]

also btw whatd you think of stafford mvp?

[glacial elm]

250 percent deserved

[past arrow]

no they drop in waves in march

[glacial elm]

😭

[languid comet]

virginia, cs

[languid comet]

ikr it was acc nice too 😔

[glacial elm]

florida, cs

🤞

[languid comet]

lmao i was talking abt my friend not me 😭

im eng 😛

[glacial elm]

oh wait they got a beanie?

[glacial elm]

ayyy tuff

Eng/cs duo

🤞

[supple scroll]

oh beanie might just be for cs then

did they get their flag too

[glacial elm]

oh shi

wait

I might get a beanie 🤞

[supple scroll]

yes

[glacial elm]

I think that js comes after u order it

[supple scroll]

i will get

idk

[glacial elm]

hopefully I get a beanie

[supple scroll]

i ordered it the day i got accepted

[glacial elm]

that would be HARDD

[supple scroll]

that was jan 15th i think

[glacial elm]

I ordered it like 5 days ago

[supple scroll]

oh

[glacial elm]

purdue so tuff

🙏

[supple scroll]

fr

[glacial elm]

unless if the beanie is for honors students idk

it’s possible

[near horizon]

they can't give beanie to eveyrone

[glacial elm]

I mean Jhu gave everyone speakers last year

🤷

[near horizon]

not a ton of JHU admits compared to purdue admits

[cold nacelle]

Is it possible to do the 4+1 bs/ms in electrical engineering in 4 years if you can skip through enough first year credits w AP classes?

[junior relic]

yes

but its also a question of why

[cold nacelle]

Wdym?

[junior relic]

i couldve done bsmsme in 4

but chose not to

[cold nacelle]

Why

[junior relic]

cuz i overloaded myself this time last year

and flunked all 4 finals

[cold nacelle]

I wanna do it faster to save money

[junior relic]

yeah but u have to remmeber

theres a min gpa u have to meet

[cold nacelle]

Purdue is a grade deflation school ig

So

It will be hard

[junior relic]

it will be

[cold nacelle]

Its also prob impossible bc im gonna come in as a physics major

[junior relic]

like i can afford to drag a 3 year degree to 4

[cold nacelle]

So i needa transfer to ee

[junior relic]

and im going to do that

[cold nacelle]

Gotcha

[junior relic]

ah

[cold nacelle]

I realized too late that ee is the move

Alas we move on

[junior relic]

id lowk codo into fye if u think direct to ee is too hard

[cold nacelle]

Isnt direct to fye after sem 1 impossible

Its closed off right?

[junior relic]

ion know

so what if u joined fye/ ee late

[cold nacelle]

Idt codo to ee is too hard

[junior relic]

i did ece2k1 as a freshman

[cold nacelle]

After year 1

[junior relic]

im supposed to do that in soph spring

[cold nacelle]

It all depends on gpa and requirements right?

For codo

[junior relic]

lowk u can just lie to your advisor that u wanna minor in ece

[junior relic]

yer

idk ive never codo

[cold nacelle]

Ill have already gotten through calc 1 and 2 since i got a 5 on ap calc bc

[junior relic]

fair

if u have nothing better to do u should try to test out of some math classes

[cold nacelle]

And ill prob get through at least mechanics with a 5 on physics c mechanics

[junior relic]

but u can only test out of 1 each sem

[junior relic]

okay

what other creds do u have

[cold nacelle]

Idk about e&m it depends on how i do this yr

[junior relic]

fair

[cold nacelle]

I got a 4 on lang

[junior relic]

is that enough i lowk dk

[cold nacelle]

So that tests me out of at least one gen ed

[cold nacelle]

It is i checked

[junior relic]

is it engl108 or smth

[cold nacelle]

Not sure

[junior relic]

if u have the time u should try to get some gen eds done

through CLEP

[cold nacelle]

Then imma take the clep exam for chemistry and spanis

Yea

[junior relic]

look into the gen ed policy

[cold nacelle]

Lol we sent the clep thing at same time

[junior relic]

there are certain rules u have to follow

[cold nacelle]

Oh okok

Imma take for chem at least

[junior relic]

the only other language i know doesnt have a clep

[cold nacelle]

I wanna get out of general chem

[junior relic]

so i have to take a class

fair enough

u have to take cs 159 for ece

[cold nacelle]

Spanish is clep too so its calm

[junior relic]

u can see if u r smart enough to test out of that

[cold nacelle]

Ok so ig ill take that unless csa gets me out

[junior relic]

idk if anything can replace cs 159

other than the testout

[cold nacelle]

Oh ok

I wanna test out of as much as possible

[junior relic]

id look it up bro

im tired

[cold nacelle]

Lol i will dw

[junior relic]

for sure. id look into calc 3

[cold nacelle]

Taking it rn in hs

So imma try to test out

In college

[junior relic]

calc 3, chem, intro gen eds (psych, soc, edps), cs 159

[cold nacelle]

Imma see what i can do yea

[junior relic]

intro gen eds (psych, soc, edps) r clep btw

look up what purdue accepts for clep

[cold nacelle]

I js wanna take low-level/difficult/technical classes at a earlier time

As soon ws possible

As

[junior relic]

no i get that

[cold nacelle]

This is what i like abt state schools

They are much more flexible with credit

Fuckass ivies do this bs where u have to follow their curriculum

When in the end purdue mogs all of them

[junior relic]

r u coping bro

[cold nacelle]

No bru

Not at all

[junior relic]

its ok i got rejected princeton mae

[cold nacelle]

Purdue has been my 2nd choice after gatech

[junior relic]

i was really sad

[cold nacelle]

I lit only applied princeton and cornell rd

[junior relic]

gatech was my second and purdue was my backup LOL

[junior relic]

those were the only 2 ivies i applied to lol

[cold nacelle]

I am sad for gatech deferral

[junior relic]

bro i got straight rejection

im actually so pissed

[cold nacelle]

But if ivy reject idgaf bc its too fucking expensive

[junior relic]

das so real

[cold nacelle]

I cant pay 100k a year

[junior relic]

valid

[cold nacelle]

Hence

Purdue mogs

So hard

Lets go boil some makers ay?

[near horizon]

Hi

Have any of yall gotten package yet

[glacial elm]

nope

you?

[onyx fossil]

this is real but its also cope

its only nto cope if you get into an ivy and say that

[cold nacelle]

I mean ig

Idt its cope tho

[onyx fossil]

its cope

[cold nacelle]

Like i think my stats are comp

[onyx fossil]

until youc an get into one

its cope

[cold nacelle]

For these schools

[onyx fossil]

until you DO get into one its cope

im not syaing I dont think you will

but from what I glean you havent

[cold nacelle]

Yeah not yet

I mean we will see

Purdue has been my top choice

[onyx fossil]

if/when you get in then when you say it

[cold nacelle]

For a while

[onyx fossil]

it isnt cope

[cold nacelle]

Ye

True

[onyx fossil]

still real though

only ivy i coudl remotely justify for engineering honestly is princeton

and even then its a stretch

networking will be unreal though

[near horizon]

Cornell?

[onyx fossil]

cornell is mad depressing

good engineering awful campus allegedly

theres a reason why they install suicide nets

[near horizon]

Oh ok

I don’t know if I wanna do engineering

[onyx fossil]

🤷‍♂️

its up to you ngl

[near horizon]

So idk good engineering schools that well

[onyx fossil]

i generally enjoy building things more than writing

so i like eng

naturally

[onyx fossil]

oh ngl

top cs programs go hand in ahnd with top eng

usually

uiuc

gt

mit

stanford

[near horizon]

I’ve noticed this

[onyx fossil]

yea

[near horizon]

Well that’s good because at like GT or Purdue if i don’t like math/DS/CS I can switch to engineering

[glacial elm]

ye

[onyx fossil]

might be a lil hard

but yeah

[tired zinc]

problem is that its not that easy

at certain universities its pretty hard

[glacial elm]

that and Eng is prolly harder than cs

[near horizon]

And gtech I can do engineering right now

Even though I was admitted to math and CS

It takes two buttons

Only restriction is CS

[onyx fossil]

if it’s same college then yeah

if not it’ll take more but it shouldn’t be that bad

[near horizon]

No I can switch into anything other than CS

[onyx fossil]

okay

👍

then go for it if you want

theres no need to swap ebfore yout ake any classes

take a year and get a feel for whether you like macs or eng

[glacial elm]

still haven’t gotten purdue mail

[supple scroll]

mail for what

[glacial elm]

stickers n shi

[supple scroll]

same 😿😿

i just checked incase

i lowk just want flag or beanie

[glacial elm]

🤞

[tame slate]

Apparently they dont sent intl students the merch 💔

[near horizon]

Same gng

[unique owl]

Will they send mail if we accept their offer?

[opal herald]

i got into indianapolis can i transfer to wf lol

[opaque olive]

dont go indy 😭

[opal herald]

i didnt realize the campus mattered so much and applied to indy bc it said indy offers more internships on their website 😭

shouldve done more research on reddit instead

[frail schooner]

how's purdue cs? does it give you and the breadth and depth for cs jobs + does it have a good ai program? how easy/hard is it to get internships + how good is cs research and interdisciplinary cs application research?

(thank you!)

[tawdry nebula]

Purdue University's Computer Science (CS) program is one of the top programs in the U.S., consistently ranked among the best for both undergraduate and graduate studies. It was the first degree-awarding CS program in the country, established in 1962, and has grown into a large department with strong faculty and facilities. The undergraduate program ranks #16 nationally (up from #18 in previous years), while the graduate program is #19, according to U.S. News & World Report. CSRankings places Purdue at #13 overall based on research publications in core CS areas like AI, machine learning, and systems. Student reviews on platforms like Niche and Reddit highlight its rigor, especially in STEM, with a reputation for preparing graduates well for tech careers, though some note it's competitive and demanding. It's particularly strong in areas like cybersecurity (#6 undergrad) and software engineering (#10).
The program provides solid breadth and depth for CS jobs. The curriculum covers foundational topics like algorithms, data structures, and systems, while allowing electives in specialized areas such as databases, graphics, and visualization. It emphasizes problem-solving across fields, with initiatives like Purdue Computes expanding focus on emerging tech. Graduates report high employability, with access to industry-sponsored projects and a large alumni network. Job placement is strong, with many landing roles at top companies due to the program's reputation and hands-on training. For example, the department's scale (largest undergrad enrollment at Purdue) and collaborations ensure exposure to real-world applications, making it suitable for software engineering, data science, and other CS roles.

Purdue has a robust AI program, integrated across CS and beyond. It offers dedicated BS and MS degrees in AI, focusing on machine learning, data analytics, and computational intelligence. The AI track ranks #23 in graduate AI specialties. Recent developments include the AI@Purdue strategy, which mandates AI competency for all undergrads starting in fall 2026, covering learning with/about AI, research, usage, and partnerships. Programs like AI Forge provide hands-on, mentor-guided projects in areas like sustainability and healthcare. Strengths include interdisciplinary applications, with research in robotics, natural language processing, and cybersecurity through centers like the Applied AI Research Center.
Getting internships in Purdue CS is moderately competitive but facilitated by strong resources—it's not overly hard for proactive students with solid GPAs (around 3.0+). The department hosts its own CS career fair, attracting companies like Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Facebook for recruiting. Programs like Pathmaker allow residential internships with tech firms while staying enrolled, and the Center for Career Opportunities (CCO) lists Indiana-specific opportunities. Students often secure roles as sophomores or juniors through clubs, networking, and on-campus events; reviews suggest joining tech clubs helps build experience. Research internships are also available year-round. Overall, Purdue's scale and industry ties make it easier than at smaller schools, with high placement rates.

CS research at Purdue is excellent, with $20 million in annual expenditures and collaborations across all colleges. Faculty lead in areas like AI, ML, cybersecurity, and software engineering, with access to labs and supercomputing. Undergrads can join via programs like the Discovery Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Research Internship (DURI), which pairs students with cutting-edge projects in themes like global health and security. Interdisciplinary applications are a highlight, such as AI in healthcare supply chains, bioinformatics (combining CS with biology and stats), or robotics with human-AI interaction. The Computational Interdisciplinary Graduate Program extends this to data science and life sciences applications. Opportunities are abundant, with semester-long projects and summer fellowships like SURF.

[frail schooner]

(im confused is this ai gen-)

overall good info tho

thank you

[tawdry nebula]

wt do u expect bro 😭

all u can get is

yes

yes

yes

[frail schooner]

lmaooo

fine fine

im js concerned cause it'll be abt 200k for the whole thing

[tawdry nebula]

u got no aid?

[frail schooner]

nope.

im intl

[tawdry nebula]

oh icic

did u get in alr?

or did u RD

[frail schooner]

im in

[tawdry nebula]

wt major?

AI?

[frail schooner]

cs

[tawdry nebula]

oh ic

[tawdry nebula]

wt campus?

[frail schooner]

uhhh

the main one

lafayette

[glacial elm]

https://tenor.com/view/purdue-braden-smith-smith-purdue-basketball-bye-gif-1088757847792347793

[trail escarp]

purdue cs is great! one of the top cs schools in the country with a strong reputation, and we were the first cs dept in the country! we have awesome outcomes, feeding into FAANG, with a high starting salary and placement. internships are tough everywhere rn for cs, but purdue is a solid name, and if u try hard enough and focus on things outside of classes like ECs, it’s not impossible, u just have to be smart. we have an excellent ai program, and we even have an ai major! the ai here is great, I personally have some reservations about it, but it’s more specific personal issues I have lol. our research is greaaaaaat and super accessible to undergraduates, and awesome! cs interdisciplinary application research is also rly good too :D

ping me if u have any other questions I love answering purdue questions!

[junior sun]

hell yeah purdude's the goat!!

[frail schooner]

omg thank youuu

thats really sweet

(a ping is like the best way to get my attention but damn, every ping from this server gives me a heartattack-)

uni decisions are scary

[true oriole]

Hi, quick question about Purdue admissions: If I’m not admitted to my first-choice major, does Purdue automatically consider me for my alternate major? And how often do applicants receive admission to their alternate major (similar to how UIUC offers a lot of their students a second choice option)? My alternate is Robotics in Polytechnic and I’d be happy with that path too.

[trail escarp]

Yeah they consider u for ur alt major unless ur alt major is in the department of cs (cs, ds, ai) or engineering
They do seriously look at ur alt major independently, like they’ll eval ur app for ur main major, then they’ll separately eval ur app for ur alt major if u dont get into ur first, it is not uncommon to be admitted to ur second choice

[true oriole]

Oh thats good cuz I’d love to go for robotics

Thanks

Also

how’s Purdue Robotics (Polytechnic)? Is it worth it?

My first choice is Computer Engineering, and I’ve heard mixed things about Polytechnic. I’ve heard it’s not worth going for

[trail escarp]

im not rly sure, im not too aware of much about polytech, its very dependent on what ur looking for

[glacial elm]

did yall get ur purdue mail yet

[past arrow]

Yk u only get it once u enroll

[glacial elm]

son

[past arrow]

?

[glacial elm]

hdyk

[past arrow]

R u deadass

[glacial elm]

ye

[past arrow]

if 20 colleges accept u, u won't get 20 edu mails

💀

SON

[glacial elm]

shi got fsu, cu boulder, ohio state

[past arrow]

After u pay the enrollment deposit and do all the formalities, then

[past arrow]

All those r doggy

No wonder

[glacial elm]

fsu doggy

ok bro

[past arrow]

Did u get umd?

[glacial elm]

ye

[past arrow]

U got the edu email?

[glacial elm]

wut

no im talking abt like stickers n shi

😭

[past arrow]

Nvm bro u do u

U are cooked💀

[glacial elm]

?

what r u saying

talm abt sum edu

[trim herald]

you get the stickers without enrolling brother

what are you taking about 💀

[glacial elm]

ye idk

what

hes sayin

edu email

😭

[languid comet]

No lol my friend got stickers and beanie from purdue for cs

Didn't enroll js accepted

[languid comet]

Dude is so hostile for nothing 😭✌️

[cobalt cloud]

oh lol i think he saw the "mail" part & though u were talking about an email for purdue

[glacial elm]

me??

[cobalt cloud]

nah u weren't lol

[glacial elm]

ohhh

[cobalt cloud]

or like some .edu email

[languid comet]

No other dude

[trail escarp]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/727850377403170819/1304569137850220606/caption.gif

[unique owl]

I want stickers bruh

I wanna be obnoxious and put stickers pls

[near horizon]

no they aren't lmao

[near horizon]

yes bro why is this taking too long

i also ordered my flag so early too

😭

[unique owl]

I haven't ordered my flag yet, if I commit I will do it then

[near horizon]

bro its free shit they give you 😄

[unique owl]

Yeahhh ik but it'll be awkward if I js have a purdue flag if I didn't commit LOL

[near horizon]

man it doesn't have to be this complicated

if you dont commit worst case throw it away

[unique owl]

eh you right

Imma order it sometime later tho

[near horizon]

👍

W

[unique owl]

Yeye

Oh I need to thank my teachers who wrote my recommendation letters bruh

[near horizon]

yea same here lamo

[unique owl]

Imma get gifts

[near horizon]

i did already but doesn't hurt to thank again

[unique owl]

Yeye fs fs

[glacial elm]

kid talking smack w 0 acceptances btw

😭

“I don’t need a safety”

[near horizon]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

all are really good schools

[glacial elm]

fr

ok I understand not cu boulder

but fsu and ohio state r t50

[near horizon]

boulder also good

[glacial elm]

Ohio state esp getting harder and harder to get into

[glacial elm]

for Eng yeah

idk abt cs

[near horizon]

there is way to much east coast bias here

cs lowk fsu is the best one?

[glacial elm]

yea outta those 3

osu is close

[near horizon]

fsu hella underrated tbh

[glacial elm]

frfr

[near horizon]

i was thinking about applying

but OOS costs

[glacial elm]

buddy ur in seattle

😭

no one doing all that for fsu

tbh

not even uf

[near horizon]

i have a friend that grduated last year going to uf

i tink

that or UMD

i forgot

[glacial elm]

oh wow

completely different settings n everything lol

[near horizon]

wait lowk fsu is cheap

for oos

[glacial elm]

all Florida schools r cheap oos lowkey

instate is like free college tbh

[near horizon]

itsl ike 40k oos

i think purdue is like 45 oos

and gtech is like 50 oos

[glacial elm]

gtech worth it

[near horizon]

yeah def

im not giving uva 85k/yr 😭

[glacial elm]

UVA 85?!

[near horizon]

yea

[glacial elm]

who do they think they are wtf

how

[near horizon]

no idea

even instate its like 40-45k

[glacial elm]

outrageous

[unique owl]

Boulder is good but oos costs ain't worth it

Dunno much abt FSU but I'd imagine it's good too

UF is hella good

Dunno why we're slandering schools here 😭

[glacial elm]

yea if I get into uf im prolly going uf

[near horizon]

most underrated public school is Udub im ngl

[glacial elm]

guy has 0 acceptances btw

[glacial elm]

ye fs

[unique owl]

I applied to Udub for complete funsies LOL

Beautiful campus tho

[near horizon]

niceeeee

yeah i love campus i was just there like a week ago

[glacial elm]

it’s tuff

[near horizon]

super good mexican spot by the lake

[unique owl]

Yeah so like maybe let's not be judgemental of ppls schools when twin has 0 acceptances yk

[unique owl]

Nice nice

[glacial elm]

ye exactly lol

[near horizon]

what engineering do you want to do?

[unique owl]

Aerospace

[near horizon]

oh niceee

[unique owl]

Yeye

Tbh ik this whole demographic is obsessed with Ivies and whatnot but that doesn't mean other schools are bad too 😭🙏

A2c kids and not glazing the Ivies??? Impossible

[languid comet]

Wait how do u order??

[glacial elm]

all this js to get rejected

[unique owl]

Fr

[languid comet]

Exactly bro ppl act like ur gonna get an Amazon offer 2 months in js by going to a t20🤣🤣

[unique owl]

Dude I genuinely think covid and influencers who promote their slop courses ruined the perception of college and college applications as well

Useless ahh fear mongering too

No college is entitled to give someone an acceptance but some people (especially ppl in my school) act like they deserve that Harvard acceptance like 😭

[near horizon]

sdf

should be an email

[languid comet]

Oh alr thanks

[near horizon]

also please disregard the link i sent

[languid comet]

Yeah the whole college admissions culture makes ppl prestige whore so bad its like really not that deep at the end of the day😭😭

[unique owl]

Ngl I think college apps made me more insecure than I've ever been 😭🙏

[near horizon]

sameee

[unique owl]

Ppl in my school be flexing acceptances left and right

[near horizon]

like how

posting online lmao??

[unique owl]

Nah bruh they're just yapping abt it

And then our teachers tell them to be quiet

[near horizon]

lowk i do talk about it when others bring it up

being honest

[unique owl]

See that's okay bc it's warranted

But they bring it up like always

Idk maybe I'm just projecting idk 😭

[near horizon]

oh lmao

[unique owl]

I'm just a hater dw

[near horizon]

nah i'm picking up what you're putting down

[unique owl]

It's all good tho I mean the people who constantly flex are unlikable to begin with so no one really cares about them

[junior sun]

for purdue yeah, u get it before u enroll

the @purdue.edu email

but hey if any of yall r not keeping ur purdue flag/merch/acceptance package tho, id gladly take it lololol 😋

[junior sun]

oh u havent seen it for schools like purdue yet 😭 some ppl think theyre "entitled" to purdue like it isn't a t5 engineering school :V

tbf i dont know enough abt them to judge; maybe i'm salty bc i'm not as good and i see purdue as a reach school but

theres a guy in my cohort who put georgia tech as a safety 🥀

[unique owl]

yall intl students are either the most humble or the most delusional ppl known to man

[unique owl]

Most ppl in my school didn’t get into main, I only know 3 engineerings kids (including me) and one cs

[junior sun]

i keep telling myself what other ppl think shouldn't matter. a lot of ppl around me see purdue as a prt "mediocre" school, and i try not to have it rub off on me

[unique owl]

yet Purdue isn’t selective according to some ppl

[junior sun]

or maybe im putting purdue on a pedestal..? who knows

[junior sun]

they see a 60% acceptance rate and tell me to "shoot higher" like TWIN 😭🙏

[trail escarp]

ive had kinda the same, in my hs purdue is definitely seen as like a safety, and some ppl are lowk embarrassed to say they go here

[unique owl]

That angers me so much ngl cuz why do you gaf

[trail escarp]

but in the professional world purdue has quite a name, its only college apps where that rep exists only because of its high acc rate

[junior sun]

yeah this exactly 😭 this rlly snobbish dude in my grade put georgia tech as his safety and i had to hold my punches

[unique owl]

This is good to know imo

[junior sun]

or maybe he's secretly cracked or sum idk

[unique owl]

dude no one in my school that I know of got in for engineering or cs

I have yet to ask my Val friend

But he’s gatekeeping for now cuz he doesn’t want ppl to annoy him

[junior sun]

after i talked to some profs at a local uni (that's an engineering-heavy school) that my dream school was purdue, they rlly respected it

like their initial reaction was like "woah, that's gonna be a hard school to get into"

and i felt like that instantly validated everything at the moment

none of the haters got a phd in engineering 😭

[tawdry nebula]

theres no safety for asians though 😭

[unique owl]

Lowk my school with UTD ngl, I live in Texas and ppl just love shitting on utd. Sure the campus is dead I’ll admit but it’s not as bad as ppl make it out to be

[unique owl]

?

[tawdry nebula]

intl*

[unique owl]

oh okay I got confused mb

[junior sun]

i think he emphasized asian coz the competitive culture for us do be toxic asl sometimes

[trail escarp]

exactlyyy outside of college apps acc rate stops mattering, its more about how cracked the school itself is in academics rather than acc rate, and purdue is super strong in that, especially in engineering

[junior sun]

idk abt other cultures

[trail escarp]

yea my roommate almost chose UTD over Purdue because it had a lot of upsides like easy research and internships and was rly cheap

[unique owl]

Bro Asian parents need to stop obsessing over big brand names sometimes it just creates a more toxic environment

[junior sun]

and none of the "prestigious" schools got a whole effing train as their mascot; i'm prt sure theyre js salty 😛

[unique owl]

Completely valid ngl, DFW area has GOOD internship opportunities

Also UTD gives great research opportunities, I know it bc I was one of the research students there lol

It was hella fun

Profs were rlly nice

[junior sun]

my parents r luckily prt chill. but also college consultants r super toxic sometimes...never did it, but ive had a trial consultation once, asw as heard things from my friends

and they deadass look down on purdue

georgia tech is "acceptable" to them

[unique owl]

“Harvard or nothing” like sybau bro

[junior sun]

they suggested upenn engineering 🥀

[trail escarp]

hes STRUGGLING to find an internship rn 😭

but hes from the bayrea so id say location doesnt rly matter atp

[unique owl]

I think I’d actually die if I went to an ivy ngl

[unique owl]

At Purdue or UTD 😭

[junior sun]

i feel like id face sm backlash for picking purdue over tech 😭

[trail escarp]

i love research 🗣️ 🗣️ 🗣️

[unique owl]

Oh well 😭

[unique owl]

Did you get GT?

[trail escarp]

purdue

i mean theres a slew of reasons i think why

[unique owl]

[junior sun]

also im kinda bummed abt purdue's media/advertising like

why are they posting the beast games guy sm 😭

like we get it bro 🥀

[trail escarp]

purdue spends an INSANE amount of money on PR and advertising

anything to make us more famous

[junior sun]

and the indy campus

[trail escarp]

ive seen soooo much abt that guy ughh

[junior sun]

ugh the way they keep shoving it in our faces

loss of aura im ngl

[trail escarp]

i feel like indy campus is gonna backfire on us and will definitely affect our reputation because its so mismanaged and ill advertised

[unique owl]

Is there rlly a housing shortage at Purdue

[junior sun]

i loved it when they pushed trains and neil armstrong. seems like a rlly strong motif and i genuinely love the spirit

[trail escarp]

kindaaaa, its not that bad anymore but still exists

[junior sun]

like i love how everything is about the next giant leap

[glacial elm]

lord if I get into uf

[junior sun]

like taking pride over neil armstrong is aura

[glacial elm]

uf vs Purdue gonna be so difficult

[junior sun]

but the stuff theyre doing rn..? ehhhhh 🥀

[trail escarp]

i know they advertise neil armstrong way too much, but its still not enough

[unique owl]

I’m a lil worried then 😭

[trail escarp]

keep milking it 🗣️

next theyll be advertising me 🙂‍↕️

[tawdry nebula]

i mean... y would someone choose UTD over purdue

its not even UT austin

[glacial elm]

utd lowkey buns

[trail escarp]

ive been able to get on campus housing for 3 years so far, most ppl i know as well

[unique owl]

They gotta milk Neil Armstrong more bruh that’s all my Indian parents and their brown parents group chats know abt

[trail escarp]

except uncle bits 😔

[unique owl]

Cost…

[junior sun]

yeah my point exactly !! im js afraid the indy campus ruins purdue's reputation / prestige/ perceived competitiveness within the industry

outside the industry i dont rlly gaf

[trail escarp]

its super cheap and he could graduate with a masters in 3.5 years (the 4+1 program but accelerate it even more)

[junior sun]

but i heard engineering is also easier to get into for the indy campus. dunno by how much or whether it's true

[trail escarp]

exactlyyy employers will not be able to differentiate indy and wl and thatll hurt wl instead of helping indy

[glacial elm]

what is utd even good for

[tawdry nebula]

is he instate?

[trail escarp]

a substantial amount

[glacial elm]

yeah

[trail escarp]

no hes from cali

[glacial elm]

it carries the overall acceptance rate

[trail escarp]

he got nmsf so it was suuuper cheap

[glacial elm]

same w cs

[tawdry nebula]

isnt UTD's tuition like 40k?

[unique owl]

a lot of things bruh, I know a current Lockheed employee who got a cs degree from UTD. I dunno why ppl hate on UTD so much

[junior sun]

mhm!! like i got into wl, but my ego's kinda hurt by the fact that someone who got into indy can say they got into/attend the same school

[tawdry nebula]

u can transfer to austin

[trail escarp]

he got a buuunch of scholarships from them

[tawdry nebula]

oh ic

damn

[trail escarp]

EXACTLY

[glacial elm]

yea valid

[junior sun]

like i did NOT try so hard to get into engineering at WL js to be on the same level as an indy admit 😭😭😭 soz

[unique owl]

I love that I’m defending UTD, I didn’t even apply there 😭😭

[glacial elm]

indy cud be good in the future but not rn

[junior sun]

maybe i am a prestige whore after all 🥀

[glacial elm]

lmaooo

lowkey engineering is prestige

cs is whah you do in school

and like other stuff

[junior sun]

this is imo the biggest downside of purdue for me

[trail escarp]

once u get in yesss be a prestige simp

flex on everyone

[unique owl]

that’s such a take

I’m sorry I lowk disagree

[junior sun]

like at least georgia tech doesnt have a weird second campus thingn theyre tryna force feed 😭

[trail escarp]

tbh idrc that much abt indy since im gonna do grad school hopefully somewhere else lol
every single complaint of mine with purdue lies with the fact that it is situated in the state of indiana

[unique owl]

Purdue should just lower its selectivity bc the Indy campus is just not working out

[glacial elm]

still t10

so like acceptance rate doesn’t matter

[trail escarp]

ikrrr we make so much in profit for the state but its still not enough

[junior sun]

like there was this alum at my school who i thoguht got into purdue engineering 2 years ago... i was so impressed esp since he wasnt in the robotics club / any stem clubs at school i know of; now im looking at his insta following and i think he's at indy (??)

but they can also say they go to "purdue engineering"

[unique owl]

Oh nah 😭

Bro i remember i had to break it to someone at my school that they got into Indy and not WL

[junior sun]

so if i'm looking for a job... and the employer sees "purdue"...

is it even allat anymore

when it's the same title for indy and wl

[glacial elm]

js say west Lafayette bro

[trail escarp]

I KNOW RIGHT theres this AI major who keeps on posting about how they have such great opportunities going to a well established institution purdue, but he goes to indy aaaa

and ofc the internship i apply to and he applies to will both see purdue and think were the same

[glacial elm]

hro js do Purdue west Lafayette not that hard

[unique owl]

No but someone from Indy can just say Purdue and the recruiter can assume that they also went to WL

[trail escarp]

but if he excludes indy from his resume theyll assume wl

[unique owl]

exactly my point

[glacial elm]

true

[unique owl]

lowk indy be ruining perception of Purdue

[trail escarp]

exactly 😔

[junior sun]

YEAH EXACTLY 😭 they can say "purdue"... and ppl immediately think of WL

coz why would u specify it's the "worse" campus 🥀

[tawdry nebula]

they even list indy 1st in common app

[unique owl]

Bc my dad knew abt Purdue from the Indy campus and he got mad at me applying there, before I told him I applied for WL

[tawdry nebula]

i almost applied to indy

[junior sun]

this is disgusting imo

they're tryna trick students

[trail escarp]

I SAW THIS thats so scummy

[tawdry nebula]

fr

[unique owl]

god bless alphabetical order fr

[trail escarp]

and they dont even make it obvious EVEN AFTER U COMMIT

[tawdry nebula]

thank God i found ts before applying

[tawdry nebula]

[trail escarp]

one of my friends committed and didnt find out until april that she was going to indy and not wl

only because of dorms stuff

[unique owl]

Bro I checked my acceptance letter three times beforehand to confirm that I got into WL

and not Indy

[tawdry nebula]

lmao

[glacial elm]

lmaooooo

the Indy hate is crazy

[junior sun]

yk my bf told me... i think i forgot but he remembered. we went up to the purdue booth at vex worlds together (THE WORLD'S LARGEST ROBOTICS COMP MIND YOU), and the purdue rep said i should apply to indy coz WL would be "too difficult" for me

[unique owl]

Also Indy is right by IU

[trail escarp]

indy is not worth the 45k that wl is worth

[unique owl]

so poo

[trail escarp]

ewww

[tawdry nebula]

Purdue once came to my school

they never talked about indy 💀

[trail escarp]

wtf

[glacial elm]

ye ik

[trail escarp]

damn i was the purdue rep for my school during alum day, purdue doesnt gaf about our school but everyone applies anyways 😭

[glacial elm]

lowkey might go to uf

[junior sun]

if one cares about experience, i guess? but at the end of the day it's still the same degree, no?

[glacial elm]

if j get in

[junior sun]

this is why it highk pmo

[trail escarp]

yeah tehres no difference in the diploma

but experience is a huuuuge part, the opportunities at indy dont match with the opporutnities at wl

[glacial elm]

uf here we come I guess

[glacial elm]

yea

[junior sun]

like is this basically saying that

[trail escarp]

nuh uh u ARE coming to purdue

u dont have a choice

[junior sun]

if i slacked off a lil more in high school

[trail escarp]

u WILL commit to purdue

[junior sun]

not saying i worked hard or anything coz im a lazy bum

[glacial elm]

brk if I get into uf im prolly going to uf

I’m instate for uf

[trail escarp]

https://giphy.com/gifs/hypno-glitchers-game-8DguZ6zMuBM6YiHHFC

[junior sun]

if i applied to indy, it would've been the same end result..?

so all that effort then becomes a waste

and that makes me sad

[trail escarp]

DUDE IKR i so couldve slacked off so much more in hs why did i try so hard

[tawdry nebula]

i should've applied to indy

[trail escarp]

im compensating by slacking off rn (ive never been more locked in)

[tawdry nebula]

😭

just to say i got into purdue

[glacial elm]

I ain’t gon lie I wasn’t too tryhardy

😭

[trail escarp]

but transferring to wl is damn near impossible 💔

[junior sun]

he never said he's going there 😭 js bragging rights abt acceptane

[tawdry nebula]

i wont go to indy anyways 🥀

[trail escarp]

ohh