Purdue University (2025-2026)

[elfin swallow]

yea but there is the ones that u lit just needa memorize and apply

and there are the ones where ur supposed to figure out if it is a SN1 or SN2

[hoary quartz]

I would say the chorus is a good portion of memorization, but also a good portion of actually needing to understand what's happening

It's nothing that complicated, but because you're gonna be taking chemical engineering.You're actually going to take the general chemistry.Two course

From what I hear from everyone, it's not that bad.The only bad part is the lab and the recitation

Simply, because you just have so much of that course

[crisp pulsar]

Below 10% according to some brochures

[elfin swallow]

for citations they just focus on consistency of using a particular citation method orrr

[quasi oasis]

thats crazy damn

[elfin swallow]

do they force u to do like a certain citation

[hoary quartz]

I'm not even gonna lie the way that they're running laps.Now is completely different than when I took it.So I can't tell you until you take it

[quasi oasis]

my physics class from a hs in illinois like everyone got accepted but maybe im biased

[hoary quartz]

The labs were so stupid though

It was literally rewrite the procedure without sounding.Like you're rewriting the procedure

[elfin swallow]

I'll take any advise i can get

[hoary quartz]

That's the prelab

And then the actual lab is answer.These questions with very critical thought of what happened based off of what she did in lecture and what you learned in the lab recitation

I think you're going to find it a lot simpler.But there's going to be more tedious aspects to it that you're not used to

That's what a lot of the international students.I know learned from all of these courses

[elfin swallow]

and on top of that i gotta get used to the new system 😭

[hoary quartz]

There's a lot of courses that you might take that aren't particularly conceptually hard.But just because of how they've set up the courses, it is just such a tough situation

Like you might have courses where the content is straightforward.But you might have six homeworks to do every single week

Or you might have to do two lab reports every week

[elfin swallow]

how often is attendence graded

[hoary quartz]

This isn't a first year thing

[hoary quartz]

I do know for the introductory to chemistry course.Attendance is required

[elfin swallow]

well i guess

[hoary quartz]

I know for physics it's required

[glacial elm]

would I possibly get stretched by purdue cs in my first year

[hoary quartz]

When it comes to your english courses, it's completely dependent on the professor

The engineering courses, it is usually attendance required

Those engineering courses are some of the hardest classes you might take

Because they're usually something that you've just never done before

Classes that are hard simply because they want it to be hard

Conceptually, the content is not complicated, but the stuff they make you do is just absurd

[elfin swallow]

well if i have done it i wouldnt pay 45k

[glacial elm]

😭

[hoary quartz]

I remember I took the combined version of that class because I did something called vip.But you can also do something called epics and there's also another one form the fake engineers

The final team project for the engineering course: you're given a picture, you have to decrypt it. Turn it into essentially lines of code, create a cipher, and a decipher that can work with anything that you're given. And then you're given another picture, and you have to decipher the information from the picture that you're given.And get a piece of text

[elfin swallow]

what is this for 😭

[hoary quartz]

From that piece of text you have to make a new piece of code that can turn this text into encrypted pictures. And then send it to the teachers. So that they can decrypt it with their own specialized text decryptor and then you come out with a photo picture that has r g b and phase

[elfin swallow]

man that sounds like a coin toss

[hoary quartz]

I can't even explain it correctly because of how stupid it was.And I just don't even know what I was doing

The flow chart for that project took me four days

[elfin swallow]

can most ppl do it tho

[hoary quartz]

It was so many things I don't even know what I was doing

[hoary quartz]

Bro, it's a group project and if your teammates are horrible, then it's a sucky experience

[elfin swallow]

its allg i also cant rmb some of the stuff i did in hs

[hoary quartz]

That's another thing.The engineering course is a group course

[elfin swallow]

been there before

[hoary quartz]

So, the performance of your teammates will impact the performance of your grade

And you don't choose your teammates

And they don't change

[elfin swallow]

and whats the weightage

[hoary quartz]

Unless your teammates are absolutely horrible at what they're doing and they're detrimental to the function of your team

[hoary quartz]

Completely dependent on whatever the professor who's in head at the time for the entire course chooses

[elfin swallow]

dang

what abt for ur yr

[hoary quartz]

I have absolutely no memory, and I did not save any of the documents for the syllabus

[elfin swallow]

i need a guage to see how cooked i may be

[elfin swallow]

i also wouldnt

[hoary quartz]

You're most likely not that cooked.It's just that it's gonna be a really tedious experience

[elfin swallow]

i guess

[hoary quartz]

Like, imagine trying to remember something that just was absolutely traumatic for you

Like you're just not gonna remember that

[elfin swallow]

😭

[hoary quartz]

The reason it was just so bad is because it just felt like they were throwing information at me.And I didn't know what to do with this knowledge

[elfin swallow]

thats the goal

[hoary quartz]

Like the first three weeks was about excel.But like at this point I had never used excel for anything

Because my high school used google sheets and none of the equations were remotely the same

[elfin swallow]

thats me

[hoary quartz]

I was learning about statistical analysis.Is that truly?I have never used a gamma

[elfin swallow]

imma go learn some excel soon

[hoary quartz]

Like
I don't know how they could possibly make any worse courses to screw you over than the engineering intro courses

Here's what I recommend.So you can save yourself from an even worse version of that course

Search up
Epics or
Vip

[elfin swallow]

they could grade u on the absolute scale by asking u to do a research unsupervised

thats the absolute worse

[elfin swallow]

aight

[hoary quartz]

That actually does exist

But you're more prepared for it, because you've gone through the struggle

What I've essentially told you to search up. Are these project based courses that you can do that essentially, puts you within a team of your own choosing? And you can work on a project. It's a full year thing

[elfin swallow]

ive only done supervised ones

not unsupervised 😭

[hoary quartz]

I know a lot of people who stay with these teams because it's truly just a wonderful experience

I didn't stay with mine because mine was not wonderful at all

But I've come back to the program because I don't have any undergraduate research experience. And it works as undergraduate research experience

[elfin swallow]

idk if i can get ppl to partner with me

[hoary quartz]

You wanna aim for the versions that have it with?A professor

[hoary quartz]

Most of your engineering courses will be project based or project related

The project related ones are ones that have projects in them

The more fundamental ones won't have projects, but you still will be incentivized to work with other people

You're not getting through any engineering major without working with people

[elfin swallow]

dang well ig i do have to go out and network with ppl

[hoary quartz]

If you wanna have a psychological breakdown, you can do it alone

But if you don't want to have that, I'd recommend making friends within your classes

It really is just making friends in your classes and making groups to study

Take it from somebody who try to do it alone.It really really really sucks

[elfin swallow]

im not one thats great at making friends 😭

[hoary quartz]

Neither was I but I eventually made friends

[elfin swallow]

any tips

[hoary quartz]

This transitions into something that i've always recommended for any incoming students

Search up boiler gold rush

https://www.purdue.edu/orientation/bgr/

This is a week long freshman orientation

You throw me place in a group and you're gonna do a bunch of things with those groups.It's a really great way to meet a lot of people and make friends

[elfin swallow]

i see

[hoary quartz]

totally reccomend it

you also get to move in early

which saves alot of hassl

[patent cloak]

math is my strength

[hoary quartz]

of moving in

[patent cloak]

im OK at physics

chem

idk

[hoary quartz]

fye?

or cs

or another major

[patent cloak]

yeah i took linear algebra at georgia tech last sem and got an A

yes im FYE

im doing mvc rn

[hoary quartz]

first year is what you make of it

be involved

join clubs

do things and have fun

[elfin swallow]

which ones do u rec

for engineering related stuff

[hoary quartz]

we have website for clubs

https://boilerlink.purdue.edu

you can find clubs

think about what youd like to do

what interests you

are you a rocket person

a rocket engine person

a car person

underwater robotics

lunar robotics

mars robotics

manufacturing robotics

[patent cloak]

Does purdue have a club dedicated to like flying planes

[hoary quartz]

humanoid robotics

[patent cloak]

i know GT does

[hoary quartz]

yea

[patent cloak]

ooo

[hoary quartz]

find it on the website

[patent cloak]

fuck i shoulda mentioned that

[hoary quartz]

idk its name

[patent cloak]

on my app

[hoary quartz]

you got in

just to know

admissions doesnt touch anything else

so once you come into college

[patent cloak]

huh

[hoary quartz]

they only know your basic information

[hoary quartz]

oh

you havent been accepted yet

have you

[patent cloak]

Ye

i havent

[hoary quartz]

i forget its march

[patent cloak]

i was just wondering

lmao

[hoary quartz]

not june

sorry

[elfin swallow]

this making me scared that i overcommit

like high school

[patent cloak]

how favorably does purdue view math past calc bc

for fye

[hoary quartz]

youll find out

what you want

and what can do

and cant do

it really does take about the first month

to get settled in

[elfin swallow]

do they have test straight out of the gate or

they chill for a while

i need to be mentally prepared if they just throw us a test the first week of college

[patent cloak]

just adapt bro

https://tenor.com/view/mahoraga's-adaptation-mahoraga's-wheel-divine-general-mahoraga-makora-gif-6549350953160866281

[hoary quartz]

about 3 weeks

is what i remember

3-4 weeks

so the first month

[elfin swallow]

i studied hs in another country

i have lots to adapt to

like gpa

😭

[elfin swallow]

ok thats good

imma try out as many stuff as i can before then

thx for the advise btw

[trim ermine]

i lowkey think purdues difficulty will be good for me

bc hs has been easy enough for me to js coast

with like low As

and if i go to uni and get like low As high Bs i’m not rly gonna change

but if it gets lower ima have to

[elfin swallow]

for me my high school wasnt easy and they test mostly on understanding soo

i hope it wouldnt be that bad for me

[hoary quartz]

i got touched by college

[narrow lily]

damn this thread was a wild ride to read

a bit scared now but oh well

[hoary quartz]

https://tenor.com/view/bezos-jeff-bezos-laughing-laugh-lol-gif-17878635

[glacial elm]

yea purdue is like

HARD

but it is worth it

[hoary quartz]

From what I hear after you graduate, it's really worth it.But as you're going through it, it's detrimental to the mind

[inner smelt]

still no 2nd wave yet…

[elfin swallow]

thats why they say the hard part is staying in 😭

(mostly for in state ppl)

for oos shld be hard to get in and hard to go thru it

[glacial elm]

yeah but it’s doable it’s not like impossible

it’s gonna be hard tho fs

gonna have countless number of all nighters

[elfin swallow]

thats alright

i dont gotta spend 2 hrs for travelling to and fro school again

alot of time saved

[vernal ore]

https://tenor.com/view/gopurdue-pete-boilers-goboilers-dancing-gif-13543936

[quartz sand]

when

next round

[north helm]

In 40 mins

Just for you though

[cobalt cloud]

lmao

maybe this tuesday

but again its all guesswork

its rly jus anytime b4 31st march

[patent cloak]

why would they release on a tuesday

[elfin swallow]

any day before end of march is possible

[patent cloak]

wait srsly?

i thought it was only fridays and maybe wednesdays

[elfin swallow]

well they didnt say any date did they

its usually fridays and sometimes wednesdays but

[patent cloak]

yeah but previous years only released on those two days

i think

[elfin swallow]

theres also some who release on sat and other days

[patent cloak]

on weekends 💀

[elfin swallow]

well good thing is u dont have to be emotional in class or smt

[patent cloak]

💀

i would not be emotional bout ts

[elfin swallow]

come on purdue engineering and cs is good 😭

u shld be abit emotional at least

what if they give u a scholarship

[patent cloak]

i refuse to feel sad over a college

i will only be happy about it

[glacial elm]

facts

[elfin swallow]

well thats also an emotion

[glacial elm]

never felt sad abt any rejection

[patent cloak]

ye but u meant like sad ones

[elfin swallow]

sadly i always feel a lil sad even tho im not going there anyways

[elfin swallow]

i meant either :p

[crisp pulsar]

Lwk same

[patent cloak]

last waves are rejections at purdue bro

😭

and waitlists

[near horizon]

i felt sad about my UT austin rejection

😭

[glacial elm]

actually?

[near horizon]

my dad went there

[glacial elm]

:(

[crisp pulsar]

No

[glacial elm]

u got better schools

tho

[near horizon]

yea but my dad lowk wanted me to get in at least

[patent cloak]

Not every single one but a lot of them are

[crisp pulsar]

From what ive heard the last waves are all fye

Or alot fye

[worn harbor]

How does Purdue determine who’s in what wave

I got in back in like Feb and applied on the last day possible

FYE

[patent cloak]

bro what

i got deferred and submitted loci in jan

and still havent heard back

[glacial elm]

js gotta hang tight

[worn harbor]

True

[glacial elm]

might come out Friday or next Friday surely

[patent cloak]

i dont wanna wait no more btoo

[worn harbor]

Waves are kinda evil lowk

[glacial elm]

I get that bro I rlly do

[worn harbor]

They should let you in now

[glacial elm]

ong

[near horizon]

bro youll get it trust

[patent cloak]

yeah and i didnt get an email when i applied early

like an update on my portal

so i check everyday

for regular

[inner smelt]

yeah, they didn't send out emails for deferred students I don't think

or rejections prob

[near horizon]

if you check immediately they sometimes dont send email

[inner smelt]

so ig if you get an email, you prob got in

[near horizon]

or it could be in junk

[inner smelt]

nah, I checked; didn't get sent anything when I got deferred

[near horizon]

ok i got an email to check my update for uchicago, even after i checked

i ended up getting waitlisted

[glacial elm]

I think you js check ur email regardless

[near horizon]

maybe purdue is diff?

[inner smelt]

I got email for uw rejection tho

[patent cloak]

bro thats a whole nother college

😭

[inner smelt]

yes

might go to cpslo tho; idk if purdue or cpslo is better for comp eng

[near horizon]

dont read too much into it

[inner smelt]

I can't abbreviate cpslo anymore or the message gets removed lol

[near horizon]

purdue isnt the end all be all

[cobalt cloud]

the only wave b4 this year was on a tuesday

[cobalt cloud]

cpslo?

what the helly is that

[safe spindle]

hello future boilermakers

[glacial elm]

hello

[tired zinc]

R you committed to Purdue

[glacial elm]

yessir

🚂🚂🚂

[tired zinc]

🔥

[tired zinc]

What made you decide Purdue over UMD

[glacial elm]

cost overall vibe and purdue ppl r genuinely js more friendly

and rankings are pretty similar

Job outcomes r pretty much the same asw

so roi for purdue>umd roi

[unique owl]

CHOO CHOO

[glacial elm]

oh also purdue got the worlds largest drum while UMD doesn’t

🚂

[cobalt cloud]

not rly

washington has a lot more pipelines to bigger companies tbf

[glacial elm]

ehh

it’s pr similar imo

lotta ppl say it’s similar and like their own data r like nearly identical when it comes to salaries and what not

[inner smelt]

cal poly

[cobalt cloud]

idts tbf but u do u

[cobalt cloud]

ic

[glacial elm]

it’s literally in their data tho

67k is js not worth it for UMD

[swift niche]

GO BLUE

WATCH!

Hehe

[glacial elm]

oh boy

im scared

best of luck tho

[elfin swallow]

dang this gonna be close

[glacial elm]

boiler boiler

[narrow lily]

is purdue T1 in boiling water

if purdue didn't exist would we have water heaters

[glacial elm]

ITS ALL PURDUE

[hoary quartz]

If you guys want to be more prepared for purdue, I recommend reading one piece

[swift niche]

It’s so over

:(

[glacial elm]

PURDUEEE

gg man

[near horizon]

how the tf is purdue winning

its so over

for michigan

[glacial elm]

CUZ WE LIKE THAY

🙏🙏🙏

[near horizon]

did you pay your deposit

[glacial elm]

im going to when I go home

but im basically committed

[near horizon]

https://tenor.com/view/purdue-gif-3280672180905536608

[safe spindle]

BTFUUUUU

LETS GOOOO

[swift niche]

I’m retracting my commitment to umich

[near horizon]

WHAT

[elfin swallow]

dang purdue actually won

crazy game

[glacial elm]

PURDUE

[glacial elm]

BTFUUU

amazing start to my spring break

[eternal lotus]

LMFAO

PURDUE WON

the two colleges i submitted my first two apps to

[near horizon]

😂

guys im committing to purdue now

[elfin swallow]

guys i might just pick purdue over michigan cuz of this

[glacial elm]

😭

I mean for engineering it’s smart

[elfin swallow]

yea ig

[glacial elm]

cs maybe smart cuz umich is so expensive

[eternal lotus]

depends ig

[elfin swallow]

u mich is like 20k more expensive for me

[eternal lotus]

money mostly

[near horizon]

both schools are comparable for eng, i think CS michigan is slightly better

[glacial elm]

yeah

don’t matter tho

[eternal lotus]

true

[glacial elm]

BTFU

[elfin swallow]

u mich might be abit better

[glacial elm]

cmonnn now

purdue winning the natty

[elfin swallow]

but ITS NOT WORTH 20K more a YR

[eternal lotus]

it is, the only thing is i would chose purdue if i dont get like a scholarship in umich

[eternal lotus]

yeah

[elfin swallow]

michigan is never gonna give me a scholarship

[eternal lotus]

same

[swift niche]

I’m crying rn

[elfin swallow]

they dont accept a rec letter from a prof that i worked under

purdue does

[swift niche]

:(

[eternal lotus]

it doesnt?

i sent mine

[elfin swallow]

and purdue didnt give me any scholarship

[swift niche]

Is that how yall felt after losing to ucla

[elfin swallow]

they dont allow it smh

none of the type of external rec fits

so 😭

[eternal lotus]

ooh

yeah unfortunate

[elfin swallow]

yea

sadly

[glacial elm]

bro it’s fine bro purdue realistically gonna get bounced by penn

[eternal lotus]

noway bro changed to purdue cs after seeing the basketball game

[elfin swallow]

was hoping purdue gave me something more than a lil under 8k in aid but

[glacial elm]

?

[elfin swallow]

he commited before

[glacial elm]

I had this 2 days before today

[elfin swallow]

the game

[glacial elm]

yea

[elfin swallow]

cuz u got wl'ed by uf

[eternal lotus]

oh i didnt see mb gng

[eternal lotus]

yeah ik

[elfin swallow]

i also got wl'ed for uf engineering

[near horizon]

😂

UF is a joke

[glacial elm]

meh fuck uf

[glacial elm]

ong

overrated ass school

[elfin swallow]

must be yield protection

[eternal lotus]

alright bro

[near horizon]

accepted to purdue WL at UF for engineering

[glacial elm]

surely

[eternal lotus]

yeha for sure

[elfin swallow]

yea

also idk why but

[near horizon]

yeah thats just stupid

[elfin swallow]

most of my uc decision rn is rejects

[near horizon]

what the fuck

[glacial elm]

bro 😭

[elfin swallow]

but they aint even as good as purdue engineering

[eternal lotus]

cmb

mb NOT UMICH

but still

[near horizon]

i got into GT OOS and got waitlisted by UC irvine

[glacial elm]

js be a boiler bro ❤️‍🩹

[near horizon]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[glacial elm]

dawg

huh

[elfin swallow]

i got wl by uiuc too

[glacial elm]

😭

[eternal lotus]

waitlist uiuc is brutal

[near horizon]

WL UIUC, CMU, Uchicago, and fucking UCI

[elfin swallow]

im still waiting for ucb and ucla :p

[swift niche]

Ewwwwwwww fuck cs

[elfin swallow]

if they gimme smt interesting

[swift niche]

Cs too hard I can never

[elfin swallow]

maybe

[glacial elm]

it’s easier than engineering

but yea it’s hard

[eternal lotus]

NO??

[elfin swallow]

if ur good at it ye

[eternal lotus]

i can never understand coding thats why i am doing aerosapce

[elfin swallow]

same can be said for engineering

[glacial elm]

yeah true

[glacial elm]

we will both make 6 figs 🙏

[eternal lotus]

lockheed martin here i come

[glacial elm]

type shit

[elfin swallow]

i prob can only make 6 figures after a few yrs :p

prob after grad

[eternal lotus]

wait whats your major

[elfin swallow]

chem e

[eternal lotus]

oh type

i hate chem

[elfin swallow]

if i can get into pharma

then maybe

[eternal lotus]

oh man like i feel chem is so cool but my brain cant understand this stuff

[swift niche]

Hell no

[near horizon]

pharma sucks ive heard

[swift niche]

Cs is harder than EE at umich

[elfin swallow]

but it kinda makes money uk 😭

[glacial elm]

😭

o well

[eternal lotus]

thats all that matters tbf

[glacial elm]

the bread tho

[elfin swallow]

if i dont 100% hate it

[near horizon]

lowk i just wanna do something i would be able to do every single day

[elfin swallow]

its allg

[near horizon]

doesnt have to be the highest paying

[glacial elm]

fair

[elfin swallow]

bonus if im neutral or even like it

[eternal lotus]

true

[glacial elm]

I think I could code if I put my mind to it

but I also know imma have like a million of all nighters

[eternal lotus]

i have tried doing it so many times

could never

[near horizon]

i haven't written a single line of python in my life and i've gotten into CS programs 💀 i legit dont know if ill like it

[eternal lotus]

python was easy so i could do that but the rest are hard

[glacial elm]

😭

[elfin swallow]

the hardest part for me

[eternal lotus]

i could never

[elfin swallow]

is turning a code into a new use case

[swift niche]

I rather write a 50 page essay than to touch a line of code

[glacial elm]

it’s fine bro many ppl who haven’t touched code in their life cud learn it in clllege

[elfin swallow]

so i kinda give up on coding

[eternal lotus]

nah english is even worse

[swift niche]

No no

[glacial elm]

💔

[swift niche]

I love physics though

[eternal lotus]

same

[near horizon]

yeah ill probably see if i like it. if i do, ill stick with math + cs, if i dont, ill probably do applied math / stats or engineering

[eternal lotus]

physics my beloved

[swift niche]

❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

Physics

[glacial elm]

nice nice

[glacial elm]

oh HELLO no

hell*

[eternal lotus]

WDYM

THE BEST SUBJECT

[near horizon]

i was ok at physics

[elfin swallow]

fluid dynamics tho :p

i prob have to learn it

[eternal lotus]

YUHHH

fluid dynamics that reminds me of physics 1

good days

[hoary quartz]

Hell no

[glacial elm]

no im ass

[near horizon]

ive heard EE is harder than CS

[elfin swallow]

im fine with physics and chem and abit of math

[eternal lotus]

bru well i am ass at cs and you are good wit it

[hoary quartz]

It's not

[near horizon]

no way what

[hoary quartz]

The main reason why engineering is not harder than computer science is that the moment you get to industry, your work is substantially easier

[elfin swallow]

what i hate is memorizing 500 pages for biology

[hoary quartz]

Even with research it's still easier

[eternal lotus]

biology is the worst

[hoary quartz]

Computer science is a field that regardless of what you're doing, what place in time you are.It's just tremendously difficult

[elfin swallow]

fr i basically highlight the whole notes

[glacial elm]

that’s the same for cs the hardest part about it is the interview

if ur at the job it’s acc chill

[near horizon]

i was just talking about the degree 🥀

not the life after

[glacial elm]

yea nah idk lowkey

engineering seems like super hell

[eternal lotus]

yeah you just have to memorize stuff im bad with that

[elfin swallow]

same

im act considered abit bad at memory work

[eternal lotus]

same 💔

[glacial elm]

engineering js seems like

[elfin swallow]

had to work so hard to just get a B for bio 😭

[glacial elm]

harder than cs

[swift niche]

Best subject is physics, electrical engineering, and chemistry

[glacial elm]

CHEMISTRY?

ah hn

don’t even get me started w that

tbh our ap chem teacher

is like

uhh

Netanyahu

[elfin swallow]

come on its not all that bad

u get to read some graphs

sometimes

[glacial elm]

bro it’s bio>phys>chem

[elfin swallow]

like nmr mass spec ir

spectrums

[glacial elm]

seems like hell

[elfin swallow]

hn idw to memorize stuff

not 500+ pages of stuff

and missing 1 keyword just makes u lose 1 mark

[glacial elm]

I guess

[glacial elm]

true

[elfin swallow]

its so unforgiving

[glacial elm]

bro I’m getting touched by e and m rn

[swift niche]

My CS professors be like

[glacial elm]

I did good in mechanics tho

[glacial elm]

😭

[swift niche]

Bio is my lowest grade in my life

[glacial elm]

fair

[swift niche]

71%

[glacial elm]

that’s not even bad

[swift niche]

Next year I took physics and ended with 100%+

[glacial elm]

wait where did you go to school before mich

[swift niche]

dwbi

[glacial elm]

don’t worry bout it

doesn’t ring a bell

[glacial elm]

😭

holy ec

[swift niche]

Nah it’s just curve

I got a 21/30 on a test, then the teacher made it out of 17

[glacial elm]

oh wow

[swift niche]

Since the class avg was a 13

💀

[glacial elm]

DAMN

[swift niche]

But I got 21/17 and got EC

[glacial elm]

damn ur him

[swift niche]

Physics in college is a lot easier though

[elfin swallow]

sounds like the average of some of my hs math test

but the bad thing is

[glacial elm]

no way iys easier than e and m

[elfin swallow]

they dont curve it

if u got a 40% they just show a 40%

[swift niche]

E&M was my best scoring physics class pre curve

[glacial elm]

😭

[elfin swallow]

and the corresponding grade

[glacial elm]

ok ur locked

I suck at physics

[elfin swallow]

physics aint all that bad

[glacial elm]

e and m though.

yeah mechanics I was fine

but e and m…

horror story

[elfin swallow]

whats e and m :p

im not in the us system so :p

[glacial elm]

ap physics c: electricity and magnetism

[elfin swallow]

ah

[glacial elm]

ohhh

mb

[elfin swallow]

i have 2 chapters on electromagnetism

[glacial elm]

https://tenor.com/view/gg-gif-7705755201202252655

[elfin swallow]

out of like 18 chapters

[glacial elm]

praying for u

[swift niche]

That’s my PhD topic ❤️ ❤️

[elfin swallow]

alr completed the tests 😭

but honestly it was also alot of memo and even more understanding

not sure if they test it for ap physics but my last 2 chapters were quantum mechanics and nuclear phsyics sooo

[hoary quartz]

cool

ive never taken that course

[elfin swallow]

i like chem over physics

[swift niche]

I like physics but not mechanics

Mechanics give ptsd but it’s a needed class

[elfin swallow]

for me i hated superposition

its 1 whole chapter with like 70+ pages

and is very demanding of memorization and understanding 😭

[safe spindle]

thats more than most people get. purdue is stingy as hell with aid

[elfin swallow]

really

its just these 2 tho

[safe spindle]

yes really

[elfin swallow]

well i guess since the tuition is low

they dont wanna be handing out anything more than what they need to 😭

[safe spindle]

reality of many public universities but especially since purdue bc of frozen tuition

[elfin swallow]

yea ig 😭

[safe spindle]

i reckon even if you got some aid at similar level public (oos) unis and you got nothing at purdue we would still be cheaper

bc our housing and food is also much lower compared to similar level schools

[elfin swallow]

yea i guess

whats the differentiatial fee tho

its like 4k a yr

[safe spindle]

some degrees charge a bit more than other, i think thats what that fee is

assuming youre eng, cs, flight, or nursing

i think thats all that charges more

[elfin swallow]

makes sense ig

[umbral mulch]

i hate purdue dude

just put the admissions decision in my inbox bruh

[elfin swallow]

but u commited to u Mass :p

so it doesnt matter 😭

[umbral mulch]

yeah ik ik but i really wanna get done with admissions

and i rlly wanna know if i got in or not because ts might be better than amherst

[elfin swallow]

well

[umbral mulch]

most likely i’ll still be committed to the big UM

[elfin swallow]

depends on the major

[umbral mulch]

cs

[elfin swallow]

make sense ig for u to maybe think abt purdue

[tired zinc]

U committed and are still waiting for applications? 😭

[umbral mulch]

yeah and it’s not that much more expensive tbh i guess

[umbral mulch]

it’s more of just curiosity

[trail escarp]

☹️

[umbral mulch]

most likely my commit won’t switch

[umbral mulch]

NOOO IM SORRY

[tired zinc]

I mean I don’t mean to be like a Debby downer, but I think it is better for cs

UMass still good though anyway

[umbral mulch]

yeah it is, it’s also got good ai opportunities mainly

[trail escarp]

ai hell yeah

[umbral mulch]

oh yeah you do ai there

[trail escarp]

yess both of them

[umbral mulch]

how are classes and what do you learn??

[umbral mulch]

nice!

[elfin swallow]

right can i minor in ai or sum shi like that 💀

[trail escarp]

classes are great, they’re tough but I learn a lot
we learn whatever the a major learns but more ai and ds specific classes, and everything is in java and python, we don’t learn C or C++

[elfin swallow]

as engineering major

[trail escarp]

I don’t think u can minor in ai, but u can minor in cs

[elfin swallow]

i guess

😭

cs is alr difficult and competitive enough

[trail escarp]

to get into the minor u just need good grades once ur in

[umbral mulch]

damn that sounds really nice

[trail escarp]

in ur eng classes

[trail escarp]

it is I love it so much

[elfin swallow]

and i need to meet the req of cs right

[trail escarp]

yeah I think u need an A in cs180 iirc

[elfin swallow]

dang

[umbral mulch]

is the workload tough, and are professors good too? just curious lol

[trail escarp]

the workload is very tough and grade deflated unfortunately, but all my profs so far have been nice and very approachable

[umbral mulch]

oh that’s good! not the workload part though, i hope it gets better soon

do you have time to manage classes and ECs?

[trail escarp]

I hope so but I’m not expecting it 😔

[elfin swallow]

the grade deflation cannot be worse than my hs

[trail escarp]

oh yes fs I’ve been putting way more time into ECs than classes

[elfin swallow]

😭

[trail escarp]

purdue is one of the most grade deflated colleges in the country 💔

calc 2 has an average gpa of 2.4 or something

[elfin swallow]

on my senior yr my school had a final math test where the average grade was arnd 50-55%

😭

[trail escarp]

damn yea that’s my dsa rn

[elfin swallow]

i am mentally prepared for it :p

[trail escarp]

i don’t like the grade deflation here it’s one of the few things I don’t like

[elfin swallow]

i hope 😭

[umbral mulch]

god damn

[elfin swallow]

ye it feels bad to have a shi gpa even tho everyone did bad

[elfin swallow]

are we allowed to like ask the profs or TA for help on hw thats graded

[trail escarp]

yea there’s office hours several times a week where u can ask for help on stuff

[elfin swallow]

ok graded hw is gonna help my gpa

hopefully

imagine if i do better on tests than hw 💀

[trail escarp]

yea that’s usually how it is, but it’s not weighted much unfortunately most of the time

[glacial elm]

ive heard abt that

💔

[trail escarp]

Eyy u committed to purdue?

Hell yeah

did uf come out

[glacial elm]

pretty mcuh eya

[glacial elm]

waitlist

💔

purdue>uf for cs anyways

ppl more nicer there

[trail escarp]

Sentenced to purdue

[glacial elm]

everyone @ uf is basically like a prestige whore

and put down everyone who goes to fsu

[elfin swallow]

same for engineering

[glacial elm]

purdue eng CLEARS uf eng

[elfin swallow]

yea

[trail escarp]

Yeah ppl here rly don’t care because the nearby schools are marginally better in various things (uiuc IU NU etc)

[crisp pulsar]

NU marginally?

[glacial elm]

depends on major

[crisp pulsar]

Purdue is better than nu in engineering

[glacial elm]

purdue eng wipes all

[trail escarp]

In arts chem and some other programs

[crisp pulsar]

But I think in anything else NU is quite a bit better no?

[trail escarp]

And prestige

[glacial elm]

for cs its like

uiuc>purdue>nu>iu

[crisp pulsar]

Oh right cs too

[trail escarp]

yea

[crisp pulsar]

@trail escarp what are the research opportunities like for undergrad?

[trail escarp]

Very good

Very very good

I love research

[crisp pulsar]

Do you know any in quantum computing?

[trail escarp]

There’s a ton of stuff available for undergrads and it’s very easy to get

[crisp pulsar]

Like is that available

[trail escarp]

Yes one of my friends is in a quantum computing lab

[crisp pulsar]

That's sick

[trail escarp]

He was there as a freshman in fye so it’s easy to get

[crisp pulsar]

That was my 1 worry with purdue is I heard somewhere that it was a bit tough

[trail escarp]

Nah all my friends who wanted smth in research got smth in research

[crisp pulsar]

Thanks

[junior sun]

wait purdude how is this a bad thing 🥺🥺🥺

[trail escarp]

https://tenor.com/view/wtf-oh-shit-shocked-shock-spit-gif-15372171

oopsie I didn’t mean it 😨😨

[narrow lily]

i like purdue :D

[trail escarp]

https://tenor.com/view/fast-cat-cat-excited-jumping-gif-5054843775616689213

[junior sun]

AND we beat michigan today in basketball HAH @swift niche

[narrow lily]

🔥

[swift niche]

😠

[opaque olive]

chat is this crazy?

[trail escarp]

big10 champions 🗣️

[trail escarp]

🗣️ 🗣️ 🗣️

(we should not have won ngl)

[swift niche]

nuh uh

[junior sun]

aye let's bet on this together 🤑

[opaque olive]

yes.

[rose rapids]

how is fye is it hard to land a comp. major

[hoary quartz]

as easy at getting a 3.2 gpa

[rose rapids]

ok nice

[zinc copper]

are purdue results out

[cobalt cloud]

only one wave was out on the 24th of last month i belueve

after that, nothing has been out

ppl expect a wave this week

[patent cloak]

it must come

[cobalt cloud]

maybe

[solemn path]

I got a cool ass video from Petros Dirneas

[trail escarp]

my goat

we ALL love petros

[lunar cypress]

i never got this wtf

[lunar cypress]

wait can you actually elaborate on this i'd love to know

[solemn path]

Really? He's the head of the CS department

[lunar cypress]

yeah i was admitted to cs and i didnt get a cool ass video from petros drineas lol

maybe they're trying harder this year idk

[trail escarp]

yeahh thru vip/data mine, cold emailing, reaching out to phd students, theres a tonnnnn of labs that take undergrads

[solemn path]

ah rip

[trail escarp]

data mine is incredible for it, even if ur not in it, u can kinda "?steal?" from them because they compile resources for their own students and u can just go in, find the opportunities, and reach out directly to them instead of going through data mine

[near horizon]

That’s why I wanted to go to Purdue

[trail escarp]

theres surf, lab websites, department research opportunity websites, etc etc
interdisciplinary research is also rly cool because everyone wants cs ppl in their labs

[near horizon]

Data mine sounded so cool

[trail escarp]

yess 10/10 would recommend

[trail escarp]

hes a linkedin warrior u could connect with him rn lmao

[glacial elm]

come here 😘

[lunar cypress]

i got a linkedin connection with turkstra lol

very surprised

doesn't seem like the sort of guy to be on linkedin

[cobalt cloud]

any ece ads/ referrals i can cop? @p

[trail escarp]

😦😦😦😦😦😦😦😦😦😦😦😦😦😦😦😦😦😦😦😦😦😦😦😦😦😦😦😦😦😦😦😦

[trail escarp]

essentially a list of labs taking undergrads: https://engineering.purdue.edu/VIP/teams

[lunar cypress]

what

[trail escarp]

there are def a lot more not on the list but harder to find now

[cobalt cloud]

oh no more like research labs?

[trail escarp]

these are research labs

[trail escarp]

turkstra 😨

I’ve heard terrible things

[lunar cypress]

wait can i lowkey just ask my GTAs if they or someone they know is looking for undergrads

[trail escarp]

Yeahh

[cobalt cloud]

@trail escarp

know anything bout this?

i need IN

[lunar cypress]

wait thats sick

[trail escarp]

idk anything firsthand since I don’t do autonomous vehicles 😔

[cobalt cloud]

any of these, IF U KNOW PPL THAT CAN get me in?

[trail escarp]

BUT they do take undergrads and u can email the profs or PI

[lunar cypress]

he's not that bad

homeworks are a major time sink

first midterm was pretty fair

[cobalt cloud]

can i email them b4 i get there, like can i start in my first sem

im alr comitted!

[trail escarp]

I know people in the IEEE club but none in these specific labs unfortunately

[lunar cypress]

lectures are surprisingly pretty nice since he goes really in depth with memory management in 240

[trail escarp]

oh fr?

[lunar cypress]

like actually shows the live hex dumps and stuff like that

[trail escarp]

Yeahh u can email them whenever u want, id lean during summer closer to the start of the year

[trail escarp]

every day I thank god I didn’t have to take 240

[lunar cypress]

long as you do the homeworks without AI you'll be okay (at least till the point i've reached rn)

[trail escarp]

ai hell yeah

[cobalt cloud]

Im tryna go to MSRP or a diff STEM college's research program for the coming summer

so idt summer would work

[lunar cypress]

what's the difference between cs and ai major

i know y'all have a couple different stuff right

[trail escarp]

nono email during summer for opportunities during the fall

so they can plan better

[cobalt cloud]

so i can mail for the coming summer?

[lunar cypress]

like 176, 243, 253

[cobalt cloud]

by like aug

or smth

[lunar cypress]

also what the fuck i just found out someone i know plans to graduate in two years CS honors + math minor + ECE minor

[cobalt cloud]

bro has so much aura

CS honors+ math minor WITH ECE MINOR IS WILD WORK 🤤

[trail escarp]

all our courses are in python and java so no C or C++, so no 240 252, and we have some psych and Phil courses too that yall don’t

[trail escarp]

yep

[trail escarp]

Yeah that’s when I emailed

[trail escarp]

God damn

[cobalt cloud]

alr and do u know bout any summer research programs?

like a list or smth

[trail escarp]

within Purdue?

[cobalt cloud]

no

like MSRP or RISS

or Uchic summer research program

[trail escarp]

Oh not rly sure

I’ll be applying like hell next year though

This year I kinda blew it

[cobalt cloud]

yeah same although idk if theyll take any first years

[trail escarp]

I’ll make a list remind me in 8 months

[cobalt cloud]

oh whered u apply

[cobalt cloud]

they open in aug, no?

[trail escarp]

Only uchicago unfortunately

And got rejected

😔

[trail escarp]

They open later iirc

[cobalt cloud]

im gonna apply for summer internships for first years and summer research programs

[cobalt cloud]

icic

[trail escarp]

December Jan Feb are their due dates usually

[cobalt cloud]

ic

[lunar cypress]

psych and phil?

that's interesting

[trail escarp]

Yeahh for ethics and like the mind of ai

It’s very very cool and I love it

I’m double majoring in BA in AI now

Which is basically philosophy

[lunar cypress]

oh wtf that's sick

[hoary quartz]

I think theres an option for anything in indy

[cobalt cloud]

Huh

I meant IN as in I want to get in

Im alr comitted to Purdue wl

[cobalt cloud]

??

[jagged orbit]

chat whats the average coa per year for purdue oos

[unique owl]

Approx 55k I think

[hoary quartz]

As long as you sign up you'll be fine

[elfin swallow]

without any aid prob

arnd there

[narrow lily]

wait did i read the wrong thing before

[glacial elm]

they jacked it upo

[trail escarp]

wait let me check my tuition

i believe its 45k

its been 21k a semester for me net total charge

[patent cloak]

46k a year yeah i aint goin without presidential minimum

[trail escarp]

like ignoring all the other charges like flights, eating out, buying stuff, the amount i pay to purdue according to the bursar is about 45k as an oos student

[trail escarp]

😔

i mean purdue is great for me since the UCs are around 40-45k too, and uiuc/gtech is north of 60 with mich being north of 80

https://giphy.com/gifs/brad-pitt-inglorious-basterds-damn-good-deal-hlfXIRjozpvTvYFfOt

[patent cloak]

are ur state schools buns or something

[narrow lily]

oh 😭 where does it say that?

[trail escarp]

im from cali

[trail escarp]

they haven’t

our tuitions been frozen for 14 years

https://tenor.com/view/how-it-feels-when-you-meme-nanami-jjk-gif-10683277372535996893

some majors now have a fee but nowhere near 10k

[glacial elm]

I swear they did

at least for us

[trail escarp]

check ur bursar account if you’ve committed because they advertise frozen tuition heavily

intls might be a bit more than oos but they haven’t raised it substantially

[narrow lily]

oh ok ty!

[glacial elm]

ah I see

[patent cloak]

oh so ur state schools are all buns

you made the right call

[trail escarp]

yep we ALL hate ucb

[patent cloak]

nanami the goat

[narrow lily]

wait UCs are expensive in-state?

[trail escarp]

who?

[patent cloak]

the guy in the gif bro

[narrow lily]

til

[trail escarp]

I have no clue where it’s from 😭

[glacial elm]

yeah fuck uf and fsu

😭

[elfin swallow]

they show this for oos

for me at least

so am i getting scammed abit from housing and food😭

or is inflation hitting hard

[safe spindle]

i mean youre not being charged that for housing and food right this minute it depends on what dorm or meal plan you select. they try to show you something middle of the road/expensive end.

for me here is what my room/board costs were last year:
https://dining.purdue.edu/residentialdining/mealplans/index.html#track-10 10 track, $4894/academic year + windsor double w/ AC for $5920/academic year

this brings you to $10814, a nearly $6000 difference from the estimated value. ofc this can change if you get a more expensive meal plan or a cheaper dorm, or whatever else

[narrow lily]

damn 😭 i left out the indirect expenses in mine, but factoring that in + what tay said, that's where the discrepancy is in i think

so depends on housing/food, and maybe you can save on indirect expenses too

[narrow lily]

are, say, used books usually available for cheaper than 1k a year?

or online pdfs

[elfin swallow]

i think alot of ppl know 😭

[junior relic]

id say so

[elfin swallow]

the forbidden strat

[junior relic]

like

[hoary quartz]

most people do this

[junior relic]

most classes im taking rn dont have the need for paid hw access or textbook access

id say most 300+ and higher classes dont require extra costs

except tuition ofc

[narrow lily]

ok thats good to know tyy

[junior relic]

the only class that needs it is a 200 level phys class

[narrow lily]

are you a physics major by chance?

[safe spindle]

yes

i think maybe ive had to spend on average $100/sem for hw access and otherwise profs will provide a pdf or smth

[junior relic]

would you like to guess

[hoary quartz]

physics physics physics

say physics 3 times in a mirror

and a physics 241 exam appears

and chases you around your home

[unique owl]

Tuition is frozen, it's just some costs that have changed for some reason idk

Which meal plans do yall recommend

Also! For the learning communities, is the women in engineering program worth it? I was reading some info abt it and it seems like smth I'd really benefit from

[lunar cypress]

do you have two or three meals a day? do you cook your own food? do you want to eat more often off-campus?

[unique owl]

I have 3 meals a day, I can cook my own food but I've heard that we can't cook in the dorms (correct me if I'm wrong tho). In terms of off-campus or on-campus food I'm not really picky at all. I'm fine with any sorta food as long as it's filling

Hope you get what I mean

Actually ngl I am also flexible in regards to breakfast, I was looking into the 14 meal plan and it seems feasible for me atleast idk

[lunar cypress]

if the 14 seems feasible, then get the 14

i'm on the 14 right now, i usually make a sandwich or have an energy bar in my room for breakfast

i had the unlimited but realized breakfast here isnt really what i wanted (i'm international, it was very different) so i just stopped having breakfast

[glacial elm]

stack up on oikos

trust

[lunar cypress]

i fucking love oikos

[unique owl]

I usually just have fruit for breakfast or oatmeal so I think I'm good with 14 lol

[glacial elm]

he knows ball

[glacial elm]

yeah same

[lunar cypress]

oh 100% the 14 should work then

cause the lunch and dinner are really filling here too

[unique owl]

Okay awesome

[lunar cypress]

they have unlimited portions

and a fair amount of options i guess

i usually just try to get rice + some protein and finding that is really easy

[glacial elm]

is the food there like decenttt

[unique owl]

I just need some protein and I'm set

[glacial elm]

I’ve heard it’s pr gud

[glacial elm]

yea same

[unique owl]

I'm not picky abt how tasty the food is, I just need some sorta filling meal

[glacial elm]

yeah fs

[unique owl]

Bc I know damn well my mom boutta be after me if I don't eat well

I'll prolly be eating good ol chobani every morning and some sorta fruit

[glacial elm]

oikos w like a banana for me

occasionally cereal if im feeling luxurious

[unique owl]

I'll probably just be eating strawberries ngl

I'm waiting on some schools and imma commit asap so I don't get fried for housing

[glacial elm]

yes ur getting that Stanford full ride w a paid trip to mars 🫩

we know bro

[lunar cypress]

it's pretty good

[glacial elm]

ayy tuff

[lunar cypress]

here's the menus website https://dining.purdue.edu/menus/ but they don't have much open rn since it's spring break

[glacial elm]

do they have the ‘lins

[glacial elm]

gotchu yea preciate it

[lunar cypress]

teh what

[unique owl]

BRO 😭🙏

[glacial elm]

chitlins

u don’t know the ‘lins like that bro

[unique owl]

I'm so easy to please when it comes to food I can eat my schools shitty salads I'm fine

[lunar cypress]

they have all sorts of protein

[glacial elm]

yum

[lunar cypress]

oh same my high school had very..... questionable food

[lunar cypress]

i usually go to windsor because they have a counter that serves more south asian/middle eastern food

which i really like

[hoary quartz]

ford has all the food

[unique owl]

I see

[hoary quartz]

thats it

[lunar cypress]

ford is great but far from me

[hoary quartz]

go to ford

[lunar cypress]

i live in mc cutcheon

[hoary quartz]

ford is close to me

its great