Purdue University

Date: Dec 29 2008
Major: Psychology (This Major's Salary over time)
I don't live very far from Purdue (about an hour). In high school, I had no idea where I wanted to go to school. When I was a senior I decided that I wanted to transfer to a school in CA. I ditched that idea due to the fact that I live so far away from California and I had no idea how I was going to get there, how I was going to afford it, what school to go to, etc. It was too big of a jump for me at eighteen years old. I came to Purdue because it's a Big 10 school and I have always wanted to go to a big university, and it has a good reputation in my town, along with IU. That's ALL I knew about Purdue. I didn't know that as soon as you come to Purdue you are labeled as a weird, ugly, racist, close-minded hick who is probably majoring in Agriculture or Engineering. If you go to IU, you are usually labeled as a rich, snobby, good-looking city boy/girl who drowns herself/himself in alcohol. I liked Purdue when I went there for my first year. This was because I was a freshman girl, and when you're a freshman girl you have plenty of frat parties to go to throughout the week. The greek system is huge here. If you don't plan on rushing (I didn't) you're going to get involved with the "greeks" somehow (parties). If you do rush, prepare to be stereotyped every day of your college life. Everyone knows the stereotypes, including the GDIs. The sorority girls talk shit about the GDIs. What I hate the most about Purdue is the campus. It's HIDEOUS. Brick buildings everywhere. Trash. Litter. Gravel. Hardly any plants or trees. Everything is so gray and drab. Don't plan on finding a place to park anywhere on campus. You MUST buy an expensive parking pass. If you try to park ANYWHERE at ANYTIME you will be towed or issued a $20 parking ticket. If you're a girl, don't expect a campus full of hotties. The guys here are UGLY. You will find yourself searching for one cute facial feature. There are also a lot of "weird" people here. Most of the guys are perverts, or creepers and they hit on anything that walks. The apartment complexes in the area are ridiculously expensive and totally not worth it. Meaning: they are trash unless you have rich parents. The city of Lafayette is boring. A small town in Indiana. The mall does not have many stores. Purdue is also ridiculously easy to get into. A lot of people here tried to get into better schools but couldn't, so they came to Purdue. I'm transferring next year.