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Get the inside scoop on Purdue University admissions. Vault provides detailed accounts by students & alumni of the admissions process, including advice on getting in, applications, interviews, essays, and selectivity.


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Admissions Survey Excerpts
Alumni
Purdue's School of Agriculture offers a great deal of assistance on Admissions, including help from professor-counsellors, student government memb...   READ MORE
Alumni
not the hardest school to get into, very hard to graduate. Most of your freshman buddies are out in half a year. I started with 50 in my dorms...   READ MORE
Alumni
All online now. I had to fill out paper forms and go thru long lines but that has all changed now.   READ MORE
Alumni
The admissions process included an application with essay and personal as well as educational information. Important items were SAT and/or ACT sc...   READ MORE
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Academics Survey Excerpts
Alumni
Purdue's School of Agriculture requires freshmen to take a class that introduces them to the many facets of the School's offerings, including biot...   READ MORE
Alumni
Groups groups groups, Purdue was over obsessed with groups    READ MORE
Alumni
Lots of hands on programming and analysis classes. Very high quality training to get you started on your first job.   READ MORE
Alumni
The program I was in was the School of Management. This program was tough, but provided a very analyatical background for those going into busine...   READ MORE
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Employment Prospect Survey Excerpts
Alumni
Students graduating from Purdue's School of Agriculture are in high demand, with an average 80+% placement rate. Major corporations recruit students f...   READ MORE
Alumni
Job market sucks right now what do you think of jobs   READ MORE
Alumni
The program is targetted to certain companies that regularly recruit from Purdue like Dow, Accenture, Arthur Young... The placement program is super...   READ MORE
Alumni
Purdue has a placement center which helps students get internships, part-time jobs and a job upon graduation. There are many companies that do on-cam...   READ MORE
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Quality of Life Survey Excerpts
Alumni
Purdue University, in general, offers a range of housing options. Freshmen stay on campus in dorms, many of which are updated for the newest techn...   READ MORE
Alumni
campus is cool. nicely upkept no trash anywhere. new facilities everywhere, gym, pool,    READ MORE
Alumni
There are 40,000 students and lots of activities. The housing is brick and people are stuffed in 4 to a room. It is crowded but livable. No drin...   READ MORE
Alumni
The quality of life at Purdue is great. The student housing is nice - and there is a variety of different options from single-sex dorms, to co-ed...   READ MORE
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Social Life Survey Excerpts
Alumni
Purdue has a large Greek system, but not to the degree that other midwestern Big 10 schools do. Students feel no pressure to join a fraternity or...   READ MORE
Alumni
not the largest party school but you can have a great time.   READ MORE
Alumni
Lots of frats and sororities plus coop houses. There are events for everyone and lots of girls.   READ MORE
Alumni
The social life at Purdue is great in variety. There are things for everyone to do, no matter what their interest. There are on-campus movies an...   READ MORE

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