Why Purdue? Part 1

With application season in full-swing, many of you might be wondering how to answer that big question: Why Purdue? To help get you started on this question, we would like to share different aspects of Purdue that either enticed us as high school seniors or make us proud to call Purdue home today. Here are some reasons from current students as to why we chose Purdue!


Purdue’s First-Year Engineering (FYE) program stood out to me as a way for me to explore the different disciplines of engineering while simultaneously learning about the different career paths engineers can take. To explore these career paths, Purdue has many learning communities for students to partake in. Personally, I was drawn to the Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) learning community and was later accepted! EPICS has been the most rewarding class I have taken at Purdue so far because it gave me industry experience as a freshman that I have been able to talk about during interviews with recruiters. So why Purdue? Because Purdue helps students pursue what they are passionate about through one of the best academic programs in the country and places emphasis on teamwork and curiosity to help us grow into the best engineers we can be.

        -- Radhika Kulkarni


When applying to Purdue, I was stumped by the “Why Purdue?” question. However, since coming to Purdue, I have discovered my answer: the opportunities. For example, at Purdue students are encouraged to experience comradery and leadership on campus. Pictured above is the 2019-2020 Executive Board for the Society of Biological Engineers, of which I (second from right) was treasurer. Now, I am the Vice President of their sister organization, the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. Through getting involved in organizations, I have built relationships with both students and professors that are sure to last a lifetime. With over a thousand clubs on campus, Purdue is the perfect place to expand your boundaries to develop into who you want to be. Purdue is a mixing pot of fresh ideas and a diverse student body whose name, education, and experiences are sure to take you far. That is why I chose Purdue.

        -- Brittany Kent

Interested in learning more about why current Purdue female engineering students chose Purdue? Stay tuned for more perspectives from other Recruitment Project Committee members next week or contact WIEP with the information found below!

Radhika Kulkarni, Biomedical Engineering '22, & Brittany Kent, Agricultural Engineering '20
Recruitment Project Committee

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