The Engineering Experience

     As you explore your options within Purdue Engineering, you’ve probably heard lots of acronyms, such as WiE or FYE. Our last blog detailed FYE, or the First Year Engineering program. But FYE is only one year out of your college experience. What comes next? That’s the next important acronym that we’re going to talk about: T2M, or Transition to Major. What is T2M?      As mentioned above, T2M stands for Transition to Major. This is an important process that you will undergo during your second semester of FYE, which will shift you from First Year Engineering into the engineering major of your choice. This is where you start to make the decision of what major you are going to pursue throughout the rest of your undergraduate experience at Purdue. I know for some people, that sounds super scary (it does for me!). I am actually going through this process right now, and I will tell you that it is not as frightening as it originally seems. You find yourself ask...

Ever since I was little, I was in love with space and stars, I found anything outside of our planet to be so fascinating. As I got older, I realized that I could turn that passion for space into a career, with Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering (AAE). That dream of mine continued to grow, and I was the kind of kid that by the age of ten I knew exactly what I wanted to do. Or so I thought.  Coming to Purdue for first year engineering, I originally looked at it as only a stepping stone that I had to take to get me into AAE. Some students come knowing that first year is a great way to see what engineering discipline they actually want to go into. But I figured I knew and didn’t need it. As the first year classes went on, we spent a lot of time exploring the other disciplines within the college of engineering. We had videos, information sessions, and more to help us really learn about the vast number of disciplines that were offered. I remember not wanting to do anything that w...