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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Have a Freshman CS student at Purdue. School is run like a well oiled machine and everyone is incredibly helpful and friendly with questions. It is a big school and with that comes certain “inconveniences” (lines at food establishments at peak dining times, housing issues if you aren’t on top of things, large introductory classes) BUT these are all workable and require the kids to problem solve and advocate for themselves. The academics are NO JOKE but there are very adequate resources for help and tutoring (both peer to peer and faculty provided). Tuition will be frozen again for 2025-2026 so that will be at least 3 years of OOS tuition around 25,0000 which is a BARGAIN!!! Son’s only real complaint is the location; West Lafayette is not the most metropolitan area but he has a car *Purdue is VERY generous with its credit hour granting from AP/DE and son entered with over 45 credit hours (you need 30 to qualify for parking permit). Keeps his car in covered parking garage steps from his dorm and can “escape” to Indianapolis (45 min) or Chicago (2ish hours) for a “city fix”. Honestly there is so much to do on campus and his studies keep his so busy that he rarely has to do this. People say it is hard to get to but we have not really found that to be the case. Easy flights from Indianapolis or O’Hare with 2 different on campus airport shuttle services available *or student can drive to airport like my son does and make a little money by taking a few other kids. We are more than happy with the school. The name recognition in the Engineering/CS field is huge and not only US based. There is a reason for their huge International population. Just be sure your kid is a self-starter and very strong at advocating for themselves (which, in my opinion, is a major life-skill anyway).[/quote]

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