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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'd be happy to contribute! I was in the College of Liberal Arts and double-majored in English and History. I'm now a corporate attorney somewhere between Maine and Virginia, and I attended a top 10 law school.

My time at Purdue was amazing! I was out of state so the Midwest was a nice change. People were friendly, rent was low, and yet I got so many great opportunities. Purdue has one of the highest proportions of international students out of all the colleges in America. For a state university in the middle of the cornfields of Indiana, it's incredibly diverse. If you walk through the college-y neighborhood of Chauncey Hill, you'll see nothing but ethnic businesses. There were 4 hookah bars alone when I was there, I think.

I met brilliant, dedicated, well-read students from all majors, not just the engineers. The liberal arts branch is actually bigger than the engineering in terms of students.

Greek life also does NOT drive the social scene at all, in my experience. I did not participate in Greek life whatsoever, but I had an incredibly active, fulfilling and fun social life. I met people in my residence hall freshman year, and then made friends in my classes every semester, and then also made friends because I was involved in 2 or 3 student clubs. There are lots of ways to get socially engaged! Fraternities and sororities are a cop out.

Jobs are hit or miss, it really depends on your field like with any school. Purdue engineers are in very high demand and some of the engineering students I knew went straight into investment banking in New York. Others were plucked up by Microsoft and Google or built their own tech-start ups.

With a liberal arts degree, it's going to be a struggle but that's no surprise to anyone I hope. You had better network for jobs. For me, I knew I wanted to go to law school because my alternative career choice (NYT bestselling author!) did not seem viable. Like I said, I went to a top ten law school where my 1L classmates were from Princeton and MIT, and I honestly did not find them more impressive, intelligent or well-rounded than my friends from Purdue.

Hope that helps!  :)
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I like you!  Thank you for such a nice post.  It is refreshing when people from out of state speak so positively about going to school at either Indiana or Purdue - both great places.

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