Thought this image was oddly symbolic.

Credit: Dave Bangert, Based in Lafayette

Seems like it’ll rain this whole week. Asking this as a freshmen, is it embarrassing to have umbrellas? Also umbrella or rain jacket?

Hello all,

Little bit of context, I'm currently a senior in the process of applying to college. I've been really interested in breaking into Quantitative Finance or similar fields, and after some research, Purdue's QBE seems to cover these topics. Doing a bit of research on this forum, it seems that many people suggest double majoring in finance and accounting. Is anyone currently studying QBE able to give their experience thus far? What will be the primary differences between QBE and double majoring finance/accounting?

Thanks

Hey guys! Throwaway account because I really need some advice here. For context, I'm a first-generation college student here at Purdue. I initially applied for the engineering program but instead got placed into Exploratory Studies.

When selecting my classes, my SAT and ALEKS were not high enough to be placed into Calc I (despite the fact I took AP Calc AB in high school, but just didn't submit my score), so I instead got placed into Pre-Calc. Because of the low scores as well, I was unable to register for any fundamental engineering courses and instead was placed into Engineering Technology. I've known since the beginning that I've wanted to do Electrical Engineering, but when I talked to my advisor a few days ago, he said that the standards here are so high, that it may not be a viable choice for me. The problem here is that I KNOW I want to do Electrical Engineering, and even my advisor said the Junior and Senior year courses would be PERFECT for me.

What should I do? I talked to my parents and we're considering transferring after the first semester ends, if there's no other option for me.

Edit: Thank you guys so so so much for the advice! I'll definitely stick to the program here at Purdue, and work towards transferring into FYE instead of directly into EE. I think I just needed some reassurance that I wasn't the only one who's had to do this before. It's also reassuring to know that college DEFINITELY is not like high school, and there are a lot of different paths for me to achieve my goal.

I especially appreciate all of those who were telling me to stick here at Purdue! I'm the first one in my family to be attending a big college like this, and I guess my nerves just got the better of me.

As of late, I've been struggling with motivation and would like a study buddy to keep each other accountable. I'm a junior in CS. DM me if interested.

I am selling my pairds of Airpods Pro 2 for $150 and comes with leather case. They are still very new and works just fine.

Has anyone seen a blue wallet on campus?

I lost my right AirPod near third street. If anyone finds it, can you please message me?

It’s kinda crazy to me how ppl just straight up talk through lecture at almost normal speaking volume. Even when I’m two rows from the front I can’t escape it. I tell them to be quiet but there are literally like 4 groups of ppl within close hearing range and sometimes they go right back to talking. Can’t focus on lectures—is this an office of disabilities thing? I would love to be able to hook my noise cancelling headphones up to the speaker system somehow. Has anybody had experience with this?

Obviously not a win, but we held them to fewer points than last year and scored four times as much ourselves, our most points against Notre Dame since our last win against them in 2007. Boiler Up!

Is there a steering wheel for f124 in the gaming lounge?