AMEP Wisconsin Madison vs Purdue Engineering

anon94785555
Sun, 09 Apr 2017 18:12:11 +0000

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First of all, there is NO prestige difference in a BA versus a BS. Get over that. At UW the requirements for the major are the same and the difference is in which breadth requirements you meet. I chose a BA in Chemistry eons ago since I liked the white tassel better than the yellow and met Honors Program requirements for either. Likewise you can do the courses needed to get a BA in any L&S major by meeting the breadth requirements.

Madison is a much better campus than Purdue. Regardless of where you go you need to remember that study hard comes before paly hard. You need to prioritize and not take advantage of all of the many opportunities outside academics available to you. There are some good Indian grocery stores and several Indian restaurants in Madison (H is from India so we checked them out).

UW admits students to the university as a whole which means you have opportunities to change your major, school/college after you are there. You are not guaranteed admission to your engineering major but if you can’t get it you probably shouldn’t be in it. Math, computer science and engineering are excellent at UW (as are many other STEM majors and other fields).

Based on what you have stated I would choose UW. Son was an Honors math and added the comp sci major at UW. He preferred theory but ended up becoming a software developer/engineer instead of math grad school. He had a few grad level math courses as an undergrad. An application to the UW Honors program is needed to show interest, they figured in recent times that any admitted student had potential, ie your stats are likely fine. You should consider the Honors calculus and physics sequences at UW for great courses. Son took those, I did Honors Chemistry eons ago (still offer the same course numbers now).

Your major is not etched in stone. You will start with required STEM courses and breadth courses regardless of the major you end up with at UW. You will be able to refine your path once you are in college and experience different courses.