[mikecweb]

I got accepted to both for engineering. I went to Riddle. After a year of calc. i went to Aerosci. Both will check that box on the application. Purdue is more of a typical university. Big Ten sports, girls, crowded dorms, parties, and the such. Riddle has flying dorks and those who completely hate flying and hate the school they goto or at least thats what they say. We have good sports teams. We're not NCAA but kick the crap out of any team we do play. Daytona like any town, gets old after awhile. But whats college without a good roadtrip. I spent alot of money there (mom and dad didn't just write the checks) but I also had a good experience and met alot of good people. Any college experience is what you make of it. You could goto a community college with a flying program and have the time of your life and one day be a FedEX Captain. You can accomplish the same at Purdue or Riddle. But you can also end up doing nothing by going to Purdue or Riddle. Its all on how you apply yourself and pursue your career goals. I would go visit both. Don't buy into the crap they are going to feed you in the tour but more see if you'd fit in there and if thats a place you could see spending four years of your life.