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menglish1 · January 29th, 2008, 11:53

<P>I just grad. from ISU in may and had friends go through perdue.  ISU has some perks as in there is way more freedom to fly anywhere you want to go. I've heard purdue restricts you on where you can fly this could just be a rumor though. ISU is much much cheaper than purdue tuition and flight wise. Most people now fly out of Terre Haute International Airport. ISU also doesn't restrict you on how fast you can get your ratings so if you are a studier you can get your CFI in your freshman year and be building time for the rest of college about 2 out of my class out of 100 did this I wish I was smart enough to. The airplanes are very nice and very well maintained. They now have a hiring agreement with ASA and ISU usually gets the lions share of UPS internships. Terre Haute as a city sucks like most college towns the bar seen is pretty good. There is Rose-Hulman and St. Mary colleges to so about 30,000 students flood the area and summer is dead...The airport atmospere is outstanding with a very fair and nice D.E.  I loved my time at ISU the only downside is if your into sports theirs not much to root for at ISU and schools name recognition is something to be said for.  I think I would have paid some extra money to be able to do the whole tailgate football thing which ISU tries horribly to do. They do have a really good homecoming turnout but thats due to the "walk" not the football team. The aviation department is the best on campus except for one but each department has that one guy. Everyone is being hired quickly from ISU. There is also a decent simulator department where they pay you 10.00 for 20 hours to sim instruct once you get your cfi if you need extra cash. Bottom line I can't say that I would turn down purdue just because of the big college life style. ISU is a great school so is Purdue so i suggest looking at other factors like student life etc. I went to ISU and if I could choose i would probley go to ISU again just for the freedom when you pay that much to fly its nice to fly home on the weekends or go to key west on the ocean flying trip. If you have any other questions let me know its a tough choice but hey at least you got accepted to both. </P>

January 29th, 2008, 11:53	#9
menglish1 Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 58	Re: Indiana State University vs Purdue <P>I just grad. from ISU in may and had friends go through perdue.  ISU has some perks as in there is way more freedom to fly anywhere you want to go. I've heard purdue restricts you on where you can fly this could just be a rumor though. ISU is much much cheaper than purdue tuition and flight wise. Most people now fly out of Terre Haute International Airport. ISU also doesn't restrict you on how fast you can get your ratings so if you are a studier you can get your CFI in your freshman year and be building time for the rest of college about 2 out of my class out of 100 did this I wish I was smart enough to. The airplanes are very nice and very well maintained. They now have a hiring agreement with ASA and ISU usually gets the lions share of UPS internships. Terre Haute as a city sucks like most college towns the bar seen is pretty good. There is Rose-Hulman and St. Mary colleges to so about 30,000 students flood the area and summer is dead...The airport atmospere is outstanding with a very fair and nice D.E.  I loved my time at ISU the only downside is if your into sports theirs not much to root for at ISU and schools name recognition is something to be said for.  I think I would have paid some extra money to be able to do the whole tailgate football thing which ISU tries horribly to do. They do have a really good homecoming turnout but thats due to the "walk" not the football team. The aviation department is the best on campus except for one but each department has that one guy. Everyone is being hired quickly from ISU. There is also a decent simulator department where they pay you 10.00 for 20 hours to sim instruct once you get your cfi if you need extra cash. Bottom line I can't say that I would turn down purdue just because of the big college life style. ISU is a great school so is Purdue so i suggest looking at other factors like student life etc. I went to ISU and if I could choose i would probley go to ISU again just for the freedom when you pay that much to fly its nice to fly home on the weekends or go to key west on the ocean flying trip. If you have any other questions let me know its a tough choice but hey at least you got accepted to both. </P>