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The Purdue Women in Engineering Program offers a TON of awesome opportunities and resources to assist female students during their time at Purdue. Learn a little bit about some of these resources below, or visit the Women in Engineering Program website for even more information! Residential Learning Community : Live in a learning community with other future engineers – the friends you’ll do homework with, take selfies with, cram for exams with, and eat too much pizza with. Mentors and Mentees Program : We all need advice from time to time, and WIEP offers two ways to get it. One is Pair Mentoring, where first- and second-year women are paired-up with a junior or senior woman. If you’d rather be in a group, the Group Mentoring Program gets all levels of undergrad women together. (Free!) Tutoring : When you need a leg up in class, you can get free tutoring. Yes. Free. Every evening. What’s not to love? Women in Engineering Seminar Class (ENGR 194) : Get inspired by Purdue women engineer...

Now that you have finished applying to colleges, it is about time that you will start hearing back from some of them!  It is always so exciting to hear you got into a college.  As you start getting accepted to schools, here are some things to think about when deciding where to go to college.  1.     1.    Academics : We are all going to college to get an education, so an important thing to think about when considering schools is the academics.       When getting into schools, you should be looking at the programs that each school offers and see how their academics stack up.         For example, Purdue is an excellent school of engineering and our engineering program is ranked 9 th in the nation; we also have the number one program for agricultural and biological engineering!  Check out the link below to see how the rest of Purdue Engineering ranks! https://engineering.purdue.edu/Engr/AboutUs/FactsFigure...

It's "syllabus week" at Purdue, which means classes and homework are gearing up.  Although work wise it may be the "easiest" week of the year, a solid, fresh start equates to a successful semester.  Ever wondered how to start a semester strong in college? Read advice from a current student on how to make this your best semester yet!   Organization is the Answer to Everything It goes without saying that being organized is a crucial part of a college student's life.  But in order to accomplish what you want to do in a timely fashion, start the first week of classes.  I like to make a weekly schedule and continue to follow it throughout the semester to keep a routine.  Also, plan out a schedule for the entire semester so you are aware which weeks will be busier than others.  Even if something is thrown your way, if you are organized ahead of time you will know exactly when you are able to do it.  Being organized also lowers stress levels, which is im...