Purdue University
Transcript: Location - There are club sports, such as rugby, sailing, and karate - 550-575 Jewish students on campus - Campus has no kosher food, but the Hillel has (it is unsupervised) - Hillel has Shabbat every week - Three student groups: Hillel Student Board, Israel Council, and a Grad Student Group - Two synagogues in West Lafayette, one conservative, one reform - No kosher restaurants in Indiana - Jewish Studies is a major and a minor Mr. John Purdue For admission, they look at: - Grades and grades related to intended major - Strength of classes - Class rank - GPA - SAT: Critical Reading: 520-630 Math: 560-700 Writing: 520-630 - ACT: 25-30 - Essays - Recommendations - Experience/Background Purdue's Golf Team at 2015 NCAA Regionals Winery Relevant majors: - Dietetics/Nutrition, Fitness, and Health (dual major) - Dietetics - Food and Nutrition in Business - Nutrition Science - Nutrition, Health, and Fitness. History Rugby Team Greek Life... fraternity Men's Basketball at 2015 NCAA Basketball Championship Examples of some courses (there are more!) - First Year Composition/English, - Elementary Psychology - Statistics - Biochemistry - Human Anatomy - Principles of Economics, - Applied Calculus I and II - Nutrition in the 21st century - Fundamentals of Nutrition - Physiology and Nutrition During the Life Cycle - Micronutrient and Phytochemical Metabolism in Human Health and Disease - Food Chemistry - Topics in Nutrition Jewish Life Museum New Cordova Sports Recreational Center - Gym/Athletics Center Athletics sorority - West Lafayette, Indiana - College Town - Famous for wineries, zoos, and history - 65 miles from Indianapolis - Purdue has one of the nation's largest Fraternity and Sorority communities - Over five thousand students in eighty different organizations - Twenty percent of Purdue students are part of the Greek life Coursework Needed for Undergraduate - Founded in 1869 by John Purdue - Was a result of Lincoln's Morril Land Grant Act - First groundbreaking happened in 1871 - Graduate School established in 1929 Student Life Continued... Admission - Many student - run organizations/clubs: A Cause for Paws, 3D Printing, A Cultural Connection, among others. - Division I - Part of Big Ten Conference - Team name: Boilermakers - Examples of men sports: baseball, basketball, football, golf. track and field, and wrestling - Examples of women sports: cross country, softball, soccer, and swimming and diving - Student athletes have been drafted in NBA, NFL, and MLB. (Ex: Football player Drew Brees) Student Life Relevant Academic Majors (Over 200 to choose from) - During the summer there are Summer Concert Series - BBQs on national holidays Purdue University by Susy Cohen