Purdue Learning Communities

Hello everyone, it is about that time of year where people are learning that they got accepted to Purdue. Like many of you I was very excited to learn that I had gotten accepted to Purdue. However, since I was coming from a smaller high school, there were only a few people from my class going to Purdue. I realized that I should probably try to find a way to meet more people while to make my college experience better. So, I joined a learning community. A learning community is an option that incoming freshmen have the option to join. A learning community is often a group of people that take a class together to learn more about the common interest that they have. So for my group we were all interested in agriculture so that was they group we were in. The people in your learning community will often times have many of the same classes as you will both in your freshman year and in your classes beyond. You will also likely live in the same floor of a dorm together so you will get to live with and get to know these people and hopefully become quick friends with these people. This will make it very easy to study together, meet new people, and enjoy your college experience with people who share common interests as you. As a junior in college, I am still friends with several people who were in my learning community, and being in a learning community helped me adapt to college life very easily. Doing this will help make Purdue feel like a less intimidating place and help you find people who share common interests as you very quickly.