Why I Chose Purdue Agronomy

Hi! My name is Logan Lewton, I am a sophomore at Purdue right now and am majoring in Agronomic Business and Marketing. How this ever came to be, well it’s hard to explain, because I myself still am not completely sure. I know that at the start of my senior year in high school I didn’t have any ideas as to what I wanted to major in or where I wanted to go to college. I knew that I wanted to go to college and further my education in something, I just wasn’t sure what that something was or what college I would attend to major in that thing. So during the fall of my senior year I applied to three colleges that I had visited, with the hope that I would figure things out before I had to make a final decision.

Winter came and I started working after school at a farm that I had spent my last few summers working at. It was during this slow time in the winter that I had the opportunity to talk with my boss and coworkers often about college and future careers. It was because of these talks that I decided that a future in agriculture was the way that I wanted to go. This helped narrow my college search to two schools. One was a small private school that my brother attended and the other was Purdue. I come from a small town in northeastern Indiana, where I attended a small high school and graduated in a class of 80 kids. For me Purdue seemed way too big for me, I thought that it was too far out of my comfort zone, and I was leaning towards the other school.

In the spring of my senior year I got accepted to both schools and was planning on picking the smaller private school. However this quickly changed when I received an opportunity to live in a Purdue cooperative house. Living in a coop house would save me so much money and would make bills at Purdue less than half of what they would be at the other school. I also began to think about how well known Purdue’s School of Ag was and how having a degree from Purdue would put me ahead someday in my search for a job.

I ended up picking Purdue and  I am so glad that I did. I love this school for so many reasons and I can’t imagine going anywhere else. I ended up in the agronomy department by chance and thought about switching to another major my freshman year, but after only a few months I discovered that I was extremely interested in what I was learning about in my agronomy classes. Besides that I just felt accepted and welcomed by all of the agronomy department, students and professors.

I wish you luck in your search for the right college and would highly recommend Purdue, specifically the Agronomy department. If you have any questions feel free to contact me.

 

Boiler Up!

 

Logan Lewton

llewton@purdue.edu