Jake. A participant in pre-semester interviews with first-year engineering
students, Jake came to Purdue planning to pursue civil engineering; “I’ve
always liked figuring stuff out and problem solving…for engineers…there’s
never a definite answer for a question and there’s always a million
possibilities…” After several weeks in ENGR 106, however, Jake decided to
withdraw from the engineering program. He is now in his third year as a
student in Health and Fitness through the School of Liberal Arts.