I just finished my senior year at Purdue in May, and I absolutely loved it!
As for your gluten intolerance, I have a friend with that who just graduated. We were in a sorority whose sponsor (she just retired) was in charge of all of the dining halls. We gave her lots of input (especially my gluten intolerant friend

) and there has been much improvement in accommodating food allergies since I was there my freshman year. I would not let that stop you from choosing Purdue. West Lafayette is not quite as "urban" as other college towns, but I still thoroughly enjoyed it. I come from the NW burbs of Chicago and I was still entertained while at Purdue

In fact, I didn't get to go everywhere I wanted to over the 4 year period I was there! If you have any other questions, feel free to email me too....my email is
Melk967@gmail.com