See attached links for Purdue admission requirements for international students.
I know Purdue is suppose to be a good school and all, but I've known like 5 people who came out of there and all were flakey idiots. I'm not saying that for every school. Everybody I met from the University of Chicago was brilliant.
Maybe that was just my experience. But yes, you do have a shot of getting in. At least try.
If you don't try the answer is no. If you do try the answer is yes or no.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.