Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Bayan hidimarsa tare da Navy, Armstrong ya koma Purdue. Matsayin da ya samu a baya mai kyau amma ba mai ban mamaki ba yanzu ya inganta, ya ɗaga Matsakaicin Matsakaicin Matsakaicin Matsakaicin (GPA) zuwa mai daraja amma ba mai ban mamaki ba 4.8 daga 6.0. Ya yi alkawarin shiga kungiyar 'yan uwantaka ta Phi Delta Theta, kuma ya zauna a gidan 'yan uwantaka. Ya rubuta kuma ya jagoranci waƙoƙi biyu a matsayin wani ɓangare na ɗaliban ɗalibai. Na farko shine sigar Snow White da Dwarves Bakwai, wanda ya jagoranci tare da budurwarsa Joanne Alford daga Alpha Chi Omega sorority, tare da waƙoƙi daga fim din Walt Disney, gami da Someday My Prince Will Come; na biyu mai taken The Land of Egelloc (" kwaleji " da aka rubuta a baya), tare da kiɗa daga Gilbert da Sullivan amma sabbin kalmomin. Ya kasance shugaban kungiyar Purdue Aero Flying Club, kuma ya tashi jirgin saman kungiyar, Aeronca da wasu 'yan Pipers, wadanda aka ajiye a filin jirgin saman Aretz da ke kusa da Lafayette, Indiana. Ya tashi Aeronca zuwa Wapakoneta a 1954, ya lalata shi a cikin wani mummunan saukowa a cikin gonar manomi, kuma dole ne a dawo da shi zuwa Lafayette a kan tirela. Ya kasance dan wasan baritone a cikin Purdue All-American Marching Band. Shekaru goma bayan haka an sanya shi memba na girmamawa na Kappa Kappa Psi ƙungiyar girmamawa ta ƙasa. Armstrong ya kammala karatunsa tare da digiri na Bachelor of Science a cikin Injiniyan Jirgin Sama a watan Janairun 1955. A cikin 1970 ya kammala digirinsa na Master of Science a Injiniyan Aerospace a Jami'ar Kudancin California (USC). Daga baya jami'o'i da yawa za su ba shi digirin digirgir na girmamawa. Armstrong ya sadu da Janet Elizabeth Shearon, wacce ke karatun digiri a fannin tattalin arzikin gida, a wani biki da Alpha Chi Omega ta shirya. A cewar ma'auratan, ba a da wata soyayya ta gaske, kuma ba wanda ya iya tuna ainihin yanayin alkawarin da suka yi. Sun yi aure a ranar 28 ga Janairu, 1956, a Ikilisiyar Ikilisiya a Wilmette, Illinois. Lokacin da ya koma Edwards Air Force Base, ya zauna a cikin 'yan majalisa na sansanin, yayin da Janet ke zaune a gundumar Westwood na Los Angeles. Bayan semester guda, suka koma wani gida a...  Tambaya: Wane mataki aka samu?
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