Chance me for Purdue CS

Groundwork2022
Sat, 14 Sep 2019 03:29:25 +0000

Purdue CS is among several publics where the admittance rate (for CS and other impacted majors) is <20%, considerably more competitive than the university as a whole. So when a college - or a program with a college - becomes that selective, yes, it may indeed be put in the “reach for everyone” category.

There are kids already attending highly-ranked-in-CS flagships as undecided or in another major who aren’t being accepted as a transfer into their own university’s CS program. “Shut out of their (preferred) major”, basically. Some colleges (UW) actually advise students that if they aren’t directly admitted to CS to pick another college. The school may not be a reach, but the CS and engineering might be.