This is the official discussion thread for Purdue applicants applying EA for the class of '31! Ask your questions and connect with fellow applicants!
Reminder that Purdue fills the bulk of their class in EA so be sure to have your applications fully submitted prior to 11/1.
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New this year:
The 900 bed South Hall dorm is open! That will take a lot of the housing pressure off new students. Purdue dedicates South Hall, expanding West Lafayette on-campus housing by nearly 900 beds - News
“Purdue University researchers will lead a $19 million effort to build an online, cloud-based lab that provides access to physical labs, simulations and AI tools to a national community of remote users for designing advanced materials and manufacturing processes for semiconductor, aerospace, defense and energy systems.” Purdue secures $19M from NSF to develop AI-driven programmable labs for semiconductors, advanced materials - News
AI competency graduation requirement: “Beginning in fall of 2026, we will implement an AI working competency graduation requirement through an expanded partnership with Google.” AI@Purdue
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Is it a disadvantage not to list a second major? I am struggling to write an authentic supplemental for a 2nd major I am not really interested in. It is my top choice school, but it is also at the top of my parents’ budget and requires the most travel out of all the schools on my list. I probably would not attend for anything other than my 1st choice major.
I don’t believe it’s a disadvantage.
My daughter chose not to list a second major. She also said if she didn’t get in for engineering, she’d go somewhere else.
Good luck!
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Thank you! All of your posts have been so helpful!
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It depends on your major. For example, if you’re majoring in Professional Flight, it is recommended not to list a second major if that is what you really want. Otherwise, you have to be ok being accepted to the second major and still want to go to Purdue.
This is now the official College Confidential thread for those applying EA to Purdue University! Thanks to @momofboiler1 for starting it.
Purdue University offers Early Action for freshman admissions.
The Early Action (EA) deadline for Fall 2027 admission is November 1.
For more information visit the Purdue University page on College Confidential.
See updates and discuss results with other Purdue University applicants.
Excited to follow along, OOS S27 submitting for FYE (ME interest) at WL and Honors College
Happy to be back here for OOS D27 applying for FYE at WL and Honors. Was here for D24, who is graduating this December from Purdue College of Science and Honors College after 2.5 yrs! Bang for the buck, Purdue is one of the best 
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Question - his portal is set up and everything complete with no issues but there is no indication in his portal that he applied to Honors College…is that how yours looks also? I just checked the .pdf of his application and those essays are on there so I assume they just don’t put that separately in the portal?
I checked my daughter’s portal and did not see any info about her honors application anywhere. I think she applied through common app. As long as you see your son’s honors essays, I think he should be all set. Good luck to our kids!!
My S27 also applied EA. I was encouraging him to apply for Honors but he didn’t want to write the extra essays. How different is the experience if he didn’t apply for Honors?
The vast majority of students are not in honors. If your child still feels like they’d like to be in a living learning community, there is still plenty of time to apply to one of those programs. The benefits are being in a smaller cohort with students with similar interests, which can help a big school feel more intimate.
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