If he got accepted into his second choice and not deferred from the main, that means they have rejected him from his first choice. They don’t even start reviewing the secondary major until the primary is a confirmed denial
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DS Accepted CS West Lafayette
UW/W GPA: 3.96/4.54
SAT: 1500
AP/IB/DE classes: 12
Decent major ECs, Good Leadership, Very Good Volunteering
OOS Public (CA)
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DD OOS accepted for Brain and Behavioral Science. 4.2 W, 3.9 UW, 11 APs, one community college course, strong ECs, leadership in multiple school clubs, hospital volunteering, public hs in CA
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OOS (California) accepted FYE (aerospace), no merit sadly
4.56W 4.00 UW, 15 APs, 1540 SAT, VEX robotics/awards as main EC along w volunteering for elementary robotics & Mathnasium instructor
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There is no direct admit to major right? Everyone gets into, for example, engineering and then applies to college after 1st year? I read on another forum that someone got into as a direct admit - is that correct? The decision letter said engineering only - no major was mentioned.
you get direct major for Indianapolis I believe, but for all west Lafayette engineering students it’s the fye program
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Deferred OOS engineering (ME)
3.96 / 4.75 GPA, 1550 SAT, 13 AP (six 5s, two 4s, five in progress)
varsity athlete, marching band officer, Symphonic Band, Eagle Scout
no demonstrated interest
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Anyone on this forum who is in the know about admissions for deferred students?
Obviously updating stats and a letter is required and advised. What about going to admissions and poking their head in the office to talk with someone?
I’ll be blunt that I don’t see a scenario where that would be anything but annoying to the admissions staff.
Your child should follow the directions that Purdue gives them. Write a letter of continued interest, if Purdue is their first choice spell that out in the LOCI, and send updated grades and any new awards or accomplishments.
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Could be. Are you a admin person or have done that in the past?
Many times going above and beyond with a 90 second elevator pitch is a stand out.
I read the book “Valedictorians at the Gate” written by a former admissions officer at Dartmouth. She would say that this is not the way to do things.
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In some cases with high stats an application may have a whiff of “Purdue is my safety” so if you have the stats and really want purdue, make sure your letter of interest really demonstrates that effectively. If a counselor or teacher can chime in, make sure you all have the same tone/pitch in making the case. Deferred means Purdue is definitely interested. Make it clear for them.
No I’m not, but I worked closely with the head of admissions of my alma mater (not Purdue) when I was the regional chair for alumni interviewing (when that was still part of the evaluation). At my alma mater, your child wouldn’t get past the students working in the admission office who have zero to do with decisions.
Pro flight isn’t wanting for applicants and ive not heard of transferring into that major but a student can get flight training while pursuing the flight mgmt major.
Thanks. I will tell her.
Definitely no
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Sounds interesting. Is there a chapter that you recall that would address something like this?
The reason I mentioned this is because I was initially denied an internship, at college, many years ago before I could even interview. I didn’t have the grades to apply. I went to the office of the Fortune 500 company and waited in the lobby for several hours to meet the HR person who interviewed prospective interns. As he walked, in I gave him my pitch and was given the internship the next day. Obviously, I don’t expect this from everywhere but a letter of interest that everyone submits vs a verbal expression of interest in 60 seconds from someone a 4 hour plane ride away can make the world of difference to some.
I’ve always been of the mind that if you want something bad enough you go get it. Waiting for things to come to you is a losers game.
Although it might be a “novel” idea - I don’t think it would be appreciated or encouraged. Pretty soon you would have a lot of kids lined up to do this. We have had our fair share of rejections and being deferred and although you want to make it better, you gotta trust the AOs to make the decision with the information that they have. Write that amazing LOCI and wish for the best.
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But a verbal expression of interest in this case - assuming your kid could even get past the front desk and find out which AOs evaluated your kid’s application (something I’m betting they don’t want public), all that really means is that you are either local or - in your case - privileged enough to be able to fly for 4 hours for that purpose. Would they value that over a carefully written LOCI from a student who’s situated too far to “pop in” to the office?
Thanks. That’s why I’m asking. Beating out 10 candidates to a job is a bit different than trying to beat out 10,000.
I’m still not convinced it’s a bad idea but that is why I’m asking and researching. Someone recommended to message a person named Harlan Cohen who also wrote a book on college admissions.