Thanks-that was my initial thoughts as well-I’ve heard a few hearing in February so didn’t want to wait too long.
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Ugh, we sent in the LOCI and indicated she got all As but didn’t say the scores are being sent from the school. Her counselor sent them but we cannot tell in the portal if they have been received. Should we email the office to see if they got it?
Frozen tuition is nice until you see the effects after more than a decade of this. Reduced dining location options, decline in food quality, having to use “virtual” career services (watch and record videos rather than a real interaction with feedback) and other headaches, nevermind whatever gutting of honors faculty they are currently undertaking, has plenty of people wishing they’d raise tuition just a smidge. It’s beyond gimmick now and has been for several years. But Mitch Daniels made sure his friends benefited handsomely from a range of deals tied to the university, like the hotel, COVID-related services and Aspire apartments.
It can’t hurt to have your student email admissions to confirm they were received.
Can you speak more to this? This wasn’t my daughter’s experience at all but she graduated in ‘23. She thought the food options were great on campus and the career center and office of professional practice top notch. Also her honors experience was amazing.
From everything I’m reading Purdue is building new residence halls, labs, continuing to upgrade, etc….
And COA has gone up some with the increases in student fees. The COA is a couple of thousand dollars more/year than when my D graduated. IMO, that’s akin to raising tuition without saying they are raising tuition (I agree with you that at this point “frozen tuition” is a gimmick). That said, they are still way below the cost of their peer schools.
FWIW we loved Mitch Daniels. I think he had a visionary approach to managing cost, developing industry partnerships, and I thought Purdue did an amazing job through Covid.
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No one I know who has gone there in the last few years agrees with you. The housing has been a problem but that is because their modeling has been a failure.
Sounds like you are partisan vs looking at the reality of Purdue vs every other school. Mitch did a great job and money in your pocket while increasing prestige.
Not a single school is worth $30k per year let alone double what most charge. They carry endowments of billions while putting kids in life long debt. In this respect Purdue is just better
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expand on what? the cronyism behind Aspire, the hotel, the covid health contracts, the Purdue Research Park are all things reported in the press. I’ve been immersed in all things Purdue for more than 10 years. The dining courts aren’t what they used to be. The increase in students has stretched some resources thin. Your daughter had a great experience and so did my student. But cuts have been made across the university. it’s widely known that rooms made for 2 were housing 3 or 4 people all over campus the past few years. The 4-person apartments had 8 people. Conference rooms were turned into living space. I’m a Purdue fan and donor and as a full-pay family we appreciated the steady costs but there are plenty of things to look sideways at.
Purdue Engineering needed no glow up from Mitch Daniels. And now he’s got a street and a school named after him there (the street renaming is its own local scandal). I love Purdue but it’s not immune from blind spots and criticism. My student had a great experience and it was money well spent. I think fake sticker prices at other schools with “awards” and discounts is its own scam, too, so for transparency in pricing Purdue gets an A+. Cutting off/reducing international students will only make the financial stresses of the tuition freeze worse. They already fudged by increasing housing costs a bit so I’m waiting for fees to increase while tuition stays frozen; hence the use of the term gimmick.
Costs or poor admissions management?
here’s one example: the student population during the freeze has gone up around 10,000 students. Ar the same time the university has closed dining locations and offers less variety than they used to. the retail locations were outsourced, delivering less value for student dollars. There are lines down the block as the school year begins (and during summer terms) when everyone shows up at dinner time.
Here’s another: while newer properties have been built with private $$ and leased by the university (the Parker Halls and the new west campus hall), the infrastructure in halls like Shreve, Tark, Owens and others is long in the tooth. The facilities staff do an amazing job keeping it running but there is deferred investment in those structures.
As the other moderator said, this isn’t a debate page and I’m Team Purdue but the stresses on the system are real.
I thought they were admitting less students this coming year to relieve stress on the housing situation which would then relieve stress on the other areas of the institution.
Or at least improving their yield management to better predict how many admitted students would accept enrollment?
“it’s widely known that rooms made for 2 were housing 3 or 4 people all over campus the past few years.“
Sounds like most UC campuses (where COA has steadily increased over the past decade).
I have to hand it to admissions. They got back to us in 24 hours after emailing them.
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FWIW Niche reviews still give Purdue an A for food and an A+ overall. My daughter loved being able to use dining dollars at all the to go places and restaurants.
My daughter was also in a quad her freshman year that was originally designed to be a triple. She loved it and there was plenty of room for the four girls.
Thank you for the info. When we visited last April they were constructing a new dorm that is supposed to be finished for 2026. Did that get completed?
2019 we had a relative go there and transfer out and had housing problems. The last thing I read is they were going to admit a lot less students for fall 2026 to relieve housing problems.
My student was deferred so it might not even be something to worry about for us. I’m nudging her toward another school but Purdue has been her #1 for a while.
South Hall is still on schedule to open for Fall '26.
Well she is off the deferred list and now has to decide. That was fast. Something tells me her email to the office helped.
Everyone’s comments have her thinking. If the housing crisis still remains it could be a deciding factor. Is there anything else you can provide that would help her decide.
I told her the business programs were similar enough that she should look at QOL issues. IU gave her enough money that the price is pretty close to being equal. She likes Purdue feel better but doesn’t want to suffer living in a cramped space.
For her intended major, I think IU has the stronger program.
Do you really think it’s that much of a difference?. Purdue has invested a lot in their Bus school in the last few years.
Sometimes I wonder if the “rankings” are not what they are cracked up to be.
The influx of money into the business school is a relatively new development. My impression is that IU has more connections in the business sector.
I’m the mom of an engineer though so hopefully you’ll get some input from someone with direct business school experience.