I would lean towards the latter, since FAFSA is still a mess and schools have bumped back decision deadlines and may push back again… I bet 6/30 was their safe number for this year.
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I’m sorry I don’t know. I went back through last year’s threads and didn’t see anyone coming back to talk about WL acceptances.
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Aero Engineering OOS - denied. Had been 1st choice. Bummer. (1540 SAT, 4.4 gpa, 15 AP/DE classes, graduate level paid aerospace internship, lived abroad 2 years, peer tutor and multi sport athlete)
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Meche rejected after being deferred. Unfortunate but I fully expected it
I’m sorry, you seem more than qualified for Purdue. College admissions are weird
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I don’t know if you can put a lot of weight behind wait lists from prior years as guidance for this current year.
This admissions cycle is plagued by SCOTUS decisions on affirmative action, an increased number of applicants and an increase average number of applications per student, and with FAFSA delays holding up Financial Aid packages - I think it’s questionable as to what the comparisons between prior history and right now are.
In years past, by the time you got to RD for many good schools, a fair number of “elite” students who were in EA at their choice school(s) had already received their financial aid packages by this point and had likely declined some of their EA acceptances as well as pulled their pending RD at other schools they no longer had on their short list.
This year FAFSA is so far behind , the schools know this is a problem and are already delaying their “decision day” out from May 1st because they have enough info to indicate they will lose acceptances by forcing students to have to declare before they know if they have financial aid packages.
So this effect likely cascades down stream from the elite schools competing for the same students, and then from the elite schools to the great schools, and the great schools to the good schools etc. I think there’s a reasonable possibility that a great portion of admission offers in EA have not yet been accepted or declined than in the past, and a thus in RD there isn’t as clear a path of who’s already in and whos not, so I suspect the Waitlist on RD is of a bigger number than in the past.
If that’s true, then what probably happens is that once FAFSA / financial aid packages start to some out, then studnets who had 3-5 acceptances still in their pocket will go ahead and choose then 1 program they are going to, and as those other 4 declines open up slots for kids on the WL at those schools and those kids who were holding onto 3-4 admit offers lock in on a program that took them off their waitlist (at the school of their 1st choice), then they will decline their other pending offers and/or contact the school they’ve already put a deposit down at to say “oh, sorry we are going to have to decline now”.
I think May-July and perhaps even into early August is going to see a fair amount of increased action on this logjam.
But that’s just an opinion - though my S24 is sitting on a few EA acceptances, and holding spots on two waitslists currently while we sort things out ourselves -0 so we are also a small part of this problem. And our family isn’t alone here, we’ve been told this by other friends families - they are holding onto In-state (N.C.) acceptances (but have not yet responded) as they have EA acceptances at OOS schools they may choose to go to but haven’t heard from FAFSA yet to make those decisions that would have been made one to two months ago.
As an example, two years ago my D22 was accepted to Texas very quickly after her application submission (and like 2+ months before RD there) - and her FAFSA package from the school was either with the acceptance or within 1 week. She was waitlisted at UNC, MICH, UVA. We held onto the UNC and MICH waitlist but quickly notified UVA no WL thank you, and she pulled several of her RD applications at her safety schools and as the RD for the others came in she declined them in the first day or two. Ultimately she choose Texas, got in off WL at MICH and never heard again from UNC. If we had not had the FAFSA package, we might still have made the commitment to Texas but I certainly would NOT have had her decline the other acceptances and would have held on to several until the last opportunity to make a decision. If the FAFSA / financial aid packages delays affects even 5-10% of all of the students, and those students are sitting on 2-3-4 alternative acceptances each waiting to secure financial aid before accepting their 1 position - that may have a fair amount of impact on the kids sitting on waitlists.
So don’t count yourselves out yet.
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Anyone visiting the WL campus for PFM on April 1st?
We are coming for the April 1 PFM day.
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Do they open up more since all of them are full?
Not that we have seen. We did call into FYE and they responded with a decent amount of information via email. Strategies to make the best experience while on site, tour (engineering specific), ability to stop in at key departments, etc.
Enough Info and options for us to decide to make the trip.
Good luck with your visits!
Could you maybe dm me some of that?
Done. I inlcuded the bulk of the text from the email and it looks as if the hyperlinks remained. TBH, it was a combination of the detailed email from FYE, an example Purdue for Me agenda, and sitting in on a number of virtual sessions offered by FYE. Review of all led us to the conclusion we could make a meaningful visit.
Hope the info is helpful to you. Good luck.
Could you please send it to me also? I’d really appreciate it!
Could you dm me as well, please? Still trying to find slots for Admitted Student visits
Excuse the lengthy email. Below is the details from FYE.
Thanks for reaching out to the Office of Future Engineers about visiting campus! We understand that the Purdue’s for Me registration is full on the day you are wishing to visit. We have had an overwhelming number of students trying to visit Purdue Engineering and we want to accommodate all of you. You can sign up to be added to the waitlist but due to popular demand you likely will not come off the waitlist. However, you can still visit us and get all of the information you need, just in a slightly different way. Read on for everything to make the most of your visit to Purdue Engineering!
IN-PERSON OPPORTUNITIES:
Engineering Information Session: Register for an Engineering Info Session (a.k.a. EIS) to learn more about Purdue Engineering from current engineering students who are living it every day! This interactive session covers the First-Year Engineering program, experiential opportunities, student life, and much more. This information session will cover all the same content as the Purdue’s for Me presentation. You will still hear all of the same information and have opportunities to have your questions answered. Note: If the Engineering Information Session is also full on this day, come to the Office of Future Engineers in the morning to get the same information, just in a more informal format.
- EIS Presentation is 11:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. (ET)
- Engineering Facilities Walking Tour (optional) is 12:30 p.m.-1:20 p.m OR 1:30 p.m.-2:20 p.m.
The Office of Future Engineers: Current engineering students and staff are available at the OFE Welcome Center in Dudley Hall for quick chats with families. Stop in any time that works for you during your campus visit. We are open 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday. We are here to answer questions and provide more information to help you guide your decision-making process!
Residence Hall Tour: Visit Purdue’s University Residences Alumni and Guest Center (in Cary Quadrangle) to check out one of Purdue’s many residence halls. These tours last approximately 30 minutes and include a brief stop at a dining hall, a walking tour through the public areas of a residence hall, and a viewing of a showroom. They are open for walk-ins 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Monday- Friday and 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 pm on Saturdays.
In the afternoon, you will have access to the normal PFM activities where you will have the opportunity to meet with the various majors on campus, organizations and support/resource centers. During your Engineering Information Session, you will receive an updated agenda for the afternoon activities with the dates and times if each session. Please plan accordingly, some are drop-in hours whereas some are specific times/locations! Attached to this email you will find a sample agenda. NOTE: times/locations may be different and an updated agenda for your specific date will be provided to you on the date of your visit.*
We also have Admitted Engineering Information Sessions available on April 5, April 8, April 10, April 12, and April 15.
SELF-GUIDED TOURS
If the Admissions Daily Visits (a.k.a. campus tours) are unavailable, or you just like to wander on your own time, you have several options for self-guided tours.
- OFE Self-Guided Engineering Tour in Google Maps: Created by the Office of Future Engineers (O.F.E. – that’s us!), this tour includes history and photos for each stop as well as selfie spots on campus, places to get Purdue swag, and restaurant recommendations for quick bites or sit-down meals.
- Purdue Self-Guided General Campus Tour: A self-guided tour booklet can be viewed online, downloaded and printed, or picked up at the front desk in the Office of Admissions. Or you can also download the PurdueGuide app (for Android & Apple), and forego the paper altogether!
VISIT WITH MAJORS, PROGRAMS, & CURRENT STUDENTS
- Engineering Majors: To speak to someone from a specific engineering major, contact their office directly to inquire about virtual and in-person visit opportunities. Ask if OFE has a student from your major available during the day of your visit too!
- Reach out to the Women in Engineering and Minority Engineering Programs to let them know you will be on campus.
VISITOR INFORMATION
- Visiting Purdue
- Visitor Parking information
- Accommodations for Disabilities
- Visit Greater Lafayette
- Things to See and Do Around Town
- Traveling from Chicago area to Indiana: Please be aware that Chicago is on Central Time, while West Lafayette is on Eastern Time. That means that Chicago is always 1 hour behind West Lafayette. Plan your travel accordingly.
- Bring your walking shoes! You will be walking all over campus, and we want you to be comfortable while you enjoy all that campus has to offer.
VIRTUAL OPPORTUNITIES
- Virtual Engineering Information Sessions: Led by current engineering students, these are hour-long presentations provide an overview of the majors and programs offered in the College of Engineering. You’ll learn about opportunities for student life, research, work experience, study abroad, and more. As far as virtual goes, this is the place to start for learning more about Purdue Engineering.
- OFE YouTube Channel: Browse through the variety of virtual events for even more info on what it means to be a Purdue engineer.
- Virtual Campus Tour Experience: Explore our beautiful and ever-changing campus. This tour is about as close as you can get to experiencing campus in real life from a distance without actually being here!
We will continue to update OFE’s Visit Us page with upcoming opportunities to learn more about Purdue Engineering, including any in-person and virtual events. It’s a challenging process to explore colleges, so please don’t hesitate to reach out to us if there’s anything we can do to help!
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Yield protection, likely.
Wow! Thank you so much!
Went to Purdue’s Admitted Students Day and it was (for me) disappointing with a lot of missed opportunities. I was hoping they, like other schools, would tout how special this class was for being accepted, how many applications, congrats you are here etc. Instead, literally, the business school presentation, by the very personal A.J., started with “rankings are arbitrary, they are useless”. Interesting choice for a Business School with a high ranking.
Then there were small things - the day started at 7:45am with no mingling or breakfast - not even water. You were rushed up the stairs of a pretty outdated building (I overheard one dad pointing to the wallpaper and saying “this is from the 70’s”) into your choice of 3 presentations, but then couldn’t attend the other offerings (same approach from other uni’s to be fair). The business school presentation was much better, and at noon you were brought into the newer business school building, where they provided lunch – 3 varieties of pasta, side of bread and a salad of iceberg lettuce and a couple tomatoes. As someone who can’t have gluten, and having gone without breakfast this was just another missed opportunity. Granted most don’t have my issue, but usually there is at least a rice or meat option. I was now eating nuts from my emergency food supply ziplock bag. After lunch I broke off from my son and let him do the exploring as it is his choice and I didn’t want my hanger to affect him.
Purdue must realize that everyone attending their Purdue’s for Me has had to travel, with many coming in on flights. A 7:45am hard start is a bit cruel, and honestly it’s not a lot to ask for a little four-play of coffee and smiles, some fruit or pastries. Literally Every. Other. School. Does that.
Where’s the rah-rah from Administration? A presentation from the President or the Deans? The nicely done kids, you’re going to love it here?
We spent a few days on campus and talked to a lot of students. Quite a few gave us the horror stories - the classes where the avg grade is a 20, the tears freshman year. It’s not unexpected from an engineering-dominant school. But it would have been nice to offset this with a bit more sales from the admin.
Sorry to hear that the visit was so disappointing. I hope you take the time to give your feedback to the business school.
I hope they read CC 
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