My Sophomore Boilermaker was in the Air Force ROTC LLC and it was instant family for him. He is glad he did it. I’m not sure the atmosphere for the academic LLC’s.
OOS son
Deferred from prof flight, was disappointed, but say last year acceptance rate for flight was 11.9% 
plus the 2023 was over enrolled by around 20, so seems like a tough year to get in. Any advice??
4.0 non weighted
1390 SAT
30 hours flight time towards private pilot license
Captain varsity sport
Volunteer work
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Good point, the “priority” deadline was April 15, while the final allowed date was May 5th
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My D had a wonderful experience in honors college. Very collaborative and would absolutely not have described it as competitive in any way.
IMO the LLCs are a wonderful way for a large school to feel smaller and help with the transition to college.
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My D received honors college but was also strongly leaning towards the women in engineering LLC (and it’s my understanding you can’t be in the WIE LLC AND honors college). Any thoughts on this? Thank you very much!!
My D was in honors and joined SWE. For her, the honors FYE course and advising were a big draw. She knew those profs from doing the STEP summer program and thought they were amazing. Honors also continues well beyond freshman year which is what she wanted. She didn’t consider any other LLC.
Thank you!! This is super helpful!
He got into Penn State, Drexel (Honor), Pace (Honor) – all for computer science, which is his first choice major. He is waiting for Umass Amherst EA for CS.
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My daughter is in the honors college. It is not really competitive at all. She doesn’t find the requirements particularly burdensome. In fact, she has gathered all but one honors credit she needs for all four years already as a sophomore. She has lived in the honors dorm for two years. She is joining the Data Mine this semester in addition to the honors college, so thats also an option. They offer different opportunities, but they’re both excellent. Some living and learning communities are more active than others, though.
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Re housing deposit: you cannot miss the April 15th deadline if you want Purdue Housing. This means losing your deposit if your student ultimately decides on another school.
Incoming students DO NOT choose their housing. They rank housing types by preference. LLCs are attached to certain types of housing and are a separate application with the same deadline. None of these are guaranteed----you can rank a dorm that’s no air conditioning double room #1 for $5000 a year and end up getting assigned a spot in a $12000 a year apartment.
The key is DO NOT MISS THE APRIL 15TH DEADLINE.
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Is she moving to the Data Mine LLC or participating while living in Honors?
(My son is interested in both of those as well- so am curious)
@Bookishmom that’s a given - on our to-do list for today. He knows it’s not a no. He also has two good safety acceptances so far thankfully. As we all know, it’s just hard to find that right balance between “give Purdue your all, this is super important” and “if it ends up being a no then it’s still all going to be just fine!”
Congrats to all who got accepted!!!
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Your daughter may want to talk to some students in Honors and the WIE LLC to help her decide. Both will provide excellent learning and networking opportunities but I recall MomofBoiler1 sharing years ago that her daughter had some excellent opportunities unfold almost immediately through her honors college position that weren’t available to FYE at large. A Purdue engineering degree will open doors regardless but there is also rarified air where a subset operates and the opportunities they draw are mind blowing.
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Just rooting from afar for everyone!! you are so right–give it your best and know that wherever you go you will be setting yourself up for success is a message all of our kids need.
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You’re right—pro flight is really tough to get into because of the small class size. If pro flight or bust, have alternate options like UND, Ohio State, Kent State etc. in play. If Purdue or bust, craft a solid LOCI. If ancillary programs are appealing, like aviation management, but you didn’t list a 2nd major, talk to your regional admissions counselor about your options re their consideration. In a small program like pro flight, they are going to see what their early yield is before extending more offers so they don’t end up with 20 more students than intended as last year.
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S24 deferred for Biological Engg (College of Agriculture). 3.5W / 1270 SAT (Superscore). We were expecting either a denial of a deferral, so this is positive as he is still in the race! Congrats to all who were admitted. Purdue is a fantastic school.
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A top 20 private school has a well-oiled college admissions operation. If your student has nothing but deferrals at this point from EA applications I would assess what about the application package has the schools temporarily holding back on offering admission. A top 20 school should have relationships where they can get some feedback/clear up anything if schools aren’t convinced of your student’s interest/commitment. It’s not your kid, it’s the process that’s whack. I’m sorry for the emotional roller coaster. it’s an awful feeling.
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Thank you this is helpful. I was thinking the same thing. They are supposed to have a good college counseling office but honestly I have no idea what happened.
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You mentioned he was a recruited athlete … I would also reach out to the coach who was recruiting him to ask for help/feedback. Coaches can and do advocate for kids with admissions.
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She is living in honors college now (lived there last year as a freshman too) and is participating in the Data Mine starting this semester. She is planning to move off campus for her last two years. I don’t know how doing both would look as a freshman. She just started in honors and picked up the Data Mine later.
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