@marndar Texas here also ( Frisco) . Daughter got in yesterday, she hasn’t been yet. We will try to go in February, she may go into shock in the cold ?.
She excited but it is far from home …
@marndar - My D didn’t know a soul before starting either. Purdue does an AMAZING job with their freshman orientation program, Boiler Gold Rush. I highly recommend it to everyone (it’s optional). It’s a super way to meet people and get used to campus before classes begin. My D is still friends with a bunch of people from her BGR group. There is also lots of project work in FYE so she’ll meet people that way too, plus floor/dorm events. Mid Westerns typically are friendly and inclusive too :).
@Rpdad74 - Honors notification historically is in mid February. AP courses do count for placement into higher level courses (if you want to use them) and for general education distributions. Typically it will not help a student graduate early because of course sequencing requirements.
Aero, BME, Chem E, and Mech E historically are the majors that are at capacity and require a 3.2 engineering index to be guaranteed a spot but it can fluctuate year to year. My D is in her second year and chem e did not have a capacity issue last year. I’d recommend looking through the “Transition to Major” information on the CoE’s webpage. Rest assured though that the majority of students successfully transition to their first choice.
My one heads up for you and your son is to be aware that internships/co-ops in the US aerospace industry can be a challenge for international students. Many companies cannot hire internationals if they are working on government projects. There is a current student my D knows who is really, really struggling because there are no opportunities in his home country and he can’t be hired doing what he really wants in the US. At this point, he’s looking at general engineering, not related to aero, for work experience. (That isn’t a Purdue specific issue).
Apparently that changed this year (per Purdue Admissions Twitter account):
"Q. When do scholarship decisions come out?
A. Merit scholarship notifications will be included with your admissions decision. This does not include supplemental scholarships, which will be included in your financial aid package."
@momofsenior1 .
Truly appreciate your precise insights and guidance.
Thanks a ton.
For deferrals, Purdue says they don’t need anything else from you, but we were advised generally in deferrals if it’s your first choice have your high school guidance counselor contact your regional admissions rep and convey it’s your first choice and if attending doesn’t hinge on financial aid, have your guidance counselor inform the school that if admitted you’ll attend. My understanding was that admissions reps expect such communications.
The Merit based scholarships have been very disappointing for Purdue. Even kids with stellar stats have not gotten any. Really frustrating.
@marndar and @kasper0137. We are from Texas also. My 2 sons are in engineering. But we are not sure we can afford Purdue’s OOS tuition ($45000) even with one of them is awarded with the Trustee scholarship.
https://www.admissions.purdue.edu/costsandfinaid/freshman.php
Purdue is pretty upfront about their scholarships being competitive (only about 15% of applicants get them and some of them are for Indiana residents only) and that they are holistic. They do mention college and need based scholarships which will probably come with the financial aid package. For an OOS student Purdue is about $10k cheaper than most OOS flagships. That’s like a $10k scholarship off the top.
For us, Purdue was already off the table, but had it not been, it would be now. It is a great school, but, in our estimate, not a $45K/yr great one. GT - well, maybe, but not Purdue.
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Just to be accurate that is full cost of attendance not just tuition.
My result is not showing up yet.
Does anyone have a same problem?
@KKanzok does your application status have the red box that says you met the deadline for Early Action? If not, you might be in RD.
Parent of twins. Both admitted yesterday
OOS
DS1: FYE
GPA: 3.7 UW. 4.27 W
SAT: 1410
Strong EC
Strong letters of Recommendation
DS2: CS
GPA: 4.1 UW. 4.8 W
ACT: 35
Weaker EC
Strong letters of recommendation
(also admitted OOS Michigan engineering)
I am really just wondered, why everyone in here said merit scholarship came with decision? According to purdue university website, it clearly said merit scholarship(trustee,president) will release on Feb,1. and other scholarship after Feb,10.
Merit will be holistic so purdue review grade also other situations, too.
Got into Purdue EA CS
Gender: Male (White)
Decision Plan: Early Action
UW GPA: 3.5
Class Rank: N/A (Pretty low, very competitive school)
ACT: 35
OOS CA
Major: Computer Science
My ECs were:
working at an SF Startup as an Engineer
Skydiving License Holder/Parachute Packer
Created a Chess AI Engine/Magic: The Gathering Phone Application
Google SEO Help for the local Crisis Center
Magic: The Gathering Judge for around 3 years
Chess Club President
Took AP CS/Calc AB/Seminar/Physics C: Mechanics junior year and got all 5s
@Attymom - Congrats and did your twins get any merit awards?
See post #522.
@stepl100 Neither twin got merit award.
We got the error last night and thought they were all full. I just signed up son for a date and it was working fine. Try now.
Congratulations to everyone who got in.
DS20 got in his second choice major of Math-CS (first choice was CS).
His rejection from first choice CS major is starting to bother - seeing lots of accepts with lower stats making us to doubt the quality of his essays (he got lots of positive feedback but the quality of an essay is in the eye of beholder).
Stats:
OOS - ORM - Male
1580 SAT (single test)
800 in 3 subject SAT’s and an additional 760
4.85/5 W GPA (no official UW but it would be around 3.85; he is top 5% of 450+ class); 15 AP’s (10 of them 5’s; one 4; another 4 in progress); 2 univ courses.
2xAIME qualifier; State ISEF win; National AP Scholar; multiple state level math/ hackathon/ scienceolympiad wins/awards. One national math competition top-10 placement.
300 hours volunteer teaching math/programming
CS research projects all three summers in hs (no published paper at the time of apps but close to one)
varsity sport
leadership roles in 3 clubs
All EC’s - done for last 5-6 years (from middle school) - so there is lot of consistency.
CS is tough but all rejections are piling on - time to freak out.