For guaranteed admission into Mech E, you need an overall 3.2 GPA and a 3.2 Engineering Admission Index (EAI). The EAI is basically the GPA with just STEM courses. The vast majority of students get their first choice of engineering majors.
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Did anyone ever attend the Purdue and Me event for Daniels vs the standard Admit Day? I realize this is a long shot but I am trying to determine if its worth it for us to spend an extra two days in Indiana to attend the Daniels event. Given our other son is a junior, this newly admitted one has seen the campus and dorms, etc. and probably would only really be interested in the Daniels overview (other son is in CS) but it seems like a lot to travel to for a 1.5 hour session. We would have comboed a visit with our older son but he is studying abroad this semester (figures!) Would appreciate any insight.
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What is the difference between gpa and index, I could not tell the difference, I see u can do a 1 semester track for fye, that might be workable, do u request the advisor for the track? I think doing some minor class later on use it as a minor degree might be fine, but the index make it even more confusing, I will hate to waste a year and at the end can not get into intended major,
I also got deferred both Purdue and Princeton last year and then got into Princeton and Purdue Honors. Not the end if you got deferred donāt worry!
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The GPA is the grades from all of the classes taken. The index is the gpa from STEM courses only. Students are assigned an academic advisor for FYE and you would just tell that person what your intentions are for transitioning to your major. As Iāve noted before, the vast majority (94%+) of students get their first choice major.
A theory/question: with that SAT were you taking the most difficult classes available to you? Purdue historically has looked at the rigor of your transcript. If AP or IB arenāt available to you, for example, they donāt penalize you for that. but they may knock you down a notch if you could have taken more challenging courses and didnāt.
Or they just took a different person with your stats, which sucks.
If you want to appeal, they want something new and different that you havenāt shared, not a rehash of why your application should have been viewed differently. Take a few days to think it through. Whatever you choose to do will be fine.
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If you want all of the details (@momofboiler1 posted these before, but its a long way back due to all the posts today)
This link explains the T2M process, and includes a link to an EAI Calculator
This link explains the definition of EAI
This link explains the differences/qualifications for guaranteed vs competitive acceptance
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So looking at the 1 semester path, I think my kid will need that 1 engineering class, and 1 English class, that oral one that I think not cover by AP? So that 1 engineering class will be the sole index? She already have cal3/4 I think there is another upper math, but I assume she does not have to take it in FYE year? Now if she does not get into her intended major, can she does it as minor?
My daughter did
I do not find that be very clear, is there a count of class u have to have for indexes? For example, Wisconsin Madison tell u right out that u have to have 2 math and 2 science for the 1st year to count core Eng, I did not see that from purdue
Did anyone get any merit scholorship? and was it mentioned on admittance letter?
Update: Nevermind, saw posts above, looks like they mentioned scholorship details on admission letter itself
My aspiring airspace engineer D is thrilled to be admitted!
Sheās interested in the summer start program, but I see that the information has been removed from the website for now.
Has anyone heard anything about whether theyāre going to offer it this year and whether anyone can sign up, or do you need to get a special invitation?
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A post prior mentioned summer programs, can u use that to fulfil FYE requirements?
Please donāt do this to yourself/your child. When more than 90% get their first choice, that less than 10% that remains are people who arenāt getting the grades needed. And if for some reason you miss it one semester, you do it the next. You do not āwasteā a year though. Minoring in another engineering segment is doable.
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You cam start in the summer. You can take classes any summer. It either speeds up your time through Purdue or lets you double major or double minor. or keeps you on track if you fail something
Your child will still need a full course load to be considered a full time student. Whatever classes she takes will go towards her GPA and any stem classes (math, chem, physics) will be used for the EAI.
Being able to minor depends on the engineering major. Some allow it and some do not.
I believe summer start is invitation only for students the university feels need some shoring up before classes start.
there historically have been 2 summer programs, similarly named. One is optional for getting a jump on things. one is required as a condition of admission and has a certain structure to it. Iām not sure if both are still offered
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So the summer start page leads to an error message but there is an Early Start page: Office of Summer and Winter Sessions - Purdue University
Looks like this has been changed since my daughter was a student so hopefully a current parent can chime in.
I am a engineer by trade, we want everything under control and specific, this is not, there are kids might not do well the 1st year , maybe away from home maybe , maybe the professor just not like the kid, whatever and the kid may want to stay on track and plow through, I see this FyE made the decision for the kid rather than let the kid work out themselves,one of the engineer director from nasa who grad from Cornell made a comment like Cornell made him feel he should not be in engineering with a 2.0 the first year ā¦ and then, he become a director at NASA ā¦. anyhow, I do not think my daughter will go anyway, we are still waiting for quite a few ,