Yes, same with my D. Accepted to CS+honors but no merit $$
My son was so disappointed he didnât get honors at Purdue.
Thanks for clarifying. Itâs helpful to know.
Notes reported from a President Chiang statement to the University Senate said a record pace of applications to Purdue in recent years continued. Applications for early admission were 14.7% higher YoY. Admissions issued deferrals to monitor the early yield and try to prevent the overenrollment experienced last year.
If you were deferred, make that LOCI strong. They are being conservative rather than lack interest in you, as this chat has discussed since the 15th.
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Honors at Purdue is different than other places. It is not exclusively high stats. The explanation is that it would be too engineer/scientist/cs heavy if they only culled high stats for it and they have different goals. It, like Purdue admissions in general, is a numbers game.
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Yes, Purdue equally and proportionally represents all of the colleges/majors in Honors so itâs much more competitive for CS and engineering majors.
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Saw an invite for admitted students to have a one-on-one conversation with a purdue recruiter in our local area. it is called Purdue Perks. Is there anybody who has attended these before?
I get it, I was just remarking my son was disappointed over it. Especially considering it was more essays that he went out of his way to write and they never even bothered to say âsorry, we are unable to offer you this at this timeâ and we just had to guess.
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My daughter was also disappointed at not getting into the Purdue honors college. I agree, it would have been nice if they had bothered to let her know that she didnât get in after spending the time on the essays.
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I agree, thatâs not very student-centered for Purdue to leave students guessing. Umass-Amherst specifically indicates in acceptances letters when they are not able to offer the honors collegeâwe appreciated that.
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Thanks for encouragement. My D25 just sent her LOCI.
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Is there a last date for sending in the LOCI?
No. They didnât give a date
I wouldnât wait too terribly long to send in the LOCI because historically the first wave of RD decisions has come in mid February.
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If true then 30% proportion of Purdue first years in CoE times 750 Honors class would mean 225 or so engineers into Honors College each year, or a little less than 10% of accepted engineering students. Given how many talented students apply, it is easier to understand how your kid can miss out on honors.
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Yep, thatâs about right. When my D was a freshman, the incoming class was about 8,000 students and there were 180 engineering in Honors that year. It went up to 200 the next year so I expect your 225 number is about right.
And yes, Honors College is meant to represent 10% of the incoming class.
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As a MD resident, I decided to look up the UMD stats. Engineers are 28% of UMD honors college students versus 13% of total UMD students. So a different approach. The UMD honors college is also larger - 1050 incoming students out of 4,800 total incoming students or 22% versus ~10% at Purdue.
Combine the two factors and 29% of incoming UMD engineers are in the honors college, 3x as much as at Purdue. I guess Maryland might need honors college as a recruiting tool more than Purdue doesâŠ
Hi, I am an applicant for Electrical Engineering that applied RD to Purdue, since I found out only in January about the whole engineering priority deadline thing. Was wondering how much weight that carries? Is being an RD engineering applicant basically killing your chances or is that just an exagerration?
Purdue does fill most of their class in EA so it is much more competitive in RD. That said, last cycle they accepted more in RD than in years past. Best of luck to you.
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Thanks for letting me know