Supplemental scholarships?

landturtle
Mon, 29 Oct 2018 23:12:29 +0000

My son is an OOS freshman in FYE and in the Honors College. His stats were a +/- 1540 SAT, 4.0 unweighted GPA and +/- 4.6 weighted GPA. Good extracurriculars, relevant to engineering. Commended National Merit Scholar (but not a semifinalist). A whole bunch of AP credits, and he took five math and physics classes at a local community college his senior year (not dual credit - but he did report them to Purdue). He received a $10k/yr Presidential Scholarship. Only +/- 100 Trustees Scholarships and +/- 830 Presidential Scholarships are granted each year - so competition is fierce. These academic scholarships are allocated across each of Purdue’s colleges - so it may be slightly less competitive in one college compared to another. I did read about plenty of highly qualified candidates with great stats/extracurriculars that did not receive the academic scholarship(s) that they thought they deserved.

I’m not a Purdue alum (so we missed out on this opportunity), but we did hear that several/many Purdue Alumni chapters do have scholarships that are granted to students local to the chapter. So I encourage you to research your local Purdue Alumni chapter.

On a sidenote, my son is really, really enjoying Purdue and the Honors College. He seemed to have some trepidation/nervousness this summer (he did math research at a local university, and I think that he was having some “buyer’s” remorse), but he seems to be very happy with his decision to go to Purdue.

Best of luck to you and your daughter!