We’ll figure it out when we get there. I have a boatload of grad school background, and she’s a hard worker.
Cheers!
Yeah, it was one of his 3 safeties!
Anyone still waiting to hear? Applied EA for music but haven’t heard yet - assuming music must have a later release…
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We were surprised too. CU was one of three safeties. You just never know.
I’m OOS, and I’ve heard that CU Boulder EA decisions comes out in bunches but every single person from my school received their decision yesterday and on my portal it says my application is still in review. I am positive that I submitted EA and not RD, should I be concerned and email the AO?
Give them a call
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My D is in the same boat - still waiting, applied EA. But, she is also auditioning for music program, so maybe they wait to release in that case.
B4 you say no, look at the difficulty of internal transfer.
If someone can get an engineering degree, they can easily meet the requirements.
If they can’t meet the requirement, which is light, they wouldn’t get through engineering anyway.
So your path is likely not hard.
Mines gives more merit. Those who get at CU, most get $6250.
That’s been a long time.
Mines gives less than 5 years ago but publishes higher amounts up front. Likely harder to recruit kids there.
As for Exploratory vs engineering, a reason may be math level in HS. If you didn’t have calc……it makes sense.
Boulder seems great, but my son has a few other T20 engineering offers and plans to study aerospace.
That’s a hard pill to swallow, taking A&S and then trying to transfer if you already have offers. Plus paying OOS tuition with minimal scholarship.
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My daughter took AP Calc as a junior and was put in exploratory studies.
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Is honors listed in your acceptance letter or is it a separate communication? Just want to be sure we do not miss anything.
Agree it is not very clear how they decide. The GPA/Test Score profile gives the impression that getting into engineering school is not hard, but when you apply they put a lot of students into exploratory studies.
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For those wondering, engineering honors at Boulder requires a separate application:
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I was just reading the CU Website and it reads like there are different honors programs for Engineering, Business and Arts and Sciences. The A&S one sounds like it comes later, after they determine who is the top 10% of the incoming class.
My DD received an honors invite for A&S on her scholarship letter. The scholarships were listed first followed by admission to honors.
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My son is taking MV Calc this year and was placed in exploratory studies.
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Did any Engineering applicants who were placed in Exploratory Studies have language in your admission letter about being “waitlisted” for Engineering? Our letter simply said “we cannot offer you direct admission to the highly competitive College of Engineering”, but there are comments in prior years’ threads in this forum referring to students being waitlisted. Just wondering if that might still be the case this year. Thank you!
It stinks but given the path to Engineerimg is so light - if they don’t cross that low bar, they are not going to make it in engineering anyway - as 50% nationally don’t.
It really seems not a big deal.
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We did not. And I agree with @tsbna44 regarding the requirements to transfer into engineering.
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