Are most applicants (in this thread) committing if accepted? It seems like there have been many who have applied, but are not ready to commit 100%.
We are oos and applied EA; my d25 is unlikely to commit anywhere until sometime in April.
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Colorado actually is more transparent with their admissions data than any other school Iâve seen. You can use this Tableau interface to sort CU-Boulderâs data however you want: admissions rates by major/school, and then further by in-state/OOS, gender, etc. to get a pretty good idea of how other kids like yours have been admitted in past years. Once youâve filtered for Admissions Counts, you can also go to the Test Results tab to see how those applicants in your specific competitive cohort tested. Itâs really cool.
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Our OOS son is aerospace engineering. CU Boulder is an AMAZING school, but we need to weigh it against others to see what is the best fit for him. It checks a LOT of boxes.
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Thank you for sharing! Our S25 seem to fit well within the accepted range, but you never know.
Does Colorado put much emphasis on related ECs? That is one of our sonâs big strengths.
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my oldest daughter is graduating this year and has absolutely loved every minute (as have we as parents). For my 2025, it is typical for CA students to wait until end of March when the UC and CSU decisions are in as it represents a significant savings and in some cases, a higher ranked university (if that matters to the student).
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same unfortunately (but understandably)
Mmm, that I donât know. The Tableau dataset is purely a number crunching exercise. My guess would be that as CUâs applicant numbers have shot up the last couple of years, theyâre probably leaning more into numbers than ever before, but I really donât know. It could also be that with Engineering and Leeds, where the process is much more competitive, ECs might carry a lot more weight.
I just played around with the data a bit for the science majors (but not the Engineering ones). There itâs clear that admitted students have a significantly higher GPA than non-admitted students. The ACT/SATs look more similar between the two groups - SAT scores are nearly indistinguishable between admitted and non-admitted for the majors I looked at, actually.
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if i open an acceptance within seconds I will commit zero hesitation
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Same here, we wonât make any decisions until we hear back from the in state schools.
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Also, just parking this here as a reference for folks who may not be aware:
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There are essentially only two levels of scholarships for OOS applicants. The Chancellorâs Scholarship is worth $6,250 per year, and the Presidential Scholarship is worth $15,000 for the first two years, and $12,500 for the last two years. Itâs my understanding that notice of either scholarship comes with the decision notification.
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Colorado has pretty limited seating for direct admission to competitive Engineering majors, but every year they offer many more applicants admission to their Program in Exploratory Studies, which is just general admission to the university, but not directly to the Engineering School. However, if you maintain a GPA of 2.7 (? Pretty sure), you are guaranteed ability to transfer into the Engineering School after your first year. (Leeds Business is different - they donât guarantee transfers, but instead reevaluate case by case).
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Just like a post said above, kudos to colorado for being very transparent. They also have data on how many students transition from exploratory studies to engineering and business.
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Iâm not sure if this is exactly what you mean, but if you scroll down they show the GPA range and test scores of admitted students by school. Itâs more info than most seem to show (the only one I think Iâve seen that is perhaps more informative is UIC where they show the difference between those who submitted tests and those who didnât, both gpa and # of APs/hons, though UIUC usefully show the % who submitted tests by school)
In the Tableau data set I linked, Colorado shows something similar but a bit different: average SAT/ACT for those admitted, and those denied (same for GPA in a separate tab). And when you hover over the graph, it shows how many admits took each test, and how many denied took them as well. So if you filter your student (e.g., OOS, white, male, non-first generation for mine) you get a very real sense of their specific competition. Really interesting.
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any chance its today?
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Ah ok Iâd seen that page before but missed the tabs youâre referring to, so thanks! For the school my C26 is interested in, there is a notable gap between admits and non admits in test scores (as well as in GPA of course).
To quote George Washington, âNobody knows!â It was January 17 last year, though.
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im so impatient. i hope later today. if so what time
And 99% sure it was the Friday before MLK the other 3 out of last 4 years. Fingers crossed!
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