We will also be visiting Purdue over spring break unless we don’t need to. It’s ranked in the Top 10 for EE so a very good second choice. A lot more money, though.
I liked U Wisconsin too…alot of kids are really happy there!
Purdue is a nice school and they used to have one of the best dorm food around the nation. However, it is pretty much in the middle of corn field. Also, make sure you have updated map on your GPS. There are new highways in the last couple years right before entering the campus from the NE that the old map will keep telling you to make a U turn.
UWisc is very similar to UMich in the size of campus and has a nice water front on campus in some area.
How would anybody compare UMich to Boston College?
How does UWisc compare to Purdue and UMich in engineering? I know it’s not ranked quite as high but is that really very important? I got in to UWisc, Purdue, and Georgia Tech as my main options so far. Still waiting on UMich and one more.
I have a friend who just visited UW-Madision and LOVED IT. It’s great academically and socially. Beautiful setting, great school spirit, and everyone is very friendly. I understand the college town is very similar to Ann Arbor; lots to do. From what I’ve read, considered a mini-Ivy. Sounds like it has it all!
I just want my decision already… this is so frustrating
I visited UW-Madison last year and it was great! Easily one of my favorite campuses.
Yes, UWisc’s campus is nice. We visited it a couple years ago in summer. The info session is in the theater at one of the 2 student activity center. They gave coupons for free ice cream from their own campus, a nice treat in summer day. Too bad that we day not have time to spend on the deck facing water. We did take a bus tour to go around the campus. It is indeed very similar to UMich except for the water front.
I was denied LSA
GPA: 3.7
ACT: 28
EC’s: 300+ hours community service, 2x athlete, 2 internships, State Champion, won the highest merit award offered by my school
Accepted: Syracuse (Dean’s Scholarship), MSU (14k), Alabama, Baylor, Penn State (Provost Scholar), Pitt, FSU (Was offered community service scholarship)
Best of luck to all!
@5melissa1234 were you rejected today? 
@nat97xo No i wasn’t! I was rejected a few week back I figured I’d post now since there aren’t many rejected stats on this thread
@5melissa1234 oh okay, thanks! and good luck choosing a school, you have some great options 
pretty rough if a person applied early action only to get rejected in the last batch or do they politely throw you on a waitlist to die.
good question newman…it seems like it doesn’t make sense to apply EA if the wait is this long…what is everyone’s feeling about accepting a waitlist decision?
LOL: smile.
I am honestly exhausted with Michigan at this point, after being deferred and told I was a “strong candidate” for later admission in the regular pool its just too much. This has been elongated way too long. Michigan is really turning off a lot of great applicants by making them wait more than 3 months to know if they made the cut. Just my two cents.
Two negatives for applying EA are that you may not have the time to refine your essays as well as if you wait until Feb 1; also, if your 7th semester is really good you’d be submitting a higher GPA. We sent the 7th semester grades in early Feb but I’m not sure if they recalculate the overall GPA when comparing to those in the RD pool who submitted their app closer to the deadline.
If you go on the wait list you should move ahead with your second choice school and know that the odds are extremely low for admission at that point.
Are we still thinking tomorrow will be the day for all of us?
There is one big advantage for applying EA: Merit aids.