All the hypes about Purdue, UMD, etc. ...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:First, congrats to all accepted!

Will your DC really attend these schools?
The yield rate is like around 20%, which means the vast majority admits will not attend these schools.

My kid is a junior CS major at UMD. From NOVA. Chose it over WM, BU, Lehigh, Pitt, CWRU, Ohio St and UMN. Loves it. He was WL at UVA. He would have likely enrolled there if accepted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I feel sorry for these schools. Purdue is a highly ranked engineering program. UMD too. Oh well.

You … feel sorry for them? I feel fairly certain that most great engineering schools would rather have high-scoring students and a lower yield rate. They probably feel bad for their colleagues at the small prestige schools that admit a bunch of test optional kids in ED and then don’t have room for high-scoring kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:First, congrats to all accepted!

Will your DC really attend these schools?
The yield rate is like around 20%, which means the vast majority admits will not attend these schools.

Purdue and UMD are among the best engineering schools in the country. And engineering is the most competitive major there is today. It attracts the strongest students. In engineering, there really isn't a lot of difference in the quality of students applying to Purdue and Maryland compared to students applying to Stanford and Penn. There's a lot of overlap among applicants in this major. So it wouldn't be uncommon for someone that got into Purdue for engineering to also have gotten into various top 20 schools. And of course, most students will pick Duke or Northwestern for instance over Purdue or UMD - if price isn't a factor. But the difference among students in engineering is negligible. If you were accepted into Purdue engineering, you probably have lots of options.

Yes, agree. This is a case where you need to look at engineering or Comp Science separately. Purdue is a top ranked school in these areas (others as well). Add that it is half the price of private schools, well-funded and well-run and it becomes a compelling choice. With all that goes on in admissions, no place is a guarantee. Both Purdue and UMD are highly ranked CS schools and attract top students. Purdue has a high percentage of NMF so I suspect tuition is a factor for some or for those planning MS or PhD schooling.

[Anonymous]

And it's hard to beat the cost for Purdue, whether in state or out of state.

[Anonymous]

UMD is not out until Feb 1. Why the hypes?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel sorry for these schools. Purdue is a highly ranked engineering program. UMD too. Oh well.

You … feel sorry for them? I feel fairly certain that most great engineering schools would rather have high-scoring students and a lower yield rate. They probably feel bad for their colleagues at the small prestige schools that admit a bunch of test optional kids in ED and then don’t have room for high-scoring kids.

Incredible schools. But no, if you take a look at Purdue’s incoming students profile (matriculates), their test scores are very low.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel sorry for these schools. Purdue is a highly ranked engineering program. UMD too. Oh well.

You … feel sorry for them? I feel fairly certain that most great engineering schools would rather have high-scoring students and a lower yield rate. They probably feel bad for their colleagues at the small prestige schools that admit a bunch of test optional kids in ED and then don’t have room for high-scoring kids.

Incredible schools. But no, if you take a look at Purdue’s incoming students profile (matriculates), their test scores are very low.

1360 median SAT and 32 ACT is hardly “very low” when you’re test required.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:UMD is not out until Feb 1. Why the hypes?

Have their announced when decisions will be out?

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Incredible schools. But no, if you take a look at Purdue’s incoming students profile (matriculates), their test scores are very low.


Don’t mistake class averages for what OOS kids need to achieve to get in, especially for engineering. Lots of engineering kids with low-mid 1500s and great GPAs max out with admissions to UMD/Purdue/VT.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UMD is not out until Feb 1. Why the hypes?

Have their announced when decisions will be out?

This is on their website saying "by Feb 1".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UMD is not out until Feb 1. Why the hypes?

Have their announced when decisions will be out?

This is on their website saying "by Feb 1".

Mostly likely 1/30 after 4:30pm

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Incredible schools. But no, if you take a look at Purdue’s incoming students profile (matriculates), their test scores are very low.

Don’t mistake class averages for what OOS kids need to achieve to get in, especially for engineering. Lots of engineering kids with low-mid 1500s and great GPAs max out with admissions to UMD/Purdue/VT.
No. Purdue Engineering sat range 1380-1520. Only a quarter low-mid 1500s. Not "lots".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:First, congrats to all accepted!

Will your DC really attend these schools?
The yield rate is like around 20%, which means the vast majority admits will not attend these schools.

Purdue and UMD are among the best engineering schools in the country. And engineering is the most competitive major there is today. It attracts the strongest students. In engineering, there really isn't a lot of difference in the quality of students applying to Purdue and Maryland compared to students applying to Stanford and Penn. There's a lot of overlap among applicants in this major. So it wouldn't be uncommon for someone that got into Purdue for engineering to also have gotten into various top 20 schools. And of course, most students will pick Duke or Northwestern for instance over Purdue or UMD - if price isn't a factor. But the difference among students in engineering is negligible. If you were accepted into Purdue engineering, you probably have lots of options.

Yes, agree. This is a case where you need to look at engineering or Comp Science separately. Purdue is a top ranked school in these areas (others as well). Add that it is half the price of private schools, well-funded and well-run and it becomes a compelling choice. With all that goes on in admissions, no place is a guarantee. Both Purdue and UMD are highly ranked CS schools and attract top students. Purdue has a high percentage of NMF so I suspect tuition is a factor for some or for those planning MS or PhD schooling.

Purdue for engineering and UMD for CS are very good schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:First, congrats to all accepted!

Will your DC really attend these schools?
The yield rate is like around 20%, which means the vast majority admits will not attend these schools.

Purdue and UMD are among the best engineering schools in the country. And engineering is the most competitive major there is today. It attracts the strongest students. In engineering, there really isn't a lot of difference in the quality of students applying to Purdue and Maryland compared to students applying to Stanford and Penn. There's a lot of overlap among applicants in this major. So it wouldn't be uncommon for someone that got into Purdue for engineering to also have gotten into various top 20 schools. And of course, most students will pick Duke or Northwestern for instance over Purdue or UMD - if price isn't a factor. But the difference among students in engineering is negligible. If you were accepted into Purdue engineering, you probably have lots of options.

Yes, agree. This is a case where you need to look at engineering or Comp Science separately. Purdue is a top ranked school in these areas (others as well). Add that it is half the price of private schools, well-funded and well-run and it becomes a compelling choice. With all that goes on in admissions, no place is a guarantee. Both Purdue and UMD are highly ranked CS schools and attract top students. Purdue has a high percentage of NMF so I suspect tuition is a factor for some or for those planning MS or PhD schooling.

Purdue for engineering and UMD for CS are very good schools.

Agree

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Purdue is a top STEM school that is not easy to get into. If you look at the at the GPA and SAT range for different majors, you will notice the scores for Education and Liberal Arts bring down the overall average scores for the university. So I think people are shocked each year when their 1500+ student is deffered or rejected from Purdue for FYE or CS. I know this year their business school, which is at best the 3rd ranked in state ( behind ND and IU) was turning away people with high GPA and SAT scores.