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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You people crapping on the OP are off base IMO.  Let’s be honest; this kid had top 1% GPA, top 1% SAT scores and all the rest of the package.  Schools like Perdue and CU aren’t swimming in kids like this.  It’s completely reasonable to be upset that someone with a resume like this isn’t being immediately accepted into the schools mentioned.[/quote]

I'm sure he got yield protected at CU and probably Perdue too.  CU for sure knows he will never enroll there.  [/quote]

Boulder has 80% acceptance rate they don’t do yield protection FFS.[/quote]

And OP’s son is in that 80%.  Just not for his preferred major.  Which is too bad of course. [/quote]

Yes---he "got into CU".  Personally, I don't call general admission "getting in", but I guess that is what happens at large State schools[/quote]

can't they just transfer to CS after starting general admission at CU?[/quote]

I'm sure he could (I'm not OP).  But no idea how challenging that is.  At many state flagship U's with great engineering programs, it is not that easy to get in from "general admission".  I personally would not send my kid somewhere they are not guaranteed to actually major in what they want---not a fan of direct admission unless it's "to the engineering school and you can then select any major you want and switch if needed".

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