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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Purdue EA decisions recently came out, and it was shocking how selective they were. I seen kids with straight As, a 1570+ SAT, and strong extracurriculars in research, building model rockets, Eagle Scout, varsity team captains, and more who got denied. Not even deferred. Just flat out denied. It is just so frustrating that here in NOVA, just getting into these extracurriculars and being top of the class is ridiculously hard. Yet, many of these stop students can't get even get into Purdue. I honestly don't know what Ivy Leagues or schools like Berkeley and Michigan are looking for. [/quote]

I forget where I saw this (I'm an alum so get various emails) but, if I recall, Purdue had announced they were going to pare back acceptances this year because of over-enrollment last year.  They have had space issues[/quote]

https://fox59.com/news/purdue-university-aiming-to-significantly-lower-admissions-rate-citing-historic-enrollment-housing-strain/

Purdue University President Mung Chiang explained in a social media post that the fall 2024 undergraduate admissions rate was the lowest in school history, aiming for 300 fewer freshmen to enroll than the typical target number. However, 1,600 additional high school seniors unexpectedly committed to Purdue.

“Next year, new dorms approved last year will complete construction. And we will significantly further reduce the admissions rate, simply because housing and city capacities don’t grow as fast as demand for Purdue education,” Chiang said over social media. “But now, in addition to the hard work by many colleagues in securing many more beds throughout town as a first-resort answer since late May, we must further refine housing solutions to all Boilermaker students this Fall: new ones as well as returning students. All units at the university are working extra hard today, to come up with a better and the best answer.”[/quote]

This is exactly it. I work at Purdue but nowhere near admissions. Purdue received far more acceptances last year than anticipated and it really put them in a bind. They’re trying to right size and balance out. [/quote]

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