Anonymous
01/18/2025 16:18
Subject: How are you supposed to get into college for engineering now?
Anonymous wrote:What were the GPAs and math and science classes?
Straight As. They took AP Calc BC, AP Chem, AP Physics C: Mech, AP Bio, and a community college course in linear algebra
Anonymous
01/18/2025 16:15
Subject: How are you supposed to get into college for engineering now?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
Go to a less selective school for engineering. Problem solved.
One thing about engineering is that there are plenty of less selective schools where you can get an excellentr engineering education.
Non-engineer here. I was under the impression it does not matter much where you go for engineering as long as it it ABET accredited. Is that true?
Depends on engineering. I recruit BS engineers. Some schools don't do enough math and physics for EE and computer engineering. Some aerospace programs are not rigorous enough in my opinion as well. Purdue is amazing so are UMD, Michigan and many others. You have to look at the requirements for the major and how much math there is and also what the options are for 400 levels as in some schools there are easy senior project courses but challenging one in others.
Please please please give up some suggestion for good engineering schools that are realistic to get into!
I would also love suggestions on college counselors that know engineering. It’s just really hard for us non-engineer parents to know what to suggest to our kids.
Anonymous
01/18/2025 15:51
Subject: How are you supposed to get into college for engineering now?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
Go to a less selective school for engineering. Problem solved.
One thing about engineering is that there are plenty of less selective schools where you can get an excellentr engineering education.
Non-engineer here. I was under the impression it does not matter much where you go for engineering as long as it it ABET accredited. Is that true?
Depends on engineering. I recruit BS engineers. Some schools don't do enough math and physics for EE and computer engineering. Some aerospace programs are not rigorous enough in my opinion as well. Purdue is amazing so are UMD, Michigan and many others. You have to look at the requirements for the major and how much math there is and also what the options are for 400 levels as in some schools there are easy senior project courses but challenging one in others.
Any recs for lesser known schools?
Anonymous
01/18/2025 15:33
Subject: How are you supposed to get into college for engineering now?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
Go to a less selective school for engineering. Problem solved.
One thing about engineering is that there are plenty of less selective schools where you can get an excellentr engineering education.
Non-engineer here. I was under the impression it does not matter much where you go for engineering as long as it it ABET accredited. Is that true?
Depends on engineering. I recruit BS engineers. Some schools don't do enough math and physics for EE and computer engineering. Some aerospace programs are not rigorous enough in my opinion as well. Purdue is amazing so are UMD, Michigan and many others. You have to look at the requirements for the major and how much math there is and also what the options are for 400 levels as in some schools there are easy senior project courses but challenging one in others.
Anonymous
01/18/2025 15:32
Subject: How are you supposed to get into college for engineering now?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
Go to a less selective school for engineering. Problem solved.
+1. Purdue was on DDs list as her top choice until I took her to UMD and explained that Purdue is larger. She’s going to RPI and is thrilled. There is a school for everyone.
One thing about engineering is that there are plenty of less selective schools where you can get an excellent engineering education.
Anonymous
01/18/2025 15:32
Subject: How are you supposed to get into college for engineering now?
Purdue grew way too fast is becoming selective as it's literally running out of space. The options are Purdue - Indianapolis, Kansas State (great engineering program), Oklahoma State, University of Tulsa, or University of Oklahoma.
Anonymous
01/18/2025 15:31
Subject: Re:How are you supposed to get into college for engineering now?
Fwiw, it’s often an option to major in a related science field, like physics or chemistry, then pursue a MS in engineering. Doing engineering in undergrad is of course a more direct approach, especially if you want a PE license, but that’s only 10-20-% of engineers. For some fields like civil engineering it’s more important than others, like computer or materials engineering. There can be benefits in having a strong foundation in an underlying natural science, especially if interested in research or (sometimes) inventing something fundamentally different.
Anonymous
01/18/2025 15:29
Subject: How are you supposed to get into college for engineering now?
Chill out and wait for RD, Chicken Little.
Anonymous
01/18/2025 15:16
Subject: How are you supposed to get into college for engineering now?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
Go to a less selective school for engineering. Problem solved.
One thing about engineering is that there are plenty of less selective schools where you can get an excellentr engineering education.
Non-engineer here. I was under the impression it does not matter much where you go for engineering as long as it it ABET accredited. Is that true?
Anonymous
01/18/2025 15:09
Subject: How are you supposed to get into college for engineering now?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
Go to a less selective school for engineering. Problem solved.
One thing about engineering is that there are plenty of less selective schools where you can get an excellent engineering education.
Anonymous
01/18/2025 15:06
Subject: How are you supposed to get into college for engineering now?
PP here. Forgot to mention that data about UIUC is for CS
Anonymous
01/18/2025 15:06
Subject: How are you supposed to get into college for engineering now?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
Go to a less selective school for engineering. Problem solved.
One thing about engineering is that there are plenty of less selective schools where you can get an excellent engineering education.
Anonymous
01/18/2025 15:05
Subject: How are you supposed to get into college for engineering now?
Anonymous wrote: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.
Every year parents new to the process are surprised by this but nothing new here. Some majors are very popular ar state schools. For example qr UIUC I saw the admission rate for out of state majority male students is 1%. There are simply not enough spots. Some kids get lucky for whatever reason and some don't. Good news is there are tons of other options once you look past these popular ones.
Anonymous
01/18/2025 15:02
Subject: How are you supposed to get into college for engineering now?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
Just stoop
My kid had none of those and got into MIT
And for gods sake engineers can come for a ton of schools you fools pay OOS tuition for what?
Now your going to send a kid to Indiana lol your kid doesn’t deserve college
Egal scout omg really ?
Didn’t you hear proud boys and oath keepers are recruiting and starting Boy Scout troops ?. Yes fact
haha..not around here. DS' troop had a lot of minorities, including Jews.
According to ABET there 702 ABET accredited US institutions with a total of 3611 programs. I'll bet your kid can find a school that works for them.
Anonymous
01/18/2025 15:02
Subject: How are you supposed to get into college for engineering now?
Purdue wasn’t that selective until after Covid. Purdue used to be known as easy to get in, but hard to graduate. It is ridiculous what college admissions is turning into