Anonymous wrote:so is vtech and uva eng better than purdue?

All are ABET accredited and ABET sets a high floor. So all are rigorous. "Rankings" are much less meaningful in engineering.

I would happily hire an ECE grad from any of them - or GMU or UMBC or many other places.

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Anonymous wrote:so is vtech and uva eng better than purdue?

God no

then why denied at vtech and got into purdue?

Anonymous wrote:so is vtech and uva eng better than purdue?

God no

so is vtech and uva eng better than purdue?

Anonymous wrote:Friend of mine-graduating class of 2023-in state VA-kid got into Purdue-but rejected VA Tech. You just never know…

We know one from 2023 and several of DS's friends from 2024 with the same outcomes.
It is common at the governor's school and the top stem magnet county schools: VT knows many more details about these test-in high schools, due to the fact that they are in state. UVA does too. Both are aware that DE Calc in 11th grade and 12th grade with DE physics and/or Chem taken after advanced high school Physics and Chem, is around the "average" track at these schools. Purdue does not seem to be aware nor care. The school's own data for one of these schools clearly shows Purdue is an easier admit than VT, for Engineering /CS.

The top 10-15% of students are "top track":AP CalcBC in 11th and DE MV/LA/DiffEq in 12th, as well as AP physics C, AP Chem, often before 12th.. Those are the kids that have a decent shot at GT OOS as well as Stanford/Ivies/JHU for Engineering, and all of them get into VT and UVA for Engineering, as well as Purdue easily.

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Anonymous wrote:Mine deferred Purdue-waiting on VA Tech, GT (among others)

Same for us, though I was a little surprised (1500 SAT, 3.93 UW GPA, DC Public).

Waiting on almost the same list as here (GTech, UIUC, Michigan, UMD, VTech, + Boulder, Rutgers, Austin) and maybe a mistake not including more target/safety schools but we have a spot at a European school.

I think you are definitely good for Vtech, Boulder, Rutgers and probably UMD. Good luck.

Anonymous wrote:Mine deferred Purdue-waiting on VA Tech, GT (among others)

Same for us, though I was a little surprised (1500 SAT, 3.93 UW GPA, DC Public).

Waiting on almost the same list as here (GTech, UIUC, Michigan, UMD, VTech, + Boulder, Rutgers, Austin) and maybe a mistake not including more target/safety schools but we have a spot at a European school.

We are also waiting on these after my son got accepted into Purdue. I have a feeling he will be deferred or rejected other places ☹️

how big is Wisconsin first year?

in purdue-but chose indy not knowing main campus is WF...

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Anonymous wrote:if you get into Purdue what are the chances in getting into the other ones?

DC's friend a few years ago was admitted to Purdue eng but not UMD eng. Purdue does seem easier than UMD. In state.

Also, Purdue’s freshman class is around 9000. UMD and Georgia Tech are 4-5k. For entire class, not just engineering

Georgia Tech's freshman class last cycle for Fall semester was 3,484. Of those 1,955 were for Engineering and of those 1,955 only 876 were OOS students for Engineering.

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Anonymous wrote:if you get into Purdue what are the chances in getting into the other ones?

DC's friend a few years ago was admitted to Purdue eng but not UMD eng. Purdue does seem easier than UMD. In state.

Also, Purdue’s freshman class is around 9000. UMD and Georgia Tech are 4-5k. For entire class, not just engineering

Friend of mine-graduating class of 2023-in state VA-kid got into Purdue-but rejected VA Tech. You just never know…

Anonymous wrote:anyone hear from UMich EA?

A few EA kids heard in early Jan, but the rest find out around Jan 30.

Mine deferred Purdue-waiting on VA Tech, GT (among others)