Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know a kid who turned down Brown and Dartmouth for Purdue. Aerospace Engineering

smart choice

https://www.lanterncollegecounseling.com/insights/best-colleges-for-aerospace-engineering

Caltech
Georgia Tech
MIT
Purdue
Stanford
CU Boulder
UIUC
Michigan
Maryland
Cal Poly SLO
Embry-Riddle
Olin
RIT
Rose-Hulman
UAH
U Arizona
Virginia Tech
WPI

Yep. Purdue has a great Aerospace Program.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He did get into Colby too, but that was totally not the school for him. He got a lot of merit to other schools, but not to Purdue. His heart is set on Purdue and he's enrolled. I just worry about the size.

It’s big, but every university has big classes for CS as it has been so popular. Harvard’s CS intro class last fall had 354 kids and a handful of other CS classes had over a hundred. It’s just the nature of the subject.

IMO, colleges purposefully make the lower level classes large not just because of student population but as weed out classes.

Anonymous wrote:I know a kid who turned down Brown and Dartmouth for Purdue. Aerospace Engineering

smart choice

https://www.lanterncollegecounseling.com/insights/best-colleges-for-aerospace-engineering

Caltech
Georgia Tech
MIT
Purdue
Stanford
CU Boulder
UIUC
Michigan
Maryland
Cal Poly SLO
Embry-Riddle
Olin
RIT
Rose-Hulman
UAH
U Arizona
Virginia Tech
WPI

Anonymous wrote:He did get into Colby too, but that was totally not the school for him. He got a lot of merit to other schools, but not to Purdue. His heart is set on Purdue and he's enrolled. I just worry about the size.

We were in a similar situation last year, but for engineering. My kid had a great year at Purdue, exceeding all expectations and your kids will not have the pressure of a secondary admission to major that my kid had. I was nervous about the size in general, but my kid wanted a large school and went in with eyes wide open. My kid did to the summer start program, which eased the transition and helped make friends in a more laid back environment.

Anonymous wrote:I know a kid who turned down Brown and Dartmouth for Purdue. Aerospace Engineering

Well of course that's a no brainer.