Anonymous wrote:My kid deferred

3.98/4.46 GPA
14 IB/AP classes
Top rigor
1450 SAT (790 math)
Decent ECs

FYE

Probably didn’t show enough interest

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Anonymous wrote:In aerospace engineering honors. Oos, 3.9/4.4 gpa, 1540 sat. Nothing about merit

You might want to dig a little deeper. Purdue admits freshman into first year engineering (FYE). All FYE students regardless of being in honors must apply to their major. A 3.2 GPA guarantee's Aero but only after completing two semesters. Any application to major (T2M in Purdue speak) after that is competitive and likely requires a significantly higher GPA. Please look carefully at requirements to transfer to major at Purdue or any other engineering school as it varies and your kid might not want to risk getting into the major of choice. Purdue is notorious for weed-out classes, difficult grading and a grind culture. My kid loves it, but it's not for everyone.

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Anonymous wrote:In aerospace engineering honors. Oos, 3.9/4.4 gpa, 1540 sat. Nothing about merit

You might want to dig a little deeper. Purdue admits freshman into first year engineering (FYE). All FYE students regardless of being in honors must apply to their major. A 3.2 GPA guarantee's Aero but only after completing two semesters. Any application to major (T2M in Purdue speak) after that is competitive and likely requires a significantly higher GPA. Please look carefully at requirements to transfer to major at Purdue or any other engineering school as it varies and your kid might not want to risk getting into the major of choice. Purdue is notorious for weed-out classes, difficult grading and a grind culture. My kid loves it, but it's not for everyone.

is it hard to have a good gpa?

Anonymous wrote:My kid deferred

3.98/4.46 GPA
14 IB/AP classes
Top rigor
1450 SAT (790 math)
Decent ECs

FYE

Probably didn’t show enough interest

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Anonymous wrote:In aerospace engineering honors. Oos, 3.9/4.4 gpa, 1540 sat. Nothing about merit

You might want to dig a little deeper. Purdue admits freshman into first year engineering (FYE). All FYE students regardless of being in honors must apply to their major. A 3.2 GPA guarantee's Aero but only after completing two semesters. Any application to major (T2M in Purdue speak) after that is competitive and likely requires a significantly higher GPA. Please look carefully at requirements to transfer to major at Purdue or any other engineering school as it varies and your kid might not want to risk getting into the major of choice. Purdue is notorious for weed-out classes, difficult grading and a grind culture. My kid loves it, but it's not for everyone.

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Anonymous wrote:Do engineering kids consider this a top school? DC's friends and parents are celebrating...

Congrats to all!

Not a Top 5. But a good school.

Yes it’s a solid school for engineering. Arguably the strongest in Indiana and it’s a popular choice for lots of California kids who are shut out of the top 5 UCs, Illinois kids not into UIUC, and similar logic for other states.

I have no interest in Purdue but this is not even arguable. It is the strongest engineering school in Indiana by a mile.

It’s one of the strongest in the entire country. Definitely in top 10

Anonymous wrote:In aerospace engineering honors. Oos, 3.9/4.4 gpa, 1540 sat. Nothing about merit

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Anonymous wrote:Our DD was deferred. We are from the dmv area. She applied to engineering and the letter said if we were interested in a faster admission decision we could accept a spot in Purdue Indianoplis campus. Anyone else receive this kind of deferred letter? Also what is the indianoplis campus like as An undergraduate?

What are her stats?

1510 (790 math) .weighted 4.5 gpa. Magnet high school. Part time job all four years. Summer internship at a high reputable research institute, 1000 volunteer hours, great essay (or so we thought, maybe it wasn’t so great).2-3 other after school EC, and a sport all four years.

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Anonymous wrote:Our DD was deferred. We are from the dmv area. She applied to engineering and the letter said if we were interested in a faster admission decision we could accept a spot in Purdue Indianoplis campus. Anyone else receive this kind of deferred letter? Also what is the indianoplis campus like as An undergraduate?

What are her stats?

Anonymous wrote:Our DD was deferred. We are from the dmv area. She applied to engineering and the letter said if we were interested in a faster admission decision we could accept a spot in Purdue Indianoplis campus. Anyone else receive this kind of deferred letter? Also what is the indianoplis campus like as An undergraduate?

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Anonymous wrote:Do engineering kids consider this a top school? DC's friends and parents are celebrating...

Congrats to all!

Not a Top 5. But a good school.

Yes it’s a solid school for engineering. Arguably the strongest in Indiana and it’s a popular choice for lots of California kids who are shut out of the top 5 UCs, Illinois kids not into UIUC, and similar logic for other states.

I have no interest in Purdue but this is not even arguable. It is the strongest engineering school in Indiana by a mile.

Anonymous wrote:DD was accepted. She got into the honors college but was not offered merit aid in her acceptance letter.
Does this mean they’re not offering her merit aid? Or could that offer come later?

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Anonymous wrote:Do engineering kids consider this a top school? DC's friends and parents are celebrating...

Congrats to all!

Not a Top 5. But a good school.

Yes it’s a solid school for engineering. Arguably the strongest in Indiana and it’s a popular choice for lots of California kids who are shut out of the top 5 UCs, Illinois kids not into UIUC, and similar logic for other states.