<p>Originally posted on the Purdue subform:</p>
<p>hello,</p>
<p>I am looking for insight and perspective from people familiar with Purdue University's transfer acceptance standards.</p>
<p>By the end of this coming summer semester (ie: this semester, next semester, and a summer session), I will have the following courses completed:</p>
<p>Calculus 1 and 2
Gen Chem 1 and 2
Freshman Comp
Public Speaking
Physics (cal based) 1
Python Programming class
C++/C programming for engineers
3 elective credits from classes not worth mentioning</p>
<p>I expect to have no less than a 3.3 in these classes, currently am teetering between at a 88ish in all of my classes -- going to study hard for the next two exams and kill my finals so a 4.0 this semester is a strong possibility.</p>
<p>I want to get into purdue's nuclear engineering program and start in the fall of 2012 (unfortunately it looks like to enter for fall 2012 i have to apply this coming summer -- so i have less college coursework to show them -- more on why this is detrimental later) , and my questions are as follows.</p>
<p>a) how competitive is a student (ie how likely are they to be accepted) with the courses listed above and a 3.3-3.6 GPA?</p>
<p>b) how much weight is put into a transfer student's high school record? In high school i didn't care about school in the slightest and had a sub-2.0 gpa until my senior year. Senior year i shaped up and took full AP and college prep courses. Finished the year with a 3.6+.</p>
<p>c) I never took a foreign language in high school. Does this have the potential to sabotage my chances of getting in?</p>
<p>d) Given everything: a 3.3 - 3.6 in the listed courses, strong recommendations from my professors (which i'll definitely have to back me), and a strong personal statement, what do you think my chances are?</p>
<p>edit:</p>
<p>e) next semester i'm taking calc2 chem 2 physics 1 and public speaking --would you guys advise me to take a foreign language to please purdue, and for no other reason (i have no intrinsic interest in learning a foreign language but do have my crosshairs dead set on nucEng at purdue). I would be able to fulfill the requirement of two college semesters (this coming semester + a summer course)</p>
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<p>subsequent posts by me:</p>
<p>"currently attending University of North Dakota"</p>
<p>"Also, if the courses i listed didnt make it sufficiently clear, I am a first year student just about to finish up my first semester"</p>
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