Cliche what schools did you turn down in favor of Purdue thread

Colleges and Universities A-Z Purdue University
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<p>University of Texas at Austin
Texas A&M</p>

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<p>@ einstein10
HA HA</p>

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<p>Johns Hopkins, WashU in St. Louis, and IU for premed…cuz Purdue is tight, isn’t it?</p>

<p>but 1811X2 - your girl is CRAZY if you live in CA (basically full in-state tuition right?); is she going to be living in the Lyceum?</p>

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<p>^ You got into JHU though…</p>

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<p>^ yeah, but it was like 28k/yr with aid while Purdue is half that with their SAT scholarship. i’ll just go the cheap route now, and go to some posh med school like stanford or duke later. it’s all about the $$</p>

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<p>understandable. nice to see people like you raise our standards</p>

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<p>I turned down Rose-Hulman, UMiami, Drexel, IUPUI and some other state schools.</p>

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<p>Turned down:

  • U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Wisconsin - Madison
  • Washington - Seattle
  • Penn State
  • V Tech
  • Minnesota</p>

<p>Major - Aerospace Engineering</p>

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<p>I know its hard to believe but, Purdue is ranked higher than JHU in virtually every field of Engineering. The exception is BME, JHU utterly dominates us there.</p>

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<p>^ Yeah. I know about that actually. However, whenever I think of JHU then I think of doctors lol</p>

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<p>Major: AAE</p>

<p>Turned down:
Ohio State (instate, scholarship)
U of Illinois (scholarship)
U of Michigan</p>