S, 34 ACT, 3.9 uw, 4.4 w, AP’s: Physics 1 & 2, Biology, Stats, micro/macro, World History (Physics A, Calc and Spanish this year). Solid EC’s - NHS, Molecular Biology Summer Internship, Eagle Scout, Order of the Arrow, AP Scholar with Distinction, Varsity XC and vball, Engineering Camp.
I think you will be competitive for HC.
In-state or OOS applicant?
OOS
Here is a link to the Purdue Data Digest, here, https://www.purdue.edu/datadigest/, under the link for “Applications, Admits, and Matriculations”. It is interactive, so you can input the parameters that most apply to you (for example, you would be “Non-Resident” under the “Residency” tab). Based on your input, the Data Digest will generate information and create some graphs/charts from which you may be able to make an estimate of your chances for admission. Also, there should be a table at the bottom which gives the admission rates (and yield) for students matriculating in the Fall semesters of the past 10 years; you will see that the acceptance rates have been broadly trending down for undergraduate engineering applicants since 2009, although there was an upward spike for last year. As recently noted elsewhere on the Purdue forum, the university underestimated its yield last year, and had about 500 more admits than it planned for; so there is some speculation that there may be fewer admits for this coming admissions cycle to compensate for that.
You can also look at Purdue’s Common Data Set, here, https://www.purdue.edu/oirae/resources.html. Part C7 tells you what admissions factors Purdue considers to be “very important,” “important,” “considered,” and “not considered”; Part C9 of the CDS gives the median 50% for both SAT and ACT scores, as well as the percentage of the entering first-year class falling within certain ranges of SAT and ACT scores.
I don’t know whether your high school has Naviance or any similar program that gives information about how students at your high school have done in applying to colleges and universities; if so, you might peruse that data for applicants to Purdue from your school. I would also try to meet with a guidance counselor at your school later this semester, or early in the Fall semester, to discuss application strategies for Purdue; if any former students from your school have been admitted to Purdue recently, the guidance counselor may be able to give some insight into how and why such student(s) were successful.
Good information. Naviance was helpful as well.
Over the last 3 years 55 students were accepted out of 79 that applied (~70%). The scattergram shows all accepts with the stats stated and better. You need to drop 0.4 on the weighted gpa or a 33 ACT to see the first denied applicant. Of course, the 2018 freshman bubble could be a wild card in the estimations.