My chances for Purdue

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<p>Please tell me my chances for Purdue and if there is anything I can do to improve them.</p>

<p>Fuffy24
July 5 edited July 5
[ <em>] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): Engineering
[ *] SAT (one sitting): 2040(1340)
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent):
[ *] ACT:
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.9375
[ *] Course load (# of AP/IB/H, special courses, etc.): 9 APS by end of senior year, our school didn't have honors but it offered pre-ap, which I took 9. Ignore that if it doesn't matter
[ *] Rank: top 16%
[ *] Other stats: have an upward trend
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):
*no positions</em>
NHS member
Key club member
Volunteer at community center
Volunteer at foodbank
Worked at a fast food place
Business professionals of America(have some awards)
Debate
[ *] Essays: good
[ *] Teacher Recs: good but not amazing
[ *] Counselor Rec: good
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.):no hook
[ *) Location/Person: Houston/ apartment
[ *] State or Country: texas
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian/Pacific Islander
[ *] Gender:male
[ *] major strength/weakness: lack of positions in extra curriculars, no amazing reccomendations
[ *] Other Factors/questions:</p>

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<p>The question shouldn’t be “Will I?” but “How much merit aid will I get?”
Purdue is not selective at all, but has intensive weeding out process.</p>

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<p>^^Agreed, about a 94% chance of acceptance (I don’t know, the number just sounded good to me!)
Your merit aid may be limited because you are out-of-state and are in engineering, a competitive program. (Merit aid is sometimes given out via schools, so the school of engineering must be more selective than say, the school of education.)</p>

<p>And do be aware that the engineering weed-out classes are scary (at least that’s what I’ve been told).</p>

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<p>Thanks for the response guys. As for the weed out classes, I really love science and math and have done well when I have studied, so hopefully hard work and dedication will help me come out unscathed.</p>