***Official Purdue Class of 2019 EA Applicant Thread***

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<p>Applied in October, submitted app a few days before the Nov. 1 deadline. </p>

<p>Indiana High School Student at a small Private Christian school in Indianapolis.
GPA: 3.4 at the end of junior year, hoping to raise to 3.6/3.7 (it’s trending upwards)
Act: 30
Sat: 1390 out of 1600, 1990/2400.
Major: Computer Science, and I may seek out a double major in Finance at Krannert.
Ec: robotics team, captain; NHS; part time employment since junior year; media and equipment manager (av, projectors, speakers, soundboards) for the school (weekly choir/services, plays, etc)</p>

<p>Status: applied EA and got in! I’m waiting to see financial info and university honors info before I decide, also waiting on UofM, Case Western, and a few other decisions. </p>

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<p>Applied Oct 31
Accepted!! (4:52pm 12/12)
SAT: 1940
GPA: 3.85 UW & 4.53 W
ECs: 11 seasons of varsity sports, Class President, NHS, SADD, Student Ambassador, 500 service hours, Project Lead the Way & Youth Group)</p>

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<p>Applied on 15th November
Accepted CS</p>

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<p>Damn! Indian applicant?</p>

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<p>@noogler I got in.</p>

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<p>@iliveinmumbai‌ asking me? If so, yes.</p>

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<p>Accepted for aerospace engineering!</p>

<p>UW: 3.4
W: 4.14
ACT: 33
EC: Too many for me to list, but very strong
Essay: Strong as well, 8/10</p>

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<p>American citizen studying in India.
Applied on October 31st IST/
SAT: 1960 (640 CR, 710 Math, 610 Writing)
Major of Choice: Computer Engineering
ECs: Basketball player at domestic, national and international level, and captain of the school’s team. School’s vice-captain.
9th Grade: 9.4/10 CGPA
10th Grade: 9.6/10 CGPA
11th: 69% ( :neutral_face: )
Haven’t submitted any senior year scores yet.
Haven’t received any news on the decision. Status says: Complete ready for review
Can anyone rate my chances?
Suspense is killing me!!!</p>

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<p>Decision letters are up with login information to your student account.</p>

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<p>same here Comp Sci bro turn up</p>

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<p>@beck3570‌ same here bro Comp sci we made it :)</p>

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<p>I’m receiving an error when I try to log in and check my status. The error which someone had mentioned earlier. Also, I didn’t receive any mails regarding the decision or for Thanksgiving, which is surprising.</p>

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<p>Does anyone know when they let you know about honors and/or scholarships?</p>

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<p>@funtimes123 I believe they start handing out invitations to honors in like, Jan and the same for scholarships as well.</p>

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<p>So I finally got my letter and I’m looking for scholarship information because I can’t go unless I get a merit/need-based scholarship. Does anyone know when these are being released?</p>

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<p>I am also having the </p>

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<p>Anyone know what we should do?</p>

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<p>Late to the party</p>

<p>I feel a little pretentious making this but these things helped out when gauging what schools I wanted</p>

<p>And I’m not sure why the bullets aren’t working, oh well</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted Computer Science</p>

<p>Probably won’t go if it’s not the best school I get into</p>

<p>Objective: Computer Science? Not sure what this is asking.
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): naw
[</em>] ACT: 33
[<em>] SAT II: 710 on Math II (I think?)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.56 UW 3.96 W
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): I think 112/396, not very high. High school is pretty competitive but I didn’t have the highest grades tbh
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): I actually forgot to put these in my Purdue app because I was so pressured for time, but English Lang (3) Euro Hist (3) US Hist (4) Calc AB (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): naw
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Comp Sci, AP Macroecon, AP Calc BC
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None really[/li][/list]</p>

<p>Subjective:
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Key Club Treasurer, in Leadership/ASB (Commissioner of Video Tech), I program things on my free time, Harvard Model Congress, Autism Youth Ambassadors, Varsity Golf (4 years). Can’t remember all
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Unpaid Volunteer Math Tutoring, Caddy for an ALS Charity Golf Tournament all 4 years, other smaller things as well
[</em>] Summer Activities: TV lol
[<em>] Essays: I think they were pretty good. It showed my voice pretty well and I was happy with the result. I guess they liked it
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Never read it, probably decent (AP Calc AB teacher)
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Probably decent, never read it
[</em>] Additional Rec: naw
[li] Interview: naw[/li][/list]</p>

<p>Other
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): OOS (California)
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public High School, pretty competitive
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic/White
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>]Income Bracket: Pretty high
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I guess being Hispanic, I’m sure that helped out
Reflection
[li] Strengths: ACT score, being hispanic lol[/li][</em>] Weaknesses: GPA
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: probably the same as the strengths
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No one else yet, hopefully UMich soon!
General Comments:
Don’t be a pretentious butthole</p>

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<p>Based on last years honors thread, it looks like notification for the honors invite happened late jan/ early feb.</p>

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<p>The admission letter didn’t mention any scholarship. When will we know the scholarship and honor college decisions?</p>

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<p>@NorthernKev oh phew, it seems like some people still haven’t heard back, hopefully I’ll hear back soon </p>