Admissions (I do not know the intricacies of merit). He is applying to a major where 800M is commonplace.
If you had said he has tried several times and that is his score, great. But you said he took it once and barely prepped. There is nothing to loose other than a morning in Aug.
One thing to note with Purdue and not just Purdue (UMN had too) and Iâm guessing others as well - is that there is a surcharge for engineering. With the published COA, itâd still be within budget.
Itâs interesting to me because my sonâs school didnât have a surcharge but also gave $2500 more merit for a high test.
So it is something to look at for each school on your list so youâre aware of the complete charge - which isnât just the COA.
Some programs have additional fees: Computer Science - $2,050, Data Science - $2,050, Engineering - $2,050, Agricultural and Biological Engineering - $2,050, Management - $1,436, Purdue Polytechnic - $572, Flight - Individual courses in this program have additional fees; please refer to the Bursar website or contact the department for specific flight course fees, Honors College - $200
Lots of schools have extra fees for engineering . UVA and Virginia Tech both did. Good to figure that out ahead of time if that extra cost would be a real problem or possible dealbreaker .
One added benefit for OOS students (or most likely for their parents, or whomever is paying for school) is that for the past 10 years or so, tuition has remained flat at Purdue, and for almost as long housing costs have remained flat at Purdue as well. I donât know how long that will continue, but I was always grateful for Purdueâs refusal to increase those costs! We averaged around $45K/year at Purdue for our OOS student, as I recall.
You may want to add U Alabama as a safety in addition to UAH. Both work with the space industry. Youâd need to vibe check them. Bama has a really beautiful campus and a lot of opportunities and UAH has a wonderful honor college dean but it is small.
We looked at both for a future in the space industry but ended up at USAFA trying to get into Space Force. There is so much opportunity at USAFA and my cadet was just offered a research opportunity with NASA as a sophomore. Itâs not for everyone to serve like that though.
We actually decided to visit the USAFA when in CO in August. He was initially pretty interested but then changed his mind after about a month. His guidance counselor convinced him it was more of a job than being a student (?) I was hoping he would at least apply and then decide but given that itâs such a huge commitment, we respect his choice.
Do I start a new thread to share acceptances/costs? I figured maybe it would be helpful for people in the future, but wasnât sure where to post it.
I love results threads! And I do think it is helpful for it to be in its own thread â but you can link to this one in case anyone wants the history.
I think you have a great list and that your student certainly could get into UW. However, as you know as an in-state parent, the acceptance rates are extremely misleading, which TBH, I think itâs confusing folks responding here who donât live in Washington State, like we do. I know multiple 4.0 unweighted, IB/AP/high-achieving in-state students who didnât get into UW this past year.
(Since apps were due a few weeks ago, this is irrelevant for this year.) As a parent with two students at UW (Comp E and Bio), the best advice Iâve heard for getting in is for your student to make sure their essays convey WHY they want to go to UW specifically. From our observations, UW doesnât see the need to admit any particular high-achieving student without a compelling reason. Itâs like they are assuming somewhere else will take them, particularly if the family can afford out-of-state tuition elsewhere.
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