Devastated here too - Son got rejected from FYE but accepted to Mechanical Engineering Technology.
OOS / SAT 1500/ GPA 3.92 / 10 AP’s / mediocre essay / soccer captain for 2 years / work experience / leadership.
He wants aerospace, no idea why he chose Mechanical Engineering Technology, no idea what is this. I don’t think he will go to the Technology Major.
This really ruined his confidence, I guess he is not good enough. Besides probably the essey, I am not sure what he could do better
We have acceptance to Ohio State and NJIT - so it’s not that he doesn’t have options -
however his first 2 schools are Univ of Florida and Purdue. Now I’m anxious about Florida.
I’m sorry. My son just got deferred for Krannert School of Management, likely will equate to a no as well. His first not yes, I know he is bummed to. Oh well. Good luck to all.
He has several he hasn’t heard from but they’re more competitive. Now I’m worried because we were considering Purdue as a somewhat safe school and he was deferred. He’s been accepted to Ohio State, University of Delaware, and Texas A&M.
With those stats for some reason the application may have been deemed a safety school/not 1st choice application. Your student may be able to appeal or ask to be re-considered for exploratory studies. If Purdue is the clear first choice and you are not relying on financial aid to determine school selection, be explicit and tell admissions if accepted will attend. They are yield conscious like eveyone else. They have more than 65000 applications this cycle. Top kids are going to get bad news today and it feels awful.
Son got deferred for CS.
-UW4.0, W 4.8,
-18 APs( mostly 5’s, few 4’s)
-Excellent EC’s
-published research paper,
-founder of a club, non profit organization, few other leadership positions,
-national/ international / state comp. awards,
-hundreds of hours of volunteering.
-Very good essays, recs.
Totally shocked!
Daughter got accepted and received a merit aid (10k) but did not get into the Honors college? Is this unusual since I saw that it is hard to get merit aid?
Purdue MET grads work in aerospace. Purdue MET students sometimes transfer (CODO in Purdue lingo) to mechanical engineering or aero. Also, your student can accept the MET offer and then file a CODO before the start of the school year as Exploratory and enroll in an FYE intro course. Your student is in so if Purdue is the place, the ultimate goal is still possible!
Definitely possible. I mentioned above that my D21 has a combo of merit that covers her full costs (in-state tuition, room and board, and books/other expenses). She wasn’t admitted to the Honors College, though. Our understanding is that Honors College admissions are spread throughout every major, so some slots are more competitive than others due to sheer numbers.
I’d encourage him to wait too. It seemed like last cycle more deferred students were admitted than in years passed, so who knows what will happen this year. As noted, a deferral isn’t a denial.
We are shocked too, My Son 36 ACT, 3.95 GPA, National Merit Semi finalist with lots of AP and extra curricular got rejection for engineering as well. Deferred for Data Science.