S23 is admitted with Presidential Scholarship. There is no mention of Honors admission although he indicated interest and completed the essays.
Also, it seems that you need to accept the offer before you can do anything (housing, Learning Communities, email, etc.) unlike Texas A&M that lets you do everything, and still have until May 1st to accept the offer. Am I reading right? Please correct if wrong.
Yes that is correct, nothing else happens until offer is accepted. With the housing situation (very limited ) the sooner you decide and do housing application the better.
That is correct.
In terms of housing, Purdue has added nearly 4,000 d beds in the last two years and have prioritized dorms for freshman. I’m not sure how things will go this cycle but I don’t think you need to worry about housing this early.
Last year the priority deadline for LLCs and dorms was mid April.
For all newly accepted students, Purdue admissions, housing, and individual colleges will start doing webinar style presentations and be available for questions over the next few months.
I recommend to parents signing up for the FB group run by Purdue for this incoming class. Also follow Townie Moms. They are a wealth of info on practical things in W Lafayette.
Just so I understand, as long as you accept offer and sign up for housing by mid April, my son is guaranteed on campus housing? There is no priority if accepting today versus mid April, correct? Is the housing a lottery?
Also, any feedback on LLC’s for freshman engineering student?
Thanks!
I would honestly check directly with the housing office. Mid April was what they said last year and that was already a change from when my D was a freshman.
Epics is an amazing program for engineers. My D knows a bunch of students who turned down honors for EPICS. She also knows some students who did GEAR but covid derailed the program for them.
Thank you. We will reach out to the housing department. My son is actually interested in Epics. Thanks for the feedback.
My daughter with high stats OOS was deferred for CS. She worked very hard on the honors essays and writing is a clear strength for her. Purdue would be one of her top choices and she says she would be happy to be there. I think in many cases your “overflowing bucket” idea is spot on. We live in the Chicago area and many kids apply from this area.
My son relayed a quote online about the small school atmosphere as it relates to teachers really caring and being invested, and how important this was to him after a tough pandemic school experience. I agree with you that I think strong essays really helped, he was not as strong academically but it was explainable.
PSA for any potential Boiler engineers (especially those interested in chem e or materials)- My D is happy to talk to any students who are wanting more information from the student perspective. Just PM me and I can forward on her contact information. (She’s does outreach for SWE but happy to talk to anyone).
Our son was accepted to the engineering program on Fri. However, we did not get the parent email that is mentioned here. Wonder if I should call them on Tues?
Here’s who to contact: Parent & Family Connections - Parent & Family Connections - Purdue University
I understand the frustration with surprising deferrals and rejections. These decisions along with merit awards were definitely unexpected in some cases. I know an accepted student for engineering that was awarded a Presidential Scholarship OOS and has not even taken AP Physics.
We have received but it just says that admitted but has no more details like what program or anything so nothing valuable lost if not received.
I’m not a high stats student but since my brother is at Purdue right now and I really like the school so I believe my Purdue essay carried me 
Some high schools in our area, despite of high rigor, no longer offer classes labeled with AP. Some high schools offer limited number of AP’s for limited seats and students may not get the lottery to take a certain AP classes before graduation. Purdue’s Presidential Scholarship doesn’t say it’s only based on AP#/ test scores. The National Merit Scholarship is probably the only one with a set standard. Congrats to all who were selected for merit awards!
Been following the discussion on CC these past few months…first-time poster. Just wanted to share that DS got accepted to FYE - OOS, 3.73 UW/ 4.5W, 1440 SAT, 9 APs, tons of Hons/ GT classes. Decent but not extraordinary ECs, solid essays (I think).
This was not his first acceptance, but the one he really wanted - so we are all pretty excited! We toured Purdue last summer and he immediately fell in love with the campus and the collaborative nature of the engineering program. Still waiting to hear from a few more colleges, but Purdue is going to be tough to beat.
Huge thanks to @momofboiler1 @tsbna44 @RichInPitt and many others who selflessly share their experience and advice on this and other threads. Your perspectives are really helpful to those of us who are going through this experience for the first time.
Best of luck to your son at Purdue…or the other school he attends if it really wows him - and it sounds like it’d have to!!!
Our son was admitted to the Artificial Intelligence Program in the College of Liberal Arts (Bachelor of Art degree) from the second option but declined for the first option (Computer Science), with 4.0UWGPA/4.7WGPA, OK EC, OK Essay.
There are Artificial Intelligence (AI) program in CS as well with more focus on CS and Math.
The AI in College of Liberal Arts is pretty new for Purdue - anyone has any insight into the AI BA program in Purdue? Can you select more CS courses as Elective? How about the internship and future recruiting opportunities compared to AI in CS?
Thanks.
I am pointing out the opposite. Purdue NEEDS full pay OOS/international students to keep the tuition freeze going for more than 10 years. They are not generous with merit—especially OOS—and make no bones about it in their finaid meetings with families. They also lose out on kids admissions accepts because the need-based aid isn’t enough in the end. But they are serious about providing opportunity as a land grant and trying to improve need-based grants. Their own research on enrolled students revealed to them that the students least prepared for the rigor of Purdue were from Indiana! There are a lot of factors at play in crafting a class. It’s art, not science, but money is a key factor.
From what I’ve read the BA includes philosophy courses as part of the program. In recent years CS electives have been hard to enroll in—there have been sections restricted for majors only and fewer sections for non-majors. If it were my child I’d suggest my student first look at the Plan of Study for the BA sequence to see what CS courses are listed as options and then reach out to the departments in Liberal Arts and the CS dept to get more info on your other questions.