How does the application to Honors college work? If you don’t get accepted, are you eligible to be considered in the regular?
Historically, honors college was only considered for students admitted in EA.
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Your student can apply the following year. Most of the benefits go to freshmen, but applications in subsequent years is an option.
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Next up financial packages , as people start to receive them can you let us know. DD wants to make a decision so badly but until we see financial packages we can’t compare schools and see the whole picture.
Hi, just wondering if any of the OOS or International students accepted EA at Purdue for CS were SAT optional? Or if their SAT scores were in the 1400 range.
Our DS OOS SAT is 1530
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OOS - 1430 SAT here
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Purdue doesn’t give a lot of money to OOS students. I think fewer than 15% get merit money. It is even tougher to get merit money in engineering, computer science, and professional flight because there is plenty of demand for those seats at full price. One can hope, but the odds aren’t favorable. Even at full price, though, Purdue is a bargain compared to other midwestern flagships.
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Yep we are instate and got presidential scholarship . Older brother in engineering and no scholarship . 2 in college will be tough so needing to see full financial picture (Pell , boiler gold grant etc ) before final decision .
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My son is OOS and reported his 1530.
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Wondering if they have taken any SAT-optional students in CS.
Just a note that Purdue was not technically test optional this cycle. They were “test flexible” meaning that unless a student had no option to test because of Covid, they expected to see scores. Not submitting a score because it was too low could have been a red flag. Purdue utilizes regional ad coms so they are very aware of which areas were impacted by testing issues and which weren’t.
And a note to future applicants that Purdue is going back to requiring tests for 2024.
From the FAQ undergrad admissions page:
For Spring, Summer, and Fall 2023, Purdue is test flexible. This means that if a student can take an SAT or ACT, we prefer they do so. However, we recognize that possible cancellations and postponement of national standardized tests due to pandemic restrictions may be impacting students’ applications. With that in mind, we will move forward and review any application from a student who is unable to take a standardized test*.*
Test flexible means that the institution would still prefer an SAT or ACT test score. Test optional typically implies a student is given the option to choose whether or not to submit a test score for consideration.
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My daughter is OOS. She was deferred for CS. Her SAT was a 1550. We are hoping she will still get in!
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My son (OOS) was also deferred for CS (submitted ACT score) . . . I’m afraid we’ve probably moved on from Purdue, as some other Big 10 schools (Indiana, Minnesota and Iowa) have admitted him with some nice merit aid and honors colleges.
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and all are fine schools. Best of luck.
My D23 applied (accepted) TO. Did not submit because score was low - she could take it, and did (though did nothing to prepare for it because she knew she was applying TO everywhere, hence the low score). There was too much going on to add the stress and anxiety of test prep (she has test anxiety) and none of the 13 schools where she applied required it (accepted at 9 so far plus one deferral)
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May I ask for what major?
Education - which I do realize explains it. Were it engineering, CS, pre-flight or the like, I’m sure it may have been different. But I doubt admissions is really checking to see if an applicant had the opportunity to take SAT/ACT
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This was the exact same scenario for two of my daughter’s friends. Both submitted TO because they did not feel that their scores represented their abilities, and both were admitted. One into Krannert for finance and the other for Actuarial Science. Clearly Purdue is conducting a holistic review process at this point in time.
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I do think it’s different for the more competitive majors but the only people who really know are the adcoms. I take them at their word though that they prefer to see scores.
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