*** Purdue - West Lafayette - Class of 2021 - Results Thread ***

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Applied: 8/01
Date of Checklist Completion: 08/14
Date of Decision: 1/11

Decision: Accepted( BOILER UP !)

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1370(760M+610ERW)
TOEFL: 98

Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): None cause International Applicant from a system of no GPAs
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
Senior Year Course Load: English(Core), Physics, Chemistry, Physical Education, Mathematics
Subjective:
Grades
IX-9.6( CGPA)
X-10.0(CGPA)
XI-88%( PCM + Phy. Education)
XII-95.4%
My school is quite well renowned, so probably that is why they gave my Grades an edge over SAT Score.

TWIST IN TALE: My SAT User Percentile was 96, which is roughly somewhere between 1400-1450.

Well written LORs from Physics and Mathematics Teachers
EC’s:
German Language Course, Robotics, Community Service, Volunteering, 2 Academic Projects, Computer Skills ( C,C++, HTML, SQL), Vice President of Chemistry Club, Cleared some competitive Exams, School Gold Medallist

Personal Statement: 9/10
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Nah
Intended Major : Computer Science
Country (if international applicant): India
School Type: Indian National Curriculum-CBSE
Ethnicity: Asian(Indian)
Gender: Male

Reflection
Strengths: My school grades, Recommendation letters, EC’s
Weaknesses: Standardized test scores.
Schools were you accepted to? Purdue
Schools you were rejected from? UIUC

General Comments: MIRACLES DO HAPPEN !! Give them an Idea of who you are. I can be an example for those who have low SAT but high GPA.
GOLDEN TIP: APPLY EARLY! ( Especially when decisions are released on rolling basis)
Good Luck!!

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Applied: 10/31
Date of Checklist Completion: 11/29
Date of Decision: 1/17

Decision: Waitlisted/Deferred

Objective:
SAT II: 710 Math, Physics TBA

Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.3
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
ACT: 30 (34 math)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C EM/Mech - AP Calc AB - AP Macro/Micro Econ - Creative Writing/Science Fiction- Big Data/Aerospace - Digital production

Personal Statement: 8/10
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yeah
Intended Major : Computer Science
State: Michigan (I’m classified as out of state, not international)
Country (if international applicant): China (Expat American though)
School Type: American Intl.
Ethnicity: American
Gender: Male

Reflection
Strengths: My senior year grades, LOR
Weaknesses: Overall High school GPA
Schools were you accepted to? MSU
Schools you were deferred to? Purdue
Schools you were rejected from? N/A
Schools you haven’t heard from yet: UofM, WPI, GeorgiaTech, Virginia Tech, Northeastern

General Comments: Don’t be afraid to talk to admissions consulars. They’re here to help. Apply early to these rolling admissions schools. Also, make sure your school counselor gets everything in on time. Mine missed the priority deadline (which I wanted to hit) by a month.

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Date applied : 11/10/2016
Date of Checklist Completion :18/10/2016
Date of Decision :

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1450/1600 (760 M 690E)
[] ACT: NA
[] SAT II: Maths: 800 Physics:800 German/wL: 710 French and Spanish(Not Sent): 690 Each
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 10.0): 10 (My country has CGPA)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): NA
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): NA
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 5 International Olympiads (3 Bronze 2 Silver Medals), President of 3 clubs (Robotics, Web Designing and Science) and Head Boy of the School.

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Soccer, Learning new languages, Web Designing and Coding
[] Job/Work Experience: Nah
[] Volunteer/Community service: Disaster Relief
[] Personal Statement: 7/10 LoL

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yeah
[li]** Intended Major **: Computer Science [/li][] Country (if international applicant): India
[] School Type: Indian National Curriculum CBSE
[] Ethnicity: Asian(Indian)
[li] Gender: Male[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: Essays, Achievements
[] Weaknesses: SAT Score
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to: UChicago (Waitlisted)
[] Schools you were rejected from: MIT lol
[*] Schools you are waiting for: Manyyyy…

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I’m a bit late but…

Date applied : Early-october
Date of Checklist Completion :
Date of Decision : Nov. 18

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1460/1600
[] ACT: 33C (35E, 32M, 33R, 30S)
[] SAT II: 710 Math II, 680 USH (Yikes)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.7, 4.2 W
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank but I’m guessing top 10%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (4), AP Euro (4), APUSH (5), Physics 1 (3), Capstone Seminar (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Macro, AP Calc AB, AP Gov, AP Studio Art, French 4, Astronomy, AP Capstone Research
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with distinction if that counts, state awards for Piano, Girl Scouts Gold Award (expected)[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 10 years of Girl Scouts (Ambassador), 12 years of Piano, Library Council (VP), Pres and officer of 2 obscure clubs, Art Club, NHS, Key Club, TedX, Food Pantry
[] Job/Work Experience: Retail starting senior year
[] Volunteer/Community service: ~150 hrs
[] Personal Statement: I’d say an 8.5-9/10

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yup
[li]** Intended Major **: FYE[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): In-state
[] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[] School Type: HUGE public school (Class size ~ 1200)
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: ~120K
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: In-state, Personal Statement, Leadership & Volunteering
[] Weaknesses: Lack of EC focus on STEM, SAT II scores
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Accepted to IU and Purdue, deferred from UMich
[] Schools you were rejected from? None yet
[li] Schools you are waiting for? UCSD, UCLA, UCB, Pomona College, USC[/li][/ul]General Comments: Good Luck!! As you can tell, I really want to get out of Indy and go to school in Cali, but Purdue’s a great school so I guess it won’t be too awful if I end up getting rejected everywhere else lol…maybe :,(

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Date applied : lol couple days after Nov 1?
Date of Checklist Completion :
Date of Decision : 1/20

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1340 (680M 660R/W)
[] ACT: 32 (35E 31M 32R 30S 8E)
[] SAT II: 720 Math 2, 680 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): none
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Lang(3), Calc(3)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, AP Lit, APES, AP Gov, AP Spanish Lang
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Interact
[] Job/Work Experience: Tech Shop Intern
[] Volunteer/Community service: Library (Chair of Membership, board member), Tech Museum, Total: ~120hrs
[] Personal Statement: 8/10

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yeah
[li][ b] Intended Major [ /b]: Comp Sci[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public Charter
[] Ethnicity: Filipino
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: 100-150k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): URM

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: academics
[] Weaknesses: leadership
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Santa Clara, Northeastern, SJSU, UC Irvine
[] Schools you were rejected from? MIT lol
[li] Schools you are waiting for? Cornell, Carnegie Mellon, Stanford, UPenn, Cal Poly, UC Davis, Berkeley, Johns Hopkins,[/li][/ul]General Comments:

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Just a quick question…I applied in the second week of January for engineering at main campus. Any idea if my chances are sigificantly lower than if I applied before Jan 1st
ACT: 34
UW: 3.89
W: 4.45

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Rejection
Applied 12.17
Biomedical engineering
sat 1450
SATII 800math2 750 physics 730 Chem
Gpa 4.4
Comments: whatever, I cannot afford it anyway

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Date applied : 11/28/16
Date of Checklist Completion : 12/1/16
Date of Decision : Mid Year Request 1/20/17 and Final Decision: 2/24/17

Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1150/1600
ACT:
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.1475 W
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Honors Acting (Counts as two electives and gym), Conceptual Physics, prob & Stat, Lit IV, and Financial Planning
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Student of the month, High honor roll
Award (expected)
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Extensive theatrical experience, professional acting, musical experience, doctor shadowing, dance etc
Job/Work Experience: 3 different jobs starting at 16 y/o
Volunteer/Community service: probably 20
Personal Statement: Don’t really remember. Think I had a solid essay
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended Major : pre med
State (if domestic applicant): out of state
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: HUGE public school (Class size ~800)
Ethnicity: White
Gender: M
Income Bracket: ~80K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None
Reflection
Strengths: I think my essay was interesting, different background (was planning on going into theater), and extensive extracurricular/jobs
Weaknesses: lol gpa and sat
Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Accepted to U of Arizona, ASU, Michigan State, Seattle University and U of Sydney
Schools you were rejected from? Cal State Long Beach and Fordham
Schools you are waiting for? UCSC, Pepperdine, UC Riverside, USFCA, SDSU, SJSU, Chico State, SFSU
General Comments: Although Purdue is not my top choice, just because of location, I am highly considering it. Really didnt think I should have got in. But there is hope for everyone I guess. This was my first non safety (even kinda reach) school that i got into!!!

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Date applied : 1/1/17
Date of Checklist Completion : 1/2/17
Date of Decision : 2/24/17

Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1450/1600
ACT:
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.4 UW
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 36/440
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB/BC (4/4) AP Eng Lang(5) AP Gov(5) APUSH(3) Ap world (4) AP Enviro (4)
Ap Seminar (3) AP Physics 1 (3)

IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: 6 AP’s + Debate honors
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Many awards in debate, Harvard Semifinalist, National Tournament Qualifier, etc
Award (expected)- IDK
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate, Spirit of America Youth Leadership, etc
Job/Work Experience: McDonalds since last summer
Volunteer/Community service: Not too much here
Personal Statement: Wrote About Stats
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yep
Intended Major : Applied Statistics
State (if domestic applicant): out of state
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: Public Lottery School
Ethnicity: White
Gender: M
Income Bracket: ~70k
Hooks first generation college, research
Reflection
Strengths: Literally wrote about stats in every essay. The personal statement, the “why major” essay and the “why purdue” essay. I think I got my passion for my field across very well.
Weaknesses: GPA
Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Accepted to UF, UCF, and Penn state.
Schools you were rejected from? Northwestern
Schools you are waiting for? a lot

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Date applied : dont remember
Date of Checklist Completion : dont remember
Date of Decision : dont remember

[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ACT: 28
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):AP Calc-2 APUSH -5 APEngComp -4
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: APCS, AP Phys, APLit, APStats

[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): no leadership, MUN, Robotics, Gifted Talented,
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Summer intern at science summer camp
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:Girls Who Code TA(volunteer), library ,
[ *] Personal Statement:good

[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes recipient of Purdue Trustees Scholarship 5k
[ *][ b] Intended Major [ /b]: Computer Science
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Out of State California
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian - Chinese
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Income Bracket: 40k
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): na

[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: lots of EC
[ *] Weaknesses: low test scores and GPA
[ *] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? SFSU SJSU
[ *] Schools you were rejected from? UC Davis UCSD
[ *] Schools you are waiting for? Berkeley, Irvine, Boston U, U Wash
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Good Luck!!