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Hey everyone. i stumbled upon this board last night, and was really impressed. Right now I am waiting for my Purdue acceptance/denial. With these stats, what would you say will happen to me?

ACT- 29
GPA- 3.5 (on 4.0 scale)
Honors Classes:
Frosh: 3
Soph: 3
Jr: 2
Sr: 2
Classes:
4 years of German, 5 years of math, 4 years of honors track science (AP Chem this year), 4 years of English (2 of which were honors), 2.5 years of Social Studies (1 year of honors).

Since Purdue doesn't care about extracirricular's, I won't list them. Oh yeah, I am an Illinois, male, caucasion (if this matters) resident.

Thanks!

By Freak4korn72 (Freak4korn72) on Wednesday, November 26, 2003 - 04:51 pm: Edit

I would think so, I got in with a 1220 and 28. But I did have a 4.0

By Mcnease (Mcnease) on Wednesday, November 26, 2003 - 04:54 pm: Edit

I would bet the classes I took will even out my GPA. The only pushover class I ever took was US History, because it was required. I basically took almost all honors. Thanks for you input. Anyone else?

By Jenlikewhoa (Jenlikewhoa) on Wednesday, November 26, 2003 - 05:31 pm: Edit

yeah id say u have a fair chance. my friend got in with a 3.3, now granted his act was 34. but you have a good shot. good luck.

By Mcnease (Mcnease) on Thursday, November 27, 2003 - 01:32 am: Edit

*bump*

By Thaiguy (Thaiguy) on Thursday, November 27, 2003 - 09:08 am: Edit

dude, ur in, don't worry about it, Purdue takes 78% of applicants. I got in with 3.4UW and 1500 SAT

EDIT* my friend got in wiht about my gpa and a 1350

By Mcnease (Mcnease) on Thursday, November 27, 2003 - 12:04 pm: Edit

Purdue engineering doesn't take in 75% of it's applicants. The rest of the school does, because the rest of the school isn't that great.

By Mattman (Mattman) on Thursday, November 27, 2003 - 07:58 pm: Edit

I got accepted into Purdue's School of Engineering out-of-state with a 28 ACT, 1270 SAT (660 math, 610 verbal), and a 3.8 GPA at top 2% of class.

By Mcnease (Mcnease) on Monday, December 01, 2003 - 05:28 pm: Edit

Hey everyone. I just got accepted to Purdue engineering today. I think I'll accept their acceptance. Thanks for the input.

By Jinhamasaki (Jinhamasaki) on Monday, December 01, 2003 - 05:42 pm: Edit

Isn't there pharmacy school pretty prestigious? I got into that, but I had a 28 ACT/1270 SAT, 4.69 GPA

By Mcnease (Mcnease) on Monday, December 01, 2003 - 06:00 pm: Edit

Yes, their pharmacy is prestigious. That, management, tech, and engineering is really their only strong points. Everything is else is just "eh."

By Carolyn (Carolyn) on Monday, December 01, 2003 - 06:52 pm: Edit

McNease - Congratulations on your acceptance to Purdue. I think you'll like it there if you go.

By Arv11 (Arv11) on Monday, December 01, 2003 - 07:20 pm: Edit

I got in with a 3.1 and a 1370. My question to all you purdue people: How is west lafayette? Because that is the main thing that is scaring me about going there.

By Mcnease (Mcnease) on Monday, December 01, 2003 - 07:51 pm: Edit

When I visited, the town was surrounded by corn, and it looked like everything to do was on campus or across the street from campus. I don't think that is a bad thing

By Arv11 (Arv11) on Monday, December 01, 2003 - 08:06 pm: Edit

how far is it from chicago and indianapolis?

By Mcnease (Mcnease) on Monday, December 01, 2003 - 08:10 pm: Edit

About 2 hours from Chicago with NO traffic. With traffic it can be like 4 hours. Traffic SUCKS. Well, the route there follows the biggest trucking route in the world....

By Freak4korn72 (Freak4korn72) on Monday, December 01, 2003 - 08:34 pm: Edit

Yeah its about 2 hours to Chicago and about an hour to an hour and a half from Indianapolis. Not a bad location. I am going to accept their acceptance if I get rejected from Cornell, unfortunately I need to request a hall even if I make Cornell, so I can get the one I want.

Hmph. Well, if I do end up going to Purdue i'll see you there.

By Jae (Jae) on Monday, January 05, 2004 - 02:47 pm: Edit

Just received my acceptance to Purdue engineering. I have also applied to USNA and Georgia Tech so I'm still waiting to hear how those go, but I'll be headed for West Lafayette to check out Purdue. Whenever I mention to adults that's one of the schools I applied to, they all seem very impressed. Must be for a reason.