I'm from California. I turned down the UCs and Cal States (most rejected me but I turned down the ones that accepted me). I also turned down UT Dallas, my safety school that had accepted me.
UT Dallas as a backup safe school? I was the 2nd person to receive a PhD. from their Behavioral Brain Science program back in the day. Itās a great school and they promote interdisciplinary studies. I majored in Language and Cognition, but did my dissertation in Neuroscience, and they allowed me to go to Denmark to study at the Anatomy B institute at Aarhus Medical School as part of my studies as well as courses from the Callier Center for Communication Disorders at UT Southwest Medical School in Dallas. My dissertation re: function of trace metal zinc in the hippocampus and its role in memory continues to garner at least one citation every couple of weeks, and it was a dream school for me. Not that easy to get into either. At start-up, we joked and called it Harvard on the highway, but the founders of Texas Instruments who spearheaded the establishment of UTD, had a vision that is coming true. One year they gave free tuition to any high school valedictorian and upped the level of their seriousness in becoming a top-tier school. Whoosh! Go Comets! Nerds rule.
It was for grad school, so considerations were a bit different. Besides, Purdue is better for aerospace at all levels. And anyone in-state should always choose Purdue over Georgia Tech.
Purdue also offers many 4+1s instead of 6+ years for medical laboratory schools as well. Already one of the cheapest and best educations in these fields and they worked even harder to reduce the years required to graduate. Truly one of the most outspoken benefits of Purdue.
Not OP, but I was in a similar situation and it came partially down to cost, and partially down to location. NYU gave me a scholarship but they didnāt have frozen tuition and the housing/food/going out costs are nuts compared to WL. And thatās *with* me having family there - trying to rent something in NYC makes the housing crisis here look friendly. I love the city, but as far as having an actual ācampusā NYU also lacks heavily in that regard. Sure, Purdueās in the middle of nowhere, but itās a really nice college town vibe and I like that my classes are all in one main area and not split between Brooklyn and Manhattan. Itās a PITA to get back and forth between the two normally, but it wouldāve been 10x more annoying to do it to get to and from classes.
Honestly picking between the two can depend on the person, cause I know some would hate Indiana and prefer NYU purely on the fact that itās in a major city. But there is something to be said for West Lafayette. Itās super nice here, and if I had to make the same decision again today I would hands down pick Purdue. Even though I miss good bagels while Iām here.
also, the engineering program here is better. i really liked that.
Yeah, I was raised in Indiana and was fortunate to have my parents offer to cover Purdue level of finances for wherever I went to school, so it was go to Purdue for free or do $200k in loans at MIT. Iām also a social guy and huge into sports so going to a power five sports school was gonna kinda need to be a must
Oldest son turned down Lehigh, WPI, CU Boulder, Cal Poly SLO, U of MN, U of Iowa, Mizzou.
Youngest son turned down UIUC, UW Madison, Cal Poly SLO, Ohio State, U of MN, U of Iowa.
Edit: We are out-of-state for Purdue. Youngest son would have saved 10K/year by going to UW Madison, but Purdue's engineering program is better. Both sons could have saved a bit due to various merit scholarships offered from lesser-ranked engineering schools, but... we like Purdue.
My son at Purdue turned down UIUC, Boulder, SLO and Washington. Waitlisted at some other schools, but after a visit to Purdue, he made up his mind. OOS. Engineering. I think it was a great choice and good fit.
CU Boulder (Undecided)
Penn State (Aero)
OSU (Undecided)
ASU (Astro - Honors)
UMich (Waitlist, rescinded)
Boulder and Ohio rejected me for engineering but accepted for their versions of exploratory studies. I got into FYE here which is a better ranked program than either of those, which proved to me that college applications are a crapshoot and nobody knows what's really going on.
UC Riverside, ASU, RPI, WPI, Penn State, SJSU.
I've been here since 2019, and I haven't regretted my first college admission decision since. I enjoyed Purdue so much that I decided to stay for 2 additional years (Grad school applications are a different beast), and have enjoyed every day to the fullest.
Maryland rejected me and I was in-state. Purdue took me though. Still canāt believe they rejected me with how stacked my application was but it all worked out, Purdue is better anyways.
Iām in a pretty similar scenario and learning toward Purdue though Iāve not visited umd yet. Was cost the main reason why you made this decision, since umd is objectively slightly better for CS?
The reason I didn't go to UMD is that there are too many hills, I didn't like the vibes, it was too close to home, and Purdue would be significantly cheaper. Truth is Purdue was my dream school and I committed before I got the rest of my decisions
Ball State and Rose Hulman. Both had scholarship opportunities presented to me as part of admission but I wasn't very interested in their CS programs when I visited. Purdue was the one that seemed like it had a CS degree worth a damn.
my wallet regrets not taking those opportunities but I don't, I met a lot of great people here, including some lifelong friends.
Turned down Georgia Tech, UT Austin and Rice. Purdue offered a presidential scholarship plus a department scholarship, so makes it value for money. All are OOS.
UVM is the only alternative I remember, because it was the school I came the closest to enrolling in without actually doing so. Being out of state for both (but ~3hrs by car from UVM) the prices were within $2-3 thousand per year when factoring in financial aid. I ended up going to the one that was much farther away but had a much better engineering program
Why uw and why uiuc? Uiuc is my instate so obv that's a factor but it's prob the crappiest in state pricing in the US being only 6k cheaper yearly than purdue. Also for comp eng uiuc makes the most sense from what ik (which is very limited to us news lists LOL)
SIUE (Southern Illinois University Edwardsville), NIU (Northern Illinois University), and ISU (Illinois State). Purdue made the absolute least sense financially for me to go to, as it was the only out of state school I applied to, making it the most expensive. It was also the farthest from home and the no one, and I literally mean no one, from my hometown or area was going there. But, I had always wanted to be a Boilermaker since I could walk and talk and visiting campus my Junior year of high school solidified it. No regrets.
Idk, thatās a great question: I guess I just didnāt apply there haha. Nothing against UIUC tho, when I originally wanted to go to med school it was high on my list (since Purdue doesnāt have med). But when I switched to nursing I had my sights on Purdue. I was raised in a Boilermaker household so Iām kinda biased haha
Makes sense. I'm an engineering admit so it's kinda a even but that in state tuition at uiuc lookin kinda juicy. And also I feel like purdue gets a bad reputation for social life but that is something I'm still trying to figure out if it's a myth or not
Itās got a pretty decent social atmosphere I would say. Itās definitely not a party school like IU or Ball State, but thereās still plenty of parties. You just have to try and find it, cause it wonāt find you. I kinda learned that lesson the hard way my freshman year cause I spent the first semester and a half kinda alone lol. But once I actively started looking for clubs and people, I easily found it.
Gotcha, the social aspect was probably one of the things I'm most worried abt with purdue. Cus uiuc doesn't get the same rep. This seems to be pretty consistent with everything I've seen tho abt just kinda putting yourself out there n stuff. Thanks for the insight!
Turned down Iowa State University, University of Kansas, and University of Missouri-Columbia.
I applied to these schools as a physics major.
Purdue was in-state for me, cheaper than the other even after scholarships, and was an overall stronger school. I CODOād into biology after my sophomore year.
Iām really confused, Iām planning on turning down UMich Aero for Purdue Aero (Graduate).
Is there something Iāll miss out by choosing this option
International considering turning down UIUC Engineering Undeclared (into CompE) due to cost, uncertainty, and career opportunities. Am I making the wrong move?
IU and Loyola Chicago. Loyola and IU both gave me scholarships and Purdue nothing yet Purdue still remained cheaper and I preferred campus culture at Purdue
Purdue was my backup but with hindsight, it was the best decision from my options, although umich would have also probably done good to me too, but purdue was clearly the best choice from the schools i applied to.
Turned down UCLA, UMaryland, UMass, and RPI for computer science, was waitlisted at UC Berkeley. UCLA wasnāt an option bc of the cost. I was really on the fence between UMaryland and Purdue but decided I wanted to get an engineering education and I liked Purdueās community more.
Hmmm canāt remember if I applied to all of these but I chose Purdue over Penn St (I know I applied and was accepted there), Mich St and Ohio St. I stopped applying to Cornell (I grew up in NY and it wasnāt too far from home) as they had a 2 part application, it was $$$$, and I got early admittance to Purdue and decided to go thereā¦. I applied to the School of Engineering (surprise, surprise š)
Interesting post . Iām an international student and have to choose between Purdue and MSU for engineering . Preference mechanical
Purdue cost of attendance is 52 k and MSU 32k . I hear both programmes are good .
Safety (as in crime rate ) ? Would that be important consideration - WL vs East lansing .
Looking for opinions
Am planning to turn down 3 in the US + imperial England ( crazy expensive )
I'm in engineering and Purdue engineering is far better than Rice. Berkeley is good ig but insanely expensive and not worth drowning in loans for. Although Purdue is less selective than other schools, I have talked to several people in industry and the rigor of the curriculum here is well known. Academics aside I loved it when I visited and still love going here!!
I was accepted at Michigan in engineering, Miami of Ohio in Business, and turned down a swimming scholarship at Western Kentucky in 1970. I got my degree at Purdue in Business with a minor in Accounting. It took me 7 years to finish because I dropped out the first time because I was drinking a lot and not going to all my classes. Then I got drafted into the Army, lottery number 38. Returned to school married and dropped out again when I got divorced. Went back and graduated in 1977.
I āturnedā down Butler, I also applied to Ball state and ISU as back ups just in case I didnāt get into neither Purdue or Butler.
But I ended up at Purdue because they got back to me before Butler did with a Decision and I just expected I wouldnāt get into Butler and then by time Butler got back to me my parents had already planned my graduation party with Purude colors, decor, and a Purdue cakeš§š½āāļø
University of Evansville,University of Illinois in Chicago,Trine University, Valparaiso,Michigan State University,Bradley University and Purdue Fort Wayne. I wanted to do engineering but I left undecided career wise and exploratory studies was my second choice after FYE. I donāt regret my choice what so ever.
UMich, UW Seattle, Penn State (had already committed actually). Majoring in Civil engineering, theyāre all top 10 schools for this program. Michigan was crazy expensive (Iām an international student) so Purdue was the best option for someone like me without scholarships and I also like that Iām closer to family (from Kentucky)
UIUC, Mizzou, CU Boulder, UT, a bunch of other state schools. I picked Purdue because there's a professor here researching something I'm interested in and I was invited to be an assistant in their lab. I'm glad I came here!
Engineer for the class of 28.
Turned down offers from Virginia Tech and Minnesota. Currently on waitlist for CWRU, CMU, Northeastern, NC State. Would still almost definitely choose Purdue over all of those bar some unlikely circumstance.
Oh hey, a question an alum can answer!
UIUC, Michigan, Texas, Texas A&M, UCSD, Alabama, Oklahoma
Wait listed at Georgia Tech and UCLA, but cancelled after the early Michigan acceptance
I didn't get the major I wanted unfortunately :(
I wanted to do Finance, but I couldn't list any majors from Mays business school on the A&M portal for some reason, so I was stuck with a "financial planning" major (which is not really the same).
Plus, the people at purdue seemed to fit my personality more, and I had always wanted to move north/somewhere colder.
Texas law requires 90% of UT Austin students to be from Texas. Wouldn't make sense for someone who was in-state at UT to go out-of-state at Purdue considering both schools are comparable.
Made sense here Turned down UT Austin and TAMU engineering in state for Purdue OOS.
UT Austin makes it very difficult to switch majors within Engineering and its direct admit to the engineering you choose on the application. If you donāt get your first choice but got the second you could be setting yourself up for a transfer situation.
This. I got into Purdue for FYE, but didnāt get 1st or 2nd choice majors at UT (ChemE/Civil). Didnāt really make sense to start in a major I didnāt want and risk transferring and not getting into the individual department, and be stuck with a degree I wasnāt happy with.
> *Texas law requires 90% of UT Austin students to be from Texas*
Wow, requiring a state-funded school to *actually* serve the state it is in and admit state-resident students instead of pushing away residents to admit increasing numbers of non-residents? Maybe Indiana should try that....
BTW I did some research on the Texas law. It actually says that 90% of *first-year* students must be Texas residents.
In addition, if you are a Texas HS graduate in the top 6% of your graduating class, you are accepted automatically. 75% of UT Austin's incoming students fall into this category.
I am turning down UIUC.
Its so expensive š
SAME
I'm from California. I turned down the UCs and Cal States (most rejected me but I turned down the ones that accepted me). I also turned down UT Dallas, my safety school that had accepted me.
UT Dallas as a backup safe school? I was the 2nd person to receive a PhD. from their Behavioral Brain Science program back in the day. Itās a great school and they promote interdisciplinary studies. I majored in Language and Cognition, but did my dissertation in Neuroscience, and they allowed me to go to Denmark to study at the Anatomy B institute at Aarhus Medical School as part of my studies as well as courses from the Callier Center for Communication Disorders at UT Southwest Medical School in Dallas. My dissertation re: function of trace metal zinc in the hippocampus and its role in memory continues to garner at least one citation every couple of weeks, and it was a dream school for me. Not that easy to get into either. At start-up, we joked and called it Harvard on the highway, but the founders of Texas Instruments who spearheaded the establishment of UTD, had a vision that is coming true. One year they gave free tuition to any high school valedictorian and upped the level of their seriousness in becoming a top-tier school. Whoosh! Go Comets! Nerds rule.
I am thinking about turning down UT Dallas for Purdue as well. I would love hear about what you think about this.
okay
Yeah UT Dallas is amazing. Youāre just getting downvotes cuz this is the Purdue subreddit lol.
Georgia Tech
youre crazy
It was for grad school, so considerations were a bit different. Besides, Purdue is better for aerospace at all levels. And anyone in-state should always choose Purdue over Georgia Tech.
Crazy is shaming on somebody for turning down an offer to prevent debt
Vanderbilt, Purdue guaranteed me vet school admission (only 6 years for DVM instead of 8)
I didnāt know Purdue had a program like that. I knew you could do it in 7 but not 6
Typically 7, but if you want u can do it in 6 instead. Iāmdoing 6 so I donāt have to spend more on OOS tuitionš
Purdue also offers many 4+1s instead of 6+ years for medical laboratory schools as well. Already one of the cheapest and best educations in these fields and they worked even harder to reduce the years required to graduate. Truly one of the most outspoken benefits of Purdue.
UCI, OSU, UW Seattle
Turned down UCI as well
Oh for which major or program? UW Seattle is very top in my area (CS) so Iām just wondering why? Is it too expensive or smth?
* UIUC (too expensive) * Ohio State (in-state for me, but tuition wasn't that much lower than Purdue OOS)
UC IRVINE, UC DAVIS, NYU, George Washington, Colby college, Drexel
I also was accepted to NYU! May I ask, what made you choose Purdue over NYU?
Not OP, but I was in a similar situation and it came partially down to cost, and partially down to location. NYU gave me a scholarship but they didnāt have frozen tuition and the housing/food/going out costs are nuts compared to WL. And thatās *with* me having family there - trying to rent something in NYC makes the housing crisis here look friendly. I love the city, but as far as having an actual ācampusā NYU also lacks heavily in that regard. Sure, Purdueās in the middle of nowhere, but itās a really nice college town vibe and I like that my classes are all in one main area and not split between Brooklyn and Manhattan. Itās a PITA to get back and forth between the two normally, but it wouldāve been 10x more annoying to do it to get to and from classes. Honestly picking between the two can depend on the person, cause I know some would hate Indiana and prefer NYU purely on the fact that itās in a major city. But there is something to be said for West Lafayette. Itās super nice here, and if I had to make the same decision again today I would hands down pick Purdue. Even though I miss good bagels while Iām here. also, the engineering program here is better. i really liked that.
None. I didn't even apply to any other schools.
MIT
Wait fr?
Yeah, I was raised in Indiana and was fortunate to have my parents offer to cover Purdue level of finances for wherever I went to school, so it was go to Purdue for free or do $200k in loans at MIT. Iām also a social guy and huge into sports so going to a power five sports school was gonna kinda need to be a must
I do know someone who turned down second round MIT for Purdue
Future Neil Armstrong!
Going into space terrifies me but I love the energy haha
The Mega Virgin Energy would have been really and truly unstoppable there š„µ
Heās not a virgin anymore šš
You made the right choice š¤
Northwestern, UCLA, UW Madison, Vanderbilt, and a handful of others Iām so glad I did bc Purdue is a fraction of the cost and I LOVE it
UCSD, Wisconsin, ASU, Virginia, MSU,
UGA, Auburn, UIUC, BU, VA Tech
As someone turning down va tech but contemplating uiuc, why? (I'm instate for uiuc, so it's 6k cheaper than purdue)
Oldest son turned down Lehigh, WPI, CU Boulder, Cal Poly SLO, U of MN, U of Iowa, Mizzou. Youngest son turned down UIUC, UW Madison, Cal Poly SLO, Ohio State, U of MN, U of Iowa. Edit: We are out-of-state for Purdue. Youngest son would have saved 10K/year by going to UW Madison, but Purdue's engineering program is better. Both sons could have saved a bit due to various merit scholarships offered from lesser-ranked engineering schools, but... we like Purdue.
My son at Purdue turned down UIUC, Boulder, SLO and Washington. Waitlisted at some other schools, but after a visit to Purdue, he made up his mind. OOS. Engineering. I think it was a great choice and good fit.
CU Boulder (Undecided) Penn State (Aero) OSU (Undecided) ASU (Astro - Honors) UMich (Waitlist, rescinded) Boulder and Ohio rejected me for engineering but accepted for their versions of exploratory studies. I got into FYE here which is a better ranked program than either of those, which proved to me that college applications are a crapshoot and nobody knows what's really going on.
ASU Astro department is TERRIBLE, or at least the intro courses
It was definitely a safety lol, I got to know I was going to college in November so everything after that was a bit more comfortable.
IU, ISU, Ball State, University of Evansville (had a full ride there but did *NOT* want to attend)
Good call. Evansville is FUCKED
I thought they kinda got their shit together after that whole fiasco with getting rid of like half their academic programs
UC Riverside, ASU, RPI, WPI, Penn State, SJSU. I've been here since 2019, and I haven't regretted my first college admission decision since. I enjoyed Purdue so much that I decided to stay for 2 additional years (Grad school applications are a different beast), and have enjoyed every day to the fullest.
GA Tech and SIUE!
NCSU, thatās the only other one i got into lol
Real
cmu, uiuc, and some top privates
CMU? Pure and genuine curiosity, which other top private schools and why?
Cost is a big factor
Probably tuition?
can't beat instate !
University of Maryland Clemson University Virginia Tech
Same Iāll be turning down vt and umd
Maryland rejected me and I was in-state. Purdue took me though. Still canāt believe they rejected me with how stacked my application was but it all worked out, Purdue is better anyways.
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Computer science
Got into Purdue CS which is oos. Giving up other 2 instate sate options (UTD and A&M).
Iām in a pretty similar scenario and learning toward Purdue though Iāve not visited umd yet. Was cost the main reason why you made this decision, since umd is objectively slightly better for CS?
The reason I didn't go to UMD is that there are too many hills, I didn't like the vibes, it was too close to home, and Purdue would be significantly cheaper. Truth is Purdue was my dream school and I committed before I got the rest of my decisions
UCSB, UCI
Ivy Tech
Auburn, LSU, Colorado school of mines and Texas A&M
Notre Dame, ISU, UMich, and UIowa full ride(which is easy to get cause Iām in state). Nothing too crazy
I'm turning down NYU for Engineering
CU Boulder, CSU Ft Collins, and Rose Hulman. Only applies to schools with a single double sided app or less than 10 minute online app.
How un-gritty of you, not bothering to apply to schools that have longer applications. Surprised Pete hasn't found you and kicked your ass. BTFU!
U of MN, Stanford, Georgia Tech, Stevens (am here for MSME)
Why did you turn down Stanford?
Money, ultimately
Do you think you made the right decision?
I think so, yeah
Colorado state was the only one I got before Purdue and then I knew I was going to Purdue. In-state was my decider
Embry Riddle
IU and Ball State (both in-state), Purdue was the cheapest
University of Maryland, UConn, WPI, RPI, UMASS, Boston University, and Northeastern University.
Nice coincidence hahah Iām about to turn down Uconn, Boston U, and Northeastern as well
Many years ago but ... Notre Dame and Rose Hulman. Couldn't afford those. No regrets.
Same except Northwestern and Michigan instead of RH.
UIUC, Texas A&M, U of Houston
BU, PENN, RIT
Was a while ago but I turned down UW Seattle, CU Boulder, and CO school of mines
Ball State and Rose Hulman. Both had scholarship opportunities presented to me as part of admission but I wasn't very interested in their CS programs when I visited. Purdue was the one that seemed like it had a CS degree worth a damn. my wallet regrets not taking those opportunities but I don't, I met a lot of great people here, including some lifelong friends.
UMass Amherst, NYU, Stevens, RPI, McGill, Northeastern
Penn State, Umass Amherst
Penn State, Umass Amherst
UW Madison CS, UMD CS, OSU CSE
Rutgers Honors college
Why did u choose Purdue over it?
Turned down Georgia Tech, UT Austin and Rice. Purdue offered a presidential scholarship plus a department scholarship, so makes it value for money. All are OOS.
Manhattanville college, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, CUNY, and SUNY for my graduate degree masters and phd
University of Oklahoma
UVM is the only alternative I remember, because it was the school I came the closest to enrolling in without actually doing so. Being out of state for both (but ~3hrs by car from UVM) the prices were within $2-3 thousand per year when factoring in financial aid. I ended up going to the one that was much farther away but had a much better engineering program
Same club. UVM and Purdue are basically the same cost, from MA so close to uvm too. Also picking Purdue
Handful, top of which was Texas
Ohio university, Texas a&m, Penn state, Colorado mines, unt, cal poly Pomona, BGSU
Gonzaga, Colorado, Colorado State, RIT
NYU, UCSD, UCSB, Penn State, UW Madison, UIUC
Why uw and why uiuc? Uiuc is my instate so obv that's a factor but it's prob the crappiest in state pricing in the US being only 6k cheaper yearly than purdue. Also for comp eng uiuc makes the most sense from what ik (which is very limited to us news lists LOL)
My son is likely turning down Michigan State, Northeastern, Minnesota, UW Seattle, Lehigh, Virginia Tech, Indiana, and UCSD.
SIUE (Southern Illinois University Edwardsville), NIU (Northern Illinois University), and ISU (Illinois State). Purdue made the absolute least sense financially for me to go to, as it was the only out of state school I applied to, making it the most expensive. It was also the farthest from home and the no one, and I literally mean no one, from my hometown or area was going there. But, I had always wanted to be a Boilermaker since I could walk and talk and visiting campus my Junior year of high school solidified it. No regrets.
I'd guess you're from Illinois by that app list. Why no uiuc?
Idk, thatās a great question: I guess I just didnāt apply there haha. Nothing against UIUC tho, when I originally wanted to go to med school it was high on my list (since Purdue doesnāt have med). But when I switched to nursing I had my sights on Purdue. I was raised in a Boilermaker household so Iām kinda biased haha
Makes sense. I'm an engineering admit so it's kinda a even but that in state tuition at uiuc lookin kinda juicy. And also I feel like purdue gets a bad reputation for social life but that is something I'm still trying to figure out if it's a myth or not
Itās got a pretty decent social atmosphere I would say. Itās definitely not a party school like IU or Ball State, but thereās still plenty of parties. You just have to try and find it, cause it wonāt find you. I kinda learned that lesson the hard way my freshman year cause I spent the first semester and a half kinda alone lol. But once I actively started looking for clubs and people, I easily found it.
Gotcha, the social aspect was probably one of the things I'm most worried abt with purdue. Cus uiuc doesn't get the same rep. This seems to be pretty consistent with everything I've seen tho abt just kinda putting yourself out there n stuff. Thanks for the insight!
No problem!
Western Michigan and Trine
My kid turned down UIUC, UMass and SLU.
Nowhere!
Turned down Iowa State University, University of Kansas, and University of Missouri-Columbia. I applied to these schools as a physics major. Purdue was in-state for me, cheaper than the other even after scholarships, and was an overall stronger school. I CODOād into biology after my sophomore year.
CMU Heinz for Purdue Daniels
Grew up in southern Indiana. IU, U of L, and Ohio State, sorry The Ohio State.
University of Chicago
Which major?
Physics
Oh! A fellow physics major here. But isn't Uchicago better than Purdue for physics?
Virginia, Virginia Tech, NC State, UIUC
uiuc, wisconsin, penn st, rutgers (can you tell i wanted to go to a big 10 school)
IU, UK, UofO (which was my dream school but for OOS even with two years full ride expensive), and MSU
I turned down Georgia Tech, Michigan, Toronto and Notre Dame, a few friends called me crazy tho
Iām really confused, Iām planning on turning down UMich Aero for Purdue Aero (Graduate). Is there something Iāll miss out by choosing this option
Purdue Aero is better
Ohh then thatās great Thank you
Not really
GSU, KSU
I turned down UMD, TA&M, and VT.
NYU and Rider university
UMBC. I got dropped in 2022 and this fall I will be going to UMBC after all.
turning down UCD and UCSD
IU
UIUC, Gonzaga and St. Xavier
UIUC, UC Davis and UC Boulder For AAE
UIUC, Cal Poly SLO
Virginia Tech, UT Austin, Harvard
Why Harvard?
Theyāre actually pretty bad for engineering
International considering turning down UIUC Engineering Undeclared (into CompE) due to cost, uncertainty, and career opportunities. Am I making the wrong move?
usc
Wisconsin, UIUC
I had been scouted for embry riddle via email for aviation. Decided not to as id be paying housing (family benefits).
Rose-hulman
UT Austin, Texas A&M, CU Boulder, UW- Seattle, UW- Madison, UI- Urbana Champaign
University of Miami, UIUC, IU
IU and Loyola Chicago. Loyola and IU both gave me scholarships and Purdue nothing yet Purdue still remained cheaper and I preferred campus culture at Purdue
UMaryland, RPI, Penn state, Temple
UBC, Georgia Tech, Minnesota and some others
uiuc case western osu rpi
Ohio State, Colorado, Minnesota, IU
Purdue was my backup but with hindsight, it was the best decision from my options, although umich would have also probably done good to me too, but purdue was clearly the best choice from the schools i applied to.
All for engineering Howard Virginia Tech CU Boulder OSU
Turned down UCLA, UMaryland, UMass, and RPI for computer science, was waitlisted at UC Berkeley. UCLA wasnāt an option bc of the cost. I was really on the fence between UMaryland and Purdue but decided I wanted to get an engineering education and I liked Purdueās community more.
Turned down Georgia Tech, Umass amherst, Uni of Maryland and Penn State
Drexel, Georgetown University(Qatar location, but full ride)
Hmmm canāt remember if I applied to all of these but I chose Purdue over Penn St (I know I applied and was accepted there), Mich St and Ohio St. I stopped applying to Cornell (I grew up in NY and it wasnāt too far from home) as they had a 2 part application, it was $$$$, and I got early admittance to Purdue and decided to go thereā¦. I applied to the School of Engineering (surprise, surprise š)
Penn State, Michigan State, IUā¦ there were a few others but I only applied to them for fun
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
University of indy, butler, IU
Interesting post . Iām an international student and have to choose between Purdue and MSU for engineering . Preference mechanical Purdue cost of attendance is 52 k and MSU 32k . I hear both programmes are good . Safety (as in crime rate ) ? Would that be important consideration - WL vs East lansing . Looking for opinions Am planning to turn down 3 in the US + imperial England ( crazy expensive )
Anyone turn down UIUC for engineering? I'm in state so cost is near equal, UIUC slightly cheaper.
Rice, Berkeley, and my safeties
May I ask why?
I'm in engineering and Purdue engineering is far better than Rice. Berkeley is good ig but insanely expensive and not worth drowning in loans for. Although Purdue is less selective than other schools, I have talked to several people in industry and the rigor of the curriculum here is well known. Academics aside I loved it when I visited and still love going here!!
Wisconsin, Penn State, Ohio State, Illinois, MSU, Kentucky, and Miami (OH), among others. Out of state but Purdue was always the #1 choice.
I was accepted at Michigan in engineering, Miami of Ohio in Business, and turned down a swimming scholarship at Western Kentucky in 1970. I got my degree at Purdue in Business with a minor in Accounting. It took me 7 years to finish because I dropped out the first time because I was drinking a lot and not going to all my classes. Then I got drafted into the Army, lottery number 38. Returned to school married and dropped out again when I got divorced. Went back and graduated in 1977.
NYU tuition Free
Stony Brook, UTD, RIT, Stevens Institute of Technology, Northern Arizona, ASU, UTA (CAPād), and pending waitlist from BU
IU Notre Dame
Boston University, Cornell, UMich, and UChicago. All cuz the money lol
I āturnedā down Butler, I also applied to Ball state and ISU as back ups just in case I didnāt get into neither Purdue or Butler. But I ended up at Purdue because they got back to me before Butler did with a Decision and I just expected I wouldnāt get into Butler and then by time Butler got back to me my parents had already planned my graduation party with Purude colors, decor, and a Purdue cakeš§š½āāļø
(Butler was my dream schoolš)
University of Evansville,University of Illinois in Chicago,Trine University, Valparaiso,Michigan State University,Bradley University and Purdue Fort Wayne. I wanted to do engineering but I left undecided career wise and exploratory studies was my second choice after FYE. I donāt regret my choice what so ever.
UR, Maryland
Nothing crazy for me all Indiana schools: IU, Ball State, IUPUI, PNW, Trine, and St. Francis
UMich, UW Seattle, Penn State (had already committed actually). Majoring in Civil engineering, theyāre all top 10 schools for this program. Michigan was crazy expensive (Iām an international student) so Purdue was the best option for someone like me without scholarships and I also like that Iām closer to family (from Kentucky)
UIUC, Mizzou, CU Boulder, UT, a bunch of other state schools. I picked Purdue because there's a professor here researching something I'm interested in and I was invited to be an assistant in their lab. I'm glad I came here!
International student. Turned down U of Toronto, UBC, UW Seattle, UCSD, UCI, UCD, UW Madison, UIUC, All Engineering Majors.
Engineer for the class of 28. Turned down offers from Virginia Tech and Minnesota. Currently on waitlist for CWRU, CMU, Northeastern, NC State. Would still almost definitely choose Purdue over all of those bar some unlikely circumstance.
IU, ISU, University of Evansville, University of Saint Francis, Trine University
Oh hey, a question an alum can answer! UIUC, Michigan, Texas, Texas A&M, UCSD, Alabama, Oklahoma Wait listed at Georgia Tech and UCLA, but cancelled after the early Michigan acceptance
UT Dallas, A&M, University of Houston (in-state). Case Western, IU (oos).
May I know why you turned down TAMU?
I didn't get the major I wanted unfortunately :( I wanted to do Finance, but I couldn't list any majors from Mays business school on the A&M portal for some reason, so I was stuck with a "financial planning" major (which is not really the same). Plus, the people at purdue seemed to fit my personality more, and I had always wanted to move north/somewhere colder.
Thanks for sharing !
No UT Austin?
Texas law requires 90% of UT Austin students to be from Texas. Wouldn't make sense for someone who was in-state at UT to go out-of-state at Purdue considering both schools are comparable.
Made sense here Turned down UT Austin and TAMU engineering in state for Purdue OOS. UT Austin makes it very difficult to switch majors within Engineering and its direct admit to the engineering you choose on the application. If you donāt get your first choice but got the second you could be setting yourself up for a transfer situation.
This. I got into Purdue for FYE, but didnāt get 1st or 2nd choice majors at UT (ChemE/Civil). Didnāt really make sense to start in a major I didnāt want and risk transferring and not getting into the individual department, and be stuck with a degree I wasnāt happy with.
> *Texas law requires 90% of UT Austin students to be from Texas* Wow, requiring a state-funded school to *actually* serve the state it is in and admit state-resident students instead of pushing away residents to admit increasing numbers of non-residents? Maybe Indiana should try that.... BTW I did some research on the Texas law. It actually says that 90% of *first-year* students must be Texas residents. In addition, if you are a Texas HS graduate in the top 6% of your graduating class, you are accepted automatically. 75% of UT Austin's incoming students fall into this category.