My son is a sophomore CS major at Purdue. Can not recommend enough! He LOVES it there. If your son goes tell him to eat his Wheaties because Purdue is all about science and prepare to have your ass kicked but it’s worth it. He just got an internship at a great start up In Indianapolis.
OT: Anybody Waiting for their Kid's Early Decision/Action for College?
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My son is a sophomore CS major at Purdue. Can not recommend enough! He LOVES it there. If your son goes tell him to eat his Wheaties because Purdue is all about science and prepare to have your ass kicked but it’s worth it. He just got an internship at a great start up In Indianapolis.
My son did early for Rutgers and Cal. Got into both - ended up at RU. Got a letter from Cal. and the next day RU, from the portal, which was followed by a letter a day later. This all took place in Jan, I believe the deadline at the time was 15 Dec. This is going back a few years.
I'm curious as well, especially from an academics angle. Nice to see Rutgers selected nonetheless.
Maybe the bottom line cost of attendance worked in Rutgers favor even with both Rutgers and Cal being out-of-state (assuming home is in Viriginia based on RUNVA's handle). On the other hand, could be as simple as deciding that going all the way across the country versus a few hours away by car. Maybe UVa, W&M, VT, etc. were close enough to home where they're still too close even if a couple hours away, therefore...."too close to home" and "in-state and would rather go O-O-S" and "everyone in my HS is going there"....the same syndrome observed in NJ affects practically every state, just to varying degrees.
In many cases, there are countless more qualified students than are ever captured in applications/admissions stats that effectively self-select themselves away from schools that are located far away because they never even apply, realizing from the outset or early on in the narrowing down process that attending is unlikely even if successfully admitted or recognizing that it's unrealistically too far for travel and/or other purposes.
Speaking as someone who graduated high school in Florida and went to Cal, it is a long way from home. I remember staying in the dorms for Thanksgiving and in a student co-op for Christmas. It was not easy. But I had a family situation that made it good to be away from my parents. Beside, I had always wanted to move to California. But, as you can see, I didn't stay there.
Well, sometimes it's warmer! But not at this time of year. Although I grew up in the northeast, I hate the cold, and the hot, humid summer isn't a lot of fun either.
My son graduayed from the School of Engineering last year and chose Rutgers over Maryland, Purdue and SUNY Albany (all of them offered presidential scholarship money - we are NY residents). He received a $10,000 scholarship from Rutgers, then later in the process ANOTHER scholarship that was endowed from an alum in our county. These were academic scholarships. He landed a great job after graduation, and one of his former roommates is in an engineering PhD program at Purdue and another other works for a major engine manufacturer. Another friend continued at Rutgers for grad school and is now heading to Lockheed Martin. The bottom line is that Rutgers grads do very well, so I’m not sure why there is a need for anyone to head out of state.
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