Trustable?

[m.giugno]

Hi there,

I was looking on the Peterson's website http://www.petersons.com and I focused on the admission percentage statistics in Aerospace Engineering.

They seem quite really strange so I will post them:

Stanford 75% admitted!!!

UIUC 49%!!

Ann Arbor MI 62%!!!!!

UMinn 52%!

USC 77%!!!!!

Purdue 75%!!!!!

Am I dreaming?!

[m.giugno]

I also found something about the financial aid of departments:

Georgia Tech: 202 students (both MS and PhD), 185 students supported with Fellow, TA and RA.

WVU: 35 students, 24 supported.

UC-Davis: 137 students, 98 supported.

UH: 74 students, 55 supported.

UIUC: 88, 83 supported!!!!

Is that possible? Realistic?

I hope so!

[cardnav]

Both statistics may be possible, but keep in mind Peterson's (in particular) doesn't update their information very often. My programs had information that was 5/6 years old. Also, keep in mind that the recession has changed the rules about funding, so don't take them as gospel. If you talk with the depts and/or visit they'll probably tell you how many spots they are looking to fill.

[frankdux]

the admissions stats on petersons are crap. plain and simple.

[m.giugno]

the admissions stats on petersons are crap. plain and simple.

Why?!?!

Don't have to consider what I found?

[natofone]

I glanced around and those numbers are WAY outdated. Sorry.

[m.giugno]

Is there a site providing some similar infos?

[natofone]

I had done a bunch of research on political science programs and had their acceptance rates in a spreadsheet (based upon just looking at the websites of various programs). The numbers were wildly off. For example, petersons lists NYU at 44% acceptance. They now are at 10% (http://politics.as.nyu.edu/object/phd_a ... s_faq.html). About 5-7 years ago they made a ton of great hires and really started to move up in the rankings, so I assume that this 44% was before they got better...so 5-7 years ago.