Check Your Application Status

Log in to check your status or complete your application.

Online application status check is no longer available for those who applied for 2009 enrollment.

Note: Required material on your application summary will not appear as received until it is received and processed by the Office of Admissions. During periods of peak application activity (October-February) this may take two-four weeks.

Understanding Your Application Status

Admission Decision Definitions

 

Application Status

Incomplete Items Outstanding

Check the “Requirements” section at the bottom of the Application Summary page to see which required items we may have received and which are still outstanding.  If the “Received” date is blank for any item, we have not yet received or processed the item.

During the peak application processing season (typically from September through January), items may not be recorded for several days - possibly up to four weeks, after we have received them. 

Complete Ready for Review

We have received all required items and your application has been sent to the Admissions Committee for evaluation.

Decision Made

We have received all required items. Your application has been reviewed and a decision has been made.  Once a decision has been released online, applicants will receive official notification in the mail.

 

Admission Decision Definitions

Admission Decision Definitions
The descriptions below provide a quick definition of what each admission decision means. Greater detail will be provided in the applicant’s decision letter, which will be mailed within two business days of the date a decision is made.

Admit Decisions

• Offer Admission:  Applicant admitted 
• Offer Admission – Alt Choice:  Applicant admitted to alternate program of study
• Offer Conditional Admit – Trf:  Transfer applicant offered admission on the condition that course and grade requirements are met

Deny Decisions

• Denied Admission:  Applicant denied.
• Denied/Academic Expectations:  Applicant denied. Does not meet the academic expectations for the requested program of study.
• Denied/Offer Multiple Options: Applicant denied. Decision letter will detail other offers for admission to Purdue West Lafayette or waitlist.
• Denied/Offer Other West Lafayette:  Applicant denied. Decision letter will detail offer of admission to alternative program of study at Purdue West Lafayette.
• Denied/Offer Waitlist – Applicant denied. Offered waitlist.
• Denied/Program Closed:  Applicant denied. Program of study is closed to admission.
• Denied/Program Competitiveness: Applicant denied. Pool of applications is highly competitive.
• Denied WL/Offer Regional Campus:  Applicant denied. Decision letter will detail offer for admission to other Purdue campuses and locations.

Other Decisions

• Applicant Acceptance:  Applicant has accepted offer of admission.
• Admitted/Reinstated:  Applicant’s cancelled admission has been reinstated.
• Pending/Additional Information: The Admissions Committee has requested that the applicant provide additional academic information before a final decision can be made. The requested material is listed in the “requirements” section of the applicant’s online status summary and in the admission decision letter.
• Revoked Admission:  Admission offer rescinded.