Hello,
First time posting here. I am a junior in high school interested in Chemical Engineering and just received a 29 on the ACT (superscored). I want to get some input on these schools (all of which I am interested in and offer around 10,000-15,000 per year based on my stats. Thanks.
Depends on what state you’re in.
Also, schools generally don’t superscore the ACT. What’s your composite?
If you are considering Florida State for engineering, be aware that a scholarship arbitrage opportunity exists. Florida A&M shares the engineering division with Florida State, and offers:
28 composite, taking again in June and shooting for a 30. Also I’m OOS for all of them
If you have a 3.5+ UW GPA and earn a 30 on the ACT, UAlabama College of Engineering will award a full tuition scholarship and an additional $2,500/year (about $28,500/year total)
Are those scholarships to attend FSU through A&M’s program or do you strictly attend A&M?
Fall 2016 is the last entering frosh class where engineering majors with 3.5 GPA and 30-31 ACT get the top-up scholarship, (Engineering President’s Cabinet Scholarship), though they will still get the 2/3 tuition regular scholarship plus $2,500: http://eng.ua.edu/undergraduate/scholarships/
You would be a Florida A&M student. However, Florida A&M and Florida State share the same engineering division, so the engineering courses would be the same regardless of which of the two schools you attend.
https://www.eng.fsu.edu/
http://catalog.famu.edu/preview_entity.php?catoid=2&ent_oid=107&returnto=53
Full disclosure, OP: Florida A&M is a historically black university. I have lots of friends who went there and studied engineering (and other things) and are doing great things now, but it’s a different environment from most universities. Still, it is shared engineering with FSU at a bargain price if you get the scholarship.
All of the schools you listed are good (Florida Gulf Coast maybe not as well-known as the others). What specific input would you like?
Florida Gulf Coast University does not have an ABET-accredited chemical engineering degree program (it has bioengineering, civil engineering, and environmental engineering):
http://main.abet.org/aps/AccreditedProgramsDetails.aspx?OrganizationID=6243
@usualhopeful UA is ending it’s “additional $2,500/year” for engineering. This class (starting fall 2016) will be the last one to receive it. This affects applicants to engineering with 30 or 31 ACT. 32+ ACT is still full tuition.
If you’re interested in FGCU, you should take a look at USF (which has a stronger engineering college than FSU/FAMU). If you apply to FSU/FAMU, you may also want to apply to USF, it may end up offering a better tuition/merit deal than FSU (and all of the Florida publics only have a $30 application fee).
One of Alabama’s engineering “strengths” is in chemical engineering.
Good Luck!
Actually, the extra $2,500 (Engineering Leadership) stays. But the top-up-to-full-tuition (Engineering President’s Cabinet) for 3.50 GPA and 30-31 ACT is no longer offered for fall 2017 frosh.
http://eng.ua.edu/undergraduate/scholarships/
^:)^ ^:)^ @ucbalumnus is right as usual. ^:)^ ^:)^
http://eng.ua.edu/undergraduate/scholarships/
Edit: These are for 2016, so the numbers could change for 2017, best to check again in the fall.