<p>And its hard to even define a safety. Schools like Tufts would have limited financial aid and would actually get several applicants with profiles like yours. I would also advise you to consider:</p>
<p>Swarthmore- General engineering program (this could be a problems for you)
Cooper Union- Free free free (Dont know how competitive it is for internationals and if they still accept internationals)
Harvey Mudd- You could easily walk into graduate school at Caltech and MIT with a harvey mudd degree
Dartmouth/Yale: Very few people express interest in engineering at these schools so you have a big plus.
Bucknell- Still not a safety.</p>
<p>Also you should maybe have some flexibility to your career options, like consider majoring in physics if you can stomach it</p>
<p>There are not many private engineering programs to be honest.</p>
<p>I was thinking more along the lines of merit aid. For example, the OPs stats are above the average qualifications of full scholarship recipients at Villanova. If he didn’t get one of the full-tuition, room and board awards, he would still be a very strong candidate for one of the “lesser” awards. </p>
<p>I went through a ranking of undergraduate engineering programs a few month ago and I remember being really surprised by how many of them were offering significant merit-based scholarships. I don’t recall the list of schools, but the OP should have plenty of options there if that is something he is interested in. </p>
<p>I don’t want to push the safety issue too much because the OP may already have a solid backup plan that he hasn’t told us about. He is smart enough to know that admission to the top universities is a gamble.</p>
<p>Once again, thanks everyone. I’m looking into some of the other schools.</p>
<p>Can anyone tell me what you know about engineering (particularly Civil) at Cooper Union, Tufts and Harvey Mudd? Oh, and also Rose-Hulman? Would I be able to go to a top tier graduate school with degrees from these schools (somebody already mentioned Harvey Mudd)?</p>
<p>No,stanford is not need blind to internationals. Why not apply to some LACs,such as Colgate,Amherst,Hamilton,etc,etc. you are likely to get accepted with a 40K/year schloarship though.</p>
<p>Cooper Union has an excellent engineering program. But I was surprised to learn that it is the most competitive art school of the country Maybe, I did not do strong research over Cooper Union.
Harvey Mudd is soooooo much competitive for internationals.</p>
<p>And of course, you can goto great graduate schools from these schools…</p>
<p>Northeastern awards only four full rides to internationals. I was lucky to know someone who got into Northeastern with that rare award! He says the experience is really great…</p>
<p>Someone asked about full tuition merit scholarships for internationals.St Johns University(NY) awards(a number of) full tuition awards based on gpa and SAT scores.However they are on a first come,first served basis so it is wise to submit the app sooner rather than later,its so easy and essays are not required.</p>
<p>I am going to apply to Dartmouth (even though they offer a general engineering program…but one I like) and Cooper Union. Still not sure about the other schools you guys are talking about, like Tufts and Harvey Mudd…</p>
<p>good luck applying!Well,I once researched harvey mudd and was discouraged by their limited aid and very low acceptance rate for intlstudents.but hey,your stats are awesome so who knows?I met a tufts rep who came to my country recently and she pitched the engnering program really impressively.Tufts is also v.competitive,but they do accept a decent number of intl students with decent aid each year.-so I would sway you in that direction:)</p>
<p>Some public universities do give financial aid to international students, most frequently in the form of an out-of-state tuition waiver, but occasionally covering full tuition and possibly room and board as well. It is true that international students do not qualify for federal financial aid but that affects private and public universities equally. Public universities may also be restricted from using state funds to subsidize out-of-state students, but state grants are often only a fraction of their total budget.</p>
<p>However, only the less popular public universities really have an incentive to offer scholarships. Berkeley, Austin, Michigan and UIUC get their fair share of international applicants without additional recruitment efforts.</p>
Maybe, I did not do strong research over Cooper Union.
I was lucky to know someone who got into Northeastern with that rare award! He says the experience is really great…</p>