Bes Engineering Colleges in the west coast

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<p>Hello, does anyone have any sugesstions for good engineering schools in the west coast? I am looking to major in Electrical or Computer Engineering.</p>

<p>Here are my stats:</p>

<p>4.07 weighted GPA, 3.93 unweighted
30 ACT
Live in AZ, so a good amount of aid for out of state would help.</p>

<p>I have applied to Texas a&m (which I should automatically get into unless engineering is full already), U of Arizona, and have been accepted into ASUs engineering program. </p>

<p>I am looking to apply to a couple more schools, preferably in states along the west coast. </p>

<p>Also, should I apply to UT Austin along with Texas A&M since they share applications? I've heard Austin gives no love for out of state students though. </p>

<p>Cost is a factor. I don't want to be thousands of dollars of debt, but want to go to a decent engineering school also.</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>Cal Poly SLO</p>

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<p>South Dakota School of Mines & Technology.</p>

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<p>Any decently large schools in decently big cities?</p>

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<p>A few of the UC’s? SB or SD?</p>

<p>Colorado University?</p>

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<p>I was looking at the UCs. Which ones are best for electrical engineering?</p>

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<p>UCs will give in-state financial aid, but applied against out-of-state price. I.e. $23,000 short of meeting need. There are a few very rare full ride merit scholarships, but don’t get your hopes up too high for those.</p>

<p>The CSUs (e.g. Cal Poly SLO, San Jose State) have lower out-of-state prices than the UCs, but don’t expect any financial aid from them.</p>

<p>Net price calculators will show you what kind of cost and financial aid you are looking at.</p>

<p>UA and ASU are perfectly respectable schools for engineering.</p>

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<p>Santa Clara University has a good EE program. I don’t know what their financial aid is like, but if you’re willing to pay out-of-state tuition to a public university, I suppose it couldn’t hurt to look at Santa Clara.</p>

<p>Unless you’re desperate to get out of Arizona, UA and ASU should be perfectly fine, and a lot cheaper than the other options.</p>

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<p>ucbalumnus and I are mind-melding.</p>

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<p>Of course, on the west coast, Stanford gives really good financial aid. But you probably need a higher ACT or SAT score, and some sort of high (state or national) level achievement or award in an extracurricular or some such, to have a realistic chance of admission.</p>

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<p>matt0715, I think Santa Clara university is definitely worth looking into. One of my colleague’s son went there last year with GPA+scores similar to yours and he got reasonably attractive FA package. </p>

<p>You might want to look at Washington State University as well. Its EE program has good reputation in the Seattle area.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the help everyone! Honestly, I am okay with staying in-state if it makes the most sense. I am mainly looking for out of state schools that would either be worth paying for or give good a good amount of aid. Being in debt right out of college does not sound fun. Which school has a better engineering program, ASU or U of A?</p>

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<p>What about USC?</p>

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<p>Do you think I have the stats for that?</p>