<p>Looking for suggestions for best schools to consider which are known for good merit aide. My daughter is interested in biomedical engineering. </p>
<p>Any assistance is greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>Poly NYU, at least before the merger, they would give out money left and right. The number of people applying are way more this year so things <em>will</em> get competitive. </p>
<p>[::</a> Polytechnic Institute of NYU :: New York’s major educational resource in science and technology](<a href=“http://www.poly.edu%5D::”>http://www.poly.edu) - ridiculous money giving institution
SATS over 1800 - could get upt 18K a year</p>
<p>Daughter is about a 4.4 Weighted GPA, maybe a 3.8 unweighted – 1st go at the SAT’s was math 710 writing 740 and CR 670 (Cumulative score 2120) She’ll be taking it 2 more times prob. Sat II’s in June. </p>
<p>Thanks!!</p>
<p>no problem, glad that I can help. Do tell her to apply for Honors, guaranteed free ride with Sat II. Honors can graduate with BS/MS in 4 years which i think is incredibly good. She can take free summer courses which generally costs 1000/Credit. So its a good option.</p>
<p>Georgia Tech (ranked #3 in BME by US News) gives about 50 full rides a year to kids. If your daughter raises her score by 100 points or so, she would be competitive for those.</p>
<p>How about anyone with knowledge of schools in the northeast quadrant of the US?</p>
<p>Just a small correction: GT gives about 10 full rides a year (I was told usually 5 in-state and 5 out-of-state). About 50 winners are the finalists to the big scholarship, but it is multi-tiered, so only the highest tier is full ride (the other kids are 25%,50% or 75%)</p>
<p>From the College’s website:</p>
<p>Academic Scholarships</p>
<p>Lafayette College recognizes its most outstanding applicants with academic merit scholarships of up to $16,000 per year. No special application is required to be considered for a merit-based scholarship. Recipients are chosen from among the most competitive U.S. citizens and permanent residents in the admissions applicant pool.</p>
<p>Marquis Scholars receive an annual award of $16,000 (totaling $64,000 over four years) or full grant-to-need if demonstrated need exceeds $16,000. Other special benefits of the Marquis Scholars Program include: </p>
<ul>
<li>program fee for a faculty-led, three-week, study-abroad course during an interim session; </li>
<li>participation in a number of special activities, including cultural opportunities; and opportunities to work closely with Marquis faculty advisers. </li>
</ul>
<p>Students admitted under both Early Decision and Regular Decision are considered for this scholarship, with final decisions rendered by late March.
We anticipate, once again this year, enrolling approximately ten percent of the entering class as Marquis Scholars. </p>
<p>Who Qualifies?
Lafayette seeks students who have demonstrated intellectual curiosity in addition to their superior academic achievement. Curriculum, grades, rank in graduating class, and scores on standardized tests are all considered. Furthermore, the College looks for students engaged in independent, creative scholarship who have demonstrated significant accomplishments through involvement in school and community. </p>
<p>Scholarship recipients typically have the following profile: top 3 percent or better of their graduating class in the most demanding curriculum available, with SAT at or above 1400 (critical reading and math). Characteristics vary slightly from year to year, depending upon the strength of the Colleges applicant pool.</p>
<p>UCSD offers (in state) full rides to its top 40ish engineering applicants. UCSD has a very strong bioengineering program.</p>
<p>I have heard that merit aid is really specific to how your child stacks up to the population at large. At a top school an average kid hasn’t any shot at merit aid, but at a mid range school, the same kid might be welcomed with a red carpet of $$. Its relative.</p>
<p>Thanks Toadstool, I understood it that way as well. We fall in the classification of probably no traditional financial aid, so this is why we are interested in ideas for merit aid schools. I offer her basic stats to clarify. </p>
<p>Again to all, thank you so much for the information!</p>
<p>George Washington University SEAS is very generous with merit aid, especially in engineering and even more especially for women in engineering. And going to college in DC is great!</p>