<p>As the title states, I will be applying to many top public schools for engineering this fall. I have a 33 ACT, 4.45 gpa, top 5% of class, over 100 volunteer hours, and a few leadership positions. I was wondering what my chances would be to get a significant scholarship (10k+) at any of the following institutions: Michigan, Illinois, Pitt, Purdue, and Maryland.</p>
<p>Btw, I'm from Ohio, so all of these are OOS. THANKS!</p>
<p>Tough to get > $10,000 merit at Illinois, Purdue or Michigan from out of state, there are scholarships for that amount but they are competitive. Don’t know much about Pitt or Maryland. BTW you need to have your applications finished and IN early for Michigan, Purdue and I’m assuming Illinois…that means before the end of October. At Michigan it will be a reach for an out of state kid even with your ACT and test scores if you miss the early action deadline and at Michigan that means every single piece of your application including teacher recs, GC recs and test scores need to be in place…not just the application.</p>
<p>OK…I’ll ask. What is wrong with Ohio State?</p>
<p>There are plenty of other publics that give big scholarships to students with your stats and have decent engineering schools. Why are you only considering these?</p>
<p>33 ACT, 4.45 gpa, top 5% of class, over 100 volunteer hours, and a few leadership positions. I was wondering what my chances would be to get a significant scholarship (10k+) at any of the following institutions: Michigan, Illinois, Pitt, Purdue, and Maryland.</p>
<p>Publics mostly care about test scores for merit. They don’t care much about ECs, etc, for awarding merit. </p>
<p>While your ACT 33 is very good, it’s not likely going to get much/anything at those publics. You’ll get about $9k-10k at Purdue (remaining costs about $32k per year), but likely nothing from UMich or UPitt. </p>
<p>How much merit do you want? In other words, how much will your parents pay? If you aren’t sure how much they’ll pay, ASK THEM. </p>
<p>For instance, if your family will pay about $15k-17k per year, then you’d need a full tuition scholarship so that the $15k-17k can pay for room, board, books, fees, transportation, misc expenses.</p>
<p>Thumper1, I assumed the OP would certainly apply to The Ohio State…I was actually wondering why Maryland but no Case Western Reserve or Wisconsin.</p>
<p>Do some homework, go to the individual college forums and the Engineering Majors forum and use the Search function for ‘scholarship’. You’ll find many threads discussing the scholarships available to OOS applicants and in some cases what kinds of stats are competitive (eg. Pitt).</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/1348012-automatic-full-tuition-full-ride-scholarships.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/1348012-automatic-full-tuition-full-ride-scholarships.html</a></p>
<p>Nephew got $14k merit at Md as an OOS, stats a little higher than yours. Pitt has given some good OOS scholarships in the past - worth a shot.</p>
<p>Posted this on another thread: </p>
<p>For Pitt, DS received a full tuition scholarship. He had 35 ACT, school did not rank but highly competitive magnet school plus we were OOS. The threshold for Pitt scholarships have definitely increased over the years (older DS also received a Full tuition scholarship). </p>
<p>Nothing is set in stone at Pitt – there have been exceptions to the ranking/high test score – it just depends on what Pitt is looking for and if you fill the bill.
Definitely apply early – the earlier the better – both DS applied in July during one of the Pitt scheduled programs.</p>