@WhataProcess Thanks, once again, for adding perspective for something I hadn’t thought of!
I think with your stats you would have a good shot at some merit at both UMaine and UNH.
I do know that UMaine is trying to attract some out of state students, and they did offer my daughter $15,000 per year plus a departmental scholarship of $1000 per year last year and she was considered out of state for tuition purposes. UMaine has a decent engineering school, an honors college with a good reputation, and the campus is very pretty. But it is a rolling admissions school, you should apply ASAP for merit consideration.
UNH offered my daugther $10,000 per year also as out of state for tuition purposes. Even though is is a smaller scholarship than Maine, it actually brought the COA slightly below what Maine was going to be due to the fact that Maine charges tuition by the credit hour without a flat full-time rate, whereas UNH charges the same tuition for 12-22 credit units. Both schools Bioengineering programs has +15 credits per term.
Both are ABET accredited.
Aloha, my daughter has very similar stats and is going for mech eng (but loves the idea of biomedical) for the same reasons you are.
To confirm ABET accreditation: http://main.abet.org/aps/Accreditedprogramsearch.aspx
To dig down deeper to see such things as test scores just for engineering admits, number of students in each concentration (including male/female breakdown), and areas of expertise/research/societies for the engineering school: http://profiles.asee.org/
If you want to get a “ballpark” for COA before completing the NPC: https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/
My D is VERY interested in Stevens. It looks ideal. Union might work for you and hasn’t been mentioned yet. We were surprised by the amount of aid at New Hampshire when we ran the NPC.
Good luck!
Bucknell, Lehigh and Lafayette will have need based aid, do the NPC on their websites.
Lehigh and Lafayette have fewer female than male students, which might work in your favor, especially in engineering.
Your CR score is above 75th percentile scores for all three schools, your math is lower, but I still think you might have a chance.
@NorthernMom61 That further info is really helpful! What you’re saying about the sooner the better for applications is also duly noted, I really appreciate the advice.
@palm715 Those links are gold! So helpful!! Thank you so much, I will definitely be using them in the coming days. Union is a consideration, my cousin’s husband went there for engineering so a chance to discuss with him about his point of view will be a great indicator of the school. Good luck to your daughter, as well, maybe we’ll be seeing each other next year
@mommdc Thank you for looking that information up, it was very beneficial! I won’t rule them out bc as you said being a female in engineering, in a way, makes me a bit of a minority, which will hopefully help me.
@confused2016 I would apply even if your scores are not within the range. Women in engineering are highly desirable. A girl we know had horrible test scores and was admitted to three top 15 engineering programs (she also brought major geographic diversity).
@confused2016, you may already know this, but since you’re in the top 10% of your class, you qualify for the STEM incentive program in NY.
That would mean free tuition at any SUNY or CUNY school. So you’d be looking at paying just room and board, which is probably 12K - 15K per year.
I’m not sure what your definition of small/medium size is, but since Binghamton is already on your list, I would take a look at Stony Brook, too.
@Kimo2017 Good thoughts, I’ll make sure to keep that in mind
@WalknOnEggShells I know about the STEM incentive program, but ideally my college would have <10k, however it does make one want to change their preferences because of the great benefits
The campus of Manhattan College would absolutely fit the definition of “urban.” There’s a New York City subway station just steps below this hillside campus. There are several apartment towers nearby. It is not Times Square but the immediate area definitely has urban density.
I second the recommendation of U of Tulsa. Broaden your horizons and don’t be timid about leaving home. I would also recommend for engineering…
Ohio University, merit aid for engineers and about a 7 hours drive from NYC
U of Rochester, excellent
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, excellent. Desires more female applicants
Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute, excellent. Very supportive of female engineering majors
Rochester Institute of Technology, great co-op program
U of Dayton, excellent
Villanova University, very good
Rose Hulman Institute, excellent
One low cost option that also provides an excellent and very rigorous education is South Dakota School of Mines & Technology. It’s out of your desired region but it has an outstanding STEM reputation, hosts national employers and is situated in a student-friendly town of about 60,000 people. I believe it was once again rated as the number 1 school on the Payscale.com ranking (best starting salaries for alumni) this year. Mines also is trying to attract additional female applicants. Women do pretty well at Mines. The President of the university is a woman and former member of congress (and a Rhodes Scholar).
@LakeWashington Thanks for the advice. Personally, I agree with your thoughts on Manhattan College and am glad you concur. As for the other suggestions, I see merit merit in the idea of venturing out of the Northeast, but I’d need to convince my family, as well. The suggestions around the Northeast area all seem great as well, and I will definitely look into South Dakota School of Mines & Technology. Thanks for your help!
@confused2016 please come back to this thread in March/April and let us know where you end up!
If your interests lie with biomedical and you don’t want to commit to an undergrad degree in that field, might make sense to attend to a university that has a biomedical program or medical research so you can take some electives and meet people working and researching in the field. The good biomed programs do find jobs for their graduates too …
You also have almost 2 years to decide on engineering majors, so you do not have to commit now …
All engineering schools are more male than female in engineering, the ratios almost always are leveled by having a solid program outside of strict STEM definitions which can bring in more female students.
Mechanical engineering is really heavily male, starting with number of graduates and definitely out in the workplace, numbers in the 10% female … biomedical has a lot more women studying, not sure about out in the workplace (and it is a newer field that is expanding, so some nabobs of negativism are based more on outcomes for graduates 5 years ago than 5 years from now).
Also financial and merit aid will affect your final decision, so make sure you have a likely good selection of safeties that would satisfy you financially and academically and also a few reaches just in case (some may be more generous with aid than the safeties and end up cheaper).
@Kimo2017 I will be sure to update this when the time for the big decision comes
@PickOne1 Your first point about choosing a college with biomedical engineering in order to use their resources makes a lot of sense and is definitely something I will consider. I don’t really see a problem in the male-female ratio for engineering, partly because I believe it’ll make a qualified female appreciated even more. As for safeties, your advice is duly noted. Having a financial safety, as well as academic safety, covered is very important to me. Thanks for the advice
What about Case Western Reserve University for this student? Right size, strong in engineering + STEM, very nice urban location. Gives out lots of merit (although very high price tag to begin so might be too expensive). But I see it as a competitor/peer to U of Rochester.
http://www.eng.utoledo.edu/mime/
U Toledo has merit and extra engineering scholarships
Roger Williams has a reputation around here for being very stingy with the money. However, I believe you’d be a top applicant, so YMMV. It’s certainly got stunning views.
Sorry I meant to tag @mommdc
SO…come back. What did you decide. My daughter is considering WPI. Would never consider UMASS Dartmouth because we live a mile away. LOL But from what I understand, it is a good program. Curious where you ended up.