<p>I'm looking for colleges known for their engineering programs that are also generous with merit scholarships. I don't qualify for any need-based scholarships, but I my parents are only able to pay $20,000 per year. </p>
<p>Info about myself:
I am a 4.0 unweighted full IB Diploma student. I got a 35 ACT, 2180 SAT (probably wont send SAT score in, considering my ACT score), 750 math II, and 730 bio molecular (also probably wont need to send subject scores in, as I'm not applying to any Ivy's). There's a chance that I'll make National Merit Scholarship, but not sure yet. I've played volleyball for my school and as a club sport for the past two years, and I'm the president of both Science National Honor Society and my school's Mock Trial team. I'm also a member of NHS and my local Teen Library Council. I also got selected to be a "link crew leader" which is basically a group of students who help out at student orientation and make the freshmen feel more "at home". Lastly, this summer I'm doing an internship at a Coastal Observation Center (basically microbiology - looking at bacteria and how they oxidize manganese).</p>
<p>You would get very generous merit aid at University of Alabama. Their application is online and able to be submitted right now. You need to complete their scholarship application as well. Mom2collegekids is the 'Bama expert…but I believe your stats would give you guaranteed full tuition plus a stipend amount too. There is added money if you are a NMSF…I believe.</p>
<p>Yeah, UA would give her full tuition us a $2500 stipend for being in engineering. There’s an additional bonus for NM, but I don’t know how much it is.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t put Alabama in the category of “known for its engineering program”. Alabama is mostly known for its business, communications, accounting, and maybe chemistry. Alabama has engineering programs, of course, but Auburn is the engineering flagship in the state, and much more “known for its engineering program”.</p>
<p>Your stats are excellent, and you would have a shot at merit aid at many good engineering schools, such as Auburn, Clemson, NC State, Case Western, and others.</p>
<p>If you are limited to $20,000/year from your family, you would need nearly full tuition from the school.</p>
<p>The section on merit aid in the FAQ for this forum is a good place to start looking for ideas.</p>
<p>Auburn may the traditionally known as the engineering school in Alabama, but UAlabama has invested over a $500 million “upping its game” in engineering and over one billion dollars in campus improvements.</p>
<p>Bama has just completed it’s 4th phase of its new mega-sized Science and Engineering Complex. This adds 900,000 square feet of new STEM space to the campus bringing its total STEM space to about 1.5 million square feet of STEM space. </p>
<p>If you go to this link, you can see a few of the 45 new buildings that Bama has recently added to its campus. The new Science and Engineering Complex is featured on pages starting with page 6. You can see some dorm housing starting on page 13.
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<p>The state of Alabama is home to the second largest research park in the nation: Cummings Research Park (CRP). Many, many high tech companies are there and more relocate there every year.</p>
<p>Perhaps the discussion should be about whether “known for their engineering programs” is the right quality to look for in a school. </p>
<p>There’s nothing wrong with studying engineering at Alabama, it’s simply not what the school is known for. I wouldn’t discourage anyone from studying engineering there, or at, for example, University of Miami or University of South Florida, schools that are similarly ranked in Engineering to Alabama, but again not “known for their engineering programs”.</p>
<p>I will say that schools with a more limited emphasis in engineering may not offer the diversity of classes and programs that more engineering-focused schools have. For example, 8 engineering/cs majors at Alabama versus 13 at Auburn or 14 at Georgia Tech. This may or may not be important for a particular student.</p>
<p>I will say that schools with a more limited emphasis in engineering may not offer the diversity of classes and programs that more engineering-focused schools have. For example, 8 engineering/cs majors at Alabama versus 13 at Auburn or 14 at Georgia Tech. This may or may not be important for a particular student.</p>
<p>True. Some students want to major in an eng’g discipline that isn’t offered everywhere, such as: BioMedE or PetE.</p>
<p>That said, Bama is adding: Construction Engineering, Architectural Engineering and Environmental Engineering. This was a recent announcement.</p>
<p>When you think about how many engineers are needed in this country, the idea that there are only a handful of good engineering schools out there is silly. In Calif alone there are over 25 schools with good engineering programs. Then when you consider the other 49 states and their good eng’g programs, there are many, many schools that will provide a very good eng’g education…definitely good enough to become well-employed.</p>