Engineering schools for OOS A+ student with need for financial aid

I consider substantial merit aid at your list of schools unlikely.

Since most other school’s deadlines for scholarship consideration have passed, my best recommendation is a gap year. I would have her take the ACT or new SAT during that time. That 1410/2050 is a great score, but just shy of the cutoff at some schools on the Automatic full ride/tuition list, and low for merit at schools like Miami(and those types schools are looking for other “intangibles”).

http://automaticfulltuition.yolasite.com/

With her stats, your child should have been able to find at least one school that she was CERTAIN she could afford to attend (for us, it was a university within commuting distance that offered a guaranteed scholarship based on stats which would cover the cost of tuition when stacked with Bright Futures). Not applying to a financial safety was a misstep, but since she hasn’t lost her FTIC status yet, that can be remedied with some patience.

Good luck! I would really love to hear how it all turns out.