<p>I'm trying to get a list of 10-15 schools for my son to learn about during his current spring break. He has decided against environmental engineering in favor of the less-techie environmental science WITH a public policy component. He could see himself working for the government, an NGO, as a researcher or in academia (in no particular order).</p>
<p>Yesterday google and I spent time together. I found many universities with Schools of Public Policy------some are totally without an environmental focus and others do not award undergrad degrees. I'm sure I missed many schools just using google....so I'm coming to the collective wisdom here for help :)</p>
<p>current stats for ds
4.0 UW
1/200ish private school
SATs not yet taken (May) but PSAT above commended level, below high NMSF cutoff for state</p>
<p>We live in the midAtlantic. He prefers East coast, more sun than not (temp not important), M:F ratio either even or more F than M ;), would prefer schools with more than 5000 students, nothing rural, nothing in the deep south, with a politically active student body. Nothing is non-negotiable at this point, though.</p>
<p>Income is variable---using past years' tax info on the FAFSA4caster thingie, EFC varies between $12000 and $20000 (do-able). Merit aid is a must with other kids in the family-----and especially if law school is in the future.</p>
<p>I spent hours last night reading through the Common Data Sets for schools found through the google searches. I'm right now focusing on the % of applicants who receive merit aid and the avg award compared to the COA. I'd prefer not to give ds a list containing schools with poor merit aid (or poor need-based aid, for that matter-----------the Ivy schools with generous aid would be considered).</p>
<p>Our instate flagship is both a financial and admission safety school which ds would be happy to attend. Thank goodness!</p>
<p>Thanks for any help :)</p>