<p>I am a high school junior who is interested in becoming an engineer. Ive heard that as a female going into engineering, scholarships are easier to get. Is this true? And if so, what kind of scholarships could I expect? My GPA is about 3.7 unweighted, 4.2 weighted. I got a 33 on my ACT. I am thinking of University of Denver at the lower end, and if I'm lucky, Colorado School of Mines. Thanks!</p>
<p>I don’t think we can provide that info for specific schools because I don’t think schools offer assured scholarships that are specifically for female engineers.</p>
<p>However, there are schools that give good sized merit scholarships for engineering students with your stats regardless of being male or female. However, I don’t know if UDenver or College of the Mines does.</p>
<p>Why don’t you tell us how much merit you need? In other words, how much will your parents pay? If your parents will pay $15k-17k per year, then you’d need a full tuition scholarship so that your parents’ money can pay for room, board, fees, books, etc.</p>
<p>As an aside, I don’t think it’s a good idea to go after a scholarship that is for a particular major. What if you later change majors? You’d lose the money and then attending the school might be unaffordable.</p>
<p>My parents will only be able to pay about $5000 a year, so I really need the scholarships. I’ve had my heart set on engineering for quite a while, though, so I don’t anticipate it changing. If it helps, the schools are both state universities, and their average stats are below mine.</p>
<p>Thanks for the info, it did help!</p>
<p>The society for women engineers give scholarships, but they tend to be for those already in college.
Many companies give scholarships to students, usually once they are in college, and usually upper-division students (depends on type of engineering, this happens a lot in petroleum engineering)</p>
<p>Also, your stats are better than mine, and I got a half-tuition scholarship to CSM and invited to apply for another scholarship! (And I’m out of state!!)</p>
<p>University of Denver is a private college. Mines is very expensive as public colleges go - COA is $29,500 in-state.</p>
<p>You have great stats, but getting the cost of either of those down to $5,000/year with merit scholarships is unlikely.</p>
<p>To get big merit like that you may have to look farther from home.</p>
<p>New Mexico Tech is similiar to CSM and it’s in your price range.</p>
<p>Tech offers a Colorado Reciprocity (CORE) scholarship to Colorado residents. You’ll pay in-state rates.</p>
<p>Tuition at Tech is a very reasonable $5400/year. Room and board is ~$7000/year. (Less if you live off campus after freshman year.)</p>
<p>With your family’s $5000/year, plus stafford loans plus a summer job and work-study-- you’ve got your costs covered.</p>
<p>Tech is terrific school, smaller than Mines (it has only about 1500 undergrads), with a tremendous graduate placement rate. </p>
<p>[Prospective</a> Students](<a href=“http://www.nmt.edu/prospective-students]Prospective”>Office of Admission: New Mexico Tech)</p>
<p>About the CORE Scholarship here:</p>
<p>[Tuition</a> Reduction Scholarships for Non-Residents](<a href=“http://www.nmt.edu/scholarships/50-financial-aid/financial-aid/183-scholarships-a-tuition-reduction-programs-for-non-residents]Tuition”>http://www.nmt.edu/scholarships/50-financial-aid/financial-aid/183-scholarships-a-tuition-reduction-programs-for-non-residents)</p>
<p>Bob Wallace is right. You’re not likely going to get ENOUGH merit money from Mines or UDenver for those schools to be affordable. You can apply and see what happens, but you’re not likely going to get enough that the remaining costs would be about $10,000 per year (which you and your parents can cover).</p>
<p>You don’t just need scholarships, you need HUGE scholarships. It won’t do you any good to get $10-20k per year in scholarships if the school costs $40-50k. I know that can be shocking. A number of schools might give you $15k per year, which sounds nice, but they cost $50k - so not affordable.</p>
<p>You need to apply to at least 2 schools that will FOR SURE give you enough money that your parents’ money and a 5500 student loan will cover nearly all the rest. You need a couple of assured situations in your hand.</p>
<p>If Alabama doesn’t change it’s scholarships for the next app season, you’d get:</p>
<p>Free tuition PLUS $2500 per year. Scholarships are worth about $100,000. With your parents’ $5k and a Federal student loan of $5500, you’d have nearly all costs covered. You could work over the summer to earn money to cover books and other small expenses.</p>
<p>Alabama has a new mega-sized Science and Engineering Complex. This can be a good financial safety for you in case your other schools aren’t affordable. </p>
<p>the Bama app goes Live in July. Apply then. The apps (school and scholarship) are very easy. You’ll have your acceptance and scholarship award by September.</p>
<p>Look at the threads that show you the awards. As Mom2coll says, U Alabama has a great opportunity there.</p>
<p>I know a young woman with similar stats that did get into some selective engineering programs and got some merit money including Georgia Tech, but not in the amounts that you are seeking. Getting that size award is not easy. You can look at some schools like Manhattan College (yes, they have a good engineering school), Worchester Inst, Rochester Inst, Stevens, as well as some schools that are not at well known and check out what scholarships they have available in what amounts. Even a $30K award is not going to help you at schools where the sticker price is $60K and it’s a waste of your time to apply to schools where the top award is still not going to get you where you need to be. I agree with BobWallace that getting the kind of discount you want from Mines and UD is not likely. You need to look at schools that are not as well known and/or have a cache of merit money.</p>
<p>Are you going to be eligible for financial aid? Do some sample EFCs and NPCs and see what the govt and inst calculators say your family should be paying.</p>
<p>[Scholarships</a> | The Society of Women Engineers | <a href=“http://www.swe.org%5B/url%5D”>www.swe.org](<a href=“http://societyofwomenengineers.swe.org/index.php/scholarships?limit=0#activePanels_]Scholarships”>Scholarships - Society of Women Engineers)</a></p>
<p>Kat</p>
<p>Check the Agnes Varis Schoalrship at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (in Indiana)
[Rose-Hulman</a> Scholarships - Scholarships and Grants - Financial Aid Office - Offices & Services | Rose-Hulman](<a href=“404 | Rose-Hulman”>404 | Rose-Hulman)</p>
<p>Thanks for the info everyone! Ill be sure to apply for some more certain colleges, as is doesn’t look too good for my top choices 
that’s good to hear about the scholarship to CSM! Even though it won’t be enough, I’ll still try it out.</p>
<p>Also, you might want to check out some of the schools in the west (Montana State) they give scholarships by SAT scores.</p>