<p>Hey,</p>
<p>Where/ how can I get a full ride (tuition, room, board, etc.) as a female in engineering solely based on merit with the following stats:</p>
<p>SAT- 2100
SAT II Math II- 700
SAT II Physics- 650
GPA- Around 3.7/4.1</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>You might be able to get full tuition but not full ride. If your family income is too high for aid and they can’t help you then you may need loans for some costs</p>
<p>What is your SAT breakdown? </p>
<p>If you were to get a scholarship out of state, how would you pay for your seasonal travel? can your family contribute anything towards your college costs?</p>
<p>^ 730M/690CR/680W</p>
<p>Parents would pay for me to visit them.
My family can contribute, but my mom doesn’t want to pay that much. I am pretty sure I do not qualify for need-based aid.</p>
<p>same here…</p>
<p>Your math and critical reading SAT scores are a bit lower than Pitt’s usual threshold for its full-tuition scholarship, which is 1450 (M/CR). And even then, a scholarship is not guaranteed. Still, you’re pretty close, and you have time to apply. Maybe the school is looking to better its male-female ratio this year. Also, if you’re from a state that would contribute to geographic diversity, that’s even better. (Where do you live?)</p>
<p>The engineering school at Pitt gives an additional $4,000 a year, which can be stacked on top of the full-tuition money to reduce your outlay further. Pittsburgh has a relatively low cost of living too. Check it out!</p>
<p>[Swanson</a> School of Engineering: University of Pittsburgh](<a href=“http://www.engr.pitt.edu%5DSwanson”>http://www.engr.pitt.edu)</p>
<p>If you were to get the full-tuition scholarship and the engineering scholarship, a federal Stafford loan might be able to cover the rest of your expenses each year and wouldn’t leave you that much in debt at all.</p>
<p>I am interested in finding out more schools which meet the OP’s need as well. I have 720M/690CR/740W SAT’s unwieghted GPA of 3.4 with hardest courses, 4.3 weighted. My school does not rank. Top New England public high school.</p>
<p>Also really killer EC’s and recommendations.</p>
<p>I know I can get in many places, just wondering where would be best chances for Northeastern US engineering schools – merit aide.</p>
<p>Thanks for any help.</p>
<p>Why not look at schools who really want female engineering students? Clarkson, R.P.I. or R.I.T. ??? All New York schools.</p>
<p>Ladies, </p>
<p>Are you interested in going to schools where there are few females? Would that bother you or would you like that?</p>
<p>Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute</p>
<p>[Rensselaer</a> Polytechnic Institute (RPI) :: Architecture, Business, Engineering, IT, Humanities, Science](<a href=“http://www.rpi.edu/]Rensselaer”>http://www.rpi.edu/)</p>
<p>However, I have no idea how generous they will be merit-wise.</p>
<p>With your stats, I know that Miss St would be very generous and they do have a very good engineering school. You’d likely get full-rides or near full-rides.</p>
<p>UAHuntsville <a href=“UAH - 404 Error Page”>UAH - 404 Error Page; is not “southern” in atmosphere and would also be generous. UAH has an excellent engineering program. UAH is located in Cummings Research Park (the second largest research park in the nation). Huntsville’s nickname is “Rocket City.” Because of CRP, most of the people in the area are transplants from other parts of the country, hence the less southern feel. Many, many co-op and research opportunities from all the high-tech companies that are practically within walking distance. They have a very nice campus and new suites dorms. <a href=“UAH - 404 Error Page”>UAH - 404 Error Page; There may also be some departmental scholarships to stack on top. You’d need to inquire about that. UAHuntsville is known for graduating female engineers.</p>
<p>Another avenue:</p>
<p>[Scholarships-The</a> Society of Women Engineers](<a href=“http://societyofwomenengineers.swe.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=222&Itemid=111]Scholarships-The”>SWE - The World's Largest Advocate for Women in Engineering)</p>
<p>^^^</p>
<p>Those might make nice supplemental scholarships to bigger ones from a university. </p>
<p>*Scholarships and fellowships range from $1,000 to $10,000 each
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<p>The problem with outside scholarships is that they rarely make much of a dent in a $50k per year COA. They’re fine to pay for books and such, but few can ever go to school on an outside scholarship alone.</p>
<p>You should consider Case Western, Tulane (although i’m not sure about their engineering program cuts) and Union College (small LAC in NY). Echo recommendations for RIT, RPI.</p>
<p>With the above stats, Tulane will likely give a $24k/yr scholarship. While that’s very nice, the COA is $53k/yr leaving a nearly $30k/yr gap. If the students won’t qualify for aid, then they would have to take out loans. Borrowing $120k+ is not a good idea. The monthly payments would be about $1400 a month for 10 years.</p>
<p>Ladies, what are your feelings towards loans? Will your parents co-sign and help repay?</p>
<p>There are so many scholarships available for women in engineering. You may have to stack a bunch of them to get a full ride, or close to it, but the fact that you chose engineering as a major is going to get you more money for college.</p>
<p>Tulane only has two engineering majors remaining, biomedical and I believe chemical. They do have joint programs with other elite universities to complete an engineering degree in programs they do not offer, but I would recommend attending a less expensive university if you have to go that way.</p>
<p>Definitely check out the women in engineering link. Many schools also have chapters of the women in engineering association and even offer living learning communities for women in engineering.</p>
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<p>This is a bit of an overgeneralization. DD is a bioengineering/biology double bachelors degree candidate (senior in college) who looked extensively for scholarships for female engineering students. They are certainly out there…but they are not as plentiful or easy to get as the above quote makes it sound.</p>
<p>I agree…apply to schools where your stats are VERY high compared to other admitted students…and to schools where there is a need for additional female engineering students.</p>
<p>National Merit Finalists can get a total free ride to Oklahoma. There are some good CC threads showing list of other good NMF deals.</p>
<p>^^^</p>
<p>Are any of these ladies National merits? I don’t remember reading that they are.</p>
<p>Try Clemson in SC. Women with SAT’s over 1350 and top 10% get instate tuition. Maybe they would stack a woman in engineering scholarship on top?</p>
<p>Try Harvery Mudd, they are trying to encourage more minorities and women.</p>
<p>Thread started December 6th, 2009.</p>