I want to go into Biomedical Engineering and was wondering if anybody knew of colleges with good engineering programs as well as large merit scholarships?
What are your test scores? GPA? Can your parents contribute anything?
My current ACT score is 31, just retook in June so hoping to raise it. My GPA is 4.0 unweighted and around 4.25 weighted. My parents could contribute slightly from savings.
I have a ton of extracurriculars and leadership positions as well as an internship at an engineering firm if that helps
Do you have any preferences such as geographic, etc? Check out the U of Alabama scholarships.
I really love Colorado but would be fine going anywhere
It looks like U of Alabama have Biological and chemical engineering combined
Have you investigated your own state schools? Keep in mind that getting very large awards is difficult and will require going down in the rankings. Would your family qualify for financial aid?
You won’t find much in Colorado, but Utah State, Utah, Wyoming, Montana and other western schools might work for you. Some of those have scholarships for stats, but also engineering scholarships. Make sure you look at being able to stack scholarships, not just a one scholarship to cover everything.
Where do you live? Are you eligible for any tuition exchange state schools?
I live in Kansas but I’m not looking at any in-state schools. Might be able to find midwestern tuition exchange?
You will need a higher test score for full tuition even at USU and UA. U of Utah is much higher, maybe 35 plus top GPA. What is your home state, that is almost always your best bet. As full rides are rare OOS means at least 10K a year just for R&B. Look at the automatic scholarships information and threads.
Here are two older lists. Check through them to see if the scholarships still exist, and if you are eligible.
http://automaticfulltuition.yolasite.com/
http://competitivefulltuition.yolasite.com/
Please at least look at your instate options which MIGHT be the least costly.
How much CAN your parents pay annually? Full RIDES are not all,that plentiful, and go to,students with tippy top stats. Your GPA is there…but so far, your ACT is not.
Full tuition scholarships are just a tad more available…but right now…a 31 ACT would not give you full tuition guaranteed at University of Alabama.
@mom2collegekids whT does this kid need to get the higher awards?
U Alabama Huntsville and/or Birmingham might still be in play. Huntsville’s average ACT scores are about the highest in the state, comparable to Purdue’s IIRC.
None of my state schools offer the major program I want to go into, otherwise I would for sure stay in state
Preferably I would want to pay less than $15,000 a year
University of Kansas DOES have your major…biomedical engineering.
Total cost of attendance is about $27,000 a year.
You have $10,000 you can “pay” plus $5500 Direct Loan you can get also. So that’s $15,500.
Does Kansas have merit awards for instate students?
And for,the record…even IF you are part of a tuition common market or exchange…with other states…your costs of attendance are NOT going to be less.
My son finished his freshman yr at UA. We are also from Kansas. The Pres scholarship pays for your tuition and there is another 2500 a yr for engineering. I think the cutoff might be a 32 for full tuition but you can look up on UA scholarship site. UAH in Hunstville also has a very generous scholarship offers as does Utah St ( but it’s mostly mormon society which could be a shock). Not sure about Ole MIss on both of those majors but they have very, very generous scholarhip offers too.
I forgot about Ms State.
will your parents pay the $15k per year? If not who will?
What is your career goal with BioMedE? That is a very limiting major and NOT necessary for any career path. ChemE or MechE will accomplish the same goals and will be offered at a LOT more schools.
I hate to see kids who have financial limitations thinking that they must go to a school with biomedE since it’s not necessary.