<p>I am a junior in NY and I am trying to make a list of colleges I should apply to next year. I have good grades and plenty of EC's. I believe I could get into most colleges outside of the ivies. I am wondering what schools, public or private, have a respected ChemE program as well as good D1 sports where students are really into the basketball and football teams. Thanks!</p>
<p>University of Minnesota-Twin Cities is very good for chemical engineering. Are you willing to go out of state and pay oos tuition ?
Here are some others:
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Pennsylvania State University
SUNY’s Binghamton, Buffalo
Georgia Tech
University of California-Berkeley
University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign</p>
<p>Madison no doubt</p>
<p>Thank you! And yes I think I can pay oos tuition because I believe I can get some scholarships for my grades at these public schools.</p>
<p>UMinn–epic fail for football and basketball. Good for eng but so is Madison.</p>
<p>What about Lehigh, ND, UVA and Florida?</p>
<p>^ Florida is pretty good and relatively cheap for OOS. UVA and ND don’t have particularly strong ChemE programs - and they’re more expensive.</p>
<p>Some more less expensive choices (besides Minnesota):</p>
<p>Stony Brook
Virginia Tech
NCSU</p>
<p>Dont know how UT has not been mentioned yet. And A&M</p>
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<p>They are pretty good colleges but its nearly impossible to get into A&M and Austin out of state.</p>
<p>Thanks for all of the responses. Anyone have any private schools you could suggest? Interested in that too</p>
<p>iThank you! And yes I think I can pay oos tuition because I believe I can get some scholarships for my grades at these public schools</p>
<p>Scholarships are mostly for very high TEST scores. Too many kids have high GPAs, so schools use TEST scores to determine merit.</p>
<p>also…a number of those listed schools do NOT give much in merit scholarships or their awards are HIGHLY competitive and you can’t depend on them. These schools have too many high stats eng’g majors to give them all merit scholarships.</p>
<p>You need to ask your parents how much they’ll pay each year so you can determine which schools will give you enough merit to cover the costs.</p>
<p>For instance, if your parents will pay about $15k per year, then that will cover room, board, books, fees, etc…so you’d need a FULL tuition scholarship to cover TUITION. It’s doubtful that you’d get a full tuition scholarship at the schools listed in post #2. PSU doesn’t give large merit scholarships, neither does UIUC and a few others. GT’s scholarships are HIGHLY competitive and even students with PERFECT test scores and GPAs often get NOTHING.</p>
<p>There are a number of schools that might give you a $10k scholarship, but if your parents won’t pay the other $30k-45k per year, then those won’t be affordable.</p>
<p>You need to apply to at least 2 schools that will give you ASSURED large merit scholarships for your stats that will give you enough that your parents will pay the remaining costs. </p>
<p>So, ask your parents how much they’ll pay. You need to know that. Otherwise you may end up with a handful of acceptances without enough scholarship money to go.</p>
<p>University of Maryland (always ranked high for their athletic facilities & packed statiums)
University of Delaware (particulary strong ChemE program)</p>
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Stanford, Princeton, Northwestern, Rice, USC, Tulane, Vanderbilt…</p>
<p>Florida is pretty good and relatively cheap for OOS</p>
<p>??? UF isn’t cheap for OOS. The COA is about $43k per year. If his family won’t pay nearly that much, it won’t be affordable. I guess “cheap” is relative. It’s only “cheap” if you were planning on spending a lot more elsewhere.</p>
<p>UF also is NOT good with merit awards for OOS students.</p>
<p>Thanks for all of the responses. Anyone have any private schools you could suggest? Interested in that too</p>
<p>Yes there are many. Some give NO merit awards. Some mid-tiers might give some. Again, you need to find out what your parents would pay. IF you need FA, then you need to determine what you’d qualify for at the schools that give good need based aid.</p>
<p>For instance, Princeton and Stanford give NO merit, but do give generous need based aid according to determined need…after they look at your parents’ finances and they determine what they think your parents should pay.</p>
<p>^ Perhaps it’s gotten a lot more expensive.</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice everyone. mom2collegekids if my parents were to pay about 15k a year what colleges would you suggest I apply to?</p>
<p>Lehigh
Georgia Tech
RPI (more into their DI hockey than football or basketball, though)</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice everyone. mom2collegekids if my parents were to pay about 15k a year what colleges would you suggest I apply to?</p>
<p>If your parents will pay $15k per year, then that will cover much of Room, Board, Books and Fees…and maybe transportation. That means you need at least a full tuition scholarship. Those won’t likely be awarded by the schools listed above. </p>
<p>There is a thread that lists schools that give full tuition scholarships. Here it is…
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/15557250-post234.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/15557250-post234.html</a></p>
<p>BUT…we don’t know what your test scores are. Have you taken the SAT or ACT yet? If so, what were your scores? What was your M+CR for the SAT? Take both exams!</p>
<p>If you haven’t tested, when will you take those exams? And, how did you do on the PSAT? </p>
<p>This is how merit scholarships work at the schools that give them (and many don’t give them)…</p>
<p>There’s a large pool of students who have high GPAs.</p>
<p>There’s a smaller pool of students who have high test scores.</p>
<p>There’s a much smaller pool of students who have both high test scores and high GPAs…those are the ones who often get good merit scholarships from the schools that give them. </p>
<p>The largest scholarships (like full tuition) would be awarded to the students who might have stats that are within the top 5% of the school. So, if a school’s “middle quartiles” have ACTs that are in the 25-30 range, then they might award full tuition scholarships to students who have an ACT 35/36 because those are in the top 2% of their applicant pool.</p>
<p>Can you also tell us what your career plans are with a ChemE degree? </p>
<p>My son is graduating with a ChemE degree in a month and he’s going to med school this fall. Do you have med school in mind or do you have a research career in mind?</p>