Good engineering schools + good financial aid?

Paying for College
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<p>Which schools in the northeast have both good engineering programs and very good financial aid?</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>Tufts…</p>

<p>But…do will you QUALIFY for very good financial aid? </p>

<p>Do you know how much your family will contribute?</p>

<p>Do you know how much your FAFSA EFC will be and your CSS Profile family contribution could likely be? </p>

<p>Do you have a non-custodial parent?</p>

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<p>I haven’t yet calculated my EFC. But regardless, which schools meet need the best? My issue is that I have a bunch of reaches that I probably won’t get into (MIT, Columbia, Cornell, Princeton…) that have unbelievably good financial aid. Then there are the schools that I think I will get into (RPI, WPI, Northeastern…) but I don’t think I will be able to afford them. So I’m betting I will end up at UMass Amherst which isn’t terrible because they have a decent engineering program I hear, but I was just wondering if I had any other viable options.</p>

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<p>UVA and UNC-CH meet need but they are very difficult to get into. What are your stats?</p>

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<p>RPI and WPI give a lot of merit aid. RIT as well, and it has the advantage of being quite a bit cheaper as well.</p>

<p>My S is at UMass Amherst for engineering and loves it there, it is worth a serious look.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the response.</p>

<p>I have 2220 SATs (750 R, 750W, 720M)
I’m taking SAT IIs on Saturday, so I don’t know that yet
3.95 weighted GPA, top 5%
I’m an avid musician, I have my own web design business, fairly good EC stuff…</p>

<p>UVA and UNC-CH are a little far away though. Pennsylvania and New Jersey are about as far south as I’d like to go.</p>

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I’m really happy to know that my safety has a solid engineering department. Now there really can’t be any bad outcome to the college admissions process!</p>

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<p>*I have 2220 SATs (750 R, 750W, 720M)
I’m taking SAT IIs on Saturday, so I don’t know that yet
3.95 weighted GPA, top 5%
I’m an avid musician, I have my own web design business, fairly good EC stuff…</p>

<p>UVA and UNC-CH are a little far away though. Pennsylvania and New Jersey are about as far south as I’d like to go.*</p>

<p>Be sure to have some financial safety schools that you really will like to attend. :)</p>

<p>*I haven’t yet calculated my EFC. But regardless, which schools meet need the best? *</p>

<p>That’s not really the right question. If your family has a high “expected family contribution” that it can’t/won’t pay, then schools like MIT could still be unaffordable.</p>

<p>You need to ask your family how much they will pay and find out what your likely EFC is.</p>

<p>Try using this…
Quick EFC
[FinAid</a> | Calculators | QuickEFC](<a href=“Your Guide for College Financial Aid - Finaid”>Quick EFC - Finaid)</p>

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Here’s a data point - with similar stats, RPI and WPI offered my DS $15-17K in merit aid, RIT a little less (although RIT is $8-10K cheaper to start with).</p>

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<p>Thanks for the help everyone!</p>

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<p>Clarkson, RIT, Alfred (NY Private schools)
Are you from MA? Alfred University would like more students from New England.
Most of their students are from NYS.</p>