<p>De rien.</p>
<p>And I didn’t charge you a nickel. </p>
<p>I actually think you’ve got 4 great public options: Michigan, McGill, and Toronto, with Michigan State as a fallback and worth keeping on the list to see what kind of merit money they offer. That’s a great list to start. From there you can explore other private school possibilities. Unfortunately, most of the top private engineering programs are at schools that offer only need-based aid (MIT, Caltech, Stanford, Cornell, Princeton, Northwestern, etc.). There are some good private engineering schools that do give a lot of merit aid, e.g., the University of Southern California for National Merit Scholars, and Case Western in Cleveland for high-stats applicants. But for the quality of the program, it’s tough to beat Michigan for engineering.</p>