<p>Hola, amigos. As a Junior in high school, I have undergone the dauntless task that is the college search. I am blindly jumping into this, so some help from you guys would be great. I was wondering if you wonderful souls could recommend me some engineering school that meet this criteria. </p>
<p>1) First, price is one of the biggest factors. My parents are willing to spend <30k/year on my education. However, ideally, I would rather have my parents pay <25k/year. Private vs. Public doesn't really matter to me, as long as it has good scholarships/grants to be able to get the price around that 25k/year figure.</p>
<p>2) Next, the school must have good job recruitment. Pretty self-explanatory.</p>
<p>3) Lastly, it must be fairly close to Akron, OH. I'm talking about a 6 hour driving distance maximum.</p>
<p>Well, here are some of my stats to give you a general idea of the schools I would like to visit.
ACT: 31 (took w/o Alg. 2. Will definitely take again and probably get a 33-34)
GPA: 4.0/4.5 (most rigorous with a few exceptions)
Rank: Top 5% of class</p>
<p>Couple leadership positions. Other EC's pretty good.</p>
<p>Shoot. Forgot to add that prestige doesn’t really matter to me. As long as it has good job prospects and is in my price range after financial aid, that’s fine with me.</p>
<p>Wow. A CC student that actually realizes that costs matter. There’s hope!</p>
<p>Ohio State University (instate)
Case Western (AID)
Virgina Tech (a little bit further away)
NC State (even further…)
Purdue (may be a bit pricey. Depends on aid).
Michigan State (also a bit pricey. Depends on aid). </p>
<p>Top ~50 engineering schools and relatively close to home. I think most of the schools I mentioned are around 40k/year, but NC state may be like 30k and OSU 25k instate. Case Western is much more expensive (55k) but they give out a ton of aid. I bet their cost after aid would be similar to your other less expensive schools.</p>
<p>Ohio University would be a solid safety.</p>
<p>All of these schools will get you a solid job in engineering. They all recruit well and they’re known for being good engineering schools. I also think they’re all within reach for your stats.</p>
<p>Pitt is known to offer much merit in the early season (full rides).<br>
I think their application opens in July or August. Our neighbor loves it (senior year) and has found it very supportive. You need to be pro-active to get internships.</p>
<p>If later, you decide to expand the radius, look at Alabama (full tuition for you current stats +$2500/yr), Drexel in Philly (full tuition)</p>
<p>What type of engineering? Look at Wright State and U Dayton. They both have good relationships with the Air Force Research Labs at Wright-Patterson AFB.</p>
<p>Earnings from internship/co-ops will lower your annual cost of attendance. Also you may want to consider universities that will prepare you well not only to gain employment after your BS in engineering, but also prep you for graduate school, should you decide to take that route. </p>
<p>Here are some of the choices, in order of preference (within 6 hours of driving distance), and assuming you are a resident of Ohio.</p>
<p>Visit the web sites of each of the university & run net price calculator to get an idea about the cost of attendance. Note many universities levy a higher tuition charge for upper level courses, typically after completing 55 – 60 credit (semester) hours.</p>
<p>Ok. Thank you guys so much! I plan on visiting OSU, Miami, and Akron in the next few months. Also, my brother goes to college in Pittsburgh, so I could visit Pitt then. With regards to FA. My parents earn an above average income, so I won’t be able to get any grants at public schools. Thus, this is why I’m looking for schools with good merit scholarship programs. However, I have run the net price calculators for private schools like Northwestern, Notre Dame, and Vanderbilt. They all seem to land around the 25-30k/year range. Thank you all for your suggestions.</p>