<p>Here’s the thing. A lot of very bright, talented kids out there. A lot of merit awards too, but most of the are for under $5K. When you are looking at schools that run in the $50-60K range, the privates, half tuition, or even half cost awards aren’t going to cut. it. Most OOS publics are not generous with merit money. In addition to looking for schools with the programs your student wants, you need to look at the costs.</p>
<p>robd and op… uab would be the alabama school for that. as i mentioned she already qualifies for full tuition scholarship aas an oos, then dorms run 5K per year and food about 3K. then books. she would be a good candidate for sci/tech which then covers her phd…or if she wants med school or md/phd (through mstp program which means full med school tuition paid and about 27K per year stipend) its in place too.</p>
<p>uab is the “stepchild” lol… it cant compete with the beauty of UA or auburn campus… but i think most would agree its known as the strongest science/medical realted school in state</p>
<p>Very true Ilikepizza. We have considered GT and it continues to be in the mix even thought I did not list it. However, its the 70/30 male to female that scares my daughter. </p>
<p>I think we will apply and visit if accepted and offered something. We are trying to keep our visits/flights and expenses to a minimum. So far we have gone to U of Washington and are scheduled to visit Tulaine in Sept. Of course, CU is in our backyard.</p>
<p>WUSTL, CMU - good match for her interests, but maybe not $$…
U Pitt has some nice scholarships, and lots of research opportunities in biology.</p>
<p>ACT of 31 will hold her back on the merit, invest like $500 in taking a prep class, it would be well worth it if it helps get her score up a few points into the 34-35 range.</p>
<p>Look carefully at schools that offer merit ranked in the 75-150 range of USNWR. higher than 75 makes getting significant merit very tough without like 35 on ACT. As others said, merit awards of 5 or 10K aren’t going to cut it when COA is pushing 60K (which it will next year after another couple rounds of +5% increases).</p>
<p>I’ll tag on to nngmm - UPitt has great things going on, and particularly in regenerative medicine - google the McGowan Institute. It’s top notch worldwide. That program has quite a few summer internships and the like as well.</p>
<p>Another school to consider would be RPI:</p>
<p>[Biomedical</a> Engineering at Rensselaer](<a href=“Welcome to BME at Rensselaer | Biomedical Engineering”>Welcome to BME at Rensselaer | Biomedical Engineering)</p>
<p>RPI has a lot of research opportunities.</p>
<p>If you really are limited to $25K, then half tuition scholarships at many colleges won’t be enough (unless she does loans). But perhaps she’ll qualify for some larger awards.</p>
<p>CU should be affordable.</p>
<p>Look into WUE schools (where you can get reduced rate tuition at other Western state schools).</p>
<p>Definately look at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. All of the engineering programs there are amazing.</p>
<p>[UNC/NCSU</a> Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering - Home](<a href=“http://www.bme.ncsu.edu%5DUNC/NCSU”>http://www.bme.ncsu.edu)</p>
<p>NC State University has a biomedical engineering program that partners with UNC Chapel Hill.</p>
<p>Just make sure you have a safety - one that she likes, would be sure to get into, and that you can afford. After that, you can have fun.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t recommend University of Washington anymore. Class sizes are huge, and getting bigger. Upper class electives are being cut, and it is going to get worse. It is becoming difficult to graduate in four years. Research opportunities will become more restricted to graduate students, as a larger percentage of funding comes from outside research grants. UW used to be a great school. Now it is maybe a good school, and on the way down. Many students here in Washington now choose Western Washington U. over it. There’s nothing here that you won’t get as good at UColorado for much cheaper.</p>
<p>Wellesley has a very strong science program and students can take classes at M.I.T. Arizona State would give her money.</p>