<p>Hey Folks, CC has always been a great place where I was and am always helped. This is the last time I am asking for a favor. I have been admitted to quite few colleges and I am an international student but top 4 which I am considering attending are:
Iowa State University
Ohio State University
Texas A&M University
SUNY at Buffalo
Florida Institute of Technology
Illinois Institute of Technology</p>
<p>I am opting to go for Aerospace Engineering.</p>
<p>The major factor to be considered in sequence of importance are:
Full cost of attendance
Academic strength
Undergraduate Research Opportunity
Campus life</p>
<p>Thanking You All.
Please give your suggestions ASAP.
Love y'all!! <3</p>
<p>The major factor to be considered in sequence of importance are:</p>
<p>Full cost of attendance … which one is cheapest? I am guessing Iowa State?</p>
<p>Academic strength…if we use US News grad program rankings as a rough proxy for aerospace undergrad ranking, then…
A& M #9, IIT # 21, OSU # 25, ISU #26. They all have solid programs in that academic area.</p>
<p>Undergraduate Research Opportunity…ISU, OSU, Buffalo, and A&M are all major research universities. I would guess the research opportunities will be similar at those. </p>
<p>Campus life…OSU in a city. Traditional US college experience. A & M and ISU are very similar, large universities in small/rural college towns. Both will offer a very traditional US college experience, more so than OSU. About 12% of ISU students are international. IIT is in the middle of Chicago.</p>
<p>I did do the work but I am confused as they all give the approximate amount. How should i access the exact amount of my duration of study?.. and there are some factor which I myself being an international student will be unable to access and you as a native resident would know better. So i want to have your point of view known before coming to final decision.</p>
<p>The Cost of Attendance at the schools has to assume some level of room and board, and an average cost of books and travel from data from previous years. It really is all an approximation and the people on this board don’t know any better than you what books you’ll get second hand vs. buying new, etc. You can check to see if the travel costs provided in the COA are too small for your particular location and add as appropriate.</p>
<p>Have you had a chance to visit any of these colleges in person? Are you more drawn to urban or rural campuses? And what kind of weather do you like? These are all good colleges and it may be other factors that make up your mind. </p>
<p>I believe the first there listed are your best options. All have very respectable programs. It is up to you to determine which fits you the best. Food for thought, Iowa will have a full winter. Oklahoma less so, and a&m even less so.</p>
<p>@southernhope thank u for replying. No i never had a chance to visit states. So i am literally unaware of anything and everything you can tell me and for which so i shall ever be thankfull to you. If we talk of campus setting. I think rural is better but i donno about weather. Actually i dont know if winter is worth experiencing or not . Here at my home it does get cold foggy but never snows so i am confused if snow will be marvellous or daunting experience.</p>
<p>I attended Texas A & M as a graduate student. Very large engineering school and large university, but friendly campus. I think you will like it there - find other students with similar interests etc. I am originally from WI and this past winter has been extreme for northern states. The college is the reason for the town College Station; Bryan is the older part of the town. About 100 miles from Houston airport, but I am sure the college has worked out transportation alternatives to get to airports. Costs will be on the lower side like Iowa. Good luck.</p>
<p>Illinois Institute of Technology - 80000$ (20000$ pa)
Florida Institute of Technology - 16000$
waiting for Iowa State University
Didnot get any from SUNY Buffalo,TAMU and OSU</p>
<p>My parents would be taking out loan.</p>
<p>@SOSConcern…Thank you so much for your input I will surely keep in mind your suggestion while deciding.</p>
<p>so, if you look just at tuition, room, and board, and substract the scholarship (if any), can you list the colleges?
We can then factor other criteria.
Taking on huge loans isn’t worth it for undergraduate school, so overall you should go to the cheapest school.
That probably means TAMU and OSU are out of the running since they are likely to be 45,000 a year without scholarship…
$4,000 off a year from Florida Tech makes it less interesting that Illinois ITech (they’re both roughly at the same level).
So that leaves SUNY Buffalo, Iowa State, and IlT, right?</p>
<p>I too came to same conclusion. List of colleges were same from my side as yourself. But i am unable to final out which college would be best… As for loans i know its bad … But we dont have great aerospace programme in my country…i am deciding for mba and bs concurrent degrees…@ MYOS1634</p>
<p>Right now, can you provide us with the exact cost for each?
We’ll add info then, but since scholarships (or not) are individual, we have NO WAY of knowing how much each costs <em>for you</em>. We would tell you whether one is worth it or not.
Some info you can find on your own (weather, number of students, class size, urban/suburban/rural with city accessible/rural) but we can comment on, but it’d all be pointless if you can’t afford the costs.
What do you mean “MBA/BS concurrent degrees”?
Reputable MBA’s typically require 2-5 years of post-college work before they accept your application.</p>
<p>@MYOS1634 I think the OP is referring to co-terminal degrees which have become very popular in recent years. The combination is usually a B.S. + M.S. in 5 years from high school. However, I doubt that an MBA is included in these combinations since, as you rightly say, most programs want to see work experience for admissions.</p>
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