Is my college list okay? (Chem E)

<p>I looked into Case Western and Harvey Mudd, and they both look great. Thanks for your suggestions. Some of you pointed out that money may be a problem… I’m considering adding Ohio State in hopes of getting the National Buckeye Scholarship. One of my friends goes there and has many great things to say about the school. I know the engineering program may not be up there with other schools of similar caliber, but I think the program is solid (correct me if I’m wrong). Because I will probably be NMF, I believe I will get a $30,000/yr scholarship at Northeastern (provided I list them as my top choice). This puts Northeastern within a reasonable range financially. In addition, if I get the Gold National Scholarship at UMN ($10,000/yr, preference seems to be given to NMFs), that also becomes a feasible option. I am under the impression that the Northeastern scholarship is guaranteed, and the UMN scholarship is likely but not probable. Again, please correct me if you have more insight on the matter. I would appreciate any other comments or advice you may have. </p>

<p>I added Case Western, Ohio State, and Pitt. Removed Northeastern, since I’m not 100% about engineering and didn’t like the overemphasis on co-op. Debating now whether to add Stanford as a super-reach since the NPC predicted very good aid. Now I’m at 13 schools… too many? </p>

<p>If you make NMF, Texas A&M has a good scholarship for you:
<a href=“https://scholarships.tamu.edu/national_scholars/national_merit.aspx”>https://scholarships.tamu.edu/national_scholars/national_merit.aspx&lt;/a&gt;
(Net price after scholarship and non-resident tuition waiver is probably around $12,000 per year.)</p>

<p>At the UMN you will get the Gold national scholarship, I received it this year for the same major and I have considerably lower stats and EC’s. For me the U was the cheapest option… Also rank #4 in the country for ChemE.</p>

<p>I like your list a lot except for Swarthmore. I think you’re going to have a nice range of options. From what you described, Rice and Rochester sound like great options with a lot of liberal arts students and not too preprofessional, yet with solid ChemE departments. </p>

<p>I would skip Lafayette and Bucknell, though Lehigh, which is another smallish research university, might interest you. </p>

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<p>Sounds like you dont understand how it all works. You would not be given aid to “meet need,” and then a merit scholarship to reduce what your parents have to pay.</p>

<p>to reduce the amount that your parents have to pay, you FIRST start with a large award so that the remaining cost is about $25k…the amount your parents will pay.</p>

<p>I understand that most schools don’t stack merit. Therefore, I’ve included several schools on my list where I have a decent chance of receiving enough merit to bring the cost down to what my parents can afford. I’m probably going to take some schools off my list that predict an EFC substantially above $30k.</p>