<p>Do you know if they offer much merit aid?</p>
<p>Cornell/CMU... education > weather imo.</p>
<p>georgia tech does not offer much out of state merit aid. they give .5 to full ride scholarships to about 100 people other than that... not much.</p>
<p>Your score at the moment won't qualify you for merit aid at any top 30 school.</p>
<p>if you have a 3.8 gpa (i dont know if they use weighted or their own scheme) or are in the top 5% of your class, Purdue will give you $10,000 a year for your 30 act!</p>
<p>Also look at University of Illinois and other Big-Ten schools. They are well-known for their engineering programs.</p>
<p>If you are female, Smith Colleges Picker Engineering Program is superb. The quality of the engineering program is such that every Smith College engineering student with a 3.5 GPA is guaranteed admission to the graduate engineering schools at Princeton, Dartmouth, Johns Hopkins, Tufts, and University of Michigan! </p>
<p>Smith provides STRIDE scholarships where high achieving students do research with professors. They have a number of other scholarships and financial aid as well.</p>
<p>You can find more information on the program at: Smith</a> College: Picker Engineering Program and at: Smith</a> College: Picker Engineering Program</p>
<p>New Mexico Tech is very reasonably priced.
U of Missouri S&T (was UM-Rolla)
Colorado School of Mines
U of Alabama
U of Tulsa
Texas Tech
Maybe Arizona has an in-state agreement with a neighboring state</p>
<p>I definitely agree that education is much more important than weather, but the problem is that Cornell and CMU both cost around $50,000, and at that high tier, there is no way I will qualify for merit aid, if they have any!</p>
<p>Noobcake, you said my scores would not qualify me for any merit aid, but I would appreciate it if you could inform me at around what SAT/ACT score I should be aiming for?</p>
<p>UIUC has a really high OOS tuition, and not much merit aid for out of state. </p>
<p>I am a male, so Smith's is out of the question.</p>
<p>My in-state uni: ASU is better, and cheaper, than a lot of the universities you mentioned mrego.</p>
<p>NC State has a very respected engineering program. Nice weather, not that expensive, ect..</p>
<p>New Mexico Tech, Alabama, Tulsa, Texas Tech, and NC State are a step down from the schools like GaTech, UIUC, Texas and Purdue.</p>
<p>So I think I will be applying to ASU, UT Austin, Purdue, Georgia Tech, UIUC, and maybe Rice or CMU.</p>
<p>sounds very close to my list: Purdue, GaTech, UIUC, UMich.</p>
<p>Yeah, a step down. But reasonably priced since money is an issue. Not to mention that stats are very competitive down a step and maybe not competitive for Rice, CMU.</p>