<p>Due to some recent school visits, I have cut a couple of schools off my list. Basically, I'm looking for matches and especially safeties.</p>
<p>NC, female
GPA: 3.7 W, don't know UW
2040 SAT
Taking ACT in Dec.
4 APs: BC Calc, Physics, USH, Chem
2 or 3 ECs, nothing big
Job for all of highschool</p>
<p>Schools must in/extremely close to a city
Considering major in engineering, but also looking at schools without engineering. </p>
<p>I do need FA</p>
<p>To give an idea these are the current schools I'm applying/have applied to:
NC State
U of South Carolina
UMN-TC
U of Pittsburgh
BU
George Washington</p>
<p>Everyone seems to think this is a lot, but when most of them are match/reaches and I need FA, I don't think I can have too many.</p>
<p>If you are looking to study engineering, the University of South Carolina, and GWU are not schools to apply to. How important is being near a city to you? You can try Georgia Tech. Purdue is not in a city but is a very good engineering school. In the state of South Carolina , Clemson is a lot better for engineering and science than the University of South Carolina.</p>
<p>Take a look at University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. It’s a great financial safety as if your SAT CR+M is 1400+ or ACT is 32+, you automatically get a full tuition scholarship. Good luck.</p>
<p>Pierre- I realize that but I absolutely loved GWU when I visited and it is my top choice as of now. Clemson in too much in the middle of nowhere. USC is still fairly close, has engineering, not too expensive, and in a city. Being in a city is very important to me, and that is one thing that I will not budge on, so it unfortunately puts both Clemson and Purdue out of the question. I don’t think I have a very good chance of getting into GATech. </p>
<p>You state that you need FA. That limits choices for OOS students since most publics can’t give much (if anything) for F/A for OOS students </p>
<p>What is your home state?</p>
<p>How much F/A do you need?</p>
<p>What is the breakdown for your SAT? (for single best seating)</p>
<p>Whitesox is right about Alabama. It’s one of the few OOS publics which can be affordable to OOS kids with high stats who need money.</p>
<p>with a 1400 SAT (M+CR) you’d get full OOS tuition. IF you major in Eng’g; you’d get an additional $2500/year. IF your SAT is a bit short of 1400 AND you major in Eng’g, you’ll still get full OOS tuition plus the extra $2500/yr.</p>
<p>** Out of State scholarships - UA</p>
<p>Students who have a 32-36 ACT or 1400-1600 SAT (critical reading and mathematics scores only) and at least a 3.5 cumulative GPA will receive out-of-state tuition for four years. </p>
<p>Out of State Scholarships - Engineering</p>
<p>Students who have a 30-31 ACT or 1330-1390 SAT (math and verbal scores only) and at least a 3.5 cumulative GPA will receive a tuition supplement to bring their University-level scholarship offer up to the value of tuition. In addition, they will receive $2,500 per year for four years. </p>
<p>Students who have a 32-36 ACT or 1400-1600 SAT (math and verbal scores only) and at least a 3.5 cumulative GPA will receive $2,500 per year for four years. **</p>
<p>I feel that I could make most public schools work as far as paying for it. Honestly, I will need to take what I can get financially, so I probably shouldn’t have added that into my first post. My parents make ~100k but will be contributing little, if at all.</p>
<p>Why aren’t you applying to UNC? I realize they don’t have engineering, but you said that wasn’t vital, and it’s a good school that’s inexpensive for in-state. With a 1380 M+V, you’re certainly a viable candidate and you’re in-state. They also have applied science, which would be a suitable alternative to engineering.</p>
<p>I agree. Especially if she gets a scholarship. She won’t want to give up a scholarship to transfer to a school w/o one.</p>
<p>I should have added, that applying as an OOS student applying to Engineering at Alabama with at least a 1330 (M+CR) or 30 ACT will get at least two scholarships worth at least $90,000. Wow!</p>
<p>Since she can’t get in-state at GT, the cost will be quite high. GT isn’t going to be able to even come close to her F/A needs.</p>
<p>Her SAT M + CR is … 690 M, 690 CR = 1380 yeah, she makes it!</p>
<p>So, if she majors in Engineering at UA, she’ll get the full OOS tuition PLUS $2500 a year. That’s huge!! Worth about $90k!!! (however, if she majors in something else she’ll only get 2/3 of tuiton - which is worth about $60k)</p>
<p>I wonder how much, if anything, her family can contribute?</p>
<p>BTW…to get these UA scholarships (which you automatically qualify for by stats), you’ll need to apply for both admissions AND for scholarships by Dec 1. The apps are super easy. Specify Engineering as your major</p>
<p>mom2collegekids - U of A should be paying you for attracting so much attention to their very attractive scholarships! I’m sure you are the reason many CC’ers will be applying to Bama. :)</p>
<p>As someone mentioned I would apply to Purdue also. I don’t think you could receive any scholarships with those stats since it’s pretty competitive. It has a great engineering program and if you hated it there are many other great programs you can transfer into. Krannert School of Bus. is getting more recognition and their Computer Science program is great and so on. I would say give Purdue a look. They are surrounded by cornfields however they do have a nice collegetown with a huge greek life system along with great school pride :)</p>
<p>Well I am a former Tarheel. However, if you think you want to do engineering, I would apply to NC State in Raleigh. It is a good school with great engineering and there are lots of connections later on if you stay in the state.</p>
<p>How is she supposed to afford Purdue as an OOS??? Where is she supposed to come up with the $40k to go there as an OOS student? She won’t get F/A from purdue.</p>
<p>I think she needs suggestions that are financially feasible. :)</p>
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<p>I am concerned about your situation. </p>
<p>You can probably make your “in-state” publics work, but not your OOS publics.</p>
<p>Since your parents won’t be contributing much, if anything, I’m wondering if you realize that going to an OOS public will cost about $35-40k per year. How could you manage to pay for that? I think you were right to mention that you’ll need financial help, because you will. But, that’s ok. :)</p>
<p>But…your OOS publics on your list aren’t going to be affordable. For instance, at Georgia Tech, the Cost of Attendance of an OOS student is about $37,000. GT isn’t going to give you any help. </p>
<p>I want you to have some good news in the Spring I don’t want you to have a handful of acceptances that will require you to somehow come up with $35k-45k per year to go. </p>
<p>Since you are applying to BU, you might want to also consider Northeastern. Not having BU’s reputation, I think they tend to be more generous with scholarships and aid, and the co-op program could help you pay off loans as you go.</p>
<p>NC State seems like a great place for you. Even if you deicde engineering is not for you, there are tons of other choices.
If you apply as an engineering major, you would likely get a merit scholarship fr. the College of Engineering. You may also be competitive for a University Merit scholarship.<br>
S1 is an '09 grad and absolutely loved his four years at NCSU. </p>
<p>Based on your scores, you would prob. be offered a scholarship at Univ. S.C. It would bring the tutiton down to instate costs but S.C. instate costs are a good deal more than NC instate costs.</p>
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