<p>Case Western is very generous with merit aid, IF you have the SAT or ACT scores to qualify.</p>
<p>UIUC ditto with OOS waivers.</p>
<p>CMU has a limited number of good scholarships, and it seems everyone else pays full fare (unless you qualify for finaid.) </p>
<p>You might also consider schools with co-op programs. You son can earn enough to pay his tuition himself! University of Cincinnati is the one we know best.</p>
<p>UIUC ditto with OOS waivers.</p>
<p>What kind of scores/stats do you need to get an OOS waiver from UIUC?</p>
<p>Lafayette College offers $20,000 (min.) Marquis Scholarships: [Lafayette</a> Academic Scholarships](<a href=“http://www.lafayette.edu/admissions/marquis/index.html]Lafayette”>http://www.lafayette.edu/admissions/marquis/index.html)</p>
<p>Excellent undergrad engineering in a LAC setting. 1/2 hr. drive to Pocono ski areas.</p>
<p>This may be too left field for you, but what about Waterloo? It’s located in Ontario but really considered the closest thing that Canada has to MIT. Largest math department in the world.They have an extensive coop program, they are extremely well regarded for math, computer science and engineering, and students place well all over north america.
Microsoft hires more grads from Waterloo than any other college. They also offer a lot of niche majors, like nanotechnology engineering, or a dual biotech/accounting degree.</p>
<p>[Become</a> a Student | University of Waterloo](<a href=“http://www.findoutmore.uwaterloo.ca/]Become”>http://www.findoutmore.uwaterloo.ca/)</p>
<p>Yearly tuition for US students is 28,300, with an additional 6-8,000 for room & board. But he would definitely get the entrance scholarhip of $2k, maybe the $10k international scholarship but very likely to quality for the renewable engineering award (for int’l students) that knocks off $5k a year…and there are a host of others. </p>
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<p>Lafayette-
My son was accepted into their engineering program last year (though he wanted a bigger school). GPA- through Jr year- 3.82, ACT- 31 (with all good scores except the writing) and did not get any merit money. Just an FYI.</p>
<p>I don’t know how rochester’s engineering program is, but I know they give out a limited amount of half tuition scholarships.</p>
<p>Same with Case I think.</p>
<p>What about Northwestern? Their website indicates that they give only need based money, but then they list family income categories up to 200,000 who are still eligible to receive money. </p>
<p>I also see that they look for approx. 2100 SAT or 33 ACT, but they don’t indicate a target GPA. Anyone know anything about that?</p>
<p>Northwestern’s financial aid is based only on need. Ignore the $200k figure – in reality it would be rare for a family with that income to receive a significant amount of aid. I suppose it could happen with a family having several kids all in college at the same time and several more at home. But the amount of aid could be very small or mostly in the form of loans. </p>
<p>There’s no reason not to apply to Northwestern; just be aware that for financial aid, it is like any need-based school.</p>
<p>I’ve seen some generous merit awards from Northeastern’s School of Engineering.</p>
<p>Wolfarkas,
Have you heard of Glassboro State?
That was Rowan’s previous incarnation.</p>
<p>No one mentioned Rose-Hulman.</p>
<p>Rice gives merit money for its school of Engineering</p>
<p>RPI was very generous to my son when he applied four years ago (without any nomination junior year). USC also gives merit money.</p>
<p>My son has stats similar to yours and the University of Michigan gave him $20,000 per year for engineering as an out of state student. Michigan is a top 10 engineering school.</p>
<p>University of Hartford (which is NOT a Tier 1 school) has a highly regarded engineering school. They do award merit aid…kid would need to do very well on the SATs to get the higher awards. What were his PSAT scores? Has he taken the SAT yet?</p>
<p>*Northwestern’s financial aid is based only on need. Ignore the $200k figure – in reality it would be rare for a family with that income to receive a significant amount of aid. *</p>
<p>Very true…the only person who might get some aid with that kind of income would have to have 2 or more kids in college at the same time and/or have a large family at home to support.</p>
<p>Has your son gotten any SAT or ACT scores yet?</p>
<p>Boston University
RPI
RIT
Case Western
Northeastern
Drexel
all offer very nice merit packages. To be taken seriously- visit the campus-- otherwise they assume you are a “safety” school and don’t necessarily consider you. Make your genuine interest known to an admissions officer.</p>
<p>and there are full rides for VERY competitive OOS students at University of Michigan and University of Maryland-- both require you to apply very early in the process-- non-binding, but need to hit the pool by mid November as I recall.
Maryland has something called a Banneker scholarship-- 4 year full ride-- tuition and room /board. Requires an interview in a weekend in February.</p>
<p>Rose-Hulman, RPI, and WPI all provide nice merit aid (aka tuition discounts). Rose-Hulman is rated #1 for under-graduate engineering schools, so I would consider that “top tier”. (S1 is a junior at Rose.) RPI and WPI have many positive attributes, and would be good choices, depending on what kind of program you are looking for. At least in engineering, a family can justify stretching themselves to pay COA because the career salaries are worth it.</p>
<p>At all these schools, merit money is mostly based on SAT/ ACT scores, GPA and/or rank, although E.C.'s and leadership can have an additive factor. Given your situation, investing in SAT/ACT prep (time and $$) will pay off. Every 50 points will make a difference!!! (S1 raised his SAT score by 150 pts just by practicing, and his first SAT was 100 pts higher than PSAT equivalent. I only wish I had encouraged him to practice more, because it might have resulted in even more merit money.) I’m in the camp that scores can be improved dramatically, especially if you have an “under-performing” but “smart” kid.)</p>
<p>Playing the “merit money game” requires a lot of hard work (by the applicant - see above), homework (checking out all the web-sites for the details on scholarship criteria and accepted student stats), casting a “wide net”, creating a balanced list of reaches / matches / safeties, and, in some cases, adjusting your expectations. But it can pay off. For families whose EFC is higher than COA, but they still cannot “afford” it, targeting merit money provides a very workable option.</p>
<p>My last piece of advice is to work to provide as many realistic choices as possible. Don’t narrow down the list too early - you may get some pleasant surprises!</p>
<p>Top Engineering colleges with merit scholarship:</p>
<p>Caltech - merit scholarship; very competitive; you need to get in EA to be eligible</p>
<p>Rice/USC/Case Western/RPI - very generous merit scholarships and good engineering too</p>
<p>Princeton - Doesn’t provide a scholarship but provide interest free institutional loan for 4 years or till the student graduate. I’m not sure if it is open to all who gets in or few who gets the offer.</p>
<p>Utah has an excellent engineering program. Not much OOS merit aid, but you automatically pay IS tuition after 2 years.</p>
<p>*there are full rides for VERY competitive OOS students at University of Michigan *</p>
<p>Where are those listed? I can’t find any full-rides for OOS students anymore. Maybe there are still a few offered, but I couldn’t find them.</p>