<p>I'm a rising senior this year and I'm pretty sure that I want to major in one of the types of engineering. If possible, could any of you list some universities that you think might be a good fit for me? My parents have told me that they are paying for none of the costs college will throw my way so I'm looking for some serious merit aid here. I'll list some stats to give you an idea of things that I might qualify for...</p>
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<p>Lots of posters here have pointed out that the University of Alabama has full tuition scholarships for out of state students who have strong ACT scores. In addition you can look at some of the smaller [url=“<a href=“http://www.theaitu.org%22%5DAITU%5B/url”>http://www.theaitu.org”]AITU[/url</a>] schools which offer reasonable merit aid and some full tuition scholarships for students with strong academics and leadership.</p>
<p>Thank you @xraymancs ! Also I forgot to say that I am from NY so would Stony Brook be a good place to get my degree for the low cost being in-state?</p>
<p>Stony “low cost”??? how would it be “low cost” for someone who says his parents wont pay anything??? </p>
<p>Even if Stony only costs an instate student $20k, how would you even begin to pay that much? YOU can only borrow $5500. Where would the other $14,500 come from??</p>
<p>You need nearly a free ride.</p>
<p>Is your family low income? If not, is there a reason why they won’t contribute ONE CENT towards your college costs??? Will they at least contribute the amount of the tuition tax credit that they would get? Will they contribute some money since they will have some savings from not feeding you at home?</p>
<p>Alabama would give you free tuition (for your stats) plus 2500 (for engineering). Your remaining costs would be about $10k-14k…depending on dorm choice. That is less than Stoney, but I dont see how you can cover all of that if your parents wont help at all. You could borrow 5500, and maybe earn $3k over the summer, and maybe another $2k during the school year. </p>
<p>Apply to Bama as a school that could possibly work out if your parents will agree to give the money they would get for a tuition tax credit. That along with a 5500 loan and maybe another $5k from earnings would almost cover basic costs. </p>
<p>Note that these lists also include full tuition scholarships (e.g. Alabama), but the remaining costs may be a stretch at best for a student to self-fund.</p>
<p>Also talk to your parents and look at some colleges and have them enter info to get the expected family contribution. You may have enough fiancial need to get scholarships.</p>
<p>Thank you @bopper@ucbalumnus@mom2collegekids so much! I believe that if a full tuition scholarship would be enough, because with a couple of scholarships from my town I could get, my parents would help me out with remaining living costs. So on that note, I guess I’m asking for some good engineering schools that I would be a strong contender for a full tuition scholarship.</p>
<p>SUNY Maritime College in Throgs Neck, NY (actually, a community in the Bronx along the shore of Long Island Sound) is a very good engineering school. Be advised, however, that its specialty is Naval Engineering/architecture/marine operations, your traditional engineering options would pretty much be limited to Mechanical or Electrical Engineering. Nevertheless, those majors at SUNY Maritime are solid. Yes, the school is similar to a military academy, but students are not required to enroll in the corps of cadets. The ordinary students are called “civilians” and they get the same education and training as they cadets, minus the military rules and rigor. It’s an attractive little campus on Long Island Sound adjacent to a residential neighborhood. The financial aid can be somewhat low, but the place is cheap, even for a SUNY campus.</p>
<p>Like M2CK said, you need to find quality schools that may offer you substantial aid, or failing that, are inexpensive. A high quality option in the latter category is South Dakota School of Mines & Technology. Another interesting possibility for you might be North Carolina A&T University, an HBCU that’s part of the UNC System. They and other HBCUs promote racial diversity to attract non-African Americans by offering some very good scholarships. NCA&T is the alma mater of the late Ronald McNair, Astronaut and namesake of the national McNair Scholars Program. There are white students at NCA&T. The school provides a sound education. See also U of Maryland-Baltimore County for the Meyerhoff Scholars Program. There’s also U of Alabama-Birmingham. Also, as Xraymancs said, some of the smaller private engineering universities may toss some cash your way.</p>