<p>He’s in state for UIUC. It will cost the OP, at most, $32,000 a year.</p>
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<p>If UIUC is $32K per year in-state, then Minnesota OOS is probably a bit cheaper.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t necessarily count Minnesota as a safety, though. Admission standards for its College of Science & Engineering are much higher than for the university as a whole. It can be a great value, but admission is not a given.</p>
<p>I am a very responsible kid, i am working 15 hours a week, and will work two jobs over the summer. I am planning to pay 10,000 which would leave 30,000. This is how much i would pay if i were to get into UIUC in state. How are scholarships at purdue anyone know?</p>
<p>I highly doubt that you’d be able to contribute ten thousand each year. It’s hard for an eng’g student to work that much during the school year, plus some of your earnings will be needed for daily expenses. I would guess that the most that you can expect to contribute is five thousand per year. I’ve had two hardworking kids go thru college and no way would they have been able to contribute ten thousand per year. </p>
<p>Your stats need to be higher for merit at Purdue.</p>
<p>You need to ask your parents how much they’ll pay. Don’t guess, don’t assume…get a figure. Using words like “they’ll help me,” is too vague. They may think that helping you is giving you ten thousand per year. That won’t be enough for these schools.</p>
<p>Alabama would give you free tuition plus 2500 per year for engineering or CS. Bama has a brand new mega sized Science and Eng’g Complex. it would be a good financial safety for you. You need a financial safety.</p>
<p>Look into Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) in Chicago. A “sleeper” school and relatively unknown on CC, but a great school for a serious STEM/tech student with good financial aid. Short subway ride from downtown Chicago, and has a large international student population. Lots of local alum.</p>
<p>Use the college search engine here on CC to find schools that are a match for your majors, grades, test scores and preferred locations. It is a good starting point for your research. [College</a> Admissions, Search, and Financial Aid Help from College Confidential - College Admissions, Search, and Financial Aid Help from College Confidential](<a href=“http://www.collegeconfidential.com/college_search/]College”>http://www.collegeconfidential.com/college_search/)</p>
<p>Another good tool for finding and comparing schools is the College Navigator -
[College</a> Navigator - National Center for Education Statistics](<a href=“http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/]College”>College Navigator - National Center for Education Statistics)</p>
<p>Use these to tell you what your odds of getting in are. Not random opinions from total strangers ;)</p>
<p>Often you can get even greater details about who gets in by looking at section C of the Common Data Set for a college.</p>
<p>What is the main difference between the schools i listed above and a school a tier below? Will my job prospects differ, assuming i get good grades.</p>
<p>JMO, but the location of the eng’g school seems to make a big difference. I live near a univ that isn’t ranked very high, but is known for having good eng’g. The campus is located within Cummings Research Park, the second largest research park in the nation. Thousands of STEM jobs within a stone’s throw. The grads get co-ops, internships, and jobs.</p>
<p>The same goes for the other univs in my state that have good eng’g programs. They can get jobs at the various techie/aerospace companies at Cummings Research Park as well as other companies elsewhere. If you go to school in a region where there are STEM jobs, then employment after graduation is more likely.</p>
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<p>Would you shop for a car or house (or any major purchase) without knowing what you can afford? Why waste your time and set yourself up for disappointment? Sit down with your parents and figure out your real budget. Then focus on schools that might be in that price range. These boards will be a great resource for compiling that list.</p>
<p>Valparaiso has a solid engineering school, and is generous with aid.</p>
<p>ok guys, i know what my parents can do. I just wanted a casual answer about how i stand with those colleges. I basically just picked colleges off of the top of my head, i don’t know their costs or stats yet. Thanks anyway, i am going to look into costs etc. I just wanted to know how my chances were? How are they for the schools i chose?</p>
<p>Also to the person who said i won’t be able or anyone else to get a merit from purdue, what are my chances of just getting in?
Also are you guys talking about Minnesota Twin Cities? Isn’t that very selective? for COE?
Lastly thanks to whoever recommened the site to check my chances, but i have a feeling the college search on CC is inaccurate for COE. I think those most closely resemble just general admissions. For Madison i was told it was a low reach for me, so i assumed i could not get in. So is the search engine inaccurate?</p>
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<p>Your chances depend on cost considerations. Getting admitted, but with insufficient financial aid or scholarships to make the school affordable is the same as getting rejected.</p>
<p>If a large enough merit scholarship is needed to make the school affordable, your chance at that school is based on your chance for the scholarship, not merely admission.</p>
<p>considering i am able to afford, will i be accepted into the colleges i chose? Not merit but just in the college?</p>
<p>Well for me to answer your question I would have to go off and look at the admissions statistics for the schools in question. I think you should do your own research, as I mentioned in a previous post. No one will know the answers off the top of their heads.
The CC search tool tells you whether you are a match based on your GPA and test scores. You can enter specific schools and it will tell you what your odds are. Start there…</p>
<p>Google the Common Data Set for each school and look at section C. C7 will show you what the schools use for admission and C9 will show you the stats of admitted students.</p>
<p>erin’s dad by looking at those stats, i saw that both maddison and purdue have an avg. of 3.8 GPA. This is including general admission not just engineering. This does not seem right, or is it really that difficult?</p>
<p>I saw a 3.7 on Purdue’s web site but schools are becoming more competitive thanks to the common app. Some schools also use weighted grades for admission which would help you. You can send the colleges an E-Mail to find out.</p>
<p>Even a 3.7, is rather high for a college whose average ACT with 60% of applicants having a 24-29. I mean the people that get into Purdue for something other than engineering defenitly don’t have that high of a GPA. Is this Purdue’s own GPA that they weighted?</p>
<p>Rose-Hulman is renowned (in the mid-west at least), but only offers undergrad degrees. It also is about 80% male, if that matters at all to you! </p>
<p>Purdue is a good option, and I think you have a great chance at getting accepted, especially if you’re in state. If you don’t mind me asking, what type of engineering are you looking at?</p>
<p>Nick undecided, but maybe computer or computer science. Maybe computer software engineering. How are my chances at Wisconsin?</p>
<p>If you want to do engineering or computer science then uiuc is probably your best bet, especially since you’re in-state.</p>