Case Western Reserve is probably within reach then if he is one of their top picks. They are very generous to the students they want.
His 10th grade PSAT would have made NMSF in Vermont this year. But there’s not nearly as much out there for NSFs at higher-tier schools as there used to be.
@mathmomvt No. It’s really dried up. And engineering and CS are difficult for high merit with so many applications from top students (from around the globe) being sent to these schools.
And might get worse unfortunately.
UVM is probably barely affordable as a safety even without merit aid (and he’d definitely get at least a little aid) but… we might need to move out of state at some point during his college years, and the regulations are really unclear about whether he’d be allowed to keep his in-state status if we did. https://www.uvm.edu/policies/student/resregs.pdf just says that they can re-examine residency classification at their discretion. I’d have to call and ask what their rules are on that. He won’t be financially independent while in school.
Part of this is just my level of disappointment that he will not have as high-caliber options as his brothers had, even though he has as good or better credentials. :-/ So I keep looking to find where the hidden gems might be for him.
I had thought Syracuse gave good money for high stats kids. Is this no longer the case?
It looks like Syracuse has some competitive merit scholarships. Their page doesn’t say how many full tuition awards they give out, but I assume it is not very many.
@anxiouswreck no clue where you got that information regarding Clemson, but that is soo not the case. We are OOS also. My son applied to Clemson as his first choice. We have met with admissions three times now. I have all the facts if you would like any additional information please feel free to contact me.
UMassAmherst Commonwealth Honors College might get you down to $25K for an out-of-state student. They do give merit that brings the COA down to state prices for the best OOS applicants.
Take a look at Alfred University in western NY. My son is an engineering student there.
@mweb136 you’re exactly right . Not even close to any info that we’ve received from numerous meetings with admissions.
@carolinamom2boys if anything I just spoke with admissions last week as my son applied August 1st and initially if we wanted any merit he needed a 1320 SAT and to be top 10% to get the 7500. Since he was top 20 (very competitive school) he needed a 1380. He got a 1370 so he missed it by one question. So, he just took it again October 7th. Now we have been informed since so many good applicants applied for this past year they have just raised the bar even higher. Top 10 you need a 1360 and top 25 a 1400 on SAT for incoming 2018 fall. Again, that is to be considered for only $7,500 merit for OOS students. We get his SAT results this Friday. Fingers crossed.
If you think the Tuscaloosa campus may be too large, maybe look at the UA Huntsville campus? If my d19 would be willing to travel that far, I really think UAH would be a good fit for her based on what we’ve read and seen on YouTube.
University of South Carolina has some nice NMF, I believe, if he ends up getting that.
In the northeast, as financial reaches that may have enough merit/aid maybe University at Buffalo and the University of Rochester?