Low GPA High ACT Engineering schools

College Search & Selection
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<p>So right now my stats are:</p>

<p>3.5 uw/3.7 weighted gpa with strong upward trend (4.0 second semester of Junior year)
1 ap sophomore year
3.5 aps junior year (3 full year, 1 semester)
2.5 aps senior year (will probably do BC calc and maybe computer science independent study)</p>

<p>33 ACT - 36 S, 35 R, 34 M, 33 E (35 SS)</p>

<p>Can you recommend any decent Engineering schools (especially electrical engineering) that I can actually get into? Thanks.</p>

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<p>*I want to be an engineer, and just finished visiting at UIUC and purdue. However, I have a very low gpa despite high test scores and I’m worried about even getting into fye at purdue </p>

<p>3.5 gpa
33 ACT (36 sci, 34 math, 35 reading, 33 English)
Strong upward trend
Unknown class rank</p>

<p>Chance me (OOS) for:
Uiuc
Purdue
Wisconsin
Penn State
Rpi
Maryland
Virginia Tech</p>

<p>and any other engineering schools I actually have a chance at*</p>

<p>What are your parents saying about how much they’ll pay? these are OOS publics that won’t give you need-based aid, and most won’t give much merit (some won’t likely give any merit). </p>

<p>If your parents will pay full costs for any school then super. However, if they won’t, then concern about acceptance at these schools is only half the problem. You could get accepted but have no means to pay. </p>

<p>If money is a concern, which school(s) are you absolutely certain that you have ALL costs covered from money from parents or assured money (grants/scholarships) from the school???</p>

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<p>I’m good to about $30k in tuition, which covers the cost of most OOS publics.</p>

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<p>Do you mean $30k for all costs? tuition, room, board, fees, etc? If so, I think the schools you’ve listed cost more than that.</p>

<p>For instance, UIUC costs about 44k. Purdue is about the same. Pen State, too. I don’t think 30k would pay for any of your schools.</p>

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<p>30k a year will cover a majority of the cost of U Minnesota - Twin Cities, a great place for engineering.</p>

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<p>30k in tuition alone</p>

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<p>Well, a bunch of schools will give you a large scholarship for those stats:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/1348012-automatic-full-tuition-full-ride-scholarships-19.html#post16145676[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/1348012-automatic-full-tuition-full-ride-scholarships-19.html#post16145676&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>What is the all-in price limit? Room, board, and travel costs can vary considerably. Check the college web sites and their net price calculators for estimates.</p>

<p>NCSU, Virginia Tech, SUNYs like Stony Brook and Buffalo, Minnesota, and CSUs like Cal Poly SLO are among the lower cost schools for out-of-state list price. The “Mines” schools in South Dakota and New Mexico are also in this category.</p>

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<p>I think that you will get into most if not all of the schools on that list. Many are rolling admissions, so if you apply to your favorites early, you will have a lot of options. If I’m wrong, you will still have lots of options.</p>