University of Maine in Orono offers instate tuition at the cost of the home state flagship to residents of Massachusetts…from other New England states. I don’t know if they offer merit aid in addition.
What is this special major you have?
@thumper1 ? Are you asking me?
@thumper1 No they don’t. UMaine should cost about 25k a year.
@Skippy00 Do you qualify for the full Pell.
I just read an article yesterday about a UMass Boston biomedical project for a sensor glove for patients. Don’t pass over all your instate options. Getting whopping aid for engineering at privates will be hard because everyone admitted has great stats.
@thumper1 …I did the NPC for UMaine and it awarded a Massachusetts Flagship Match scholarship but still came in at a net price of $22K.
@gearmom did you mean merit aid? They don’t offer that to OOS kids?
So 100 posts later later…
Could you tell us again how much you CAN afford to contribute to your kid’s college education each year?
@thumper1 We just did this with DS1. They restyled their scholarships but it’s basically the same results as the old merit scholarship for OOS. Just better marketing. With new award Tier 1 system, RI instate, UMaine costs 27k. Add to that a departmental scholarship and you get 25k. Just like the old merit scholarship program for OOS.
Right! @gearmom. They did retool the program.
It’s still a good deal for some students.
@thumper1 we figure $5k from us $5k student loan.
So you need a net price of $10k or less with student loan or student work (summer and part time in the school year), or up to $15k to stretch with student loan and student work?
Yes
BTW…I did the NPC again for UAH and put in a score of 1520 to see if he qualified for the “full ride” but he doesnt unless he ALSO has a 4.0. Someone had posted a quote here that he needed a 1520 OR a 4.0 but thats not the case. Bummer…he will never qualify for the full ride because his unweighted GPA is 3.9.
Does UA use weighted or unweighted GPA for their auto scholarship awards?
UAH asked for the unweighted GPA.
Have you considered any of the state’s Community College Engineering transfer programs? Study 2 years at one of the community colleges such as Middlesex or Massoit (tuition < 10K) and then transfer to UMass Lowell or UMass Amherst for the completion of a bachelor’s degree in engineering. This could cut the cost of a bachelor’s degree by nearly 50%
@Skippy00 , take a look at Ohio University, U of Toledo , Widener and Rowan.
I had a kid start as Aero and change to Mechanical for more job opportunities. Many in the Aero industry have ME degree. The bulk of undergraduate courses are the same. So, please open up your search to Mechanical to help find more options.
@thumper1 …any feedback on Uconn’s college of engineering?
@foobar1 …son not interested in CC. Wish he was.
He can be picky if he wants to be, but he may close himself out of college. As you’ve learned in the last two weeks on CC, there is no money fairy. You have to make compromises. For some, that is geography and they head south or west. For others it is to live at home and commute - even if the school isn’t perfect. It may be a decision that loans are worth it, or even that they aren’t.
$10k is a very low budget for a sleep away college. The only ones that guarantee that are the service academies and D1 football and basketball. Almost all others need to work, borrow money, or attend a school that isn’t the first choice.
He can look at South Dakota school of mining, Wyoming, Idaho. They’ll have mechanical engineering.
I’ll ask my husband about UConn…
But how are you going to afford UConn costs as an OOS student?