<p>I am new to this website. I have a Junior in high school who is preparing for the ACT exam and beginning to narrow down a potential major and schools to visit. Possible major is in the engineering field, enjoys chemistry and math. Also is there possible grants or scholarships for females entering engineering?</p>
<p>Any advice would be very helpful,</p>
<p>Hi. Welcome.</p>
<p>Make sure you check the “schools known for good merit aid” thread. Without knowing your d’s “stats”, can’t really hazard any type of guess at this point as to what scholarships she might qualify for. There may be some merit aid targeted for Engineering or even females entering Engineering - I don’t know about that even though Engineering was my son’s field. But if she qualifies for merit aid at schools of interest to her, I think it will only be a help that Engineering and hard sciences are her interest. Females are still under-represented in those areas… so there could be merit $$ not specifically targeted to Engineering that could be offered to her.</p>
<p>Good luck and I think you will find this site a gold mine of information.</p>
<p>Welcome rosenberger. I hope you won’t mind that I am going to take the liberty of re-titling your thread (something only a moderator can do). I think you will find that more of the people with the right knowledge to advise will notice the thread if we incorporate mention of your interest in grant $$ for a female interested in Engineering.</p>
<p>Also, don’t know if your family will qualify for need-based aid. Some of the top schools have pledged in recent years to fill need through only grant money (no loans) for families ate certain income levels. Not sure if any are still doing this (after stock market meltdown) and there were only a very few which ever did. But something you might check on if relevant to your family.</p>
<p>RIT (NY)
RPI (NY)
Alfred University (NY)
Clarkson University (NY) </p>
<p>All privates that desire female students in engineering. Best of luck to your D!</p>
<p>How did your D do on the PSAT?</p>
<p>What state are you in?</p>
<p>If your D’s stats are good, there are colleges that will give her merit.</p>
<p>Here’s a link for ASSURED scholarships for stats.
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/848226-important-links-automatic-guaranteed-merit-scholarships.html?highlight=automatic+scholarships[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/848226-important-links-automatic-guaranteed-merit-scholarships.html?highlight=automatic+scholarships</a></p>
<p>Rosenberger,</p>
<p>have your daughter talk to her guidance counselor at school about nomination for the RPI medal…it needs to be done during junior year. It is a very generous merit scholarship at RPI.</p>
<p>^^^</p>
<p>True…the RPI medal scholarship is $15k per year…bringing the cost down to about $35k per year.</p>
<p>How much merit do you want/need? How much can you spend each year?</p>
<p>Hi, I’m new to the forum as well and have a very similar situation. I’m trying to narrow down the field a bit so that d’s hopes don’t get too high on a school that we will not be able to afford. Does RPI mean Rensellaer Polytechnic Institute? We are awaiting her PSAT’s to see what her range will be.</p>
<p>^^^^^</p>
<p>Yes.</p>
<p>Check out Stony Brook University and their WISE scholarship:</p>
<p>[Stony</a> Brook University Women in Science & Engineering (WISE)](<a href=“http://www.wise.sunysb.edu/admissions.shtml]Stony”>http://www.wise.sunysb.edu/admissions.shtml)</p>
<p>RPI and WPI both give Merit Aid. Some people seem to get bigger offers from one school and others from the other. I know for a fact that RPI uses money to encourage women to come.</p>
<p>I go to the University of Southern California. The school of engineering here gets a certain allotment of 4-year full-tuition scholarships (Trustee Scholarship) to give to incoming freshmen, based on test scores, extracurriculars, and an on-campus interview session. I don’t know the exact numbers, but I’d guess that there are 20 or so in the engineering department. Of all the fellow engineers I know, only the girls seem to have gotten Trustee Scholarships. And quite a few others got the half-tuition ones.</p>
<p>So yes, there’s a quite large financial incentive offered to females in engineering.</p>