<p>Hi everyone! This is my first time on CC. I'm so glad I found it. My son scored a 233 on his PSAT and 2300 on the SAT. He has a 4.8 weighted GPA and is #1 out of 870 in his class. He is currently participating in original research at a local university and has decent involvement with other activities at school. He is interested in biotechnology, which would mean he would major in chemical engineering. Does anyone know of any schools, National Merit or otherwise, that would have what he needs and give him enough to keep costs under 20K/yr. Thanks for your help.</p>
<p>I should have mentioned in my last post that he needs a university that has a large amount of research offerings related to his interests. Also, I didn’t mention in his stats that his SAT subject scores are 800 Math2, 800 Chemistry, 800 US History and that he with qualify for National AP Scholar. I know of many schools with full ride scholarships (non National Merit) for the stats he has, like the big ones at U of Maryland, Georgia Tech., Clemson, UT Austin, South Carolina State, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and some others, but they are so competitive. Chances are he wouldn’t get one. I looked into U of Tulsa, but the research offerings there may not be enough for biotech. Sorry for the long post.</p>
<p>Surfcity, somewhere on this website is a list of schools taht give full rides to NM. our kids interests are totally different so I can’t tell u whiich ones have what he is looking for.</p>
<p>@surfcitymom,
" He is interested in biotechnology, which would mean he would major in chemical engineering."
Not necessarily. A lot of research and product development in biotech companies is done by people with a degree in a subfield of biology. The better jobs would generally require a PhD.</p>
<p>UT Austin stopped recruiting National Merits a few years ago. There are still a small number of competitive awards there. </p>
<p>Texas A&M still recruits them with guaranteed packages (and additional competitive awards can be stacked).</p>
<p>Oklahoma State University might be a possibility.</p>
<p>U Minn. Twin Cities and Pitt. My son with similar stats was offered nearly a full ride at Minn. and full tuition at Pitt. My recollection is that Minn. is strong in engineering and research.</p>
<p>Here’s the link to the thread of NM scholarships by university. It’s been constantly updated over the years.</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/national-merit-scholarships/649276-nmf-scholarships-updated-compilation.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/national-merit-scholarships/649276-nmf-scholarships-updated-compilation.html</a></p>