I am a junior in high school and narrowing down my college choices for application next fall. I’m pretty much set on chemical engineering and wanted to hear some input on these two schools. I know Delaware consistently ranks in the top 10 for chemical engineering, while Ohio state is top 30. I’ believe I will receive more money at Ohio state (in state tuition) based on my ACT scores. Is the extra money worth the higher ranked program?
Apply to both and see how things turn out. No need to decide now.
OSU student here! I am from the East Coast and I applied to Delaware, too, almost 2 years ago. I would say IF you get into both schools with reasonable offers it is helpful have an idea of where you want to work after graduation because getting a job in engineering is competitive and alumni do help college graduates get jobs. OSU’s alumni network stretches to the East Coast, but there might be a more dense Delaware population on the East Coast. However, I don’t think that there is a high pool of Delaware alumni in Ohio. The alumni population shouldn’t be an ultimate deciding factor, but I think that is a really useful tool for engineering majors. Good Luck!
Udel and umn twin cities are among the best public programs for ChemE. Check out UAlabama Tuscaloosa for automatic scholarships and honors college (1400sat required though).
You’re a junior, so apply to these, plus two safeties.
(Remember that engineering is always way more selective than the University 's average, so make sure you’re top 25% to have a match and top 5-10% for safety.)
You need to come up with a longer list than just 2 schools.
And you need to find out from your parents how much they’ll spend each year on college. They may tell you that they won’t pay for OOS UDel, which is probably about $47k or so per year.
Either way, the extra money is not worth it. You wont get paid more because you went to UDel.
MYOS mentioned UAlabama for its scholarships. My son was a Chemical Engineering major at Alabama and received the free tuition scholarship plus the eng’g scholarship. His undergrad costs were quite low for us.
You currently have an ACT 28. Merit is often based on single-sittings, not super-scores. You need to retest. You also need to take the SAT since you might do better on that.
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want to get some input on these schools (all of which I am interested in and offer around 10,000-15,000 per year based on my stats.
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Right now, I don’t think any of the schools that you listed in that thread would give you that much for an ACT 28.
BUT…it’s not the scholarship amount that is important…it’s the NET cost. Please ask your parents how much they’ll spend each year.