<p>OK. Just recently I narrowed down my college list to 8. I want to major in Computer/Electrical engineering.</p>
<p>In state:
-University of Florida (reach)
-University of Central Florida (likely)
-Florida Atlantic University (backup)</p>
<p>Out-of-state:
-University of Texas at Austin (reach)
-Texas A&M University (likely-reach)
-Purdue (likely)
-Marquette (i dunno)
-Georgia Tech (reach)</p>
<p>In terms of Marquette, Im going to consider it. I was definitely planning on applying there at first but then I realized Purdue's ranking in Computer/electrical engineering and how ,somehow, it is quiet easy to get in.</p>
<p>Now on to the point of this thread:paying for college. For me I want this thread to focus more on how im going to pay for out of state schools.
Any thoughts?</p>
<p>please ask if u need more info.</p>
<p>P.S. im extremely planning on finishing grad work before i go job hunting.</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>I think I mentioned this in your previous post but why Marquette for engineering? Milwaukee School of Engineering has a much stronger engineering program (imagine that) than Marquette and is located in a much better part of Milwaukee. </p>
<p>Marquette is really only known in the area because it gives law degrees. If you want to do CE/EE MSOE has very strong undergrad programs for both.</p>
<p>If you are okay with a period of military service, consider going for an ROTC scholarship. They'll pay your way. Also look at the SMART fellowship program (which doesn't require military service but would require you to work in a DoD lab for a few years). People tend to associate them with grad students, but they also fund undergrads.</p>
<p>Some of these schools may also give merit aid.</p>
<p>How does anyone pay for college? It's called student loans and work. There's no magic solution to your question. </p>
<p>If you plan on going out of state consider private college as they generally have a set tuition for all students and provide a large amount of financial aid. </p>
<p>Don't join the military just to pay for college...it's one of the ways they hook young people into joining up.</p>
<p>I paid for most of my college with student loans because I didn't want to work the number of hours it would take to pay for the tuition. I actually had less loan debt at an Ivy League than I did at a state school. Go figure.</p>
<p>Definitely don't do ROTC unless you are at least somewhat interested in the military. I was in it for one year and if I had stayed they would have given me $15,000 in scholarships just for being an engineering student, but I opted not to go the military route after I transferred to a different school. Several cadets were in ROTC for the scholarship money but signing your life away for 4 years was a small price to pay for getting money for college, and there was no guarantee that you would get the military job that you wanted.</p>