<p>I am looking for recommendations for an Engineering program for a friends son. </p>
<p>3.53 GPA
CR 540 (taking again in Oct)
M 770
W 550</p>
<p>Would like to stay within 4 hrs drive of NJ. Flexible about size of school, but seems to be gravitating toward midsized. Only other strong request is D3 golf or at least a strong club program. Finances are definitely an issue, but may qualify for FA. </p>
<p>Merit would be a plus, so with that in mind he is looking at York in PA as a financial safety. Concern about York is if it is a suitcase, or commuter school. Other than that really likes the school and everything he has read about it. Visiting the school and meeting with the coach next week. </p>
<p>Not concerned with prestige, just a wants good experience and affordable.</p>
<p>He really likes Drexel, but obviously $$ might be an issue. Parents are going to run NPC and see where they fall. </p>
<p>For reaches he could try the lehigh/Bucknell/lafayette group, for safety perhaps Alfred or Western New England University although I have no personal experience with Western New England. Perhaps your state public or any of the nearby State publics like UMass-Amherst, depending on their threshold stats-wise for engineering. Other possibilities in the NE for a B+ with a good math SAT student are Clarkson, Union, Syracuse, Temple maybe RIT. I have no knowledge of how the finances would play out at any of these schools with the exception of Alfred which was a safety for my middle son and Alfred was quite generous. He did not choose to attend.</p>
<p>We have a friend whose child is at York and loves it. Also plays a team sport. Doesn’t seem like a suitcase school…I second the UHartford suggestion. Also Stevens Institute of Technology, but it may be too small? Western New England has an excellent engineering program, I think stronger than UHartford…but Hartford may have the golf program… Lehigh will be a very stretchy reach. RIT is another good choice, but stats may not be strong enough for there…UMass-Amherst is ridiculously competitive for engineering. UConn not far behind. Maybe UVM? Oh wait, they don’t give much aid outside Vermont, nevermind. Not sure how competetive VA Tech would be going in the other geographical direction…best to look into all suggestions. There’s also Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, @4,000 kids, but right next to Northeastern, Emanuel College and the Colleges of the Fenway, BU not too far away either…</p>
<p>Is your friends son from nj? If so why not look at Rutgers or NJIT. Both are very respected engineering schools but I don’t know about their golf.</p>
<p>Thanks for all of the great suggestions, I will be passing them on. </p>
<p>And yes, he is from NJ. I believe that they looked or are planning to look at Rowan. I think at the beginning of the search Rutgers might have been too large, but after visiting Drexel and seeing a bigger city with a large student population he is less opposed to that.</p>
<p>he needs to really bring up that CR if he wants decent merit awards to bring costs down. Tell him not to worry about the W score…few/no schools base merit on that. He really needs to get the M+CR up…maybe at least a 1350+</p>
<p>Talk to the parents about how much they will pay. For instance, if the family can contribute $15k per year, then the student needs a full tuition award. Not likely in the NE for engineering.</p>
<p>Agreed mom2collegekids. He is in a class now prepping to retake in October in hopes to bring up that CR score. They are working on the finances so that they can use the net price calculators and get a better feel for where they might fall in the F/A world. And or course to know how much merit he would need to be able to attend without F/A.</p>
<p>If he is top 40% he should get $12,000 ($48,000 for 4 years) from Ohio State. That brings the cost down to around 24K. He might qualify for additional scholarships that he could stack on top of take bringing down the cost. I’m also a rising senior from nj planning to major in engineering with similar stats (540 cr 740 math 590 w) but a higher gpa and rank (top 3%) and Ohio State is going to be cheaper than Rutgers. Good luck! </p>
<p>In NJ, there are Rutgers, NJIT, TCNJ, and Rowan for in-state publics. In NY, the SUNYs’ OOS price is not super-high, so Stony Brook, Buffalo, and Binghamton may be worth a look. Depending on where in NJ they are, Virginia Tech may be within geographic range.</p>
<p>His current stats will give a tuition+fees+room scholarship (first come first served) at Howard (in DC). Prairie View A&M would be a full ride, but it is in TX.</p>
<p>That is something interesting to look at Jay2631. People always moan about or at least wonder why NJ kids tend not to want to got to their State Schools, but I think that many times the OOS ones can be less expensive and still give them the experience of going a little further away. </p>
<p>Any UG is fine for engineering. Engineering companies mostly hire locally. It sould not make any diff. where your kid attends. My H. is an engineer, I was in engineering, but switched to IT (CS is another major where you are not concerned with the name of your school), we have many many engineering friends. Lots of immigrants in this field, most of them did not graduate from USA schools anyway.<br>
Not sure about having Merit for 3.53, you need much closer to 4.0 and many places would not give much for even 4.0s.
However, one great engineering school that is known for Merit awards for top caliber kids is Case Western, so way too far from NJ, it is in Cleveland, but apparently driving in a snow for your kid should not be a problem, not like many who are coming from CA. Again, 3.53 might not make it for Merit at Case, but D. got about $27k / year (she ahd 4.0) at Case, but shoose a different UG. She also did not need to consider any top ranking or known, elite place, she did not care as pre-med major is fine anywhere, just like engineering. </p>
<p>“If he is top 40% he should get $12,000 ($48,000 for 4 years) from Ohio State.”
-Did not see this one. ABSOLUTELY FORGET OSU. He will get anything there for 3.53. D. got such a small Merit award at OSU for her 4.0 and being #1 in her rigorous private HS class (and we are in-state), that we did not consider it any help at all. For comparison another, in-state public gave her full tuition Merit and that is where she was attending (and as I have mentioned - Case, which is private). But, while being about 2.5 hours away, D. did not care much about OSU anyway, it is way too big for her, too much football also, not her “thing”. And it is way way too far, as mentioned anyway.
I would not check OOS publics at all if financial side is concern. You probably have a better chance at some privates. Again, for comparison, D’s UG was more expansive for OOS than many privates and she never understood the fact that it is pretty popular school for OOS, that part was mysterious. </p>
<p>I think Miami means her daughter’s school was more expensive for OOS students…not more expansive. The size of the school didn’t change because those students were from OOS. </p>
<p>As noted upstream, look for an ABET accredited engineering program. That is what matters for engineering majors. </p>