<p>If Drexel has revised their tuition structure then that is a recent change; I believe at least since we started tire kicking schools back three years ago. I was a major turn-off for me, as we were likely to end up paying sticker price there.</p>
<p>Not to pooh pooh VT, but their engineering school is way more selective; a 3.5-3.6 will not get you in. It’s also a 7 hour ride from northern NJ. Some that will be in the grades and test scores wheelhouse down south, but again these are more than a 4-hour ride: Old Dominion, East Carolina, and UNC-Charlotte. I would not expect any merit money, but OOS tuition is very affordable, almost down too what in-state is in NJ.</p>
<p>I know two seniors looking at college along with their sport (one is soccer and one is golf). Soccer player has ACT 34 and great GPA but is dealing with an injury right now - mom says he is applying to 8 schools (parents are totally stressed out; oldest child - my impression is they want the highest educational opportunities while the soccer is the strong steering thing for the student). Golf player is more mediocre in grades and test scores, but parents have a set aside fund to have him be able to go to school paying full freight anywhere - he is only child of the mother, and has professional older siblings. Will be keen to see where these two land.</p>
<p>I know kids whom were admitted to RPI with stats similar to yours, but your financial aid award might not be substantial.</p>
<p>Other schools, D1 golf schools, have decent financial aid for potential engineering students:
Ohio U (8 hours from Northern NJ)
Miami U (same as Ohio U)
U Maryland-Baltimore County (no golf but great Meyerhoff Scholars Program)</p>
<p>Both George Mason and UMBC are respectable schools, and not usually in the radar of NJ folks. We (NJ residents) are looking at those for my son, interested in CS. Stony Brook and Binghamton, maybe? Seems they are looking for out of state students, so may admit with lower stats. </p>
<p>I just wanted to update, because I know people like that He will be taking golf off of the list of things a school must have and decided to focus more on the engineering and match for academic and social side instead. Also, it seems he is leaning more toward schools that are close to NJ. Drexel and Rowan seem to be number 1 and 2 right now. </p>
<p>I have heard that Rowan has lower stats in general to get in, but not true for the Engineering programs. Does anyone have any experience with that? I feel like the stats listed could be misleading for someone who is hoping to get into the Engineering program.</p>
<p>My son ended up applying to Rowan, but we did attend the Engineering Open House in September '13, where they noted in the program a preferred minimum GPA for acceptance would be around a 3.8-3.9; I can also offer one of his HS friends applied, was accepted and is attending there now in a LAS program. That kid might have had a 2.5 if that, and an average 6th grader has more maturity.</p>
<p>@ucbalumnus : just saw your comment. OP and myself are looking for places not usually on the radar of NJ residents. Rutgers CS is top rated, no doubt. Just that kids who are not tippy-tippy top may feel a bit lost in this research-oriented deprtament and the huge spread-out campus.</p>
<p>D2 applied to George Mason in Fairfax, VA, just outside of DC for Biomedical Eng’g. Very impressed with the campus - good location for internships. Also check out Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond - approx 4 1/2 hrs from southern NJ - might be too far away. </p>
He will be taking golf off of the list of things a school must have and decided to focus more on the engineering and match for academic and social side instead. Also, it seems he is leaning more toward schools that are close to NJ. Drexel and Rowan seem to be number 1 and 2 right now. </p>