Info is priceless, ty. Yes to make sure grades in engineering are up to par is the key to success and opportunities. Pray that my S and all others get to that point and able to prosper. That is all we can hope for for our children.
Upvote for NM Tech. Not sure what they have in merit opportunities, though. They’d strike me as somewhat competitive.
NM Tech is a gem. Outstanding engineering school. But it’s location (Socorro, NM) is turn-off for some–small town, rural campus, a good 90 minutes away from nearest town over 15,000 or major airport.
There are merit awards, but the OP’s stats are too low for the big scholarships.(Unless he’s from a WUE state.) The Competitive Scholarship for OOS students (OOS tuition differential plus $700) requires a minimum 27 ACT or 1200 SAT (math & English)
He’d qualify for the Copper Scholarship, $2000/year.
OOS tuition, fees, room & board is $13944/semester.
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology may be even less expensive than New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.
Are there any ACT or SAT scores pending? The 25 ACT is just a point short of what may get some large scholarships listed at http://automaticfulltuition.yolasite.com/ (though some deadlines have passed, or first come first served money has run out). E.g. Tuskegee full tuition for 3.5 with 26 ACT or 1180 SAT CR+M, Prairie View A&M full ride for 3.5 with 26 ACT or 1760 SAT CR+M+W.
Where are of all these female minority engineering scholarships? Please pm them to us!
Outside of merit scholarships from colleges, all I see is need-based and community service/leadership scholarships.
Thanks.
If you’re struggling to find scholarships, it’s because you’re not trying. Only a small percentage of scholarships are for minorities and women exclusively.
Check the Society of Women Engineers. http://societyofwomenengineers.swe.org/scholarships
They have many scholarships complied from around the country and it takes a single application. Some are only available to students in certain states, with military family members, in chemical engineering, for freshmen, for grad students, etc., but they gathered them all up in one neat place.
No, they don’t. And no, it’s not discrimination.
The vast, vast majority of scholarships come from the schools themselves and the vast majority of those have no race/ethnicity or sex requirement.
Please don’t count on getting scholarships after your child arrives at a school. Most schools do have some continuting scholarships for students who do well, but they are small $ (a few thousand at most). Make sure you can afford the school from the start.
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Thanks hopefully the scholarships will come after the first year of college.
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Absolutely do not count on those. Scholarships are mostly for incoming frosh. Rare to get much/anything while a continuing student.
Some mistakenly think that getting good grades in college will get rewarded with extra money. Rarely is that so. My older son was the top math student at his univ. He got a ONE TIME award of $800 for that…and it paid towards senior year. My younger son had a 3.99 GPA in eng’g and got a ONE TIME $2000 award. All their other merit was awarded when they were high school seniors.
My D got 1 B from 1st 2 years. GPA 3.98. She is getting 1K extra merit from her department this year.
Op has so many misconceptions, we don’t want to burst your bubble but it’s better now than later.
Please keep reading this site.
I almost forgot, another misconception, a boy from D’s HS, white upper middle class, ranked 5th, SAT top 1%. He got full ride + stipend for 4 yrs to Mich State a few years ago, engineering major.
Same year, the Asian girl Valedictorian, a little better stats, got 1st year (in state) tuition to UT (because that’s the law).
I think the conversation has gone off direction. I am just looking in general for scholarships for a ‘major’ in engineering. There are companies that offer them, you have to search, and yes some require certain stats and some require need but the majority of ones I have found are for women and minorities. I understand the school he will attend would be the best place to start, but I am working out from there to search for $$ or books etc just to help defray the costs of a 4 year education. You all have valid points! Lets keep digging.
I believe what posters are trying to say is Good Luck with That. The best thing you can do is apply to the right schools in the first place so you don’t have to start turning your pockets inside out looking for loose change.
You may want to find out from Tuskegee and Prairie View A&M if there is enough time to get one more try at each of the ACT and SAT to apply in time for the full tuition or full ride scholarships that look for 26 ACT or equivalent SAT at those schools. It looks like your student is just barely short of those test score thresholds, so (if there is still enough time), a retry on both test after some more preparation may be worth it for a much lower cost of college.