Anyone know of engineering programs that like to offer scholarship money to draw more females into their programs? GPA is 4.5 weighted, 4.0 unweighted, 33 ACT
If her stat is around the top of incoming class, she may have a better chance to get merit scholarship than a male candidate. My D got scholarships from several engineering schools without any strong EC while other students with similar stat or higher did not, but those schools are not your targets.
Embry Riddle has scholarships just for women. Most engineering schools love to have women applicants, but may only offer the same merit as is offered to men. The Society of Women Engineers acts at the manager for many women’s scholarships.
Apply for the SWE scholarship!
We did not find much specifically to lure females into engineering. D did not apply for a SWE scholarship but that might have been an option.
ACT 34, #10 rank and was offered solid merit at Purdue, Pitt, Northeastern (although cost was still going to be around 45K per year) Clemson and Alabama. There were none that were awarded specifically for her being a female though. These were all heavily stats based.
Good luck!
@carachel2 do you recall how much Clemson offered in merit aid? They are high on my daughter’s list but don’t list automatic scholarships for certain scores.
@mednerd3 —it was $15K or $16K per year depending on whose memory you want to go by lol! Clemson notified her early in the game which was nice. It seems like such a beautiful school but we never visited so it was lower on the list.
You can feel free to message me since we have similar stat kids looking for the same thing. I’m happy to share or help in any way I can.
We knew there was no way we were going to pay our EFC. The “line in the sand” was our two state flagship schools for engineering. She could either come in the same or cheaper than those or she could stay here. She made it work and in the end she had some solid options.
@MedNerd77 --also meant to say, your D may be tested out already and that’s fine if she is. But we really found the merit line in the sand to be at that transition mark from ACT 33 to ACT 34. It’s brutal that it’s that way—but such is life. A one point difference can mean thousands. If you can get her to take it again, it could really pay off.