<p>I have a 2130 SAT and a 3.9 UWGPA. My house income is low and state schools tend to be weak on financial aid</p>
<p>And yeah. All I can hope for is some need based scholarships. I will be applying to many colleges.</p>
<p>[College</a> of Engineering - Scholarship Information](<a href=“http://coeweb.eng.ua.edu/future_students/scholarship.htm]College”>http://coeweb.eng.ua.edu/future_students/scholarship.htm)</p>
<p>You have stated before that you are a resident of Alabama?
Are you not eligible for this “National Merit & National Achievement Finalists” Scholarship? </p>
<p>I know that Mom2collegekids has mentioned it before to potential Engineering Majors with high stats. The best school for you may be right in your home state.</p>
<p>^ Yes, the first thing I think of when thinking of good engineering schools is getting an education in Alabama. </p>
<p><em>facepalm</em></p>
<p>Princeton’s engineering is amazingly good (my favorite engineering program :D)
Cornell, Carnegie Mellon, Purdue, Harvey Mudd, Olin (which is one of the best), WashU St. Louis, and some more</p>
<p>Another vote for Northwestern engineering. It has a great co-op program and strong emphasis on hands-on projects, creativity, and design. You will be asked to design a working product for an industry client during your first year. It even has an architectural engineering & design program within the civil engineering department.</p>
<p>I can’t believe I forgot to mention Northwestern. It has a fantastic engineering program!</p>
<p>@SLUMON
I do not have national merit and AL does not have a good engineering schools. Ugh I wish</p>
<p>And yes Northwestern Cornell are all great. But they are very hard to get into.
I need some mediocre colleges as well. Like Case Western or Tulane. The colleges I have a good chance of getting in with a 2130 and a 3.9 UWGPA.
Oh and I’ll look at Olin too
Any suggestions?</p>
<p>And btw, does Texas A&M give out a lot of scholarship? Am I allegible for partial scholarship?</p>
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<p>Wicked, you are kidding right?</p>
<p>Somehow I can’t find Northeastern’s ChE department even ranked in the top 20 in the USNWR latest rankings for undergraduate ChE departments:</p>
<p>Best Colleges Specialty Rankings: Undergraduate Engineering Specialties: ChemicalRanked in 2010
1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA
2 University of California–Berkeley Berkeley, CA
3 Stanford University Stanford, CA
University of Minnesota–Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN
5 University of Texas–Austin Austin, TX
University of Wisconsin–Madison Madison, WI
7 University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL
8 California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA
9 Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA
10 Princeton University Princeton, NJ
11 University of Delaware Newark, DE
12 Purdue University–West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN
13 University of Michigan–Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI
14 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA
15 Cornell University Ithaca, NY
16 Northwestern University Evanston, IL
17 University of California–Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA
18 Texas A&M University–College Station College Station, TX
19 University of Florida Gainesville, FL
20 North Carolina State University–Raleigh Raleigh, NC
Pennsylvania State University–University Park University Park, PA</p>
<p>I do not have national merit and AL does not have a good engineering schools. Ugh I wish</p>
<p>for someone who lives in Alabama, you should know that the state does have good engineering programs. </p>
<p>2130 and 3.9 GPA?</p>
<p>and, believe me, there are many Engineering students in the state with much HIGHER stats than you have. </p>
<p>*Are you not eligible for this “National Merit & National Achievement Finalists” Scholarship? *</p>
<p>No, he didn’t score high enough. </p>
<p>But, he could get free tuition plus $2500 per year from Bama…and of course Pell, work-study, etc. He’d have all his costs covered.</p>
<p>I cannot apply to in state schools. I am aware of all these things. I know state schools are good.
I’m just can’t. I have to desperately look for other schools.
Itd be a pain to both explain and read my situation anyways.</p>
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Trust me, with an attitude like that those schools would rather you didn’t apply. You clearly know little about schools if you can use that description.</p>
<p>“But, he could get free tuition plus $2500 per year from Bama…and of course Pell, work-study, etc. He’d have all his costs covered.”</p>
<p>OP, you are totally ignoring your situation, with a family income of just under 30K/year, the schools that accept you & meet 100% of your need are going to be very difficult to find. At least apply to Bama as a financial safety!</p>
<p>Sorry so long to reply swamped with Homework this week. @momof2collegekids I included the scholarship the school gave me for the Yellow Ribbon Program (I am a vet) on the merit side of things if you take that away it does come out to 50% so if you say that is generally the hard and fast rule then it probably is. But stats for the 50% are 3.9 College gpa transfer with 19somethingish on the SAT I dont recall exact score anymore.</p>
<p>Agree with fallenchemist in #34. CWRU and Tulane are hardly mediocre schools, especially for one w/under 1400 on CR/M.</p>
<p>Well I was using that description because everyone was naming Cornell, northwestern, etc.</p>
<p>And I already explained that I cannot apply to instate schools. I do not have a choice. It ISA family problem that I cannot ignore. I wish I could apply to bama but I just can’t.</p>