<p>Hello, I am a senior and I have an SAT score of 1790 (hoping to get a 36 on ACT, will settle for 33+). I didnt study well and I'm studying all out for ACT (doing official Practice Tests one section at a time, improving scores to 33+)
GPA more than 3.5 </p>
<p>Guam so all schools will bill me for out-of-state tuition (local university does not have engineering, although it has pre-engineering)</p>
<p>Took an online calculus class on coursera, took the AP Calc AB got a 4, taking AP calculus AB this year (Cuz my counselor can't give me credit for something I didn't do) </p>
<p>EC- tennis is gonna be all 4 years (IIAAG champions this year), 1 summer research internship at local u, this summer TRiO NSLC at D.C., ETS member for 7 years (if middle school counts), Robotics club, ballboy for GVB Futures Tournament (tennis), </p>
<p>looking to major in mechanical engineering (Love to be hands-on, and starting to overcome my fear to taking stuff apart and destroying them) </p>
<p>no religious affiliation, need undergrad dorms (for the whole time I stay at the college), love to be in the city, </p>
<p>lastly, I'm looking at Brown, MSOE, U of Portland, etc.etc.
-has to be abet accredited in mechanical engineering
-must have city
-want between 10 - 50 % admission
-good reviews for mechanical engineering
safety is local University</p>
<p>I hope so because household income is roughly more than 75k. And i got 2 siblings both in college atm. I do not know where to complete a financial “profile” that universities ask.</p>
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<p>Your stats are lowish for eng’g, so that may limit where you’d get accepted. Your acceptance rate goals aren’t reasonable for your stats. Schools like Brown, etc, aren’t likely going to consider someone with a 1190 M+CR for eng’g. You need a more realistic list. </p>
<p>Affording college is going to be an issue because the schools that give the best aid will likely require much higher stats.</p>
<p>I know that you’re studying to improve scores, but you need to have two lists of schools…one based on maybe better scores, and one based on scores similar to what you have. Many, many kids practice yet don’t see the kind of improvements that you’re hoping for.<br>
How much will your parents contribute each year for you?</p>
<p>If your 3.5 GPA is unweighted (and is really 3.5 or higher, not 3.49 or something like that), you can get an automatic free ride to Prairie View A&M, which has an ABET-accredited mechanical engineering major:
[University</a> Scholarships](<a href=“http://www.pvamu.edu/pages/2154.asp]University”>http://www.pvamu.edu/pages/2154.asp)</p>
<p>I asked my parents but they couldn’t give me a definite answer. Also, even though Portland is Catholic, it doesnt mean I have to convert or anything. Although I shouldve wrote “No preference” instead. I am hoping to get some FAFSA and I’m gonna try the Gates M. Scholarship. Also, I am creating those two lists-- as you can see there’s brown and portland. According to Portland, their average SAT CR+M is 1100-1200. Brown is a reach, but I’m not gonna give up. I got 2 back to back shots with ACT, im getting 31 act on practice tests. Thank you for your response; I needed a reality check.</p>
<p>If your parents cannot give you a definite answer, then the safe assumption is $0 (or at best having you live in their house while you commute to University of Guam). Given the absence of your major at University of Guam, that can be a significant problem. You may want to run the net price calculators on each school’s web site to check what their need-based financial aid may be like.</p>
<p>While University of Guam can prepare you to transfer to an engineering major elsewhere (it even has a pre-arranged articulation with University of Iowa), the problem is that you’d still have two years of more expensive college costs to deal with. Most transfer-friendly schools are state universities, so you may not have that much choice about paying out-of-state tuition, and merit scholarships are less common for transfers than frosh. South Dakota State (about $16,000 per year) and South Dakota Mines ($22,000 per year) are among the cheapest (for out-of-state students) schools with mechanical engineering.</p>
<p>Reconsider the full rides in the lists linked to in post #11.</p>
<p>The net price calculators are said to be fairly accurate for simple common family financial situations, but less accurate if there are complex situations (divorced and remarried parents, small businesses or other income that is not just wage and salary, wildly varying income, etc.).</p>