Hello, I was accepted to both of these schools recently. I was wondering if someone could give me some insight as to what they are like. I am going for aerospace engineering and I’m oos for both (NY). ASU gave me a scholarship which is worth $14,500 a year and SDSU gave me nothing. I heard both schools have great student life. Even though ASU would be cheaper, people have told me SDSU is seen as a more prestigious school. Thoughts? I’m still waiting for a bunch of other schools but these 2 seem like places where I could very possibly see myself at in a year.
ASU means Alabama State or Arizona State?
SDSU means South Dakota State or San Diego State?
Budget? No SUNY schools?
@ucbalumnus Arizona State and San Diego State. Money is not too much of a factor between these 2. Around 14k tuition (with my scholarship) at ASU vs 18k at SDSU seems very reasonable oos. No SUNY schools because none of them have aerospace engineering and NROTC
Either should be fine in terms of academics. Not sure why SDSU would be seen as more prestigious, or why it would matter much if your career goal is officer in the Navy.
@ucbalumnus If I had to take a guess I’d assume it’s just because of the acceptance rate. Both are accredited but USNWR has ASU almost 60 spots higher for undergrad engineering (not sure how much I should actually take those rankings into account). I also applied to Barrett at ASU and plan on applying to Weber at SDSU. If I get into one and not the other that would make my decision a lot easier.
SDSU is $40k per year for OOS students.
Undergraduate Estimated Costs for 2017–
OUT-OF-STATE UNDERGRADUATE NONRESIDENTS
INTERNATIONAL
Basic Tuition and Fees
$7,460
Nonresident Tuition$11,880
On-Campus Food and Housing* $15,966
Total. $35,306
- Nonresident tuition is based on 15 units each semester at $396 per unit.
I believe there is a requirement for you to live on campus. The fees also don’t include the required health fees.
http://arweb.sdsu.edu/es/admissions/costs.html
OOS $$ for either seems a whole lot. SDSU will be 40K a year, hopefully as per UCB, you have your own state options lined up. 30K a year from Arizona is too much if you have good options. I am not sure either of these schools are prestigious per se, you are looking at engineering, you should look for ABET and value for money. Have you considered mech if you can't get aero?
@Sybylla I have considered mech but even then my only option in the SUNY system that has NROTC is Maritime and that’s not a school I’m interested in at all.
SDSU now requires you to live 2 years on campus as a non-local applicant. As an OOS student, although both very good schools, I think the OOS costs are not worth it. As stated by @Sybylla that you should be looking at ABET accreditation if you are looking at Engineering programs.
@Gumbymom both schools are accredited and given what I want (aerospace and NROTC) I have to look oos. I’ve spoken to my parents and they’re completely fine with it.
They are fine with paying $40k per year? For a very narrow engineering degree?
Things that might tip things one way or the other
- did you get honors program admission to either?
- did you get ROTC scholarship offer to either?
You did apply to honors and to NROTC scholarships right?
@AroundHere Yes I applied for the scholarship. Finished my Barrett application and will be finishing the Weber one soon
@“aunt bea” even if I went MechE my only option in the SUNY system is Maritime. I do not want to go to that school at all.
Just wait for honors and ROTC scholarship decisions for now. Those are important decisions to have before deciding.
@asin26, my husband has been an EE for 30 years and he works in aerospace (when the contracts or subcontracts call for it), in California. When he needs to hire someone for aerospace, he hires an EE, ME or CS. He doesn’t look for AE’s. Too narrow, he says.
My dd is a CS/EE, and she received that degree from SUNY Buffalo. She also “dabbles” in aerospace when the contract calls for it, in her section, (yes, she’s in SoCal too).
No one is telling you that you have to go to SUNY for maritime.
What they are telling you is that you will have to pay OOS tuition at a public school in California or Arizona when you could attend an instate school. Jobs are available in California, after you graduate.
FYI: SDSU has 40K students. The classes are large. It is a public state college so GE classes will be huge. Weeder math classes will be tough.
CSU GPA: 3.38
SAT: 1390<<<
Are these your current stats? What is your UW (non UC) GPA? Are these stats going to get you Barret? Do they not look at GPA?
DO you have APs? RIgour? (as above, those weeder classes are tough anywhere).
@AroundHere yeah I’m not making a decision anytime soon. I was just wondering what these 2 schools each had to offer
@“aunt bea” Maritime is the only one that also has NROTC, and that’s my biggest factor. Not looking at any schools that don’t have it.
@Sybylla I have a 89.62 average (not sure what that would convert to on a 4.0 scale) and will have taken 6 AP classes by the time I graduate. Tons of extracurriculars, good essay, good reccomendations. And I received the 2nd highest merit award ASU gives out which will help my case.