<p>Just thought of another one - how about the University of Rochester? I think they are good with merit money.</p>
<p>Union gives merit money and has good engineering and about 2000 students. Schenectady is improving…</p>
<p>While Swarthmore’s financial aid packages are often extremely generous, the school only offers a few smaller merit scholarships for more social service type accomplishments.</p>
<p>If their need-based aid is “extremely generous” that could work too. We can’t afford our FAFSA EFC though so we need a school whose institutional method is more generous than the federal, which is pretty rare!</p>
<p>da accepted to 10 schools, getting fin. aid packages now… wpi gave her 40k per year scholarships, another 5500 in staff loan…3000 in perkinds… good offer… drexel, gave her 30k scholarship… coa at drexel in the letter says 68,000… i called to ask if that was accurate…YEP… unbelievealble cost of attendance. waiting on other packages. biomed engineering…</p>
<p>Clarkson University (NY) offers merit scholarships, and COA runs about 51k.
Small classes, located in frozen tundra of Northern NY… Must like snow…
(PS I am a native of Northern NY). Yes, that is what is wrong with me… :)</p>
<p>pantherpa – when you say 40K per year scholarships at WPI, are you talking about merit scholarships, or need-based institional grants, or a combination of the two. I thought WPI’s maximum merit scholarship was 25K per year. </p>
<p>Wow, 68K is a lot higher than Drexel’s COA on their website! [Tuition</a> and Fees | Undergraduate Admissions | Drexel University](<a href=“http://www.drexel.edu/undergrad/financing/break-down/]Tuition”>http://www.drexel.edu/undergrad/financing/break-down/)
Drexel is tricky because unlike other co-op schools, if you take the 5-year option, you pay tuition and fees for 5 years. The tuition is pro-rated so you pay 4/5 of the 4-year tuition each year but the fees are not prorated, and they’re high. For housing half the year for 3 of the years they’ll be on co-op if on the 5-year plan, and hopefully able to pay for their living expenses plus save toward tution via the paid co-ops.</p>
<p>Slumom, Clarkson is also on our radar, but I didn’t think DS would get enough $$ there.</p>
<p>Panthepa are you serious? That cost seems wild. College these days… Imagine the future! </p>
<p>Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using CC</p>
<p>if i could scan it… i’d show ya…actually 68,400. their words…" we know that sounds high, but we build in some cushion…" HUH? cushion…? crazy. not an option.</p>
<p>drexel was the 1coop 4year plan…i think… the cost is listed at like 57 or 58k…then they add in books, fees, and projected personal expense…heck if the cost goes up 2% a year, you are in the mid 70’s in 4 years…also though you get paid coop in the 4th year… i think around 12-15k i was told. so tha offsets some of the cost.</p>
<p>WPI was 25 k for presidential, the other was wpi scholarship…as it shows o the form… great offer, waiting on some other schools though</p>
<p>is ther a site that has people posting financial aid awards?</p>
<p>DS is another NMF without perfect grades looking for engineering and merit.</p>
<p>3.75 UW, SAT 1600/2320 and 800s SAT 2 Math 2 and Chemistry and active in FIRST Wanted mid-size school, but liked urban schools. His results so far:</p>
<p>Pitt - Accepted, no merit Likes the school a lot, but off list unless merit comes late which I doubt due to class rank</p>
<p>UMBC - Instate 18,000 merit very interested in public policy honors program he can do along with engineering. </p>
<p>UMCP - Accepted hasn’t heard about Merit, but doesn’t feel comfortable on such a big campus. </p>
<p>Case Western - $25,500 Liked school a lot when visited junior year but now is comparing Cleveland and Boston</p>
<p>Alabama - NMF package Visited and realized he is not a big enough sport fan, impressed with Dean of Engineering . Big School was not for him, but had to visit to make sure after reading all the positive stuff on CC</p>
<p>Northeastern - NMF package if he lists as 1st choice. Recently visited and really liked campus, co-ops and Honors College.</p>
<p>U of Rochester - FIRST scholarship 19,000 - first school he loved after visit sophmore year, but don’t think he will end up attending. </p>
<p>RPI - Waiting to hear. Has not visited will depend on merit.</p>
<p>Wash U - Applied last minute because he thought he should have a reach school and Aunt thought he would love it. Waiting to hear</p>
<p>Mom24boys thanks so much for sharing your son’s results so far. Sounds like he will have several great options to choose between!</p>