visit uah.edu/scholarships to see UAH’s spelled out scholarship chart. I would definitely keep an eye on the ABET accredited programs - in your state and for the programs OOS that have the merit you perhaps can obtain.
Be sure to get enough test prep and testing in to make your full potential score. In the past, UA took their last test score Dec of senior year, but also be sure to have all your info in to the schools ahead of scholarship deadlines. A later test score (and scholarship improvement) for UA will be accepted and scholarship increased.
If budget is tight, UAH will be a little less costly than UA (and closer travel, down I65 from Chicagoland, with direct flights from HSV airport to Chicago). Difference between a larger campus and a mid-sized campus. Engineering education and opportunities are very good at both, with very large research park across from UAH campus and Redstone Arsenal (with NASA, and large gov’t research facilities) very close to UAH.
@mom2engkids honestly, I don’t care much where I work, I’ll go where the best opportunity is. Also, does anyone have any thoughts about Texas Tech or Texas A&M?
That’s good that you are open because best paying jobs can sometimes be out in the boonies where no one else will go. My concern for DS was going out west or northeast with a southern degree.
Both Tech and TAMU seem to have lots of aid to give for NMSF so that’s good. DS is looking at both. Co-ops are plentiful also.
At TAMU you have to keep a 3.5 GPA to keep your scholarship; very hard to do there - and that is for NMF - and they are very limited with OOS admission. I received a graduate degree at TAMU and a friend’s DD is a ChE major at TAMU and NMF - however she also had another scholarship, so when she drops below 3.5 GPA she still keeps in-state tuition.
Focus on getting the ACT/SAT scores and looking at the best options.
IMHO Texas Tech is very ‘Texas’. May be too much of an adjustment. AL is an easier adjustment, as many at UA and UAH area are from OOS…
TAMU is a very friendly campus. But engineering at all these schools is tough, tough, tough. To keep a scholarship with a GPA above a 3.0 is a risk.
@SOSConcern thanks for the advice I’m not to worried about adjusting, but it is still worth consideration. Haha, just curious, what make something “Texas-y”. There’s a lot of good programs to look at so all this help is very appreciated.
My Alabama son has interviewed (flown in, all expenses paid) with companies in Arizona and New Hampshire. That’s west and northeast. The southern degree has no effect.