Usefulness of NPC’s to Families are not need based candidates

Paying for College
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Any place where prices are negotiated or offered individually (e.g. real estate, motor vehicles) is a place where price discrimination occurs. However, the magnitude is often greatest in colleges, where prices may vary from 5% to 100% of the college’s list price (it is not too common to buy real estate or motor vehicles for 5% of the list price).

It looks like many colleges want to keep the awarding of merit scholarships opaque, so that they can change the number and amount awarded on the fly without having made promises that would be inconvenient to keep if the college’s budget does not allow it this year (perhaps because of greater need-based financial aid expense or other non-financial-aid expense). They also want to favor admits who are particularly desired and who are likely to have other attractive admissions, and these factors are often determined subjectively on the fly.

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For engineering - and a hispanic Female - you have tons of options. But let me ask you this - if you could spend $22K a year at U of Arizona and do the Honors College, why spend $65K. Tucson is a very comfortable landing place for a Hispanic student. And practically in CA :slight_smile:

At your budget, private schools - and I’d look beyond

Florida: Embry Riddle, Florida Tech, and Miami. But UF is under budget full pay and UCF and possibly FSU will bring money - of the major schools.

CA - USC could be (has regular merit and for NMF but commended I don’t believe qualifies), LMU, Pacific, Santa Clara, USD. The UCs are on the cusp and Cal Poly SLO and SDSU would work on a public basis.

As for NE privates - U-Ha, Qunnipiac, Trinity in CT. I’d throw in UCONN - fine public.

RI - none -Providence but it’s a 3/2 I believe. Just URI.

MA - BU if merit, NEU if merit, Olin and WPI. I’d throw in UMASS - fine public.

NH - just UNH.

VT - just UVM

ME - just U Maine that will match your in-state.

Staying close - let’s say NY - Clarkson, Cooper Union, Hofstra (their NPC estimates), RPI, Rochester, Syracuse, Union

PA Lafayette if merit and Drexel.

Your budget is $65K but why spend it if you don’t have to - so your Alabama, UAH for mid size, and Arizona are your best choices and are close to your preferred geography. All have Honors. ASU and U of SC are the top Honors and are great choices. UF is public and solid and well under budget full pay.

One other thing to look at - and maybe outside your area - schools that are male dominated - they need females.

Good luck

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Besides location, what else is she looking for? Big school with sports? medium? small? Rural? Urban? Does she know what type of engineer she want to be or would a school that start students undeclared be better? What hobbies does she have? Skiing? Hiking? Surfing? City life? Food? Concerts? Etc. Flesh out what she’s looking for and then we can give you a better list of candidates.

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Your approach is the right approach - but we’re only given geography - and nothing else. Hence I gave a list of schools that will or potentially will come under $65K within the geographies.

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Much appreciated. CC has been great with suggestions and I do appreciate them today.