What are the best schools that offer merit aid?

Paying for College
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My parents make too much for me to qualify for need based aid, but they are only willIng to pay for $10,000 a year for school. So, I’m tring to find any schools with decent engineering programs that offer good merit aid programs. I currently live in Utah.

I have:
35 ACT(32 English, 36 reading, 35 math, 36 sceince, 27 writing)
3.8 unweighted, 4.1 weighted

Extracurriculars:
Rowing (I’m about average)
Team captain for robotics
Started a robotics program at the Ronald mcdonald house(my team goes down once a week and do a small competition with the kids)
Starting an Econmers site with laser cut goods

Any recommendations on schools to look into would be greatly appreciated!

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http://automaticfulltuition.yolasite.com/
http://competitivefulltuition.yolasite.com/

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Apply to Alabama. You’d get free tuition plus 2500 per year for your stats.

How’d you do on the PSAT? If you make NMF, then you’d get even more money.

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Try Temple. They are raising the qualifications needed for scholarships and they probably will no longer be automatic but with your stats I think you’d still get a significant amount of merit aid.

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Ok I just realized that Temple might be a bit too far away for you but still worth looking into.

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You also qualify for full tuition at Utah State though and their engineering program is well regarded

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You should qualify for a full tuition scholarship at your state flagship.

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@mom2collegekids I was out of town for robotics while PSAT was happening, so I never took it. Thanks for the suggestion! I think I’ll apply there, it looks like a good option.

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@lonelymoonlight I would much rather go out of state, I have a sibling at Utah State and he says he feels very isolated due to the extremely high percentage of Mormons there(were both not Mormon). Temple looks like a pretty good school and I’ll definitely put it on my list to consider. Thanks!

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You have the WICHE-WUE schools too. Many would give you scholarships and with those, reduced tuition, and you $10k per year, I think you could do it.

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I wouldn’t count on getting both WUE discount AND substantial cholarships. Many WUE schools will not give both substantial merit and WUE discount. Since the WUE discount is paying 150% of instate tuition (which he can’t pay any of), he’d need a huge award.

And for this student to find an affordable school, he needs at least all of his tuition to be covered. It might find a WUE school that gives him a full tuition award outright, regardless of WUE, but which schools would those be?

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@FTCkid

Apply now to Alabama…the app is live

Also…apply to the CBHP program within the honors college. There is more merit with that. With your Robotics experiences, you’d be a competitive applicant to that program.

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Look at UT Dallas. You would definitely get tuition and fees paid for and possible as much as $3000/semester for living expenses.

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@mom2collegekids
Thanks for all your help! The CBHP is very interesting and I will definitely apply to it. I couldn’t find any information on merit scholarships for it. However, engineering gives guaranteed scholarships of $2,500 for having above a 30 on the act, and it stacks on to other scholarships.

Do you know if the the university fellow experience is worth apply incase I don’t get into CBHP?

I don’t have access to my transcript until August 24th (when the counseling office opens), but I will apply then!