Hello, I want to go to college for Mechanical Engineering and here is my current list
University of Miami
Trinity University
Texas A&M
Texas Tech
UT Dallas
Prarieview A&M
I completed most of the applications and I want to apply to one more school OOS score that can give me merit aid. My stats are top 25%, ACT 30, New SAT 1280 , and president of Academic Decathlon, Church Youth Group, and Technology Student association.
You need to give more guidance. What are you looking for? Size? Weather? Extracurricular academic and non- academic activities?
@eyemgh
No problem! I don’t care about school size, i prefer public,but don’t mind private if its affordable after scholarships and financial aid, I don’t have a preference on weather. But I don’t want to go to Alaska. (too far) But I’m okay with going as far as DC and New york.
Besides a decent engineering program (I.e. a program that gives students out of class opportunities to work on projects like a dragster design club or something for engineering experience) , the main non-academic things i care about are school spirit (like, do people go to football games or enjoy homecoming) and any type of musical extracurricular I could write songs for (like a Capella or dance groups etc) but I don’t think about those too much because where ever you go their are bound to be spirited students and musicians.
GPA is usually the most telling as far as success in college goes. Not an exact science, but better than a one time test like the SAT or the ACT.
There used to be (and probably still are) college selector routines on the SAT web site. Also, most colleges publish their “common data sets” in which they give a lot of statistical info on their admissions. Just Google “common data set” and the school name to find the one you want.
http://automaticfulltuition.yolasite.com/
Since you have Prairie View on the list, I assume you are ok with HBCUs. So full rides available at Howard, Tuskegee, FAMU, and NCCU.
Otherwise maybe:
U Arkansas Fort Smith
Milwaukee School of Engineering
FAMU’s engineering programs have actually been quasi-merged with those of FSU so there may be opportunities to utilize some of the greater resources there by attending FAMU. I don’t know all the details but I know they are milking that fact when it comes to getting government grants.
@HPuck35
My uw is proably 3.3 and my w is 3.62. But I’m not sure its very telling since my valedictorian has a gpa of 3.91.
@nw2this
I suppose… (blink) I have friends going there and they’ve visited my school. Whats wrong with a historical black college?
@boneh3ad
I was going to apply to famu, but then I heard they don’t give alot to oos. Should I apply anyways.
Re #4
Several of the colleges on that full tuition and full ride list have changed their scholarships. Verify on the college web sites.
Nothing is wrong with hbcu’s. They have excellent opportunities.
From the FAMU Website:
(NON-FLORIDA RESIDENTS)
Incoming high school senior with an academic core GPA of 3.50 and having a 1900 on the SAT or 29 on the ACT will receive the following
over four years:
• A full four-year scholarship that pays for tuition and fees, double-occupancy room rate, and meals. STEM majors will receive a laptop.
(Out-of-State value over 4-year period $114,376)
You would need to see if they consider weighted or unweighted gpa.
I honestly couldn’t answer that question for you. The bottom line is that there are very few public universities that offer generous aid to out-of-state students. It just doesn’t go over well politically when state taxpayers are paying for out-of-state students to attend a state school, so it doesn’t happen a whole lot.
From school web sites (in all cases, you may need to ask directly about how GPA is calculated):
Florida A&M: http://www.famu.edu/Scholarships/Scholarship_Criteria_2016_2017August_17_2016_LGBS_and_DSA_2.pdf (no mention of in-state versus out-of-state; if unsure, you may want to ask directly)
Prairie View A&M: https://www.pvamu.edu/faid/home/types-of-aid/scholarships/university-scholarships/
Tuskegee: http://www.tuskegee.edu/scholarships/freshman_scholarships.aspx
Howard: https://www2.howard.edu/admission/tuition (first come first served)
Louisiana Tech: http://admissions.latech.edu/tuition_fees/scholarships/freshman-scholarships.php
Alabama - Huntsville: http://www.uah.edu/admissions/undergraduate/financial-aid/scholarships/merit-tuition-scholarships
Nothing. (Although a specific college may not be the right fit for a given student for other reasons like cost, majors and programs offered, etc…)
However, many or most non-black students apparently refuse to consider them, which may say more about those students than the colleges…
Why not take your ACT one more time and go all with prep? You are sooooo close to full tuition from Alabama-- it’s OOS, great school spirit and they have poured some $$ into engineering. Additionally–once you are IN to engineering you are in. You don’t have to compete for your major like at A&M.
With your rank, the odds are stacked against you for entry into engineering at UT. It could happen, I’m not trying to shoot down your dream but you should be aware of how crazy competitive it is.
My kid has auto acceptance already to UT and A&M— but actually prefers Bama over those two because of reasons mentioned above.
@nw2this
Oh, I didn’t see the OOS scholarship thank you!
@boneh3ad
Very true about OOS public, but do you know about any privates?
@ucbalumnus
I… i didn’t know it was a thing for people … to decline schools … that offer a lot of money… because of their affiliation . And thank you for the scholarship links.
@carachel2
I actually tried in September and got a 28. So I’m hoping my October score gets a 32! And I like Alabama, I’m just afraid if I don’t get a high enough score, It would cost too much for me to afford. Do they give any other awards to OOS besides that tuition one?
{Also I meant UT Dallas in Richardson, not normal UT(Dallas feels less busy and more homey) }
Privates in general don’t care about where you live with regards to financial aid. For specifics you would have to look into each school individually since they are private and pretty much do their own thing.