Where to attend and avoid poverty

College Majors Engineering Majors
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<p>I posted a chances thread and did not get any replies.</p>

<p>I'm in NC coming up on my senior yr</p>

<p>SAT (580 M, 620 R, 530 W)
3.6 GPA W..
131/497 Class rank</p>

<p>Because of my low GPA, I have doubts about getting into NCSU engineering. If I don't, I don't know where to go.</p>

<p>UNC - Charlotte? not much interest, dont know about their engineering
Purdue? I could get in, but 40K a year?!
Drexel? 50+ a year, forget it.
FSU? Same deal</p>

<p>Every good college is out of state, and it seems paying 40K a year for purdue is way too much. I don't really know what Im asking, just if anyone has any ideas for a not too expensive good college I could get in to.</p>

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<p>go to your state school, I go to my school for free and get a great education.</p>

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<p>retake your sat and try to get your math above 650
then you will have a good shot at NC State</p>

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<p>"Drexel? 50+ a year, forget it."</p>

<p>since you looked in PA, hows Penn State or Temple U or U of Pitt</p>

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<p>Either your state school, or if you're low income, a super-rich private school.</p>

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<p>All have under 20k tuition: Texas A&M, Michigan State, Virginia Tech, Colorado State, U of Colorado - Boulder, U of Delaware, UMass Amherst, U of Arizona, U Missouri - Rolla, U of Tennessee, Cal Poly, Rowan</p>

<p>But, none of these are even close to NC State in terms of value</p>

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<p>Do a 2-year Transfer from community college.</p>

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<p>20K is dam expensive.</p>

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<p>bleach000, public schools in PA are the most expensive in the country. Actually, Pitt, PSU, and Temple aren't even "public." Officially, they are "state-affiliated" and receieve very little funding from the state.</p>

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<p>thanks for the replies</p>

<p>I'm pretty serious about engineering, I have taken numerous electives offered by PLTW(Project Lead The Way) at my HS but I would also like to explore other careers, for example, law and architecture. </p>

<p>As I said, I have high doubts about getting straight into the engineering program, its highly selective, and while I'm an A/B student, I just don't think Id make it.</p>

<p>I'm thinking about general first year college and then going into the engineering department. </p>

<p>NCSU is non expensive, 14K a yr I wont have a problem with.</p>

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<p>Buffalo
<a href="http://admissions.buffalo.edu/costs/ubcosts.php%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://admissions.buffalo.edu/costs/ubcosts.php&lt;/a>
Note says OOS tuition is $10,610.</p>

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<p>Have you considered UNC-Greensboro? They have a pre-engineering program whereby you take the foundation courses for two years at Greensboro and then transfer into the engineering program at NC State.</p>