<p>So I'm a senior from NH. </p>
<p>GPA- 4.0 out of 4.8
SAT's- 630 math 610 reading 680 writing
AP's- US History (4 on the test), World History, Biology, Computer Sciences
Couple of extracurricluars (blood drive, math honor society, national honor society, etc.) including work experience since I was 16. </p>
<p>Im looking into West Virginia University for engineering and Biometrics to be more specific. I know that with my scores i automatically receive a scholarship of 4,000 a year. Which would make the price around 20,000. </p>
<p>Im curious if the school is worth the money and where i could possibly get better value. (no in state please). and whether or not you think i should strive to be at a more academically recognized school?</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>*Im curious if the school is worth the money and where i could possibly get better value. (no in state please). and whether or not you think i should strive to be at a more academically recognized school?
*</p>
<p>How do you feel about WVU. </p>
<p>I think I remember you saying that you want to keep costs under $30k. Is that still true?</p>
<p>Have you visited WVU? Did you like it?</p>
<p>What is Biometrics and what would you do with that? Is that some sort of prosthetics development?</p>
<p>Why don’t you look at some less selective national universities for Biometrics? Somewhere like ASU where science is really strong…</p>
<p>@mom2collegekids-finger print reading, voice scanning, etcetera is known as biometrics…</p>
<p>Check out Ohio University in Athens. With your numbers you would get a hefty OOS Gateway scholarship…7000.00. Total cost would be around 20,000. And it is a beautiful school…wonderful place to be for 4 years of your life. Not sure if they offer biometrics, but it is worth checking it out. You would feel right at home at OU. IMO it feels more like New England than many schools in NH do. They don’t call it “Harvard on the Hocking” for nothing. :)</p>
<p>*Why don’t you look at some less selective national universities for Biometrics? Somewhere like ASU where science is really strong. *</p>
<p>Why do you think that ASU is less-selective than WVU???</p>
<p>I think ASU would be more expensive. The COA is $35k and he’d get some scholarship money, but not enough to be close to the cost of VWU. So, what would he be gaining?</p>
<p>Are you testing again in November? you should.</p>
<p>i tested in october.</p>
<p>@mom2collegekids,</p>
<p>You should seriously take a look at the admission stats first:</p>
<p>ASU:
Acceptace rate->91%
Median SAT scores->950-1210</p>
<p>WVU:
Acceptance rate->88%
Median SAT scores->970-1250</p>
<p>confidential, I don’t understand your above post. Looks like the schools are about as identical as two schools could be. What is the advantage of applying to ASU? Do you honestly believe that 88% vs. 91% acceptance rate and 30 SAT points is more than a rounding error in the admissions office?</p>
<p>When there is competition, even a single point counts! (though I don’t find any of those two schools competitive for admission from my point of view)</p>
<p>And, about the stats, mom2collegekids asked me how ASU is less selective than WVU so I posted the selectivity. Thats all…</p>
<p>As your saying they’re not overly competitive. I’m pretty confident that I’ll be able to get into wvu. I guess what I’m asking is whether or not I should put more money into it to go to a more academically recognized university?</p>
<p>Here’s my advice to you: Go ahead and apply as an engineering major, you will get your acceptance in a few weeks. Some time around January or February you will start receiving weekly emails from a long time professor in the engineering department. He gives advice to the accepted engineering students, talks about the different programs, and gives you a feel for what life on campus will be like. He also includes quotes from his students on their personal experiences in engineering at WVU. My son and I found these emails to be very helpful in solidifying his decision to attend. Like I mentioned in a different thread, his stats are the same as yours ( which will gain you admittance directly into engineering, rather than pre-engineering) and he seems to really like it there. His friends from the engineering dorm (Braxton) are not major partiers by any means, but they go to parties and football games on the weekends if they’re not overloaded with work. My advice: don’t use your AP comp sci credit, retake CS 110, I’ve heard it’s killer and a leg up can only help. Oh, and there will be an engineering open house sometime in the spring for accepted students - go to that, get a tour, and take a ride on the PRT. Good luck with your decision - believe me, I agonized over sending him to WVU for months, and now 9 weeks in I realize it couldn’t have been a better decision.</p>
<p>Thank you very much. That was a lot of info. I appreciate it.</p>
<p>Confidential…</p>
<p>With the OP’s stats, ASU is not more of a safety than WVU is. He’d surely get into both schools…no question. </p>
<p>I guess I was wondering what the advantage for THIS OP to apply to ASU over WVU? What would he gain at ASU that he wouldn’t have/get at WVU? He’s in at both.</p>
<p>*When there is competition, even a single point counts! *</p>
<p>No it doesn’t. A single point is meaningless when the student has the stats to get in at either school. We’re not talking about a student with borderline stats.</p>
<p>Yeah. Rhys what I’m thinking. I’m pretty confident about it. And west Virginia is thousands of miles closer and cheaper. So It just makes a lot more sense.</p>