PAGRok

If you want a private with good financial aid look at Harvey Mudd! I'd also recommend Florida Institute of Technology, Colorado School of Mines, Rose-Hulman, and Cooper Union.

mom2collegekids

Both my sisters were in the same situation I am right now and they received significant financial aid in the form of approximately $25,000 from most of the schools they applied to.


What kind of aid did they get? Merit scholarships? need-based aid? Were they attending school at the same time?

Your situation is different. your family is smaller now (guessing that your sisters will be graduated by the time you attend). You won't have siblings in undergrad while you're going to school. That all means far less aid...maybe NO aid.

perazziman

OP, You might want to apply for engineering to Texas A&M Univ, College Station. They give generous merit scholarships to applicants with high SAT scores. A lot of people do not know it, but A&M is one of the ten wealthiest colleges in America with one of the best engineering programs in the country. By the way, my son will be applying to BU and Northeastern for engineering too. Good luck.

itsv

Cloverman: As others have suggested you need to run your numbers through the school's net price calculator. Also look at the common data set for each school to see admission numbers and financial aid and merit scholarships for each school. It is important before you apply to make sure the schools are financial fits for you. It is no use to apply to a school you can't afford to attend at the end of the process.

A couple of things too-I just toured George Washington University. The are in the middle of building a very nice engineering school building. To attract students to it they offer $30K annually to in-coming freshman who are in the top 30% of their class. I also toured engineering at Clemson and they too offer some nice scholarships to students in engineering. Also Baylor is generous too.

I second Sparkeye's suggestion of Ohio State. My DS is there and they gave him a full-ride. The school has received a lot of money for various programs too.

I would take Cal Poly Pomona or SLO off the list. Engineering is impacted so it is tough to get classes and they are not good on financial aid or merit money.

ucbalumnus

The Cal Polys are not that expensive at list price even for out of state, although out of state students should not expect much financial aid. However, the list price is still a bit over $30,000 per year, which is likely to stretch the limit of the parental contribution plus subsidized Stafford loans.

Cal Poly Pomona (the less selective one) does have a four year graduation pledge program which gives priority scheduling and advising if you agree to follow your major's course plan and do not need remedial courses.

mom2collegekids

A couple of things too-I just toured George Washington University. The are in the middle of building a very nice engineering school building. To attract students to it they offer $30K annually to in-coming freshman who are in the top 30% of their class


Is that written somewhere? I find it hard to believe that GWU gives that much merit to those in the top 30% of their class.

michellel

I'm also interested in engineering and trying to generate a good list. I have a lot of the same schools on my list, but a few others. I've also considered Northwestern, Washington University in St. Louis, U Michigan (a lot bigger than most schools on you list), Duke (if you're okay with a more southern vibe), and Carnegie Mellon. These all are known for good engineering programs. You seem to mainly be looking at midsized schools in the northeast, are either of those strong preferences? If you're pretty confident you want to do some sort of engineering field, considered some technical institutes like RPI, RIT, and the like.

BeanTownGirl

Case Western Reserve, RPI, WPI...All good engineering schools that can be generous with merit aid.

BluJay24

Have you looked at the Franklin Olin College of Engineering? I know that they still offer the Franklin Olin Scholarship to every admitted student, which is half the tuition (it used to be a full tuition to any admitted student). That could substantially help with your financial needs and it's also a great Engineering School.

ucbalumnus

Even with the half tuition scholarship, Olin costs about $40,000 per year, so the OP would need to check the net price calculator to see if need-based financial aid will bring it to within affordability range.