Alternatives to Engineering (urgent!)

kencc83
Thu, 09 Nov 2017 03:06:28 +0000

You can mix it up a little too. Apply to some as an engineering student, and others as liberal arts, etc… Some schools offer CS through the liberal arts school, and have a less intense math focus, look around and consider that option!

I think Business is another general career area that has good job prospects and good salaries (FYI my older daughter graduated CS Engineering Cornell, my younger daughter is in the Tulane Altman program (with scholarship) for business, both are doing great career wise AND enjoy their work ).

I responded to you on another thread, and now see a bunch of your threads and have the bigger picture. So, replaying to those other threads and the bigger picture,considering you want some urgent advice I suggest: apply to AT LEAST 2 ivies, Cornell and Columbia & you-pick, Ivies give great financial aid - try one in engineering, another in liberal arts (as a URM, and seeing your stats in the other thread, you have a decent shot to get accepted). Apply to Tulane, you’ll probably get merit aid there and they have some good business programs. Apply to a few UC schools for in-state tuition. Pick some other schools too, the “safeties” may offer merit aid, the best financial aid is from the richer, harder to get into schools so pick some of them too… Yeah, applying costs time and money, but if you land a good financial aid or merit aid deal, it’ll far outweigh the application expense.

I STRONGLY recommend running the net price calculators on the schools websites, you’ll be shocked at the difference in financial aid offered. Try to do this before you apply. Once you have your info, you can run through this really quick and get an idea, I can’t stress this enough, do it.

Good luck,
Ken