anyone want to help a young man make it to college?

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<p>Given severe money limitations, ROTC may be your best bet. The military pays tuition, room and board in exchange for a commitment to serve. Air Force would be best for Aerospace Engineers. </p>

<p>You apply for the ROTC scholarships between junior and senior year of HS separately from your applications to the colleges. The good news is that the scholarship applies to any college that has ROTC offered so you no longer need to worry about college tuitions.</p>

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<p>^^^ good idea!</p>

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<p>I would disagree with Mizzbee–if he gets good merit aid OOS, he can certainly afford to got OOS. It’s too early to say. I’m surprised none of the instate schools offer a co-op program.</p>

<p>And co-op, as I explained, is a system where you alternate semesters of school with work (for credit.) At some schools it’s optional, at others, such as University of Cincinnati, it’s mandatory for the engineering program.</p>

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<p>if i go to rotc, do i have about being killed in the airforce? because i really rather go into debt then go to rotc</p>

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<p>If that’s you POV then don’t go. Yes, AF personnel do get deployed and have the potential to die. We only want people willing to serve their country.</p>

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<p>Texas A&M has an agreement with several community colleges that guarantees you admission to the university as a Junior, IF you successfully complete the listed 24 credit hours at the community college per your degree plan. The aero degree is one that can be completed this way. See the link below for more info.</p>

<p><a href=“http://admissions.tamu.edu/TAP/default.aspx[/url]”>http://admissions.tamu.edu/TAP/default.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>gosh errin you make me sound like im a bad person. I dont believe in the wars we are currently fighting and we could potenially fight in as well. i dont want to die for some corrupt politicians. Thnx @ tx2ags. and yeah ill probally really start looking into mechanical enginnering, as a back up.</p>

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<p>mommusic, I didn’t say he couldn’t go OOS with merit aid, but it is a little too early to be recommending OOS schools with no GPA, SAT scores, etc when travel costs do affect low income students, especially Pell-eligible students. Right now he needs a plan, and listing OOS colleges with no data is something the kids do for each other, not generally on the parents pages. </p>

<p>If we want to do that, however, U of Alabama has great merit money for engineering.</p>

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<p>And UA Huntsville has a great aerospace engineering program with plenty of opportunities for internships in the field.</p>

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<p>@tx2ags i just checked the list and mountain view is not on there so i dont think ima be able to do that. </p>

<p>should i apply to these out of state schools you guys are talking about when im a senior?</p>

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<p>im going to be taking chemistry next year then physics my 12th grade year. Im taking algebra II this year and i dont rember what math class im taking my senior year. but im thinking about taking some ap classes my senior year.</p>

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<p>You’re a junior, right? If you are only at Algebra II this year you should wait on taking the SATs until later in the year. I presume you have already had Geometry, but the SAT goes through Algebra II so you will need that to do well.</p>

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<p>im going to be a junior this year; when the summer is over ill be a junior. I have already took alebra 1 and geometry. So when i apply to colleges i can list on there mechanical engineering as a backup?</p>