<p>* if you are going out of state for engineering, UA is not the place to go. Auburn is the engineering school in Alabama*</p>
<p>Pierre…
While Auburn is currently ranked higher than Bama in engineering, it’s silly to say that Alabama is not a place to go for engineering if you’re OOS. Bama’s engineering ranking will rise in the near future since it is literally spending tens of millions on new buildings, new equipment, hiring more profs, etc. It is ABET accredited in all of its eng’g disciplines. Its brand new mega-sized Science and Engineering Complex is impressive and is a significant piece of the strategy to increase rankings.</p>
<p>I would guess that at least half of Bama’s engineering students ARE from OOS. And, Alabama is ranked higher than Auburn overall (and Bama has more money). To claim that Bama shouldn’t be an option to an OOS eng’g student is just preposterous. </p>
<p>Since this student has UF as an inexpensive instate option with BF (remaining costs are probably about $15k at most), there’s no need to pay more for Auburn. A $10k per year scholarship isn’t really a discount when her tuition would be nearly free at UF. </p>
<p>At least the student would not be paying more by attending Alabama (if her goal is to go OOS). You know that I really like Clemson, but if this student was awarded the “instate rate,” she would likely still be paying twice as much to go there rather than UF with the BF discount. Don’t see much of a point of doing that. </p>
<p>Dr. Google:</p>
<p>As UCB indicated with the link in his post, your child would get full tuition plus 2500 per year as an eng’g or CS major. If your child’s major is outside of eng’g, he’d get free tuition.</p>
<p>And the scholarship does increase as tuition rises.</p>