Average Asian hopefully does well? [NC resident, 4.0 GPA, top 10% rank, 1550 SAT, mechanical or aerospace engineering]

[Muu9]

Another financial safety is USU - you will get full tuition with their scholarship index, and ROTC can then go towards housing. USU is strong in aerospace, with https://www.sdl.usu.edu/ often hiring USU students. But, it’s far from the typical hypersocial college experience