Choice of major and merit/acceptances? [NY resident, 4.0 GPA, 1520 SAT, <$50k; art ECs/portfolio but does not want art major]

If you think she would like this, she might want to look at the Purdue version also: Studio Arts and Technology - College of Liberal Arts - Purdue University

Industrial/Product Design could be another major worth considering. Purdue has a program INDUSTRIAL AND INTERACTION DESIGN - College of Liberal Arts - Purdue University and so does RIT Industrial Design BFA | RIT If those appeal, there are quite a few more that she could look at. Syracuse is another: Industrial and Interaction Design B.I.D. unclear whether need-based and merit aid would combine to get you to budget, but it seems possible.

Lehigh’s aid is pretty generous - would this school meet your budget? Their traditional STEM majors are strong, and they also have Design department that offers a Design major and a Product Design minor.

Northeastern also has a highly combinable Design major - this combo, for example, might appeal for her interests: Behavioral Neuroscience and Design, BS | Northeastern University Academic Catalog Again, you’d have to check the NPC to see whether the aid would be enough; but she’d be competitive admissions-wise, I would think. And this is one where, if she wasn’t loving the design piece, she could easily let that go and do a pure STEM major, but the portfolio process for CAMD could help with admissions and merit.

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