College Possiblity

ucbalumnus
Fri, 09 Mar 2012 02:33:05 +0000

Also note that there are some big-merit-for-high-GPA-and-test-scores safety schools, such as the University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, Birmingham, Huntsville), that can be used as low cost safety schools if you want low cost safety options besides going to community college and then transferring to Rutgers.

Some other lower cost schools include Virginia Tech and Stony Brook.

Some very selective schools are exceptionally generous with financial aid, so it may be worth applying to them (check their net price calculators). However, they cannot be considered safeties due to their admissions selectivity.

You can check [ABET -](http://www.abet.org) for ABET accreditation of chemical engineering degree programs. For computer science, ABET accreditation provides assurance that the degree program meets a minimum quality standard (which is a reasonably high standard), although there are some good computer science degree programs which are not ABET accredited.