<p>If cost is an issue, she should probably try Arizona - Arizona State University in Tempe and the University of Arizona in Tucon. Both will pretty much admit anyone. I think they may have jacked up tuition in the last couple of years, but still it is under $20K for OOS
and the cost of living is among the lowest in the country.</p>
<p>Plus warm (hot) desert weather will welcome her and there is no other party school like ASU!</p>
<p>Firstly , I am sorry for taking a lot of time to respond ! . I was caught up with my SAT test . </p>
<p>As far as money is concerned . My parents have put 200,000$ for my college education. I want to use this money as wisely as possible . </p>
<p>My stats again :- </p>
<p>3.06 GPA , 1570 SAT .
Major - mostly Electrical engineering
Asian
No financial aid required
Dreams of getting in to Illinoi , Michigan or texas 
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<p>My list so far :-
1)Drexel
2)RPI
3)UIUC
4)Mnsu - Mankato
5)UMich
6)Ga Tech
7)Purdue
8)UT - Austin </p>
<p>Feel free to completely edit my list out.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>B U M P … </p>
<p>Thanks for the help</p>
<p>By all means apply to your dream colleges. You never know, you might get lucky!</p>
<p>What everybody is saying is that you only have a long shot at Tier 1 and Tier 2 colleges with your GPA and SAT stats. If you want to make sure that you get in, apply to colleges that admit most of the applicants e.g. admit rates >70% … Here’s a sample. The lower on the list, the higher your chances.</p>
<p>Tier 2 Colleges</p>
<p>UIUC (69%)
Case Western (73%)
Ohio State (62%)
Purdue (71%)
Texas A&M (70%)
Indiana U Bloomington (70%)
UC Santa Cruz (71%)
U of Iowa (82%)
U of Colorado, Boulder (78%)
Marquette U, Milwaukee (65%)
Drexel (68%)
U of Arizona, Tucon (80%)
U of Oregon, Eugene (85%)
ASU (90%)</p>
<p>Tier 3</p>
<p>Pace U, New York (75%)
U of Hawaii (67%)</p>
<p>If I were you, I’d apply to these:</p>
<p>UIUC (69%)
Case Western (73%)
Ohio State (62%)
Purdue (71%)
Texas A&M (70%)
UC Santa Cruz (71%)
U of Colorado, Boulder (78%)
Drexel (68%)
ASU (90%)
Pace U, New York (75%)
U of Hawaii (67%)</p>
<p>Thanks a lot for all the help . </p>
<p>I am adding ASU to the list ( another safety ) </p>
<p>I am open more suggestions … so anyone … please !</p>
<p>why are you applying to Mankuto? I think you can do a lot better than that.</p>
<p>I’m still voting for Clemson haha
try Iowa State, Minnesota, Colorado too</p>
<p>Put Kettering U on that list. It will make a nice match.</p>
<p>Avg. Co-op earnings during 4 years at Kettering- $60,000-70,000.</p>
<p>lol *** Mankato? I’m going there right now for PSEO… they let in a kid in the grade ahead of me with an ACT of 14. Shoot higher than that. Please.</p>
<p>Bump ?? </p>
<p>Any more suggestions ?</p>
<p>What is your current list of reach, match, and safety schools?</p>
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<p>That’s not what their website says…their website says earn AS HIGH AS $65,000 during your undergrad years. That just means some students have earned that much. The hourly salaries are about $15 per hour - plus or minus. </p>
<p>From the website…“As a co-op student, you also earn a professional salary. Since you co-op for a longer period of time at Kettering, your earnings can reach as high as $65,000. It’s yours to keep and spend however you like.”</p>
<p>I would put the following schools on your list since they are the best at cooperative education in the US:</p>
<p>Drexel University
Northeastern University
Rochester Institute Of Technology
Georgia Institute Of Technology
Kettering University</p>
<p>Again…for a safety…</p>
<p>UAH has a strong engineering program, AND because the campus is literally on the same land as Cummings Research Park, it has a very strong Co-op program with all the top high-tech companies.</p>
<p>** * Cummings Research Park, located in the city of Huntsville, Alabama is the second largest research park in the United States, and the fourth largest in the world. Cummings Research Park is a member of the Association of University Research Parks </p>
<p>The University of Alabama in Huntsville serves as anchor tenant for the park. UAHuntsville is a comprehensive research university with more than 7,400 students. Half of the university’s graduates earn a degree in science or engineering. ** *</p>
<p>And…my memory may be hazy…but I think I read that UAH graduates more female engineers than any other U.</p>
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<p>My bad. Strictly going from memory.</p>
<p>Hey
Thanks a lot for all the help </p>
<p>My evolving list includes : - </p>
<p>1)UIUC
2)Umich
3)Ga TEch
4)UT - Austin
5)Purdue
6)ASU
7)RPI
8)Drexel
9)UAH </p>
<p>Feel free to add any more universities !</p>
<p>I’d say that numbers 1-5 are out of reach. Don’t know about the rest.</p>
<p>Your stats are good for ASU and Drexel.</p>
<p>I see that UAH is cheap, only $24K/yr OOS. Have you looked at the graduation rates for UAH? = 17% in 4 yrs, 48% in 6 yrs. That’s the lowest I’ve seen.</p>
<p>I’d say pick ASU over UAH. It costs more (30K/yr OOS). Graduation rates are much better, 30% in 4 yrs. If you’re done in about a year less, your costs are a wash between UAH and ASU.
Also, if you do well, perhaps you can get into the Barrett Honors program at ASU.</p>
<p>Drexel will cost you more ($48K/yr) but only 2% did not get any aid at Drexel. Again, the graduation rates are pitiful - 19% in 4 yrs, 62% in 6 yrs.</p>
<p>drexel is a good school but very expensive even with aid</p>
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<p>That’s not because of the quality of the engineering program. That rate exists because MANY of the engineering students are doing co-ops to pay for their education costs (rotating a semester working, then a semester going to school, etc). Doing a co-op adds time to the graduation process. For some, this is the only way that they can pay for college, get work experience, and have some pocket money.</p>
<p>The OP can pay full-freight. She won’t have to do a “school year” co-op. She can do a summer internship that won’t add time.</p>
<p>The OP should apply to UAH as a safety and as a financial safety. She’ll get a fab engineering education there. UAH graduates a rather large number of female engineers…perhaps more than any other university.</p>