<p>First look into Rice, USC, Notre Dame, and Tufts - those are “meet full need” colleges with engineering and lower admission standards than the most elite colleges. Scores will have to increase for a good shot, although 1310 is at least within the mid-50% at USC. </p>
<p>Alabama was mentioned and that is a good place to try for large merit aid. Some others would be Mississippi State, Louisiana Tech, UAB, and UAH. Like Alabama, most of these will require higher scores to get close to the price you are looking for. 1400 is sort of the “magic number” for large automatic merit scholarships - if he can get there, lots more possibilities like Temple, Ole Miss, etc.</p>