Help suggest some US schools for son's largely foreign list

tamagotchi
Mon, 27 Feb 2023 05:52:22 +0000

It has been a while since I have updated this post. S23 is really enjoying physics and the engineering intro classes he is taking. He has dramatically changed his focus from the original post, and ended up applying to engineering programs.

Accepted:
UBC (still waiting on merit), U of Toronto (+merit), McGill, Northeastern, Drexel (+merit), CWRU (+merit), U Conn (+merit), UMN-TC (+merit), Ohio State (+merit), U Pitt (+merit & Honors), Oregon State (+merit & Honors)

For most schools we were pleasantly surprised by the merit offers. He already has a lot of affordable good options. Visits are planned to some of these that he hasn’t yet visited.

Deferred from EA:
USC (chose not to pursue in RD, since he would have needed merit)

Still waiting:
UW Seattle, the UCs, Cal Poly, Queen’s (Canada)

In the end, S23 chose not to apply to any UK schools. After he changed his focus to engineering, it turned out that there weren’t any UK programs he really wanted.

I am very appreciative for all the discussion and suggestions that were offered in this thread! Thanks in particular for all the discussion about U of T. We would not have considered it originally because of the cost, but as it turned out, S23 received a good enough merit scholarship to make it affordable, and he is seriously considering it.