Help us pick UIUC [$42k] vs TAMU [$16k] vs Miami-OH [$23k] [engineering, need parent loans if >$16k] [also Tulsa full ride, Alabama and Nebraska <$16k]

[ucbalumnus]

@DecisionStressed

Depending on the school, senior applied mechanical or architectural/structural/civil. Yes, TAMU said there will be a priority list/rank order with essays required (thank you for mentioning it). The other schools here were direct admit to mechanical.

Mechanical engineering is one of the more competitive majors in Texas A&M ETAM, although it does admit some below the 3.75 automatic admission GPA.

According to ETAM - Freshman 2024 - #5 by ColdWombat , in spring 2023 ETAM, 41% (144 out of 349) of mechanical engineering first choice applicants who did not meet the 3.75 automatic admission GPA were admitted to the major.

Civil engineering was less competitive, with 86% (116 out of 135) admission rate for non-automatic first choice applicants. Architectural engineering admitted all first choice applicants that semester.

@DecisionStressed

My kid will need to keep a 3.5 college gpa anyway to keep the scholarship at TAMU. No partying first semester, ha!

This could be somewhat of a risk.