High quality private schools w/engineering that don't require the CSS PROFILE

Davisra
Wed, 26 Sep 2012 19:46:59 +0000

He’s looking at mechanical engineering with a special interest in cars. He enjoyed his aviation classes so he’s also considering aeronautical/aerospace engineering. He’s also developing an interest in computers so may look at computer engineering. He’d prefer something other than our state school (UW-Madison) since we live in the Madison area. Alabama is pretty far away & likely has no ice hockey (he was hoping for intramural or club hockey), but it’s certainly worth investigating! He loved Notre Dame (I thought it was a good fit too - the size and overall feel of the campus) and he also really likes Purdue. He’d prefer NOT to go to somewhere like Kettering or MSOE - he wants a place where there are other types of majors in case he changes his mind. We’ve already told him paying for UW Madison is a real stretch but that we think it’s important for our kids to NOT end up with a pile of debt. That said, if he wants something other than Madison he has to figure out how to pay the difference himself. Hence the frustration - knowing that his GPA & SAT/ACT are likely not high enough to get a Purdue merit scholarship and then finding very few viable alternatives. I know I can’t count on winning the lottery (darn!).