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

mom2collegekids
Wed, 26 Sep 2012 19:30:11 +0000

*I’ve run calculators on 10+ engineering schools and the most we qualify for is a smattering of small ($5,000) loans. Big whoop. We’ve started looking through Scholarship books and it’s so depressing to see that the majority expect us to be Native American, Hispanic, Black, blind, missing a limb, have disabled or deceased parents, relatives who served in a war, etc. Equally frustrating is that so many of these scholarship requirements also state “must demonstrate financial need”.

My kid is above-average but not stellar enough to qualify for merit scholarships (3.6 GPA and a 30 ACT composite). We are already paying full cost for our daughter who has 2 more years of nursing school. Applying to schools with the idea you’ll worry about the cost later is foolish*

With an ACT 30 and a 3.5+ GPA, your son would get a 2/3 tuition scholarship to Alabama…that’s worth about $15k per year! Remaining costs would be about $17k per year. this is for ANY major as long as he applies before Dec 1st and submits the scholarship app. The apps are QUICK and easy.

AND…if he majors in Engineering or Comp Sci, then he gets an ADDITIONAL 1/3 tuition scholarship PLUS $2500 per year…so full tuition PLUS 2500 per year. Remaining costs would be about $10k per year!!!

Bama has a brand new mega-sized Science and Engineering Complex…800,000 square feet of new academic STEM space. New labs, new equipment, state of the art, breathtaking.

Alabama is gorgeous, has strong academics, and is FRIENDLY.

What is his likely major?