<p>My father is making about 120 000 a year and that means i am not getting any financial aid. And he refuses to pay more then 4000 a year for my college. This led me to believe that i can only go to SUNY/CUNY schools.</p>
<p>I am currently in Brooklyn College with 49 credits and i HATE it. Students are lazy, dumb and go straight home. Parties are high-schoolish and not fun at all. Plus i am rethinking my major and i want to do neural engineering which my college doesn’t have.</p>
<p>I have 3.6 gpa and i want to transfer to a better school with a good engineering program and good social atmosphere. The question is - am i bound to SUNY/CUNY? If not how can i afford/pay for colleges such as MIT/UCSD?</p>
<p>I hear people going to these expensive colleges all the time but how do they do it!? Do they take out a 200 000 undergraduate loan or something!? o_O; confused.</p>
<p>Any combination of: FA, take out loans (students and/or parents), parents have saved for a long time, working during school and summers, or institutional or outside scholarships.</p>
<p>Another option to consider is a school with a strong co-op program. Engineering students are in demand as co-op students, and the money earned can be a big help in paying for school.</p>
<p>Neural engineering is pretty narrow. I would suggest a broader undergrad focus, with specialization at the grad level. You could look for a school where you can do research as an undergrad - that would be a way to get experience in the neural area.</p>
<p>Zhenka,
Have you considered Cooper Union in New York City? All accepted students receive a full tuition scholarship valued around $33,000. You are responsible for room and board. Not a bad deal especially for an engineering degree…Best wishes. </p>
<p>Don’t be so quick to dismiss Cooper. While we don’t have a “neuroengineering major” (not sure what that entails) we do have an extremely good neurophysics course as well as several faculty members who have worked in neuroscience. Right now I’m working on my own independent project, with the support of several professors, and I couldnt be happier. And it’s definitely the best deal out there. Yeah, we don’t have a “real” campus, but is that really worth 15000 a year? I guess you have to prioritize and figure out what’s really important to you. Anyway, good luck.</p>
<p>If you want some cheap schools, check out the South and the Midwest. The Northeast in general is very expensive. </p>
<p>People go to expensive colleges on VERY large loans at times. I wouldn’t suggest that. RIT is a good school for engineering, and you never know what kind of scholarships you can get. If you are a National Merit Finalist, you could transfer to Oklahoma University, though I’m not sure if you would get an award from them if you aren’t a Freshman.</p>
<p>This “college” is the most ridiculous excuse for an education I’ve seen yet. The coursework is pathetic, the instructors are all amateurs and here’s the biggest kicker… THEY are NOT accredited by TAC/ABET or any other valid organization. Pathetic. You may as well teach yourself and say you got a degree. And what the hell is a B.E. in Electrical Engineering. A true engineering bachelors degree is a Bachelors in Science or Bachelors in Applied Science if its a technology degree. Unreal that colleges can get away with dooping people into believing they are legit. By the way, 15,000 dollars for 1 year of school is dirt cheap. Most private colleges start at 30,000 a year and that’s on the low end.</p>
<p>Since there’s a lot of misinformation about Cooper Union already out there, I’d like to dispel some of the misinformation posted in this thread. Actually, Cooper Union’s Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical and Civil engineering programs are indeed ABET accredited. I have no idea what lhilts is talking about as that information is readily available on ABET’s own site:</p>