<p>Yes, in engineering, I also don’t see the wisdom of leaving out any colleges that are over 65% male. I’m a woman too and I understand wanting to be around women, but 65% seems like such an arbitrary number. Colorado School of Mines comes to mind, for example, but it’s 73% male - but I’m not sure that 65% is qualitatively different than 73%? (It’s also a public university, but may offer some merit aid.)</p>
<p>I also wouldn’t limit schools solely on the basis of ACT scores, as there are other things about a student’s package that make them competitive. ACT scores will cease to matter once you’re actually in classes with everyone, as they are only moderately correlated with first-year GPA, and ACT scores alone is not a good way to measure the academic value of your classmates Besides, you want to apply to some places in which you are in the top 10-25% of applicants because that raises your chances of getting some meirt money.</p>
<p>Iowa State University is another public OOS university that offers good financial aid and has good engineering programs. I also agree with the suggestion of Alabama. Alabama’s middle 50% range is 22-30, which means that you may be eligible for some of their automatic merit scholarships. Purdue is also an excellent engineering school with some decent scholarships for OOS students (their biggest one is $12-16K pear year for nonresidents, and they have another that’s $5-10K per year). Indiana University (another excellent engineering school) also has a variety of OOS scholarships, including the Wells Scholars program (a full ride).</p>
<p>i012575, do you have any reason for your suggestion that OP drop the idea of going to an LAC for engineering?</p>