Daughter received the ASU letter today as well
She has been receiving emails from Fordham congratulating her and waiving her fee. Here is the context of today’s:
“This recognition by the College Board is significant because it allows you to be considered for a four-year, full-tuition scholarship from Fordham.”
I’m assuming they get you to apply but offer little aide. Any one have knowledge of this?
Daughter also received correspondence from ASU and Fordham.
It is really hard breaking that she will have to pass on these opportunities as those schools don’t offer her major ? (Architectural Engineering) and the ones that do have it, like Colorado School of Mines, offered just a fee waiver.
Also I cannot recall if already discussed here, but also University of Iowa offered $12K ($3k a year for 4 years) to NHRP scholar.
Best of luck to all as we approach the final push for those EA applications!
@ildro Why doesn’t your daughter pick Civil Engineering at ASU (ASU’s program is ranked #19 by US News) and then follow with a Master in Architecture? https://design.asu.edu/degree-programs/energy-performance-climate-responsive-architecture-ms
My son also received the letter from ASU and the emails from Fordham. Too bad my son would like to stay closer to home :neutral: I guess I shouldn’t feel bad my son wants to stay closer to us … but on the other hand, that is a lot of $$$
My son received a letter from New Mexico State University
Conroy Achievement Scholarship
@txazparent I am not sure what your son wants to study but note that both American Airlines and Southwest offer four daily nonstop flights between AUS and PHX. If going to ASU saves you a lot of money, then you could allocate some of it to your son’s transportation budget and let him come back home at all the breaks (fall, winter, spring)?
I got an email from Fordham yesterday saying that NHRP scholars are eligible for 4 year, full ride scholarships!
@sugarhoneyicetea I am afraid that you were mislead.
Fordham’s website states:
“Semifinalist Scholarship: Full-tuition award renewable for four years. Recipients are finalists or semifinalists in the National Merit or National Hispanic Recognition Scholarship Programs who possess a solid A average and are in the top 2–3% of all admitted students. Notification is made at the time of admission.”
https://www.fordham.edu/info/20531/apply/3752/scholarships_and_grants
My take is: no full ride. And Full tuition only for a small subset of the candidates…
@SRCA Regarding Fordham, their websites says:
“Semifinalist Scholarship: Full-tuition award renewable for four years. Recipients are finalists or semifinalists in the National Merit or National Hispanic Recognition Scholarship Programs who possess a solid A average and are in the top 2–3% of all admitted students. Notification is made at the time of admission.”
https://www.fordham.edu/info/20531/apply/3752/scholarships_and_grants
So the email you received seems to be a bit of a scam imho. Everybody can be “considered for scholarship” but there is no guarantee that anybody will get one.
Thank you, I agree with you. I will try to schedule a visit for my son to ASU, so he can see a direct flight AUS-PHX is probably a shorter distance than a 6-hour drive to Lubbock 
“eligible” is the key word. You can apply to a competitive process, but it’s not guaranteed.
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@txazparent We are in the opposite situation. We only live 20 minutes from ASU and daughter would really like to go out of state, but money is really hard to pass up.
Ouch!
Indeed we are in the exact opposite situation. My son wants to stay in Texas, but NHRP scholarship offers are a lot better out of state.
Architectural engineering is a branch of civil engineering. It is the design and implementation of stationary utility systems within buildings, e.g., water, waste, and HVAC. Frankly, architectural engineering is too specialized for a bachelor’s degree. Go civil engineering. Further, architectural engineering has nothing whatsoever to do with architecture. Architecture is largely aesthetic design of buildings and landscapes. Architectural engineering departments are always in engineering departments and never in architecture departments.
For my daughter that wants to go into ArchE, Civil engineering will be her back up major. She really has no desire to be involve so much in roads, bridges, etc as much a a civil engineer major will be. At some schools with Civil engineering they have options for “certificates” in Arch Engineering or minors. She has also looked at schools that offer both programs, architecture and architectural engineering, although those may end up taking longer. She has been lucky to participate in a programs that exposes kids to different branches of architecture, construction and engineering and has also visited some firms to see what the Architectural Engineering department does. I also agree that a BS in Civil Engineering will have a broader job outlook.
For us it will be a long wait until next March when all the financial aid decisions come in.
@ScientificRocket Thanks for explaining what architectural engineering is about in the US.
@ildro If you look at the “Major Map” for Civil Engineering at ASU, you will see that the first three years consist mostly of math and physics.
https://webapp4.asu.edu/programs/t5/roadmaps/ASU00/ESCEEBSE/null/ALL/2018?init=false&nopassive=true
I assume it would be the same at any other college regardless of the major being civil or architectural engineering and therefore I really don’t think that it makes sense to pass on a good financial offer in a top-20 program just to pick a different elective in the fourth year.
Do you have the Major Map for architectural engineering at Colorado School of Mines? I cannot find it…
@NJEngineerDad
Not doing research at Colorado Schools of Mines although the fee waiver they send her would be tempting. Will have to wait and see after the 1st batch of EA applications is done.
She is also not considering ASU because if she does decide to go the Civil Engineering path, her safe school will be University of Florida were she can use her prepaid college plan and also be covered for 4 years of tuition plus 1 year of dorm.
Besides curriculum she is looking for hands on experience, either thru internships, coops or something like the WPI plan.
@ildro I am a little confused. Where would she ideally want to study Architectural Engineering? I somehow interpreted one of your earlier posts as meaning that her preferred location was Colorado School Of Mines.
Also I don’t quite get why she would prefer University of Florida over ASU solely due to the existence of a prepaid college plan. It seems to me that Florida Prepaid Plans can also be applied at other schools nationwide, isn’t it? Or you could get a refund. See https://www.myfloridaprepaid.com/prepaid-plans/faqs/#does-a-florida-prepaid-plan-have-to-be-used-at-a-florida-college-or-state-university
@NJEngineerDad I apologize for the confusion. I did misspoke about Colorado Schools of Mines in my earlier post. They do NOT have Architectural Engineering. I meant to refer to University of Colorado-Bolder, which do offer ArchE.
Every month D20 has a different set of schools that she would like to attend; however for the past year the three consistent schools on her list have been UT-Austin, WPI and University of Miami.
You are correct that Florida Prepaid Plan does offer refunds if requested. However, I don’t think $8,784 would do much of a dent in any Out of State(Florida) School or a Private one, and that’s the reason why she would prefer University of Florida over ASU. (because of her prepaid plan benefits). If she were to use the plan at a public university in Florida it does cover 4 year university tuition plus she also have a 1 year dormitory plan. You are correct that the plan can be used nationwide.; however, the way it works is that they will send the school the equivalent of what they would have sent to a public Florida university and the last time we check the convention was not that great at all. Yes they will send the money anywhere you request, but it will run out way faster! There is another option to transfer the plan to her sibling.
@ildro OK for Colorado Boulder. I see that they indeed offer Architectural Engineering there but sadly I could not find the associated major map. Have you seen it?
I am however still confused about the Florida Prepaid plan. Less than 9K in the plan gives you the right to 4 year university tution and 1 year of dorm if you stay in Florida? That seems quite an amazing deal. How does it work?
Regardless, you would get 4 year of university tuition at ASU too simply by being a NHRP, and 9K would cover dorm for 1 year at ASU. So the price would exactly be the same isn’t it?
(I am assuming that you are not getting need-based help in Florida. If you do then of course it changes the equation.)