@gopgal
From what I remember CWRU was 29k in merit award with 0 need based. That left 37k out of pocket. That’s way too far for us and I don’t know how people can do that. Truthfully, I’ve learned a lot this past year applying to all these schools and researching. I found that in the end the school is about 20% and the energy of the graduate is the other 80%. You can graduate from just about any stem college and get the same pay as someone with an degree from MIT, no joke. It all depends on the energy.
If you want proof, go to any lower tier college and look at their ‘early salary graduate outcomes’ and it will list accepted salary ranges for each major.
Better yet, here’s a link:
http://www.payscale.com/college-salary-report/best-schools-by-type/bachelors/engineering-schools
Hit the LOAD MORE button on the bottom.
Good luck!