Questions, Confusion, Geology Major

4Gulls
Sat, 12 Sep 2015 19:36:09 +0000

Have you looked at Cornell? Geology is in their school of Agriculture Life Sciences, which is one of the land grant colleges which means lower tuition than Engineering, Arts & Sciences, etc. The average SAT / ACT scores are also lower than for engineering, etc. Google it and you will see that the 25 - 75 range for SAT (CR+Math) is 1240 - 1440. ACT is 28 - 32. Your D is at the low end of this now. With a bump in the next round of testing, could be an option.

Like other posters, I would encourage you NOT to rule out Hobart & William Smith - my D was offered $25K merit scholarship there - and was also in the running for the full-tuition. She ultimately didn’t go there, but we visited and liked the campus a lot.

Have you looked at Colorado School of Mines? My S applied and was accepted with some nice merit $$ - he was also invited to apply for one of their full-tuition scholarships. He did apply, but didn’t get the full ride. The school was still a contender but ultimately didn’t make the cut. Two other schools he considered were McGill and University of British Columbia in Canada - both less expensive than US privates and with solid geology programs.

Lastly, what about SUNY Stony Brook??? Their department of Geosciences is excellent -

Good luck.