Rose Hulman 2014 -who did you turn down

xcmomof3
Tue, 27 Apr 2010 19:39:08 +0000

Finally decided and glad to have it behind us. We are in OH, so the location is very convenient.
Turned down: Carnegie, Case, RPI, Wash U, MO S&T, OSU, Ohio Northern
Still struggling with what college costs these days, but S isn’t worried and it’s his commitment. Rose costs more $$ than most schools we turned down, but we all agree that Rose is the best choice. (Tuition room & board at a state school for me was $3600/year and I graduated with no debt.)
Stats-4.0 UW, Valedictorian; 32 ACT, 34 Math, 35 English; SAT-750 math, 670 reading, 650 writing, 1420 combined. NHS, Student Senate, 2 sport varsity athlete

H & I went to big state universities and have done very well with hard work, but my H says he got burned out on engineering in a “weed out” program. Got his MBA and works for a mfg company, so he uses both, but felt like Rose would be a great learning environment for our S and huge contrast to large eng programs.
I am confident our S would do well in any program, but I agree that Rose is “a bigger bang for your buck”.