Schools with good computer science program + very good need-based financial aid?

cptofthehouse
Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:59:21 +0000

If you keep up your grades and get 2200 in test scores, some schools like Carnegie Mellon, RPI, U Rochester, would be possibilities and may have merit/aid moneys for minorities/females. Look on their web sit and you can see this. But those are reach schools for anyone and when you throw in that you need money, it make them even more of a reach. Not a problem as you should throw some in the basket.

Where you need to focus is on a school that has some good programs in the area you like that will certainly take you even if your SAT is not where you hope it will be and your grades not quite there either, and be something you can afford. Look at Momfromtexas’s thread on Full Ride scholarships and use the technique to get some schools that are not so name brand but have some merit money that you can snag.

Also look at what is around you. What schools in your area, commuter schools have good computer programs? Which state schools do? Are there some good privates like Stetson, Rollins, Eckerd that you can try that would have good financial aid? Throw them in the basket too. Bright FUtures, plus PELL plus loans can take care of the commuter schools You need a bit more to cover the room and board for a state school, so you need see if FIT or other such school might ante it up for you. But have a good commuter school on your list as back up if the money does not pan out on your other schools. You have time, so look around, keep those grades up. Talk to your counselor, teachers, and maybe visit some local schools and see what they have.