Need some financial aid, pretty average student (3.5/4.0 uw/w gpa and a 33 act) looking to go into engineering in the Northeast
Look at Northeastern, Olin, Case Western, Pitt, Tufts, and your instate flagship would likely fit the bill.
3.5 GPA would pretty much eliminate merit from Pitt.
In state public universities?
RIT for sure, I know someone with similar stats who managed some aid as well this year.
Rowan U in NJ has good engineering programs, and those stats might get some decent merit aid. Assuming you are from VA, GMU, VTech, and VCU would be good options. How much can you afford to pay? That info. would help get you better advice.
I think Case will be a stretch for merit.
UMass Lowell.
Northeastern, Tufts, Olin are not going to give you merit money and you might not even get in. Very competitive programs these day.
You could look at Clarkson, where you will get some merit aid and your gpa and scores are fine. It’s a nice school, has a well regarded engineering program.
RIT- you may or may not get merit but your GPA?scores are OK.
WPI/RP might work too…I but it’s harder to get merit $$ there, especially if you are male.
Good luck.
What field of engineering? What state do you live in?
You might get financial or merit aid at some schools mentioned, but even with aid they could still be more expensive than your instate public or your budget.
Edit: ok, I see Virginia.
Again, schools like RIT may give merit but still be too expensive. Run the NPCs. Also in Rochester is University of Rochester. Their financial aid is a little better and they meet need (as defined by them anyway). Have you checked West Virginia University?
How much can you pay per year? It’s just if you could get 25K-30K merit from Drexel to make it 40-45K a year it would be the same as UDel at 46K a year full pay OOS.
UBuffalo OOS is generally considered a good price by most. It has a very wide variety of engineering fields available as well.
They do have some merit, even for OOS, so it could end up costing less than sticker price.
Binghamton is another SUNY in NY but slightly harder admission, I believe less likelihood for merit, and smaller engineering department (nonchemical engineering, for example). Still, even the OOS sticker price could be less than RIT or other private universities even with merit.
Alfred University, Clarkson University, Western New England University are all possibilities for you.
If you want to stretch to Mid-Atlantic, UMBC (University of Maryland Baltimore County) is a comer, provided they have the type of engineering you want. It’s suburban, just south-west of the city off the southern part of the 695 beltway. I’ve been there.
Just got some publicity for pulling off the greatest upset in college basketball history. It’s a proud “nerd school”. College & its president has won prestigious awards for its STEM programs for “non-traditionals” (women & minorities) as well as “traditionals”. My daughter-in-law is an alumna. She’s a molecular biologist/biochemist. Loved her time there.
@Proudmama2 Based on historical data, Pitt will give this student $0.00. The 3.5 GPA is likely to be a deal killer.
@carachel2 not necessarily. My DD has a uw gpa just under 3.5 a 34 ACT great EC and got merit $$ from Pitt. Caveat is we are in state.
I plugged your stats into Western New England University’s Merit Calculator, and those stats would definitely get you decent merit in ABET-accredited engineering programs.
You didn’t mention if you are hoping for merit aid or are eligible for need based aid.