<p>can’t afford the expensive ones, though my scores aint bad… a list 'd be helpful, and please try to include the rankings wherever possible cuz I don’t wanna waste my results goin to the worst ones…</p>
<p>the expensive ones can actually end up being cheaper because they can give out more financial aid.</p>
<p>yeah mayb… but dnt wanna take chances…</p>
<p>havnt yet found any gud uni cheaper than louisiana tech :</p>
<p>Your cheapest school will most likely be one of your in-state universities or state colleges.</p>
<p>What state are you in?? Louisianna??</p>
<p>Do you mind sharing your scores? You might be able to get into a “good” schools with some decent scholarships.</p>
<p>What do you plan on majoring in? Your state university would likely be the best bet, then.</p>
<p>In California, the UCs are cheap at about $8,500 per year Reg fees. The 23 campus State College system (Long Beach St., San Diego St, Cal St. Fullerton, Cal St. Northridge, etc.) are much cheaper than that… and oriented toward the commuting student and student working full or half time.</p>
<p>i’m an international applicant, so i’d have to pay at the out-of-state rate… i’m not thinkin 'bout scholarships or financial aid cuz my score’s very average at 1360 (the best critical reading score + the best maths score)… writing score’s below 600 though… as for the sat subject tests, i have 800 in chem, 780 in maths 2 and 740 in phy… i have scored A grades in all my O and A level subjects except for a B grade in only one O level subject, but i lack much eca activities…</p>
<p>lousiana tech costs 17,028 (tuition+living+books&insurance) per year for international students… is there any gud uni cheaper than that?</p>
<p>Olin College of Engineering, full tuition scholarship for all admitted students (including internationals).</p>
<p>Room/board/fees add up to around $13,000 a year.</p>
<p>There’s also Cooper Union in NYC, which also gives full-tuition scholarships, but I don’t know if they accept international students living outside the US yet.</p>
<p>Deep Springs give full-rides, but it’s only 2 years.</p>
<p>But I think asking “what are the cheapest colleges” and looking at the list price is the wrong approach in selecting colleges to apply to.</p>
<p>thx i’ll luk 'em up… i did ask for cheap ones, but the “good” cheap ones xD… cant go for other approaches cuz “being able to afford it” needs to be taken into consideration… had to turn down several PARTIAL scholarship offers from ca n aus…</p>
<p>Alup, good universities are usually expensive. A good university must maintain world class facilities and the best faculty. The only way universities can afford building and maintaining those facilities and attract and retain the best faculty is by spending a lot fo money. Universities rely a great deal on revenues from tution to raise that money. Only universities with enormous endowments have the means to give significant scholarship money, and generally speaking, most of that money is reserved for either extremely gifted students or for underpriviledged US citizens.</p>
<p>What is your intended major?</p>
<p>i don’t need to go a “an extremely good” university… a “just good enuf” one will do but i’d want to avoid the “barely a university” organizations that dnt have no reputation at all… i’m interested in electrical/computer engineering… i know you’re askin that for faculty based scholarship/awards purposes, but i dnt have much eca to increase the chances of gettin one… </p>
<p>any public university that charges low tuition in a state with very low living costs? i’d stick to louisiana tech till then ^_^</p>
<p>Those schools are not as affordable as Louisiana Tech, but they are relatively affordable (under $30,000 all in):</p>
<p>Georgia Institute of Technology
Ohio State University
Purdue University
Texas A&M University (under $25,000 all in)
University of Florida
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
University of Washington
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Virginia Tech</p>
<p>SUNY Buffalo and SUNY Stony Brook are very inexpensive (around $20K). In addition, Buffalo is a very inexpensive place to live. Also, Arizona and Arizona State are also very inexpensive. Finally Utah is very cheap because it has to compete with Brigham Young. </p>
<p>Just choose hot (Arizona), cold (New York) or both (Utah) :-)</p>
<p>Here is a link to Kiplinger’s “best value” public universities:</p>
<p>[Kiplinger’s</a> Best Values in Public Colleges Results - Kiplinger.com](<a href=“http://content.kiplinger.com/tools/colleges/pubcollege.php?sortby=INRANK04&orderby=flip&states[]=ALL&myschool[]=none&outputby=table]Kiplinger’s”>http://content.kiplinger.com/tools/colleges/pubcollege.php?sortby=INRANK04&orderby=flip&states[]=ALL&myschool[]=none&outputby=table)</p>
<p>compared the total costs… none beats louisiana tech except UCA and UoMinnesota (Morris), both of which lack the eng facuty and i doubt their standards…</p>
<p>all your posts’s been very helpful here… thx a lot!</p>
<p>To the OP: Your scores are quite respectable. There are a lot of small liberal arts colleges that might accept you and some offer a lot of merit money. In addition, there are some schools that offer internationals need based aid. One school to look up that offers sizable merit grants in Beloit. Another is Ursinus. There are both are good liberal arts colleges.</p>
<p>Grove City College, in PA… private, excellent education, exemplary facilities… </p>
<p>Total costs: maybe $17,000 includes room and board too.</p>
<p>Far better education than at any public U in the east</p>
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<p>Sure if you want to go to a school that’s only slightly to the left of Bob Jones U. But I suppose it’s better than Penn State, Pitt, Rutgers, Maryland. Delaware, UCONN, UMASS, and so on if you want that type of narrow-minded exclusionary education.</p>
<p>And Grove City is also better than Georgia Tech, UVa, UNC and W&M.</p>