Which other schools do you think I should look at?

Astros94
Mon, 10 Sep 2012 00:26:54 +0000

I am a Senior this year and I’m wanting to major in Civil Engineering in college. I live in Naperville, IL, which is in the Chicago suburbs. I need to find a school that will offer me a package that will bring the total cost down to $10,000 or lower. If I can’t do that, I’m going to have to go to a community college, which I really don’t want to do.

ACT-33 (36 math, 35 english, 31 reading, 29 science)
GPA- 3.78 (weighted)
Honors/AP classes- Honors English I, II, Honors Geometry, Honors Algebra 2/Trig, Honors PreCalc, AP Calc BC, AP Human Geography, Honors Physics, AP Physics, PLTW Intro to Engineering Design, PLTW Civil Engineering & Architecture

I’m also in Spanish IV and have taken engineering classes every year.

This year, my family’s income is about $100,000. Next year, it’s dropping way down to around $60,000. I’m going to have to take out loans for everything, my family will not be able to afford to pay anything towards college for the first couple of years.

I already applied to Iowa State, University of Minnesota, and I know for sure I’ll apply to Rice University and Marquette University. I might do University of Kansas, University of Missouri.

Are there any good engineering schools that you think I could use as a safety school that I could definitely go there for less than $10,000/yr? Where else should I apply?

Is it a 100% fact that Purdue wouldn’t offer me anything even close to $10,000 a year? That’s where I’ve wanted to go for years.

What do you reccomend?