Engineering school recommendation that gives a lot of need-based aid

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University of Rochester and RIT

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Olin, USC, Gonzaga, Tufts and agree with Lehigh and Lafayette.

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Harvey Mudd

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Anonymous wrote:My DC’s friend who lived with a sibling and had no parent in his daily life got a full ride to Purdue.

Purdue would be out of reach unless he gets his SAT up. I don't know what year your kid's friend enrolled, but this year they are way over enrolled and I'd expect acceptance rates to go down for those applying this fall.

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Anonymous wrote:My DC’s friend who lived with a sibling and had no parent in his daily life got a full ride to Purdue.

This may be financial aide, not academic/merit money.

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FAFSA schools, he might be able to get away with just putting his mom down because Dad is not providing any financial support.

CSS schools, they likely will require seeing Dad's assets.

You might be able to address this with schools by demonstrating they are estranged and dad is not paying anything.

But basically just because dad is a jerk doesn't mean the schools will let him off the hook from being expected to pay for college. Meaning some schools will insist on considering dad's assets.

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Anonymous wrote:Looking for recommendation for a relative of mine who is a senior this year. His mom is disabled (had a stroke), dad is divorced and not paying child support. So, FAFSA will just be mom's income which is social security disability (so almost nothing).

He lives in New England, currently full-ride to small private high school. Will graduate with a high GPA, class president, multi-sport athlete, and just a great kid. He got a 1390 on SAT but wants to retake it and likely will get a little higher. He wants to study engineering or astrophysics, and will need a school that gives excellent aid, ideally meeting full need covering housing and some expenses like books or travel.

He's aiming really high like MIT and UChicago, but I think those are reaches. I would love to suggest some schools that provide really good financial aid and that he's likely to get into.

What suggestions do you all have? This is a really great family and I would love to point them in some good directions.

https://cssprofile.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/css-profile-waiver-request-non-custodial-parent.pdf

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Anonymous wrote:For FAFSA, the dad will be included.
(recent change)

Is the student considering a military academy? It is not too late- but will really need to move on this. The student you are describing is a good fit (not due to need for aid - but a good match). From New England, Air Force or Annapolis are easier due to proximity. There are more people familiar with West Point.

Wash U is known for being generous with financial aid.

These are CSS schools, and he should fill out the noncustodial parent waiver.

OP, will his private school counselor help? If not, our independent counselor will help any QB eligible (HHI under 70k) student for free. She has experience with top tier admits, FA, and engineering programs/apps (my kid is an engineering student). Drop her a line: [e-mail]

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Anonymous wrote:Looking for recommendation for a relative of mine who is a senior this year. His mom is disabled (had a stroke), dad is divorced and not paying child support. So, FAFSA will just be mom's income which is social security disability (so almost nothing).

He lives in New England, currently full-ride to small private high school. Will graduate with a high GPA, class president, multi-sport athlete, and just a great kid. He got a 1390 on SAT but wants to retake it and likely will get a little higher. He wants to study engineering or astrophysics, and will need a school that gives excellent aid, ideally meeting full need covering housing and some expenses like books or travel.

He's aiming really high like MIT and UChicago, but I think those are reaches. I would love to suggest some schools that provide really good financial aid and that he's likely to get into.

What suggestions do you all have? This is a really great family and I would love to point them in some good directions.

1390 is too low for MIT /ivies/UChicago. Even if he gets in, which is highly unlikely, he will struggle in engineering considering his scores will make him bottom 15% compared to engineering peers. Read the data on what these schools such as cornell have said regarding academic probation for those with lower SAT scores. You can google for a list of meets-full-need colleges , then look for onew with Engineering. With those scores, aiming for physics or engineering which are notoriously difficult, he likely needs a school in the T50-75 range so he will be better matched with peers and in a place better

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Engineering isn't particularly prestige driven so he could pick a less competitive school and try for merit money. Look at schools like RPI, Clarkson, WPI, etc. I did this and then got a prestigious graduate degree (also fully funded and with stipend for living expenses).