Help with this list for an engineering major?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thank you all for the helpful input (OP here)! I tried to get everyone's responses, below:

She did have Boston University (and yes, it is on the exchange list) but for some reason I forgot it here! I think reach? Are 4 reaches too many?

Unfortunately Cooper Union and Rose Hulman (which IS on the exchange list) she has ruled out as too small. And no to Annapolis, she isn’t interested in a service academy.

We won’t qualify for any FA – I thought Wisconsin, Boulder, and Northwestern were very stingy with merit? She doesn’t want to live in TX otherwise I think Rice would be great for the list.

RIT IS on the list (not WPI) so maybe add that?

Ideally I’d like to get some OFF the list. 14 seems like a lot to apply to and now you all have come up with more great suggestions!

How many safeties should she have with that list? Are there too many? If we add U New Mexico should we take another off?

Someone asked how she came up with the list- great question! I gave her the list of tuition exchange schools and she picked some from there and then added others based on (my guess) conversations with friends and a little research on her own.

Her extracurriculars are OK- a lot of clubs + honor societies + varsity sports but nothing wowza. She’s had the same job since she was 14 (with promotions) along with lifeguard summer job since 15 (with promotion last year). Basically your average teenager

I think she will likely pick ME, not nuclear. Someone one told her she can make a lot of money with nuclear and I think that stuck with her lol.

CWRU gives some merit. You can make a lot of money with any engineering degree; nothing stands out in that regard except petroE when the market is good.

[Anonymous]

WPI

If she's more interested in the math side of things, consider IEOR or EE.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If Nuclear E is a serious option, one should filter on availability of that degree. Many strong engineering programs do not offer Nuclear E.

Btw, Navy ROTC prefers NuclearE majors (along with Nursing) for their 4-year full ride scholarships.

Of course, Nuke Navy love NE majors. But is she willing to spend her career in military?

Lots of venture capital investment in smaller nuclear reactors right now. In one case, the goal is a small portable nuclear power plant.

Separately, many power companies and all of the Dept of Energy National Labs always are looking for NuclearEs.

Military as a Nuclear officer is a good place to start, for sure. It need not be the whole career though.

There is money in nuclear, but at the entry level a lot goes to MechEs and EEs hired by these companies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do not count on TE. I believe when my S23 went through the process USC awarded only 2 tuition exchange scholarship awards that year. TE is a crazy competitive and unpredictable process, and you often won’t hear if you’ll be receiving an award til late in the game. Check College Confidential forums for all kinds of TE info. Your best best for TE engineering will probably be Bucknell, Syracuse. My D26 applied to LACs, she did get several TE offers, one was fantastic and the others were just similar to what more competitive schools offered with their regular FA. For instance, Brandeis started offering TE, so D26 applied for it, the FA office reached out and said that her presidential scholarship was worth more than the TE award, and they aren’t stackable, so we didn’t accept the TE.

What is TE?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do not count on TE. I believe when my S23 went through the process USC awarded only 2 tuition exchange scholarship awards that year. TE is a crazy competitive and unpredictable process, and you often won’t hear if you’ll be receiving an award til late in the game. Check College Confidential forums for all kinds of TE info. Your best best for TE engineering will probably be Bucknell, Syracuse. My D26 applied to LACs, she did get several TE offers, one was fantastic and the others were just similar to what more competitive schools offered with their regular FA. For instance, Brandeis started offering TE, so D26 applied for it, the FA office reached out and said that her presidential scholarship was worth more than the TE award, and they aren’t stackable, so we didn’t accept the TE.

What is TE?

My university is one of these TE schools: https://tuitionexchange.org/school-list/

[Anonymous]

This isn't the usual post. You need to get into the school and get TE. Easier said than done. My son's roommate, an engineering major, went through this last year. Very strong student and his TE offers were from schools that this student wouldn't even consider going to in my opinion (MSOE, as an example). Ended up where his father taught since it was by far his best option.

I think Syracuse gives everyone 40 off for TE.