Anonymous wrote:Thanks. Colder weather for sure ( Arizona would be tough sell, even though I am biased to the warm weather, where we could move eventually)

South is probably out ( TX, TN, AL, FL)

Rural over urban, but not way out there - something equivalent to a Charlottesville vs Backsburg (disclaimer - I have not been to VT and Blacksburg, but it does seem far off),

California is probably choice # 1 but UCal's are out of reach. Will look at U San Diego, San Diego State, Santa Clara U, San Jose State. Oregon (OSU and U Oregon) seems a good option as they have high acceptance rates..

The University of Arizona in Tucson is implementing some serious budget cuts.

Look at University of Dayton. It's Catholic (Marianist) but a non-Catholic would not feel out of place.
AMAZING sense of community, and very generous scholarships.
If you go to visit, try and go during basketball season and go to a game. Tickets are already sold out, but you can still buy them on stubhub.

Indiana has a well-regarded business school. A bunch of kids who aren't directly admitted to Ross at UM go there. Lots of kids from this area.

Colorado School of Mines. Can’t believe it hasn’t been mentioned!

University of Toledo, OH. Admission is easy.

I'm a huge Oregon State fan for STEM/engineering, and Corvallis is a great college town, but winters there are grey/wet rather than really cold. Pullman (Washington State, on the other side of the Cascades) winters are colder/snowier/sunnier, but it's also pretty isolated. (University of Oregon is much stronger than OSU in the humanities but is weaker in STEM/engineering; the school and town also have a much further left vibe than OSU/Corvallis, which could be a good thing or a bad thing for your DC.) In California, Chico State offers solid, accessible engineering programs.

Definitely check out both CU-Boulder and CSU, which both seem like they'd tick your boxes albeit with different vibes (trustafarian vs. cowboy, to overgeneralize horribly).

Further east, Iowa State offers awesome engineering programs that also are quite accessible--you can punch his stats into their online calculator and see if he'll be admitted. Ames is a bit isolated, but it's definitely cold!

Good luck!

Thanks. Colder weather for sure ( Arizona would be tough sell, even though I am biased to the warm weather, where we could move eventually)

South is probably out ( TX, TN, AL, FL)

Rural over urban, but not way out there - something equivalent to a Charlottesville vs Backsburg (disclaimer - I have not been to VT and Blacksburg, but it does seem far off),

California is probably choice # 1 but UCal's are out of reach. Will look at U San Diego, San Diego State, Santa Clara U, San Jose State. Oregon (OSU and U Oregon) seems a good option as they have high acceptance rates..

Anonymous wrote:DC is average. Lots of B’s. Decent (honest) EC’s We can afford OOS full pay.

STEM, Engineering/Some Business or Econ interests...

At most large universities, you apply to the school/college of engineering (generally hardest entry), business (generally second hardest), or arts & sciences (generally easiest, but if you need to apply directly to a major, CS in particular is likely to be the hardest admission of all). If he thinks he really might want engineering, he should start with that, as it's almost always much easier to transfer from engineering to arts & sciences than the reverse. And there are tons of solid engineering programs at flagships and land grant universities of various levels of selectivity--what does he want as far as urban/rural, hot/cold, near/far, political/cultural vibe, etc.?

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Anonymous wrote:Based on your further info, Penn State, NC State and maybe UMass will be reaches. Denver is a private school and maybe financially put of reach, I’d run the numbers.

Denver gives merit to almost 90% of applicants I believe.

Of those accepted I should say.

Anonymous wrote:Based on your further info, Penn State, NC State and maybe UMass will be reaches. Denver is a private school and maybe financially put of reach, I’d run the numbers.

Denver gives merit to almost 90% of applicants I believe.

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Anonymous wrote:DC is average. Lots of B’s. Decent (honest) EC’s We can afford OOS full pay.

STEM, Engineering/Some Business or Econ interests.

Geography wise open ( we are VA in state)

Which schools should we consider?


I was thinking of Penn State, Rutgers type schools. Too ambitions?

weighted or unweighted meaning any honors? If honors nothing but ivys off the table. Penn State is great FYI. Why not tech?

Because OP is being realistic.
VT (for engineering/STEM) is out of reach with lots of Bs.
So are the top engineering schools... so your statement about "nothing but ivys off the table" is ridiculous. This isn't 1988.

WPI would be a good option.
In-state, don't discount GMU -- that have pretty good CS and Business departments...

Anonymous wrote:Based on your further info, Penn State, NC State and maybe UMass will be reaches. Denver is a private school and maybe financially put of reach, I’d run the numbers.

Also Tennessee, it’s been very popular in recent cycles and has gotten much harder to get in oos.

Based on your further info, Penn State, NC State and maybe UMass will be reaches. Denver is a private school and maybe financially put of reach, I’d run the numbers.

Anonymous wrote:DC is average. Lots of B’s. Decent (honest) EC’s We can afford OOS full pay.

STEM, Engineering/Some Business or Econ interests.

Geography wise open ( we are VA in state)

Which schools should we consider?


I was thinking of Penn State, Rutgers type schools. Too ambitions?

Try OOS private schools in states where they don't get too many east and west coast applicants.

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