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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Clarkson. Try for the Honors program.

Cold, remote. - a Clarkson grad

Yes, but a good education. Often makes the list for best college values.

-another Clarkson grad who was grateful to graduate without debt and a great salary.

They pretty much abandoned downtown Potsdam. They made a very self-serving move to consolidate the campuses, and now when prospective students visit, they see abandoned buildings and closed-up storefronts. And it is cold, and remote. As a result, their acceptance rate is sky high and they have to fling around a lot of merit money to even get students to go there.

I agree it is a good education, and I am happy with having gone there, but it is not what it once was.

This is a big exaggeration. I visited not that long ago and Elm Street and the businesses are just as it's been for 20 years. Still lots of little shops. The Bagelry. Maxfields. The Cantina. McDuffs. The Roxy. Not boarded up and abandoned at all.

Clarkson has always offered good aid because it's remote. That's one of the reasons it's a good deal. But if you embrace the location there are lots of pros. Camping, hiking, ice climbing, kayaking, cross country skiing. There are also amazing engineering teams that keep kids plenty busy. And the student government had always had a good budget for bringing entertainment to campus. Not to mention hockey.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Clarkson. Try for the Honors program.

Cold, remote. - a Clarkson grad

Yes, but a good education. Often makes the list for best college values.

-another Clarkson grad who was grateful to graduate without debt and a great salary.

They pretty much abandoned downtown Potsdam. They made a very self-serving move to consolidate the campuses, and now when prospective students visit, they see abandoned buildings and closed-up storefronts. And it is cold, and remote. As a result, their acceptance rate is sky high and they have to fling around a lot of merit money to even get students to go there.

I agree it is a good education, and I am happy with having gone there, but it is not what it once was.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Clarkson. Try for the Honors program.

Cold, remote. - a Clarkson grad

Yes, but a good education. Often makes the list for best college values.

-another Clarkson grad who was grateful to graduate without debt and a great salary.

Anonymous wrote:Clarkson. Try for the Honors program.

Cold, remote. - a Clarkson grad

Rose-Hulman

WVU
Clemson
GMU
MUST
Iowa State
Cal Poly SLO
NC State
MSU
Michigan Tech
Rose-Holman

Sorry, not all of these are a five-hour drive or - away.

Clarkson. Try for the Honors program.

Anonymous wrote:i’m not really seeing why this person wouldn’t have a good chance with UVA or CWM.

They do. They're looking to add safeties to the list.

Anonymous wrote:WVU
Get over GMU being close to home
Pitt if they haven't stopped with the merit
NVCC and transfer

Not a lot for those stats and criteria

Can you clarify? OP kid's stats 1500 4.1 GPA are excellent!
Criteria meaning merit?

i’m not really seeing why this person wouldn’t have a good chance with UVA or CWM.

Anonymous wrote:+1 on changing mind on Mason. It's the largest and top rated research university in Virginia and is very strong in computers, engineering, cyber security, game design, etc. https://volgenau.gmu.edu/

c’mon man.

Data from Pitt. My kid was admitted to Dietrich Arts and Sciences in a science subject this fall. OOS from NOVA. 1520 SAT (740v/780 M), just over 4.0W. Was offered $5k/ year in merit aid about a week ago (we do not qualify for need).

That gets Arts and Sciences down to about $40k/year.

Engineering has a higher average SAT and is more expensive. So it will likely be harder to get down to $40k/year.


The merit aid is definitely still there. It appears from College Confidential that it has been paired back though.

Rethink the 5 hour limit. Purdue and Illinois UC are great options.

Not a safety, but UMD has outstanding CS and Engineering. Amazing new facilities.

Anonymous wrote:Schools to look at -
Stevens Institute of Tech in NJ
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
RPI
RIT
UMBC
Penn State
Drexel
Delaware

RPI as a safety school? I was surprised and then looked at acceptance rate and SAT's.