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re: Bama offering full ride. . .vs paying more to go to a better school
Posted on 4/3/24 at 8:52 am to TigerFan244
Posted on 4/3/24 at 8:52 am to TigerFan244
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Bama offering full ride
This term is often overused. Most people take it to mean that the student is attending the school for free. Is that the case? I've heard parents say that only to find out they must pay $15k/year for housing. Of course, going to Bama also means that the kid will likely be in Greek life (there's another $10K/year). Make sure that you are considering all costs when making this decision.
If your child is a senior and already applied, it's too late, but out of state public schools are typically not the best source for merit money. You'd be surprised at what the more wealthy private schools will offer very high-achieving students.
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Posted on 4/3/24 at 9:48 am to bazeball
Alabama is known for giving very generous packages to bright out of state students. To the point where in-state families are getting pissed.
My niece went Chemical Engineering at Bama in a weird way. She got a full ride at State and went through Orientation in June. While she was at MSU orientation, Alabama called her and said that a scholarship recipient had decided to go elsewhere and she was being offered one of the prestigious scholarships at Bama so she switched and went to Alabama.
Graduated with $0 in debt and never paid for a meal. It was one of the most amazing scholarships I've ever seen. She only had a 32 ACT.
That being said, here are the rankings of Engineering schools (SEC/Southern/notables)
1. MIT
2. Stanford
3. Cal
4. Purdue
5. Carnegie Mellon
6. Georgia Tech
7. Caltech
8. Michigan
9. Texas
10. Texas A&M
22. Duke
23. Harvard
25. NC State (wow, what a value if you live in NC!!!!)
42. Vanderbilt
47. Florida
55. Auburn
57. Tennessee
73. Alabama-Huntsville
85. Mississippi State
92. FAMU/Florida State (joint Engineering school)
95. Kentucky
99. Alabama
103. Missouri
104. Arkansas
106. South Carolina
110. Oklahoma
112. UAB
113. Georgia
121. LSU
170. Ole Miss
My niece went Chemical Engineering at Bama in a weird way. She got a full ride at State and went through Orientation in June. While she was at MSU orientation, Alabama called her and said that a scholarship recipient had decided to go elsewhere and she was being offered one of the prestigious scholarships at Bama so she switched and went to Alabama.
Graduated with $0 in debt and never paid for a meal. It was one of the most amazing scholarships I've ever seen. She only had a 32 ACT.
That being said, here are the rankings of Engineering schools (SEC/Southern/notables)
1. MIT
2. Stanford
3. Cal
4. Purdue
5. Carnegie Mellon
6. Georgia Tech
7. Caltech
8. Michigan
9. Texas
10. Texas A&M
22. Duke
23. Harvard
25. NC State (wow, what a value if you live in NC!!!!)
42. Vanderbilt
47. Florida
55. Auburn
57. Tennessee
73. Alabama-Huntsville
85. Mississippi State
92. FAMU/Florida State (joint Engineering school)
95. Kentucky
99. Alabama
103. Missouri
104. Arkansas
106. South Carolina
110. Oklahoma
112. UAB
113. Georgia
121. LSU
170. Ole Miss
This post was edited on 4/3/24 at 10:00 am
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