Division III Schools

**ScarHeel** · Sep 27, 09, 11:42 PM

Originally Posted by papagrit

I have a boy that wants to get into aerospace engineering. He is only a sophmore, but he loves aviation and engineering and has since he was three. Are there any DIII schools around Kentucky that have this specialty? He is currently eyeing "big" schools like Alabama, and a school in Daytona Beach, FL that has a reputation for being good aerospace engineering schools. His "way out there" reach is for Princeton in New Jersey. The boy makes the grades (4.0) and scored a 21 on the ACT in the seventh grade and is a pretty good athlete who might get into a school on athletics. We (his mother and I) are afraid that he will be swallowed up by one these big schools and we aren't exactly dripping with money for tuition. Anybody got suggestions for a school within a state or two from Kentucky that has a good aerospace engineering department?

O$U, UC, University of Dayton and Notre Dame all have supposedly good Aerospace Engineering programs.

Purdue University and the University of Illinois are considered to be 2 of the best.

**MountainThunder** · Jan 8, 10, 02:07 PM

Originally Posted by cooperstown

Trying to convince him to consider it. He says it's too small, though he really doesn't have a clue. Said the same thing about Centre and turns out he loved it. He has this fear is that because Hanover has less students than his high school, the college will consist of one building and one dorm. We'll drag him down there kicking and screaming over the next few weeks to take a look.

Hanover is a tremendous school with a beautiful campus. After my visits (when they were still NAIA and could give athletic schollys in the early 1980's), I fell in love with it. The campus, the people, the professors, etc.

**MountainThunder** · Jan 8, 10, 02:08 PM

Originally Posted by papagrit

I have a boy that wants to get into aerospace engineering. He is only a sophmore, but he loves aviation and engineering and has since he was three. Are there any DIII schools around Kentucky that have this specialty? He is currently eyeing "big" schools like Alabama, and a school in Daytona Beach, FL that has a reputation for being good aerospace engineering schools. His "way out there" reach is for Princeton in New Jersey. The boy makes the grades (4.0) and scored a 21 on the ACT in the seventh grade and is a pretty good athlete who might get into a school on athletics. We (his mother and I) are afraid that he will be swallowed up by one these big schools and we aren't exactly dripping with money for tuition. Anybody got suggestions for a school within a state or two from Kentucky that has a good aerospace engineering department?

Embree Riddle in Daytona Beach, FL. GREAT engineering school and an NAIA school for athletics to boot. The Seidel kid who played basketball at North Laurel is on scholarship there right now and loves it (from what I am told).

**newarkcatholicfan** · Jan 10, 10, 12:19 PM

99.999999 Percent of the players who are going to a division school and play sports are not going to go on and play pro ball. It does cost an are and a leg to go to many of these places and even with the financial aid package that many get the price of going is still a lot but many, not all will go on to have a very good career making the price well worth it.

I can remember talking to one head coach of and he told me he had 12 players form a state final team look at going to the college he coached at and he wanted all of them but only one had the grades and college test scores to get any kind of financial aid package that would afford them to go to this college. That one player had a very nice career on the field for this school. I believe he started all four years.

**MountainThunder** · Jan 15, 10, 02:01 PM

Originally Posted by mexitucky

It is in the middle of nowhere, but is 45 minutes from UofL, 1 1/2 hours from IU, and about the same from UK. It's still close to a lot of friends.

Not as much as it used to be. Hanover (the town) has grown quite a bit since I was there in the early to mid 1980's. Madison is a really neat little town as well.

**Bird Hustle** · Jan 20, 10, 05:34 AM

Our daughter is a student athlete at a NAIA private college in Kentucky. Here are some of the more positive things we found out before she made her decision to attend. First of all, the class sizes are small. She doesn't have a class with more than 14 other students. This includes classes such as english and math. Secondly, the percentages of graduating within 4 years is much greater than at the big universities within the state. Even though she's a freshman her professors, advisor and even the president of the college know her by name, not by a number. And, it gave her an chance to continue playing a sport she enjoys while receiving a quality education. She was able to receive money to attend by having a good acedemic record and ACT score. We pay much less than we would have if she attended one of the large universities in the state.

**hja1224** · Jan 20, 10, 07:44 AM

Originally Posted by Bird Hustle

Our daughter is a student athlete at a NAIA private college in Kentucky. Here are some of the more positive things we found out before she made her decision to attend. First of all, the class sizes are small. She doesn't have a class with more than 14 other students. This includes classes such as english and math. Secondly, the percentages of graduating within 4 years is much greater than at the big universities within the state. Even though she's a freshman her professors, advisor and even the president of the college know her by name, not by a number. And, it gave her an chance to continue playing a sport she enjoys while receiving a quality education. She was able to receive money to attend by having a good acedemic record and ACT score. We pay much less than we would have if she attended one of the large universities in the state.

What kind of ACT score?

**Bird Hustle** · Jan 20, 10, 08:38 AM

Originally Posted by hja1224

What kind of ACT score?

25 and a 3.0 gpa at the time she graduated from highschool.

**newarkcatholicfan** · Jan 20, 10, 06:05 PM

Originally Posted by Bird Hustle

25 and a 3.0 gpa at the time she graduated from highschool.

That's pretty close to what you need to get a good F-aid package at Denison.

**mexitucky** · Jan 20, 10, 06:38 PM

Originally Posted by MountainThunder

Not as much as it used to be. Hanover (the town) has grown quite a bit since I was there in the early to mid 1980's. Madison is a really neat little town as well.

I graduated in 2002, so when you visited it must have been really out there. Madison is really a cool town. It has Hinkles, or did, and a lot of cool bars, (ok 3)

**KyTmcNcc** · Feb 21, 10, 03:57 PM

Hanover is a great school and I believe was my daughter's second choice after TMC .

**Clyde** · Feb 22, 10, 05:23 PM

Originally Posted by mexitucky

I graduated in 2002, so when you visited it must have been really out there. Madison is really a cool town. It has Hinkles, or did, and a lot of cool bars, (ok 3)

My wife and I had lunch at Hinkles a few months ago. Solid little cheeseburger.

**MountainThunder** · Mar 2, 10, 08:38 AM

Originally Posted by Clyde

My wife and I had lunch at Hinkles a few months ago. Solid little cheeseburger.

Nothing like a Henkleburger on a friday night in Madison Indiana!!!

**mexitucky** · Mar 11, 10, 12:06 PM

Originally Posted by MountainThunder

Nothing like a Henkleburger on a friday night in Madison Indiana!!!

Friday night??? Lightweight. They taste much better at 2am on Sat. morning or Sunday morning.

**MountainThunder** · May 18, 10, 07:37 AM

Originally Posted by mexitucky

Friday night??? Lightweight. They taste much better at 2am on Sat. morning or Sunday morning.

Okay, I did that as well!!! I just didn't want to rat myself out too bad!!!

**NCBIRD** · Nov 9, 10, 12:08 PM

Originally Posted by papagrit

I have a boy that wants to get into aerospace engineering. He is only a sophmore, but he loves aviation and engineering and has since he was three. Are there any DIII schools around Kentucky that have this specialty? He is currently eyeing "big" schools like Alabama, and a school in Daytona Beach, FL that has a reputation for being good aerospace engineering schools. His "way out there" reach is for Princeton in New Jersey. The boy makes the grades (4.0) and scored a 21 on the ACT in the seventh grade and is a pretty good athlete who might get into a school on athletics. We (his mother and I) are afraid that he will be swallowed up by one these big schools and we aren't exactly dripping with money for tuition. Anybody got suggestions for a school within a state or two from Kentucky that has a good aerospace engineering department?

The University of Dayton has a very good aerospace engineering school which works closely with Wright Patterson Airforce Base. If his ACT scores are above 25 the the financial aid package is pretty good of course 27 is better and if he can get to the magic number of 30 or above he has a good chance of going to school with most of the cost being taken care of.