<p>Despite my acceptance to decent engineering schools such as Cornell, Berkeley, and wait-list for MIT, my parents narrowed my choice of colleges to U Wisc- Madison and UIUC because of financial reasons. I got accepted to both the schools for Nuclear Engineering. However, I also got into the Honors program for UIUC and a good amount of scholarship so that I would be paying in state tuition. Where as, I haven't even heard back from U Wisc's fin. aid office yet. On some sites U Wisc's rating is higher though for Nuclear Eng..? So I am quite confused. Any Advice? HELP? I'm about to jump off a building.. gah.. What would yall do??</p>
<p>You say you haven’t heard from UW-Madison Financial Aid yet; have you turned in all required forms including your tax return transcript and your parents’, as well as verification forms if requested?</p>
<p>Try this link to estimate your financial aid award. Do you know your FAFSA EFC?</p>
<p>[Net</a> Price / Award Calculator | Office of Student Financial Aid - University of Wisconsin–Madison](<a href=“Office of Student Financial Aid – UW–Madison”>Office of Student Financial Aid – UW–Madison)</p>
<p>Most engineering firms are far less ranking driven than other areas. UI and UW are both in the top tier in engineering.</p>
<p>As an overall engineering school, UI is ranked higher. It turns out, however, for the specific area of nuclear engineering UW (graduate school ranking) is #2 tied with MIT and UI is #10:</p>
<p>[Best</a> Nuclear Engineering Programs | Top Engineering Schools | US News Best Graduate Schools](<a href=“http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-engineering-schools/nuclear-engineering-rankings]Best”>http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-engineering-schools/nuclear-engineering-rankings)</p>