<p>I’m speaking from anecdote here, but I know two people that applied to Illinois. Both got a $12k per year engineering scholarship and a $2k honors scholarship. Also, one got a $10k per year scholarship, which when added together with the others cut down the costs to the same as instate Michigan. For reference, neither of these kids got ANY money from Michigan.</p>
<p>And I think you need to get some perspective. $10000 per year is huge. Most people are gonna get nowhere near that amount in merit scholarships. I know plenty of people, including myself, that would do anything for a scholarship that big.</p>