<p>Need based aid for OOS students is practically non-existant at those publics. They charge high OOS tuition for a REASON. It wouldn’t make sense for them to charge the high OOS rates and then to give need-based aid to pay for those high costs. Why would they bother to charge the high rates then? </p>
<p>these are state schools who must reserve their very limited need-based aid to instate students whose costs are much lower since they are charged the instate rates.</p>
<p>How much are your parents willing to pay each year?</p>
<p>There are two types of money sources for college…need-based financial aid and merit scholarships. If you want need-based, then you need to look at the privates who are good with aid…but aid will be based on family income/assets, and they may expect your parents to pay more than your parents will pay.</p>
<p>If you want merit based aid, then there are schools that give good amounts, but they’re not schools like UIUC. Purdue gives small merit scholarships, but your family would still need to pay most of the costs.</p>