<p>are they generous with aid for out of state eng students? i mean, 45k to attend is a little steep, they can't honestly expect us to pay that can they?? ): and i don't mean financial aid, i mean scholarships/grants from the university.</p>
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<p>I am an out-of-state student in CS and I get 12k each year from the university to bring tuition down to about in-state cost. If your stats are real good, there’s a good chance you could get it. I believe it’s called “university achievement scholarship”.</p>
<p>Here is what UIUC has cost me as an OOS student, with the scholarship:
Tuition, 1st year: ~$9600 * 2 = ~$20000
Mandatory pathetic dorm life, 1st year: ~$10000
Tuition, 2nd year: ~$20000
Apartment/food, 2nd year: ~$5000 (about $500/month for 10 months)
[3rd and 4th years should be similar to second]
[I could graduate the 5th semester if need be, thanks to liberal AP credit policy, so it looks like my degree may cost me about $70000]</p>
<p>As you can see, with scholarship, dorms, and with AP credit the cost comes down significantly. On my application I had pretty good numbers (34 ACT, top 1% of a 400-person class, 10 AP classes) but I had no volunteering and very few extra-curriculars. I didn’t do any math/science competitions or anything else… in other words, I feel I was very non-notable except for some numbers. My guess is that if you have good numbers, you stand a fair chance of getting scholarship. However, I can’t remember when they sent letters out. Call the office of admissions to find out…</p>
<p>Thank you for the response! Very helpful… I doubt I’ll get that scholarship, but that wouuuld be awesome.</p>
<p>Engineering, both the college and the departments, have many merit awards, including the above, which provide some tuition relief and for some an amount close to the OOS portion of tuition. However, high grades and test scores are generally needed and how high depends on award. Your application for admission is all that is needed to be considered for almost all awards (materials science has a separate application for some of its awards). There are many OOS who are admitted to engineering who do not get an award or get too little for them to actually be able to attend.</p>
<p>thanks. yeah that’s me. i’m assuming since i haven’t been awarded anything that means i’m too stupid to get any scholarships ): and got zero financial aid. sucks, i actually wanted to go to illinois.</p>
<p>We got all loans offer. No scholarsip so far. $45k per year is way too steep comparing to In state UW Madison. We are not attending U of I, if this is the final offer.</p>
<p>So I’m guessing scholarship offers will come out later?</p>
<p>D who was admitted to CS program received her financial aid award letter. Basically, Fed loans at 7.9% and cost is 47.2K (per year!). Unless there is a scholarship to defray some portion of this cost. she may have to attend an in-state school. </p>
<p>My question is, is this award letter the final word or scholarships are separately decided?</p>
<p>Yeah, my aid letter was equally disappointing. It was all loans except for a $1,200 one semester Electrical Engineering scholarship. My family and I aren’t interested in getting involved with these massive loans U of I seems to enjoy screwing everyone with. Hopefully Georgia Tech and the other schools I’ve been accepted to offer more favorable financial packages because this was downright ridiculous.</p>
<p>same, i got that 1200 scholarship… not like that defrays costs at all for OOS. blehh ):</p>
<p>^ I know, right? It’s practically a joke to offer that when at the same time you expect my family to take on loans in excess of 40k every year. I actually laughed when I saw Fed Direct Parent Plus Loan: $40,470. Ridiculous.</p>
<p>Hypothetically speaking, those of you who didn’t get good fin aid from UIUC, would you consider going to Purdue with a renewable 10K/year scholarship? The only criteria are the quality of education (in CS) and school reputation. I am not filthy rich, but don’t qualify for need-based aid. I just want to see if that is a no-brainer for others or a hard question.</p>
<p>If it’s any consolation, in-state scholarship opportunties are no better. I know several in-state 34 ACTers in business and engineering who received nothing beyond the James Scholar designation. The one reasonable thing U of I does is have the tuition guarentee that your freshman base tuition and upcharge - if applicable - will remain the same for 8 semesters. (This guarentee does not include the substantial fees.) My DS entered engineering in fall 08. The guarentee will “save” us/him thousands of dollars by the time he graduates as tuition and upcharges have continued to increase. (The fees have gone up about $100-200 per year.)</p>