<p>Ok, so looking through old threads, it appears that UI does not give much OOS aid(unless you have amazing stats, but I hope I am wrong). My dad went to UI and I've been to campus a few times, went to a football game, think it would be a nice place to go to college. But it costs nearly 40k OOS, and that is too much for my family. We could probably swing 25k, maybe 30k, but 40k is just too much. </p>
<p>Here is just a basic rundown of my stats. (Note I'm just a rising junior)</p>
<p>GPA: 3.85ish UW, 4.2 W, 4-5 APs
Rank: School does not release rank, but I think somewhere in the 5-10% area
ACT 31-32, maybe a little higher.
ECs: Eagle Scout, Track/Field, Model UN, small role in school paper, Social Justice club, good amount of volunteer work, serve communion at Church, work since 14, and a few other things.</p>
<p>And I'm a legacy, so maybe I'll qualify for a few schollys because of that?</p>
<p>Do I have a shot at some merit aid to bring the cost down? </p>
<p>Being a legacy will only help you get into school, won’t really help much with financial aid. Not to mention 130k students were just denied FA for Illinois schools because of the lack of funds due to the recession. Chances are, decent financial aid will be hard to come by, especially since your OOS like me. Your best chance at getting any money to go here would be scholarships in your area, but it will be difficult to get enough to make the $10k difference in tuition you want.</p>
<p>Fill out the FAFSA and do everything you can, if youre family can’t afford to send you there and you have good enough grades/stats, then you will get something, it just might not be enough. Good luck.</p>
<p>What state are you from? There are alum associations that offer scholarships. You have to check your area. Also, check your local scholarships, especially with an Eagle scout you may get some Rotary scholarship or something but look at the alumni thing…</p>
<p>Im from OH, I found an alumni scholarship in Cleveland that I applied to, I believe it offered $2500 each year? Unfortunately I was the runner up and didnt get it… kinda salty. Im incredibly fortunate that my parents are willing to foot the bill for me to go to one of the best engineering schools in the country.</p>
<p>Yeah, but you guys pay about 23k, right? A lot of my family live in IL and they are pretty lucky. All we have in Ohio that is worth talking about is OSU and that ain’t my cup of tea. Well Case too, but I’m not interesting in science.</p>
<p>Well I am not sure what in-state is up to these days. I started in 2005 so mine was closer to $19k as an in-stater (though OOS was closer to like $34k or something then too).</p>
<p>Could you claim that you live with one of your Illinois family members and get the in-state price? haha</p>
<p>In state engineering is now 17K + 9K for housing. Very Expensive. Son got about 6K in merit scholarships from the school. Drop in the bucket compared to other offers, but (sigh) has decided to go here anyway.</p>
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<p>Haha, good idea. I could probably live with my aunt, but they live in a pretty rural area and that family would probably drive me crazy lol.
But my uncle is having a baby in a couple months and it is his families first, they live outside of Chicago. It will be a little less than 2 years and I’ll have graduated from H.S. Maybe I could be their nanny…lol</p>
<p>I don’t think it would work, but it may be worth looking into, lol.</p>
<p>Yeah, IS rates for UI aren’t that great, but is a good school, but it is more expensive than other schools that are arguably “better” like Michigan, UVA, UCB, etc…right?</p>
<p>Well UCB is free to in-staters because it is in the UC system, but that is one of many reasons that Cali is broke right now. UMich is similar in cost to UIUC. Almost no different. I have no idea about UVA.</p>
<p>Yeah, Cali seems like such a nice place to live…but I sure wouldn’t want to be there when the stuff hits the fan. I’ll take Chicago over LA any day.</p>
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<p>The UC’s, including Berkeley, charge no tuition for in-state students. However, mandatory fees are in the high four figures annually.</p>
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<p>For someone like yourself who is in engineering, UIUC is indeed almost as expensive as Michigan.</p>
<p>In majors which are charged the base tuition rate, such as most LAS majors, UIUC OOS tuition is only in the mid-20’s annually. Michigan’s OOS tuition is in the low 30’s annually.</p>
<p>Also, UIUC freezes tuition at the rate for the year a student originally enters, while Michigan does not.</p>
<p>OTOH, Ann Arbor is probably somewhat more expensive to live in than Champaign-Urbana.</p>
<p>Good point. Ann Arbor IS more expensive to live in. I know some people who went there who spent more to live there than I did in Champaign, though it is also a nicer city, as much as it pains me to admit.</p>