<p>We just visited both campuses last weekend. Our S had already been admitted to both, but only Miami had told him Honors. Today he also got notice that he's admitted as a James Scholar at Illinois. He's strongly leaning toward Miami since the visit, and the Miami offer comes with serious money (full OOS tuition merit scholarship). I'm just wondering whether the James/Honors status at U of I should alter the evaluation of it. He's LAS at U of I (the math/comp sci degree) and engineering (comp sci) at Miami - but his goal is game design, which is an official minor at Miami and an unrecognized but available focus at Illinois. He still hasn't heard from any of his RD colleges out east but we're curious really if James status might be an important consideration. Any thoughts?</p>