<p>1) Throw out all of the OOS schools on your list. You will most likely receive no financial aid from those OOS schools other than loans.</p>
<p>2) You at least stand a chance to get some financial aid grants from your instate schools. Stick with them.</p>
<p>3) You will most likely not be qualified for admission to the engineering programs due to your low ACT scores and low level of completed HS math classes. SIU’s engineering program has a separate admissions process that is different and more difficult than the university as a whole.</p>
<p>4) Consider a business major.</p>
<p>5) From your list of instate schools, the best choices by far are SIU and NIU.</p>