Animal Science Comparison

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Hey everyone! Can anyone with experience offer insight about which of these three schools offer the best merit aid packages? Daughter has been accepted to Purdue Honors College. Other decisions are coming in the next couple weeks. No presidential scholarship, but additional aid letters are due out February 10th? Would love any info you might have to share about animal science or the schools in general.

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If your D received merit from Purdue, the amount would have been noted in the acceptance letter. Need based financial aid will be in February.

Sorry I don’t have any direct experience about animal science at Purdue other than it’s a very strong program and my D’s roommate had a number of job offers after graduating.

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If you’re OOS for all three, Purdue will be less - even if you got merit at the others which is highly unlikely.

There are less expensive schools than these three - but you’re most likely in the cheapest of this group.

Good luck

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Is her goal vet school? All three have excellent animal science programs. If her goal is vet school (my son is a 4th year now nearing graduation) go to whichever is cheapest! Purdue has an early entry to vet school program so look into that.

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Thanks, we are in-state for UIUC. This seems like the clear choice without significant merit aid from the others.

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Thank you! We have decided on UIUC as that is the cheapest for us, being in-state. I think my daughter had her sights set on trying out of state, but we have understood this is true about vet school. It is better to spend as little as possible. She is interested in being a large animal or exotic animal vet.

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Thanks for the update! UIUC is a terrific school and your D will be able to get a great education there.

Were the schools under consideration Purdue, UIUC, and UW-Madison? I can’t fully see from the tags. If your D was able to get into Purdue Honors (great get!), she has to be a very strong student. If she still is yearning for an out-of-state school, I’d check the scholarship charts at these schools, as the costs may well fall below those for UIUC, and they all have good programming in this area, and it may not be too late to apply.

  • Iowa State
  • Kansas State
  • U. of Missouri - Columbia
  • U. of Nebraska - Lincoln
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They were those three. We looked at both Iowa Sate and Kansas State, but she decided in the end that she preferred the program at UIUC. I think she will be happy with her choice!

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