@takanuva - My son looked at Michigan, however, he ultimately did not apply because their Computer Science program is on the North campus and that is not where he wanted to be. Also, Michigan was pretty spread out so he didn’t like that either. In the midwest, Wisconsin is becoming harder to get into than Michigan and UIUC, but for Computer Science, UIUC I believe is more highly regarded than Michigan. Most people from our high school go to UIUC for Engineering related majors than they do to Michigan and it’s not due to the cost. So far I know of about 10 kids that have gotten into Engineering programs at UIUC from our high school (all boys - but there must be some females). Apparently, they like our students. Last year something like 125 out of 160 students that applied were accepted. The size was in the 400’s.