@Mtriplee My son is a junior. He is interested in UW Madison and UMN, but those will (sadly) be reaches for him. ISU seems like a good match - big school, school spirit, etc that he is looking for, and still a lot more affordable than any of the Big 10 schools (besides the UW and UMN).
Where else has your son applied? Have you done other visits? I would like my son to visit some of the other UW branches like LaCrosse, Eau Claire, Whitewater…
I wish the NPC was more updated…since it has you choose an income range, I would like to think its representing what he might get for need based aid. It would be amazing to take the auto-scholarship off of that then.
ETA: one more thing about ISU. They really, really emphasize applying for housing ASAP to get a priority date, but I don’t think you can apply for housing until you accept admission. That makes it much harder…