<p>Consider this also Ag. At Illinois, you can get accepted directly to your program of choice, not just First Year Engineering, where you apply to the program of your choice after you first year results are in. Just another variable that we didn’t have to worry about with Illinois. And you’re right, I wouldn’t count on much financial aid from either Illinois or Michigan, but Purdue’s Trustee Scholarship was a good deal for OOS kids, and that made it competitive with UIUC, our instate school.</p>