@MonsterCrwu, how do you like ISU?? My son (current HS senior) has narrowed his options down to 3 (Texas A&M, ISU and Auburn. We visited ISU in November and he loved it! We are from AL so Auburn is our state school option. He is in a similar predicament in that he is weighing the costs of his 3 options. He currently has full tuition at Auburn (would just like to go OOS) $13,000 a year at ISU (still waiting to see if there will be more) and waiting to hear from A&M which we hear can take forever. If he can’t get the OOS waiver there it will not be an option. Crazy expensive.
Anyway, would love to hear your experience now that you are there! Hopefully you will see this and have time to respond.