My son was accepted EA to engineering at U of Michigan and in business at UIUC. He hasn’t made his decision yet, BUT in my opinion the difference in the cost of attendance for the 2 schools is too large to ignore. Like your parents we can afford the OOS tuition, but I question whether it makes sense to spend that much on an undergraduate degree. We’ll see what my son thinks/feels over the next couple of weeks.
And per your request, here you go: http://ccb.lis.illinois.edu/Projects/storytelling/alesak/uiuclegends.htm