I have a daughter her was accepted to UIUC's Pre Engineering, UW Madison's Biomed Engineering & Purdue's First year Engineering. We are Illinois residents and due to costs we immediately ruled out Purdue & UW Madison since UIUC was giving her the most Financial Aid with the help of a 10k President's Award Honors Scholarship. That is until I started reading threads on this website and am now a very concerned parent with the UIUC Pre engineering rigor and the bad experiences lots have posted about it. UIUC is offering the best aid and the next close is Wisconsin at a distant 20k difference. The only reason we would consider Wisconsin is due to fear of my daughter losing interest in UIUC due to the pressures and stress I've read about and obviously not making the cut. We cannot afford 20k for Wisconsin but would encourage her to hit the scholarship application train for the rest of the 3 years with fingers crossed. Am I simply freaking out about UIUC's Pre program or is my thought reasonable? Desperate Dad looking for advise and peace of mind.
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