One general comment I don't think people in WI know how good they have it in terms of options for college. Compared to other states like AZ where you basically have about 4 choices to go to a major school while in WI there are at least 6 choices that you can pick from and if you choose the UW system everything transfers as if they were taken at UW-Madison. So if you wanted to save money and graduate from UW-Madison you could take the first 2 or 3-years at UW-Whitewater, UW-Parkside, UW-Stout, UW-whatever and come out with only 1 or 2-years of expensive tuition. I haven't looked this up but I believe the UW system is probably the most affordable college system in the country.