<p>Hi everyone. I am an Illinois resident and a senior in high school this year. I was talking to a friend who said I have a better chance of getting into UW madison rather than University of Illinois because UW is trying to make itself more diverse (in terms of gpa and ACT scores). I was wondering if anyone knew how difficult it really is to get into U of I (the campus at Champaign) and UW-Madison.
Thanks!</p>
<p>Neither is overly difficult for admission, but neither is overly easy. Go here <a href="http://www.oar.uiuc.edu/future/freshmen/requirements.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.oar.uiuc.edu/future/freshmen/requirements.html</a> to see UIUC's middle 50% ranges for each college. Which college within the unversity that you apply to makes a difference and if you are below a college's 50% ranges, you are at significant risk of being rejected. Also, essays are very important for some of the collges, particularly for college of business (which has been known to stiff high ranked students with 35 ACT's). Wisconsin is similar and it is untrue it is looking for diversity in GPA/test score (i.e., it is not actively looking for students with low grades/low scores). It does, however, admit a high number of out of state students.</p>
<p>There is a grid on the UW admissions website that lists chances of acceptance by cross-tab'ing scores/GPA/class rank. I don't recall if they differentiate between resident and OOS.</p>
<p>There was an article in the Milwaukee Journal a couple weeks ago that indicated that the OOS students had slightly higher stats than the locals. UW has a fair number of OOS students -- at least 30%.</p>
<p>The University of Wisconsin is trying to make itself more diverse in skin colour, but certainly not ACT/SAT/GPA splitters. </p>
<p>Also, expect a new admissions grid on the UW website this month.</p>