Chance me please for UofI Urbana-Champaign and Purdue

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Trying to figure out the chances for University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Purdue for the below profile. Applying to the engineering schools. Any insights would be greatly appreciated.

Asian male
GPA: 3.68 (unweighted), 4.16 (weighted), class rank: top 16% percentile
For weighted, regular classes are on a scale of 4.0 and APs are 5.0
Took 12 APs so far. Taking 6 more APs in senior year. Below are scores 4 or above:.
AP Calc AB- 5, AP Calc BC- 5, AP Physics C Mech - 4, AP Comp Science Principles - 4

ACT: 34 (E: 34, M: 36, R: 33, S: 33) (first attempt, not planning on taking again)

Honors/Activities:

Georgia’s Governor’s Honor Program (GHP) participant (selected for music, minored in math)
Georgia All State-Band, 8 & 10, Saxophone
Mastery Band, 9-12, Member
Competition Marching Band, 9-10, Member (contributed to several national level team awards)

Key Club - State officer in junior and senior years
Key Club - Mentored elementary school kids, 9-11

Membership only clubs:

Marching Band, 9-10, Member
Beta Club, 11-12, Member
FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America), 9-12, Member
TSA (Technology Student Association), 9-12, Member
NGF (Next Generation Focus), 10-11, Member
National Honors Society, 11-12, Member
National Technology Honors Society, 11-12, Member
National Math Honors Society (Mu Alpha Theta), 11-12, Member
National Science Honors Society, 11-12, Member

Volunteering:

United Way, 10-12, Member (10,12) and Head Chair (11)
BlueHair Technology, 9-11, Volunteer to teach elderly how to use everyday technology
DreamersZone, Rising 10 & 12 Summers, Teacher Assistant to teach young kids how to build and program robotic kits

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Your GPA is good, but it’s on the low side for engineering. You have strong test scores and ECs. Both of those colleges have high acceptance rates overall, but for STEM majors the acceptance rates fall to around that of T15 schools. So these are both appropriate reach schools for you. Make sure you have matches and likelies as well.

Run the net price calculators on both schools. Indiana offers in state tuition to Illinois residents and vice versa, but these two schools are exempt from that exchange. So one is potentially going to cost significantly less than the other if you are a resident of either state.

Do some research on open major vs. direct admit schools too, ideally before you choose your matches and likelies. At UIUC, for example, you could be rejected from the engineering department, but put in DGS-Prep, which is like an open major. You’d have to reapply for engineering based on first year GPA. If your grades slip (or don’t meet a threshold), you could be shut out of your desired major. Purdue is similar. Careful research can help avoid such scenarios.

Good luck!