<p>Rsquare, I’m sure the stats your son obtained from the counselor at his school were accurate for his school. And I’m aware that both Business and Engineering are very competitive programs at the University of Illinois. My point is that using the stats from a single school is likely not representative of the overall group of priority applicants. And, as you can see, theyoungboi had quite different results among his friends.</p>
<p>I’m simply asking for clarification from Drusba, if he would care to comment. He seems to have a lot of knowledge regarding the admissions process at UIUC, and might be able to provide more accurate ballpark stats for percentage of priority applicants accepted overall, and by college.</p>
<p>And Drusba, if you do decide to weigh in here, I realize that a given year’s statistics may not be applicable to this year’s class of applicants because competition varies from year-to-year in given programs within the colleges. I just hadn’t seen any statistics regarding priority applicants before. I fully realize that many, maybe most, priority applicants to engineering and business will get deferred.</p>
<p>By the way, at my son’s school this year, 34 seniors are applying to UIUC, and that’s out of a senior class of 55, so I’m thinking their total applications are going to go up this year…but that’s just my son’s school.</p>