<p>Son was accepted in December, but just received his acceptance to Minnesota, where he is leaning.</p>
<p>Daughter didn't apply to UIUC until after Son's acceptance because she didn't think she had a chance, so we are waiting for her decision. Their stats are about equal - 29 ACT, 3.4-3.5 UW GPA, hockey EC for him, horses for her. She may have written better essays and she applied to ACES since she wants to study environmental sciences. She REALLY wants to go to the U of I, but will go to UC-Boulder if she doesn't get in.</p>
<p>It would just be really nice to drive them down from our suburban Chicago home, versus putting them on airplanes for Minneapolis and Denver ...</p>