<p>i have been looking at some stats and it looks like the engineering program is a lot harder to get in then the rest of the school, also 85% of students are in state. will the fact the illinois is having budget issues and out-of-state pays more then double in-state?</p>
<p>Illinois isn’t that bad if you look at UCs and some other state funded schools, OOSer pay 3 times the tuition as in state citizen. And which state is not poor at this down time?</p>
<p>OOS are evaluated on the same basis as in state for admission. OOS admission rate is close to same as in state. The fact that only about 10% to 12% of those admitted are OOS/international simply reflects that only about 10% to 12% of all applicants are OOS/international. The engineering admission rate is actually one of the highest usually greater than 70% so if you are in the engineering college’s usual middle 50% range (top 8% to top 2% class rank and 30 to 33 ACT last year) chances are good.</p>