Is it harder, easier, or the same difficulty for out of staters to get in?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
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<p>I live in Texas, and I'm thinking about applying to UIUC's engineering school next year. </p>

<p>Would it my out of state status make it harder or easier to get in, or is geographical status not considered at all here?</p>

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<p>In-state residency is not considered in admissions.</p>

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<p>Really? I always thought OOSers were at a disadvantage...</p>

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<p>Unlike most state universities, UIUC generally evaluates out-of-state applicants on the same basis as in-state.</p>

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<p>Well that's cool</p>

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<p>yeah, i'm an out-of-stater and i was an auto-admit, so i'm pretty sure that UIUC does not consider state residency.</p>

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<p>What are the requirements for automatic admission?</p>

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<p>i think someone said that you have to be in the top 2 percent of all applicants. but that only holds true for LAS. all other schools have manual reviews (especially business and engineering).</p>

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<p>I know all of business has manual reviews, but not so for engineering. I applied for ECE and was *********ted, while a friend of mine applied to bioengineering (with great stats) and was manually rejected from BioE, but accepted into the engineering college.</p>

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<p>that's interesting. my counselor told me that engineering was manually reviewed. but then again, my counselor is pretty dim so...</p>

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<p>The university gets more money (tuition) from out of staters, and budgets are always tight, so you might have an advantage.</p>

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<p>booboisie, ur friend got manually reviewed and rejected? so why are you say engineering aren't manually reviewed?
"I know all of business has manual reviews, but not so for engineering."</p>

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<p>He's saying that all business applications are manually reviewed, while only some engineering applications are.</p>

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<p>Well, I believe that U of I actually does put a little more consideration into in state students becasue UIUC is a state funded school. Illinois taxes help fund the school and I'm pretty sure that means they are somewhat obligated to put in staters at a higher consideration because their taxes help fund the school.
Just my opinion. Of course, UIUC would never admit to this.......</p>