<p>In case you haven't heard, the total number of freshman applications this year were about 22,300, the highest number ever and an increase of over 12% from last year. Toughest college to get into this year: College of Business where the number of applications jumped from about 2,100 last year to 2,800 this year; business usually admits in the 1300 range to get about 600 to enroll.</p>
<p>Many students in the last couple of weeks have been informed they have been either rejected or waitlisted. UIUC waitlisted over 1100, the highest number ever and a 10% increase over last year. Some anecdotal statements coming out from high schools and students indicate many whom you would have thought could have considered UIUC a safety have been rejected.</p>
<p>Thats enough to make those still waiting a bit queasy ay?</p>
<p>I know a few people waitlisted and feel for them, thats a tough time. Also makes me proud of my sister for getting in and a bit anxious/apprehensive about my own application. Granted it's a transfer application, but if freshman admission's getting harder, i'd venture to bet the whole game is.</p>
<p>Ok who here agrees with me?:
College of Business admitted people who truly....should not have been admitted i.e. you know the person that got in and they truly are not that bright. While students who should have got in and had better stats were denied for reasons completely unknown.</p>
<p>Drusba, I thought engineering has always had the toughest admissions policies, since they're one of UIUC's only top 5 programs. Business is a good program, but it's not as visible as Engineering at UIUC.</p>
<p>Engineering always has the highest middle 50% range for class rank and test score. However, in a number of years it has actually admitted a higher percentage of applicants than some of the other colleges (such as last year its admission rate was actually higher than both business and LAS). It is just that the large majority that do apply for engineering are very self-selective and have those high test scores and class rank that are needed. So yes, it generally has the highest admission standards but not necessarily the lowest admission rate.</p>