<p>I am interested in applying and I am an out of state student from NJ. I clearly see on the U Illinois website that "Out-of-state students are evaluated against the same criteria used for in-state students." However I do not quite understand how this can be done when it is a public institution. Based on the fact that only 13% of the students are from out of state, if they are considered in the same way, wouldn't that be higher?</p>
<p>Does anyone believe see this as a statement that does/doesn't hold water from experience or other's experiences with admission?</p>
<p>They are considered for admission on the same basis, but the OOS cost difference is substantial, and the limited need based financial aid is reserved for Illinois residents. </p>
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<p>Right, I understand that but if you look at Wisconsin and a few comparable schools, their oos percentage is in the 30s. Academically these are very similar schools, how can Illinois maintain such a low out of state attendance?</p>
<p>because it’s so expensive for OOS students…</p>
<p>OOS are admitted on the same basis as in-state and admission rate for OOS is about the same as in-state. You can never determine difficulty of being admitted from the percentage of freshman who are OOS and that applies to any public university. The reason: if only 13% of the applicants are OOS and they are admitted at the same rate as in-state you will end up with 13% of the admitted students are OOS. All that low percentage reflects for UIUC is that there is a low percentage of OOS applicants.</p>
<p>Also, the high OOS percentage for Wisconsin reflects a different issue. Wisconsin, Minnesota and South Dakota have a reciprocity agreement under which a student from one state can pay in-state tutition at the public universities of the other state. Thus, Wisconsin has a lot of Minnesota students and vice versa. Illinois has no such agreement with any other state.</p>