<p>Hi
I live in Texas and really want to go to UIUC.
Over here in Texas, University of Texas is hard to get into if you are an out-of state applicant. How's it like in UIUC?</p>
<p>I'm admitted out-of-state I don't think it's hard at all. (actually international to be exact but I do go to school in PA) I know their in-state % is pretty high, but I think that's because not that many out-of-states apply, not because they don't accept out-of-states.</p>
<p>UIUC admits out of state on the same basis as in-state (you don't need better stats). Also, precentage of those admitted from out-of-state is usually in the same range as in-state (generally mid-60%). Don't be confused by statistics that show only 10% of freshman who enroll are from out-of-state. That simply reflects that only about 10% to 12% of all those who apply are from out-of-state.</p>
<p>It's DEFINITELY not that only 10 to 20 percent of the applicants are out of state. I'm an accepted out of stater from MA and I didn't think it was terribly hard to get in (not like UMich or UVA), but the reason the in-state percentage is so high is because a LOT of public institutions of higher learning have gotten beaten up lately about not having enough loyalty to students from the state itself.</p>
<p>public schools nhave a mandatory of 70 or 80% of instate by the government.</p>
<p>therefore out of state would be only 20% ;; which mean more out of state </p>
<p>applicants, more competition.</p>
<p>Wrong Chico123, there is no such law as far as I know.</p>
<p>I am an out of state student at UIUC engineering. I had good grades and solid SAT scores.</p>
<p>Fact, UIUC compares all students equally, as far as they officially say anyway.</p>
<p>The farther you are from Illinois, the easier it is to get it. For instance, there are a lot, and I mean a lot, of international students. They definitely are trying to get more out of staters into the school, but they do it on the down low so as not to upset the downstate hicks who want guaranteed admissions to the school.</p>
<p>Definitely apply, and apply early. Illinois has a qausi-early adminissions program. The sooner you apply, the sooner they let you in.</p>
<p>If you have the grades, they will let you in and I definitely suggest coming here if you want to work hard as an engineer.</p>