@PurpleTitan “I doubt IL will follow PA’s PSU/Pitt/Temple model soon.”
I am not familiar with their model. What do they do?
“in the case of UIUC, is it because your kid doesn’t want to commit to a major?”
No. She has been admitted to Chem E, which is her primary interest. She is currently happy with her major and UIUC has an excellent program. However, well all know that most students want to change their major at some point. If that happens it can be quite difficult to make that change. A student in that situation may have to decide to major in something that is not their choice, or to transfer to another school to be able to study what they are interested in.
She is not comfortable going there knowing that if she wants to change there is a significant chance she will have to transfer out.