<p>You certainly should apply to UIUC, but you need to apply to several schools. Purdue should be a little easier to get into than UIUC. Wisconsin I’d say would be about as difficult as UIUC, but it’s possible you could get into one and not the other. Beyond that you should be looking at places like Iowa State, IIT, and some of the others I’ve mentioned where you’re very likely to be admitted. Pick one or two good “safeties” where based on your stats it seems extremely unlikely that you wouldn’t be admitted, and build your list from there. Add some “matches,” where your stats put you comfortably in the top half or top third of their entering class. Then add schools like UIUC and Wisconsin as “reaches.” The safeties are the most important part of your list. But you need to do that research; you can’t just ask others on CC to do it for you.</p>