<p>Well, to be honest, uiuc doesn’t really have a MUCH stronger reputation. Infact hardly anyone from Bahrain goes abroad for undergrad. and even if they do they mainly go to canada. For example, only 5-6 people from my school(which is one of the biggest and best international schools) are applying to colleges in america.
It’s just that people recognize uiuc as a great school and acknowledge that it’s engineering and business are highly ranked.
However, people are shocked when I tell them that Kelley is actually ranked higher than Illinois for business.</p>