<p>UIUC only takes 5% of its students from OOS. I don't mean to be harsh, but given your mediocre GPA, why should they take you? If you were applying in-state, you would probably have a decent shot.</p>
<p>Still, I wish you the best of luck. Make sure you write killer essays. :)</p>
<p>thats according to collegeboard.com, according to their website they accepted approximately 10% from out of state last year, as well, they judge out of state on the same basis as instate according to their website...are they lying?</p>
<p>Since it's a public university, the state stipulates a quota of students the school MUST accept from in-state. I don't know which of those statistics is accurate, but let's assume 10% of their freshman class is OOS. This definitely increases the competition for those limited amount of OOS spots; therefore, an in-state student with a 3.15 GPA would have an easier time getting in than an OOS student with that same GPA.</p>
<p>In short: yes, they are lying, whether they realize it or not.</p>
<p>I say it's a slight reach. Because your an OOS student. Also do you know if they superscore? Most schools don't do that. I would suggest applying EA if it's your #1 choice. good luck! chance me in return?</p>
<p>they said they use the writing section for admissions and dont use the sat ii's at all even if you send them (lucky for me.)</p>
<p>anyone else? it seems like cc tends to think this school is impossible to get into, yet the only people i have seen rejected from uiuc are either applying to engineering or business, or have like a 2.7 uw gpa and worse sat's..maybe im wrong? chances are helpful</p>
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