I don’t understand how UIUC can be such a good school, but have such a high acceptance rate. Also, I know its engineering school is highly recognized, but what about its LAS program?
Well acceptance rate has more to do with space rather than ability to succeed, very competitive majors also have lower rates than the university as a whole. Check rankings for your major since some fields in LAS are ranked way higher than others.
@Rohaa99 UIUC has a high acceptance rate because every student that applies has the opportunity to be considered 3x (assuming the student took the max on their application). THREE times! it would be a lot lower if only one consideration was done.
Also, college/universities know about how many students will say yes back (matriculate). The institutions factor that in when deciding on how many students to admit…