| Uh, did you not perhaps realize that *Chicago* happens to be in Illinois...? The state itself is doing just fine.
Also, people from California and the like are, in my experience, often very desperate to grab a few Illinois grads from Chicago and St Louis companies. After I got my MS from UIUC, I got a lot of offers, and people all over the country seemed to be very impressed with the fact that I came from Illinois's program. Don't worry about it. |