meclubbabyseals

Ok, I would like to know by how much would my being a resident of Illinois increase my chances of being accepted? in particular the Engineering program.

MidtoTop

Illinois is trying to accept more out of state and internationals so I don't think it's an advantage.

drusba

Except for some programs, Illinois does not favor residents over non-residents for freshman admission. One of those excepted programs is the current bioengineering program that has been around only a few years where its funding for the first five years was tied to favoring (somewhat) in-state residents. However, even a resident to get into that program needs to have very high stats in class rank and test score (higher than the usual average of engineering college's already high overall average). You will also be favored, even over residents, if you are both an Illinois resident and an honorably discharged veteran who is applying for admission.

Note that if you are a transfer applicant, the rule is diifferent. For transfer applicants, Illinois favors residents over non-residents.

There was a five year plan adopted January 2006 to intentionally try to raise the percentage of out-of-state and international enrollments by admitting a higher percentage. After much public outcry, including by state representatives that are on committees that determine funding for UIUC, UIUC withdrew that stated goal from its plan. However, it still accepts and enrolls a significant number of out-of-state and internationals into its engineering programs, and, in fact, where the overall percentage of non-resident enrollments is only about 10%, for the engineering college it is closer to 23%.

NAFTA

There are no favors for in-state or out-ofstate.