Applying from Out Of State

drusba
Sun, 12 Apr 2009 09:22:51 +0000

“The fact that it’s only 5-10% out of state scares me. Would that mean that only 5-10% of OOS applicants get admitted?”

No, you are evaluating the math incorrectly. About 10% to 15% per year of all those admitted are OOS (including international). However, only 10% to 15% of those who apply are OOS (including interantional). Thus, they are admitted at about same rate as in-state. Example, if 85% who apply are in-state and 15% are OOS and you admit both of those groups at a 65% rate, you will end up with 85% of those admitted being in-state and 15% OOS.

Incorrect above that UIUC intentionally keeps percentage of OOS low. It is low simply because the percentage who apply OOS is low. A couple of years ago they proposed increasing the percentage of OOS (including international) that were admitted. That was a suggesttion made to actually increase the admit rate for OOS to be higher than the admit rate for in-state with the stated basis being that it would bring in needed extra income because of the higher tuition. That caused legislators and the public to scream. However, it was designed to do just that as it was part of an effort to get legislators to appropriate more money. Unfortunately, the ploy did not work since government appropriations have not increased on a percentage of total cost basis.