<p>OP, if you would really like to attend you could try appealing: [U</a> of I Admissions: Admission Appeal Form](<a href=“http://admissions.illinois.edu/forms/appeal.html]U”>Page Not Found, Illinois Undergraduate Admissions)</p>
<p>It says you have to provide ‘new and compelling information not on your original application.’ Maybe if you have any significant new achievement in the next few months you could try for it.</p>
<p>(The website says the deadline has passed, but I’m pretty sure it means last year’s deadline for appeals, this year’s appeals haven’t started yet)</p>