<p>I don’t really have those statistics, but they usually give them out at admitted students days (in the DGS meeting). </p>
<p>Yes, freshman courses will be easier (unless you are ahead for some reason such as AP exams), so it’ll be easier to maintain a 4.0 gpa. </p>
<p>If you weren’t admitted after freshman year, you may try again but it would be good to start looking at backup plans (and yes at that stage you may regret not going to another university), but it is still possible (Math & CS is an ideal backup choice)</p>
<p>Not so much LAS to ENG, more like Math & CS to plain CS. LAS to ENG is arguably harder than DGS to ENG (DGS normally get priority while declaring majors). Math & CS to ENG CS is probably easier than DGS to CS and definitely much easier than some other LAS to ENG. If you are a Math & CS major, you’ll be able to sign up for major restricted classes (Such as Math 415) that DGS cannot sign up for, so it’s beneficial to be in Math & CS.</p>
<p>The real question is what do you really want to do? Does getting into ENG CS mean enough to you for you to attend another university before transferring to UIUC or would you be willing to try out Math & CS or DGS and try to transfer?</p>