Rejected from my low match/saftey...wondering whether it is time to throw in the towel

I am in a similar situation as you. I had a 1600 Math + CR (UIUC doesn’t consider writing) and 3.95 GPA and was waitlisted from UIUC… I applied CS in the COE. I was really surprised at the decision, but I would be more surprised if you don’t make at least one college in that list