<p>[U</a> of Illinois sees record number of applications](<a href=“http://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/u-of-illinois-sees-record-number-of-applications/article_52bdfb00-af79-11e2-a9a6-001a4bcf887a.html]U”>http://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/u-of-illinois-sees-record-number-of-applications/article_52bdfb00-af79-11e2-a9a6-001a4bcf887a.html)
UIUC apps up almost 2,000.
2012: 31,454 (from collegeboard)
2013: 33,178</p>