Can you be more specific?
I would be happy to elaborate on any of my statements. I do believe that Illinois is in a unique position to improve its status, yet chooses not to do so. This I would change if I were in charge.
They seem overly concerned, pathologically even, with people in-state ‘liking’ them. There are 11 other public Universities in the state of Illinois; there is a school for everyone. It’s okay to position UIUC as the school for the very best students (like Michigan is positioned). I understand that many people think this is already the case, but they are wrong. The very top students fly the coop in large numbers (and there are a lot of them).
What about the endowment chart do you want me to take note of?
Many of those schools, with more or less the same $ as Illinois, are very aggressive with offering merit scholarships to top students from Illinois.