@WaitingInCPA The people I talked to during the UIC HC cattle call (y’know that seminar where we all wrote essays and had interviews all at once?) are all applying to schools with much higher rankings than UIC. A few girls in particular were applying to the likes of MIT and UPenn. Unless this is a grossly underestimated safety school, I see no reason for them to reach so low. From what the statistics and student reviews show me, the school isn’t that great-- and that’s me being polite. I’m a research orientated person, and these are just my findings.