<p>Just for general info, I’ll add that UIUC is a very standard large state flagship kind of in the middle of nowhere (not a quick trip to Chicago, as compared with Northern IL U). My H did a year of grad school there, and I’ve spent a lot of time in the area. It has all of the great and not-so-great aspects of a school like that. I see grads from their theatre dept listed regularly when I go to IL theatre events.</p>