<p>urbuddy542 quote: “UIUC engineering admits “on paper” are better students than northwestern’s but northwestern is more prestigious being a elite private school in the midwest”</p>
<p>Not according to data on [Welcome</a> to the ASEE EngineeringK12 Center](<a href=“http://www.engineeringk12.org%5DWelcome”>http://www.engineeringk12.org) from 2007 on stats related to Engineering Newly Enrolled undergrad students:</p>
<p>SAT Math, middle 50%, UIUC=690-770, NU=710-790
ACT Composite, UIUC=30-34, NU, 31-34
% of Students in Top 25% of High School Class: UIUC=97%, NU=99%</p>
<p>Looks like the undergrad students “on paper” look pretty similar at the two schools…</p>