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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Both UIUC and UW are increasingly difficult to get into out of state. I suspect that they will be in the low-to-mid 30s (OOS) this year and keep trending toward to the low 30s.

Wisconsin will likely return to required testing in 2027 which will be interesting.

These are both great schools that have great reputations.  It really doesn’t matter if people on this board, at cocktail parties or at the Vineyard or Gibson Island don’t know or care.[/quote]

Where have you heard they will likely return to required testing?[/quote]

The Wisconsin legislature is likely to vote it in during the current session.  This is an older article, but the momentum has accelerated. https://www.dailycardinal.com/article/2026/02/republicans-push-to-restore-act-requirement-for-uw-admissions

The reality is that the school has moved from “testing optional” to “testing extremely preferred,” albeit unofficially.  It seems that, at least during the EA round, nearly all accepted students submitted testing.  For RD, there were certainly some admits that were test optional, but many many fewer than previous cycles.

To the previous posts, it’s obviously much easier to get into Madison than the Ivies or top-20 schools with sub-20% acceptance rates.  The stat trends, however, indicate that the school is increasingly popular and that the OOS trend lines are moving into the 30s. I don’t think it will be anywhere near the most difficult of the public admits, but I wouldn’t be surprised to see it between 25-35% OOS in the next 5-10 years. [/quote]

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