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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's not a great situation in Illinois. There's only one very highly regarded option, it's pretty expensive even in-state, and they let in lots of out of state students to cover the shortfall in funding because it's been underfunded by the state. They give virtually no merit aid. [/quote]

48.4 percent of Illinois public high school graduates enrolled in four-year universities in 2017 attended out-of-state institutions.[/quote]

Maybe that's because while UofI is highly rated (and yes, is extremely difficult to get into especially for engineering/CS), there are no real choices other than UofI.  The other state schools are at a much lower level of academics.  Also, many students may just want to get out of Illinois, or more specifically don't want to attend school in a rural, isolated area (Have lived in Illinois, have relatives in those rural areas, so I speak from experience) 
 Maybe they want an urban area.  Or maybe they just don't want to attend such a large university with 34K undergrads.  If they want smaller and/or more urban, there really are not any viable state choices in Illinois.

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There’s an entire U of I campus in Chicago!  And SIUE is 30 minutes from St. Louis!

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DOn't know many who want to go to St Louis area.  The UofI campus in Chicago does not have the same programs as UIUC.  Just pointing out that Illinois doesn't have what VA has or CA or WA or NY/etc.  Those states have tons of good in state options (agree that CA the good ones are difficult to get into, but there are alot of them at various levels) [/quote]

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