College Application Process
Students applying to four-year colleges should aim to complete their applications by October 31st. Please refer to the Senior Ram Ready Guide for more detailed information.
Common Application
The Common Application has over 1,000 diverse institutions of higher education. They connect applicants and those who support them to a wide array of public and private colleges and universities across all 50 U.S. states, and 20 countries.
Please refer to the Senior Ram Ready Guide for more detailed information, as well as the resources below.
There are twelve public universities in Illinois. These colleges are funded by state and federal government and are typically larger in size. The admissions sites are linked below.
12 Reasons to Stay in Illinois - This document is an admissions guide for the state universities in Illinois. It provides counselors with current information about each state university, while the accompanying chart presents comparative admission, cost, curricula, and other relevant information.
State Universities at a Glance - This document provides a summary of minimum high school course requirements for admission of freshman to Illinois public universities.
State Universities at a Glance - Majors - This document provides a summary of majors at Illinois public universities.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
First-Year Class Profile - These numbers show the middle 50% of admitted first-year students averaged from the past three years.
Admit Rates - These numbers show the first-year admit rates for the Class of 2022, including overall admit rates and broken down by college.
Conditional Admission
Some four-year universities offer conditional admission programs for students who fall just below admission standards.