Is it hard to get into UIUC?

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Rashmi Gupta
2 years ago

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is one of the finest public U.S. universities. Each year thousands of students from all over the world apply to get into UIUC. However, the university is relatively selective with an acceptance rate of 45%. Although it can’t be said that it is easy to get

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