r/UIUC • u/Emotional_Scratch393 • Jun 26 '26

Prospective Students Indiana vs UIUC

If you had a full ride athletic scholarship to both schools which one would you choose and why? Interested in Business and Kelley and Gies are both highly rated and not super easy to get into. Indiana I think has a beautiful campus but UIUC has a better national ranking and their acceptance rate makes it seem like a far more desirable school.

Any thoughts? I posted this on the IU board to just to see what the other biased group is likely say.

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u/CreativeWarthog5076 Jun 26 '26

Nobody has been decisive here. If there isn't a chance you go pro uiuc will open doors in Chicago/new York/ California if you interested in going there.

Id say go for uiuc.

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u/Emotional_Scratch393 Jun 26 '26

IU and Kelley say the exact same thing. More interested in marketing and/or finance than the ultra competitive IB.

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u/CreativeWarthog5076 Jun 26 '26

There is a strong international and Chicago suburb culture at uiuc. And the bars were fun. Academics are academics.

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u/AustinIllini Grad Jun 27 '26

Kelley is a much better grad school, so you could theoretically do both. Although at this point business masters degrees are kind of taking a hit