https://www.reddit.com/r/UIUC/comments/1ig888h/heres_hoping_that_the_admission_rate_goes_down/
created by nethascot on 02/02/2025 at 21:28 UTC
264 upvotes, 17 top-level comments (showing 17)
Jokes aside, don't mean to be mean, but the housing situation on campus is so ass. They NEED to bring down the amount of people they admit or we'll have to go back to pitching tents next to memorial stadium
Comment by CamIsVenting at 03/02/2025 at 00:09 UTC
32 upvotes, 3 direct replies
It’s not just housing. Some bus lines (especially the 22) are too crammed with people that I’d rather walk 20 minutes in this weather.
Comment by vsMyself at 02/02/2025 at 21:35 UTC
182 upvotes, 2 direct replies
The issue is more people are accepting to come here. I don't think they are admitting more per say
Comment by proflem at 02/02/2025 at 22:37 UTC*
54 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Also - Illinois updated their fire codes spring of 2025 and we are allowed fewer desks per room. I had to change buildings for a 55 person class / and other faculty were asked to move class times. That alone makes some live classes harder to get into. Not to diminish housing stress - also quite an issue.
EDIT - Illinois updated our fire safety not local govts.
Comment by DisabledCantaloupe at 02/02/2025 at 21:36 UTC
51 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Classes are so crowded and classrooms are sparse, two semesters ago I could find a nice corner in big lectures to do my own thing, now its like sitting in the back row of a spirit flight
Comment by uiuc-liberal at 02/02/2025 at 21:43 UTC
89 upvotes, 1 direct replies
City legislators need to prevent the monopolization of the rental market and if they don't they need to voted out
Comment by DevelopmentSelect646 at 02/02/2025 at 21:35 UTC
20 upvotes, 0 direct replies
All about the money…
Comment by Nutaholic at 02/02/2025 at 22:25 UTC
25 upvotes, 0 direct replies
The university needs to expand capacity. Illinois has long been one of the most expensive state schools in the country, so when they finally made it accessible to the working poor turns out way more people accept their offer.
Comment by Express_Option_2627 at 02/02/2025 at 23:37 UTC
9 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I wouldn’t be surprised lol. 2007 had a birth rate spike so that would increase total applicants substantially, and with the housing crisis, they’re bound to accept less people than last year. I applied ea this year and got in for computer engineering on Friday. However, most of the other applicants at my school that I know of got deferred or rejected, which was the opposite of what happened last year at my school, in which most people who applied got in. I think acceptance rate will go down closer if not below 30%, but that’s just me.
Comment by SweetAggravating8087 at 03/02/2025 at 01:55 UTC
10 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Pulling the ladder up behind you?
Comment by Stuck_in_my_TV at 03/02/2025 at 00:04 UTC
8 upvotes, 0 direct replies
You really think they’ll accept less when they are getting all that sweet tuition money?
The university is just like any other business. Honestly, it’s worse than many because there are no forces pulling the price down.
Comment by punkinhead76 at 03/02/2025 at 10:57 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I’ve seen lots of denials for this upcoming semester so you might be right lol
Comment by Athendor at 03/02/2025 at 02:15 UTC
5 upvotes, 0 direct replies
If enrollments go down prices go up, the only reason tuition has been relatively stable for the last five years is growth. I know this is surprising to some but the university literally needs every dollar it gets and is starved for funding having had the state level appropriations reduced by 50% relative to inflation since 2000. Basically every year the state cuts the universities budget forcing it to either raise enrollment, raise tuition, raise donations, or raise grants or some combo therein every year.
Comment by bburch04 at 03/02/2025 at 00:22 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Anybody remember the last time students had to resort to pitching tents next to Memorial Stadium?
Comment by Feece at 02/02/2025 at 23:46 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Back too u pitched a tent before??
Comment by Feece at 02/02/2025 at 23:47 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
All this and people are still wanting to come. So there’s that. If it that bad don’t apply
Comment by Puzzleheaded-Ad2841 at 02/02/2025 at 22:21 UTC
-3 upvotes, 3 direct replies
I'm a proponent of jacking the price for internationals 25-50% so more space for in state people
Comment by [deleted] at 03/02/2025 at 02:59 UTC
0 upvotes, 1 direct replies
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