Where in Northern Illinois do you live? SIU draws from a very specific geographic area for their student pool. If you live north of I80 you probably want to cut SIU out. Rush expects hundreds, if not thousands of clinical and service hours of their applicants. I’m not sure if you have them or not, but be aware of their requirements. You have a lot of schools on your list that aren’t really friendly to OOS applicants. Check the MSAR and see which of your listed public schools are open to accepting non-residents. Some don’t accept any at all. No sense in applying if you have no shot.