<p>I am a senior in high school and have a decent GPA - 3.5 UW</p>
<p>Although my high school grades are decent, would UIUC be impressed if I were to obtain my Associates Degree from a community college with a GPA of around 3.5 or 3.6? Would this be another reason to accept me?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>You would probably have to apply as a transfer. Which may be easier to get in rather than applying as a freshmen I think.</p>
<p>No I'm talking about getting my associates degree WHILE in high school. I would still enter as a freshman because I will go straight from high school into college. Any input??</p>
<p>I too believe you'd have to go in as a transfer since you have >x amount of college credit courses under your belt </p>
<p>(Not sure what the specific value of x is though)</p>
<p>As of right now I have around 40. But I talked to the university and they said I would still apply as a freshman, just with an advanced standing. </p>
<p>Would something like this impress UIUC?</p>
<p>stats and classes taken?</p>
<p>If you take community college courses while in high school, and even if you complete an associates degree, you will still be considered a freshman applicant out of high school when you apply and not a transfer applicant. Having an associates degree, in and of itself will not be of any importance in the admission decision. However, a factor considered for admission is course schedule and difficulty of courses taken, and having a number of community college courses that qualify as transferable courses to UIUC, and good grades in them, will be a plus. You can also get college credit at UIUC for such courses as long as you are not using the course to meet a minimum high school course requirement needed for admission.</p>
<p>here are my stats since someone asked for them:</p>
<p>SPA 111 Fundamentals of Spanish B
SPA 201 Intermediate Spanish B
CIS 105 Survey of Computer Info Systems B
GBS 151 Intro to Business A
SPA226 Intermediate Spanish Conversation B
MAT 172 Finite Mathematics B
HIS 103 US History till 1870 A
SPA 202 Intermediate Spanish II A
MAT212 Brief Calculus B
ECN111 Macroeconomics Principles A
SOC101 Intro to Sociology A</p>
<p>ENG101, 102 First Year Composition In Progress
MAT 206 Elements of Statistics In Progress</p>
<p>GPA : 3.4
However I do plan on taking other courses which will boost my GPA</p>
<p>*And I am a member of my community colleges Phi Theta Kappa organization if that helps.</p>
<p>Thanks guys</p>