<p>I’m looking around on these transfer equivalency guides, and it seems like a transfer to UIUC could go relatively smooth. They have a section in the undergrad admission information where they detail GED requirements. [U</a> of I Admissions: Detailed Admission Requirements](<a href=“http://admissions.illinois.edu/apply/requirements_policies.html]U”>Page Not Found, Illinois Undergraduate Admissions) They say that a GED is acceptable in lieu of a high school diploma, as long as the scores are over 410 on each test, with an overall average above 450. My overall average was 638, with 700 in reading, 690 in writing, 670 in science, 580 in math, and 550 in social studies. So, I meet the requirements in that respect. I scored lower in math than I would have liked, but I took the test about 3 years after I dropped out of high school, and did very little in the way of studying. The same goes for the social studies score. I pretty much just went and took the tests. In either case though, 410 is considered the average score, so I’m fairly well above the average in every category, and significantly above the average in reading, writing and science.</p>
<p>It also looks like basically all of my courses would transfer. </p>
<p>Here is the outline of the courses I’m required to take at Sauk to transfer to UIUC for a physics major… [U</a> of I Admissions: Transfer Admission Requirements](<a href=“Page Not Found, Illinois Undergraduate Admissions”>Page Not Found, Illinois Undergraduate Admissions) </p>
<p>And the requirements for a mathematics and computer science major… [U</a> of I Admissions: Transfer Admission Requirements](<a href=“Page Not Found, Illinois Undergraduate Admissions”>Page Not Found, Illinois Undergraduate Admissions)</p>
<p>Looks like I need to have MAT 203, 204, and 205; PHY 211, 212 and 213, which would actually cover PHYS 211,212,213 and 214 at UIUC; english 101, 103, and che 105, 106 are also recommended. Those are all courses that I’m planning on taking…so it looks like you helped me set up a rough plan that is near perfect! Thanks!! They also have the CIS234 course at Sauk listed as a requirement for computer sciences within the math major…which also has several prerequisites here. Before I can take 234, I’ll also have to take 122, and either 101 or 109. So, I’ll either have to work those in one way or another, or not transfer there on a double major like I’d like to. Would I run into any issues transferring there as a physics major, and then later switching to a double major in physics and mathematical and computer science? Ideally, I’ll try to work it into my schedule here. They don’t list differential equations or linear algebra as requirements, and though they would definitely be very beneficial to have before transfer, it looks like I’d likely be best suited to devote that time towards the CIS courses that I’ll need to have done. Depending on how I can get my academic plan set up though, I may still be able to squeeze them in. There’s a good chance that I could take a lot of the computer courses online, which could make things easier for me in the long run.</p>
<p>It also looks like almost all of the Gen Eds I’ll be taking at Sauk will end up transferring to UIUC. From the looks of it, I’ll have almost all of them taken care of before I transfer too, so I can focus on my major. I matched all of my planned prerequisites up on transfer.org, and they all seem to match up with UIUC courses.</p>
<p>I think I’m starting to lower my hopes of going to UChicago a bit. I’m still going to apply there, but I’m starting to accept that it’d be a bit of a reach for me, given the GED status. It seems like UIUC would be a relatively painless transfer though, provided that I have a good GPA and ACT scores, which I fully intend on having. 
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<p>Thanks again for all the help! I’ve got a lot more information to bring with when I meet with my counselor on Tuesday.</p>