can I consider Illinois a safety? instate

Colleges & Universities A-Z University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
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<p>I'm not sure if I would go to Illinois (I still haven't gone on a REAL visit), but I was wondering, if with my scores, grades and instate status if I could consider it a safety? Oh, and I want to do engineering.</p>

<p>My stats:
-private school in chicagoland area, definitely ranked in at least the top 10%/300, but don't know for sure since my school doesn't release rankings
SAT (best composite): 2240 (750CR, 760M, 730W w/ 10 essay)
ACT: 34
GPA: 4.72W, 4.0 UW, have taken heaviest course load
PSAT: 218, at least commended, possibly semi-finalist</p>

<p>Classes next year:
AP Calc
AP Physics
AP Bio
AP Spanish
honors English (already took AP)
theology</p>

<p>ECs:
-student tutor (10-12)
-writing lab tutor (11-12)
-volunteer at non-profit organization 2x/week for about 2 hours (10-12)
-physical/occupational therapy aide at the above organization (5 hours/week during the school year, 20 hours/week over the summer) (11-12)
-lector at my church (11-12)
-NHS (this is only offered for seniors)
-I am planning on joining the JETS/WYSE team at my school next year which is highly ranked
Awards:
-was on a business case competition team that came in 2nd/42 teams at a large competition at a university</p>

<p>I will be attending the Cornell Curie Acadmey (selective all-girls engineering program--only 25 girls) this summer and a leadership conference in DC.</p>

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<p>sure you could consider it as a safety due to your grades and the fact that UIUC really needs female engineers, but I don't really know why you would do that if you plan to study engineering because UIUC has one of the best overall engineering programs in the nation . My only guess would be the idea that there are very few female undergrad engineers at UIUC.</p>

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<p>Tennisfan88, I do know that Illinois has a great engineering program. That is why I would love to include it in my college list, the only thing I'm wary about is the size. I'd sort of rather not attend a HUGE state school.</p>

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<p>Yes, U of I is deinitely a safety for you. Just make sure you apply early on, and you will be an automatic admit, literally.</p>