<p>So my freshman GPA is a 4.0 with one honors level course</p>
<p>Sophomore GPA first semester is 3.7 uw and 3.9w with 3 honors and one AP</p>
<p>Junior Schedule includes:
AP Lang and Comp.
APUSH
Physics Honors
Advanced Algebra & Trig Honors
Spanish 3 Honors
PLTW Engineering Honors</p>
<p>Senior Schedule includes:
AP Lit and Comp.
AP Gov. /Personal Finance
AP Physics B or C
AP Spanish 4
Pre-Calculus Honors</p>
<p>I go beyond UIUC requirements throughout HS</p>
<p>EC's Include:
Amnesty International
Key Club
Science Olympiad
National Honor Society (pending)
Environmental Club (pending)
Hospital Volunteer 4hrs per week
Academic Team 1yr.</p>
<p>So do you think I can get into the Mechanical Engineering major? If not how can I improve, as I am only a Sophomore so I still have time. So please help!</p>
<p>You’re on track to being admitted. Maintain that GPA and study hard for your SATs. I would say if you score 2200ish on the reasoning and get close to 800 on your math2 SATs you’ll be well overqualified. I don’t think I know anyone under those stats who got rejected.</p>
<p>One thing about your ECs – don’t pile on so many of them… you’ll likely hurt your studies over-committing once you hit junior/senior year. There’s no way you can talk about 7 ECs in your essays anyway. I suggest being exceptional in just one or two of them instead. I got in with one EC that I poured my heart into (robotics), a modest GPA, and high test scores.</p>
<p>Thanks for the reply, but in IL they require you take the ACT in HS so I plan on taking that and scoring between 29-31 because when I took the PLAN freshman year without studying my expected range was between 24-28. Also I thought UIUC does not look at SAT 2’s but if so I will take some.</p>
<p>I recently got accepted into the CompSci in College of Engineering, I wrote the essay the night before and had very few EC’s like community soccer and academic decathlon. I am also an out of state student so more money for them? I was really surprised about my acceptance but am fairly confident that if I got in, you will too. Here are my purely quantitative stats:</p>
<p>UW GPA: 3.8
W GPA: 4.1</p>
<p>My highest SAT score:
Math:680
Writing:620
Reading:730</p>
<p>On my second SAT: (most likely how I got in)
Math: 770
Writing: 680
Reading: 570</p>
<p>I sent them my SAT subject tests too:
Physics: 660
Math II: 800</p>
<p>don’t lighten your course load. it’s really good that you’ve increased your honors and AP courses that’s defitinely what u of I is looking for. maintain A good GPA in those honor and AP courses and do good on your ACT</p>