Can I get into UIUC???

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
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<p>I'm OOS (from California), planning to list major as Electrical Engineering</p>

<p>Weighted GPA - 4.28
Unweighted GPA - 3.67
class rank - 59/428</p>

<p>very competitive high school (because of the IB program)</p>

<p>ACT composite: 35
english - 35
math - 35
reading - 32
science 36
(english/writing - 31) I got an 8 on the essay ='(</p>

<p>SATIIs:
math IIc - 800
physics - 780
chemistry - 750</p>

<p>national merit commended</p>

<p>Middle Years Program Diploma (9th-10th) w/ completion of Personal Project</p>

<p>Expecting to graduate with Full IB Diploma</p>

<p>IB tests: (out of 7)
IB math 2 SL - 6
IB economics SL - 6
IB Spanish SL - pending
IB History HL - pending
IB Biology HL - pending
IB English HL - pending</p>

<p>12th grade schedule: (hardest possible schedule, except math which has one level above it)
AP Calculus
IB English 2
IB Theory of Knowledge
IB Global Studies (history) HL
IB Spanish 2 SL
IB Biology 2</p>

<p>ECs:</p>

<p>Certificate of Merit - Piano - lvl. 5
6 years experience in mallet instruments
National History Day (1 year) - regional finalist, state finals competitor
Quiz Bowl B Team - two years
Science Bowl C team captain - 1 year (going at it again this year, hope to make B team)
Science Olympiad B team member - 1 year (going at it again this year)
Member of National Forensics League (debate) - 2 years
won 1st place novice public forum debate at Yuba City HS Tournament
Quiz Bowl Officer: Tournament Chair 1 year (going at it again this year)
Model United Nations Officer: Treasurer (1 year)
Co-founder of UTSAV Youth Group
President of UTSAV Youth Group
Internship with UC Davis medical center Pathology dept. 100+ hours</p>

<p>Community Service:</p>

<p>approximately 230 hours comm. service
FLASH program - (2 years) mentoring/tutoring elementary/middle school kids
Library community service - (4 years) book shelving; upgrading children’s books record-keeping system on FPL library catalog; Summer Reading Program volunteer</p>

<p>UTSAV Youth Group (2 years) - organized coat drive for a local women's/children's shelter; organized Spring Clean-Up event for local park; organized fundraiser for same shelter listed above; organized cooking event for said shelter, currently organizing Christmas toy drive</p>

<p>major: Electrical Engineering</p>

<p>Please let me know what are my chances!! thanks</p>

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<p>Innnnnnnnnnn</p>

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<p>Dude you are in, and it’s not even close. You might compete for some of the rarely offered merit scholarships. Scratch that, you WILL compete for those scholarships.</p>

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<p>whoaa…seriously??</p>

<p>What are the decisive factors that say I’m in?</p>

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<p>ACT, gpa, course rigor…</p>

<p>seriously now, how can you not see this.</p>

<p>i had a friend with much worse stats all around (although still pretty good relatively) get right into engineering. no deferral.</p>

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<p>Oh wow…</p>

<p>But UIUC has one of the top 10 engineering programs in the country, why is it not harder to get admission into!?!?</p>

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<p>Haha, I remember you from the USC forum. Honestly, you could probably get into all of the top universities for engineering except for a handful. You’ll definitely get into UIUC.</p>

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<p>UIUC is relatively hard to get into, but it’s not an Ivy or MIT by any means when it comes to their admissions standards. Your stats would you make you competitive at any college in the first place, and at U of I you would probably be in the top 5% applying.</p>

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<p>let me clarify my friend. i didn’t mean to imply at all that he was a shockingly weak applicant:</p>

<p>All honors/AP courseload for the most part, 4.4/5 weighted gpa, 32 ACT, much less EC involvement than you. he’s a really bright kid and has a great personality, i could imagine him having written great essays.</p>

<p>As for why UIUC isn’t as hard to get into as other top programs, my guess would be because it’s a state school and they can accept more students. But I can’t be sure. They are a top program in the nation, but we can’t assume that means they get all the top applicants like ivies.</p>

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<p>wow you guys, that’s great news.</p>

<p>thanks for all the comments! =D</p>

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<p>why would you even start this thread? You have a 35 ACT!!!</p>

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<p>If you don’t get into a specific program, like Engineering for example, can you get deferred to regular admission or just denied?</p>

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<p>You can get deferred to regular admission.</p>

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<p>would it be more likely the person is deferred or just flat out rejected?</p>

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<p>That would depend on the person’s GPA, class rank, rigor of curriculum, and test scores.</p>

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<p>What do you think of my chances?</p>

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<p>Are you kidding? Try looking at page 1 of the responses. You’re looking quite insecure here, and that’s saying a lot, since most everyone applying is exhibiting insecurity to a substantial degree.</p>

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<p>There’s a good reason for insecurity.</p>

<p>Everyone at my school keeps talking about how much harder it is becoming to get into u of i. “You need a 33 and a 4.5 to get into business!!! Ahh I only have a 32 I’m screwed!!!”</p>

<p>People tend to freak out like that.</p>

<p>Also, there’s the fact that at least at my school, lots of kids are applying to u of i and I’m sure that’s the case at many illinois high schools. I come from a competitive area in the chicago suburbs, and the competition is raised because the school tries to be fair by admitting a certain number of kids from each region.</p>

<p>Also there’s always insecurity when the school has tons of applicants and relatively high admissions standards. Not to mention the clout debacle that has made people weary about the validity of admissions processes.</p>

<p>December 11 should be a really interesting day.</p>

<p>Edit: Having a 33 ACT and a 4.5 weighted gpa is not their standard… i was exaggerating to make a point about how people get things in their heads.</p>

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<p>The high admission rate at the UIUC Engineering school is because the applicants are self-selecting. That is, people generally know if they’d get in or not, and the ones who know or think they wouldn’t don’t even try.</p>

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<p>hm…interesting point.</p>

<p>ahhh…application is “complete- ready for review” suspense!!!</p>