Chance for U of Ill.

Colleges & Universities A-Z University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
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<p>I have great interest in continuing my education as. I was born in Gonaives, Haiti and I know English, French, Creole and I‘m learning Standard Mandarin. I’m a state ranked runner in Georgia and I love to write reviews for books the most recently being on Charles Dickens Great Expectations which was recently published in the hard copy of Teen Ink. I weekly help the Young Turks a radio and Internet talk show airing on Sirius Satellite Radio by sending videos which I think provides a healthy debate. I’m a summer volunteer and yearly tutor at McDonough Public Library and my dream job has always been to be a lawyer because I remember as a kid in third grade I thought being a lawyer would get me a big library with a vast amount of books. Some majors I'm interested in are Political Science, Pre-Law, Sociology, Int'l Studies, History. Basically a lot of Social Science.</p>

<p>I've already applied to Mercer, FSU, Tulane, GSU. The reason I'm looking at U. of Ill. is because of their strong political department </p>

<p>G.P.A after this semester 3.3UW 3.63W
1st Sem. senior year
AP Gov't-99
AP Lit-102
AP Psychology-106
AP European-109
Honors French III-95
AP Statistics-91</p>

<ol>
<li>Activities
Cross Country
XC Captain
2008 Coaches Award
2007-2009 All-Region Team
2007-2009 All-County Team
3 time Varsity Letter Winner
School Record Holder 5k
2007-2009 Individual State Qualifier
2007-2009 Team State Qualifiers
State-Ranked 2007-2009
Henry County XC Runner of the Year
Honorable Mention for Athlete of the Year
Best 5k time of 15:54
2009 2-AAAAA Cross Country Ind. Region Champion
2009 Cross Country Golden Spike Award</li>
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<p>Track & Field
Varsity Letter-2010
Team Captain
State Qualifier- 3200m</p>

<p>French
VP of French Club- 2008/2009
VP of French Club- 2009/2010
French II Student of the Year
Governor's Honors Program Nominee in the Area of French
SkillsUSA
Quiz Bowl Team</p>

<p>UGHS Book Club
Public Relations Officer
Plan on reading all the Books on the Georgia Star List when the Club gets ready for a state-wide Reading Bowl Quiz in January.</p>

<p>Mountain Brook Community Reading Club
Organizer
Leading Reader in that I've read over 50 books this year; the latest being There Eyes Were Watching God, Don Quixote, The Iron Heel, MacBeth, A Brave New World, Sea-Wolf, White Fang, 1984, The Colony(The Harrowing True Story Of the Exiles of Molokai), An American Tragedy, and Call of the Wild.
Semi-Finalist in National Indie Excellence Awards Current Events Political/Social</p>

<p>Atlanta Track Club
Regular Volunteer
Recieved Recognition for part in Peachtree 10k the past two years.
Help with anything from youth meets to master meets on the weekends</p>

<p>McDonough Public Library
Summer Work Volunteer
Study Hall Tutor for History
McDonough Public Library Young Adult Newsletter contributor
Vacation Reading Program Reader for the little children- Summer of '09</p>

<ol>
<li>Special Projects
Political Campaigns/Debate Team
Constantly watch anything from mainstream Fox News to progressive satellite station, The Young Turks.
Campaigned for local Henry County politicians.</li>
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<p>Walking it Out
Active fitness group a friend and I have organized; raises funds for community trips, health awareness and intertwined with the Mountain Brook Reading Club.</p>

<p>Thanks for the help!</p>

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<p>did you take any standardized tests? those are kind of a big deal</p>

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<p>If you applied to UofI early admission and your ACT score is withing 28-36, you are highly likely to get acceptance.</p>

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<p>also, SAT scores help too</p>

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<p>30 ACT Score, 36 on reading portion, 12 on writing section</p>

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<p>My friend got denied with a 30 ACT. I got deferred with a 32. So who knows…</p>

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<p>Tobias,</p>

<p>If I remember correctly, you need a lot of financial aid. UIUC doesn’t give FA for OOS students. All you’d get is the little bit that federal aid would give you. </p>

<p>The COA for OOS students at UIUC is over $40,000. Do you have another source of funding besides federal grants (which would be less than $10k)</p>

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<p>I haven’t really done my research fully on how much funding I could get.
I’m perfectly fine not applying to U of I because I feel as though FSU is just as good in the dep’t I want to major plus the close proximity to family and the low price.
I’ve just been looking to use my application waivers for a few more schools where I could realistically go in terms of acceptance and potential financial aid help.</p>