chance me please i beg you, i need to end this agony

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
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<p>hi, i'm going to be a senior in the year of 2007-2008. i was just wondering how my chances are to get into UIUC business. </p>

<p>US citizen, asian male living in vancouver, Canada (would this hurt my chances?)</p>

<p>here are my stats:
IB diploma program (i really regret this...i should have taken AP courses)
SAT: took it once, math:750 CR:670 w:680 total of 2100
SAT 2: i didnt take any
ACT:should i take this?
GPA: 3.5 uw, (considering that i took all ib courses, would there be some weighing toward my gpa?, i dont know how the gpa works with the ib...)
class rank: approximately top 20% (these are all IB diploma kids)</p>

<p>ECs:
summer self-abenegation training camp attendee at the marines academy- gr9</p>

<p>volunteered at a ski resort as a instructor 3 hours per week for 8 weeks - ski instructor- gr 10</p>

<p>alberta college conservatory of music fall music festival 2nd place (Piano)- gr 10</p>

<p>royal conservatory of music certificates gr 5,6,7,8 with honours, gr2 rudiments with honours with distinction (piano) - gr 10</p>

<p>canadian ski instructors' alliance=ski instructor certificate level 1, had a job in the winter of gr 10: 8hours a week for 12weeks</p>

<p>part of the edmonton korean choir as a countertenor </p>

<p>varsity track and field gr 9, 10 (javelin) set the city record in gr9, city champ</p>

<p>varsity volleyball gr 9, 10=> gr 9- 4th in the city, gr 10-2nd in the city
gr 9- chosen as all-star, gr 10-most improved player</p>

<p>varsity badminton gr 9</p>

<p>life saving society-> bronze cross cpr c, bronze medallion cpr b, first-aid certificates (swimming)</p>

<p>volunteered at the YMCA summer swimming lessons, 4 hours a week for 8 weeks -assistant instructor-</p>

<p>worked as a tutor for skiing, swimming, math, english for elementary and junior high kids
ski: 2 hours a week for 10 weeks
swimming: 4 hours a week for 6 weeks
math and english: 4 hours a week for over 2 years</p>

<p>varsity Model UN gr 10</p>

<p>varsity tennis gr 11, first in the school district</p>

<p>fermat- certificate of distinction, from canadian mathmatics competition, university of waterloo top 25% in canada</p>

<p>volunteered at the school library managing and developing wall boards over 50 hours - gr11</p>

<p>volunteered at the internation education program at riverside secondary over 100 hours - assistant teacher - gr 11</p>

<p>volunteer at my church as a assistant teacher over 25 hours -1 hour a week for 25 weeks</p>

<p>essays- will be damnnnn good</p>

<p>recommendation- i really dont know about this, because teachers at my school are really lazy, but i predict that it'll be okay.</p>

<p>some quesitons-
if it is reach for me to get into business program, which faculty should i apply for? (thinking of transferring in 2nd year)</p>

<p>i know that specific faculties are really competitive to get in for every college, should i apply for arts or something and then transfer? (in general, for some of the other universities i'm considering: nyu, ut austin, u of washington, lehigh, umich, usc, CMU)</p>

<p>thank you so much guys :)
now, any cogent comments?</p>

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<p>Some points:</p>

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<li><p>SAT score is within usual middle 50% range for business and you do not need ACT.</p></li>
<li><p>SAT IIs are not used by UIUC for admission.</p></li>
<li><p>Neither are recommendations.</p></li>
<li><p>IB is considered favorably so do not be overly concerned for not having AP.</p></li>
<li><p>Not being from Illinois is also not a negative (UIUC uses same criteria and levels to admit both residents and non)</p></li>
<li><p>Class rank is low (UIUC does not redo any weighing of grades because it relies instead on rank, but also considers difficulty of courses taken), definitely making UIUC a reach but not out-of-the-box. Business does full-file review to make decisions and your essays are important. Nevertheless, be aware that UIUC business accepts less than 50% of those who apply (it has the lowest acceptance rate of the colleges).</p></li>
<li><p>Applying LAS at UIUC would give you a higher chance of admission but you should not assume you can easily transfer to the business college later; it is the most picky of the colleges in accepting requested transfers -- a number succeed but one should not assume that will occur going in.</p></li>
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<p>wow thank you so much, i really appreciate your detailed comment!</p>

<p>just two more questions,</p>

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<li><p>can i apply to both LAS, business?</p></li>
<li><p>how are my ECs? and does uiuc put lots of emphasis on ECs?</p></li>
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<ol>
<li>I don't think you can apply to both, be sure to check on their website though. </li>
<li>You don't really have anything you did for all 3 years of your high school career, but I don't think it will give you a problem for admissions. CMU, NYU, UMich are going to be tough for you though.
Good luck!</li>
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<p>UIUC application rule now is that if you apply to a major such as in business, you are asked on app if you also want to be considered for LAS undecided and, if you answer yes and then are rejected by business, you get consideration for admission to LAS. ECs are considered in the business full file review but they are of lesser importance than other factors.</p>