Chance Me University of Illinois Mechanical Engineering

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
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<p>Hi everyone, I'm an incoming senior at a public high school in the northwest Chicago suburbs. My stats are as follows:</p>

<p>Gpa: 4.0 unweighted
Class rank: Either top 1% to 2% (Last terms grades aren't in the ranking system yet)
Act: 31 composite (32 English, 36 Math, 25 Reading, 31 Science)
APs: AP Calculus AB (5) AP Computer Science A (4)
Senior Course load: Calculus 2 at local community college, AP Physics B, AP Psychology, Honors English, Honors Spanish 4, Accounting 1 (needed to fulfill graduation requirement)
Intended major: either mechanical or aerospace engineering
State of residence: Illinois
Extracurriculars: Varsity Baseball two years, President of 3 religious youth organizations, attended a selective leadership training course for athletics at my school, ran a community event website and Facebook page
Ethnicity: White</p>

<p>My real question is do you think that I have a good shot at being accepted to mechanical or aerospace engineering at Illinois. I appreciate all responses. If you need more information to chance me please ask.</p>

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<p>If you have any advice on how to make myself a better applicant please share that wisdom as well. Thanks!</p>

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<p>Slightly low composite ACT score due to reading, but math subscore will fix that concern. I don’t think you’ll have a problem. </p>

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<p>Is that your only ACT, from the PSAE?</p>

<p>Illinois does not expressly super score the ACT, yet they do look at the component scores from each sitting (which is, effectively, a form if super scoring).</p>

<p>Your Reading score is anomolous given your other component scores. I assume you ran out of time (frequent explanation for anomolous component scores). </p>

<p>Your composite is low for UIUC Engineering. As noted, your Math component is good compensation for this, but I don’t see how getting that Reading score (and thus composite score) up with another sitting could hurt your application.</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>This score was from my PSAE but I do have other tests with reading as high as 30 but my composite wasn’t as good (28) as my science score sucked that time. </p>