<p>Alright, so my friend was deferred with a 28 on his ACT from the engineering school. He's in a few EC's, choir and NHS. He doesn't really do much more. I believe he has a UW GPA of a 3.8 as well. I'm just curious for my own sake, I never applied early action, but my scores are a little higher than his (29 ACT, same GPA) and I am a lot more involved than he is. I applied early December, so they told me I should know by mid-February.</p>
<p>I LIVE IN ILLINOIS (I'VE HEARD THAT HELPS)</p>
<p>ACT: 29
English: 27
Math: 31
Reading: 25
Science: 33</p>
<p>All 4 years of high school I have taken every core class as an honors class. This year I am taking AP Stats, AP Calc BC, AP Government</p>
<p>I'll list off all my EC's:
Band (7 years, received numerous honors)
Marching Band (2 years)
Volleyball (4 years, Varsity 3 years, Varsity captain 1 year)
Mathletes (3 years)
Student Council (I've done around 50 hours of community service with them)
Youth and Government</p>
<p>Other stuff:
Club Volleyball my Junior year (took a lot of time out of my schedule)
Nursing home community service: 25 hours
band community service: 50 hours</p>
<p>Jobs: (Not sure if these help, but if they do a little, someone tell me)
Lifeguard (this past summer)
Receptionist at a Nursing Home (over the summer)
IHOP Server (past 5 months, hopefully going to serve until college)</p>
<p>Also, my essays were pretty damn good if I do say so myself.</p>
<p>I know people are just going to comment "UIUC - Reach" and give me no feedback, but if anyone would like to give me feedback, that'd be great. ALSO, MY FRIEND WAS DEFERRED, SO I BELIEVE THAT HE HAS A GOOD SHOT INTO BEING ACCEPTED STILL, AND I FEEL LIKE I AM MORE QUALIFIED THAN HE IS (not trying to sound conceited), SO WOULDN'T I?</p>