Chances at comp sci?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
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Hey! I am a junior from Minnesota, and really have enjoyed what I’ve read about UICC so far. I am pursuing a degree in computer science. Here are my stats:

ACT: 32 (Only taken once, going to take again)(30Eng 34Reading 35Science 28Math) - Going to study math from 8th grade/freshman year, I forgot a lot of basic geometry and algebra that encompassed a lot of the test.
GPA: 3.6 UW 3.7ishW (My semester ends next week and my current semester GPA is ~3.7 UW w/ 3 AP classes, so my overall should go up a bit in both.)

AP Classes taken before junior year:
Bio
World History

Current AP Classes:
Chem
Calc AB
US History

Senior AP Classes:
Physics
Calc BC
Computer Science
Human GEO

Other notable classes:
Spanish 5 CE(College course)

I am also a varsity captain of the swim team as a junior, and we made state last year. I have an internship in the IT department of a local government county office lined up for this summer.

ECS upto now(add one year to each for next year):
Varisty Swim(4 years, 1 year as captain)
Student Council(2 Years w/ elected homecoming chair)
Model United Nations(3 years, this year I applied and was chosen as one of the 20 elected officials out of ~800 yearly students)
Varsity Track(1 year)
USA swimming(not sure if this counts - 10 years)
National merit(scored 209, which was last years commended score, hopefully I get it this year)
Lifeguarding(2 summers)

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Honestly not that great, your GPA can be better as well as your Math ACT (this is really important).

Still, go for it, you never know what can happen!

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Agreed, I’m not expecting a good chance at getting in. I definitely have the ability to get a higher math score, I just need to re-learn some stuff.

4

Have you talked with your parents on what they can afford to pay for college? Especially OOS for UIUC.

I don’t know the exact numbers but a lot of Illinois HS students are considering/choosing to go to Univ of Minn TC because the OOS tuition for UMTC is not much more than attending in-state for UIUC… which is sad.

UMTC OOS tuition $23,888.+ housing = $32k roughly
UIUC in state tuition $15-20k. + housing = $27-32k roughly