Chances at UIUC undeclared, Purdue?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>White Male
Location: Illinois</p>

<p>GPA UW: 3.2, W: 3.6
I came from a less than stellar grade school and I was placed in all regulars classes in both 9th and 10th grade, where I got 2 Cs in PE and 1 in English. From Sophomore year to Junior year I went from all regulars classes to all Honors and 1 AP(Microecon-got a 5) and got all As/Bs.</p>

<p>High School: My current high school is VERY competitive, it's a college prep.
Public, Magnet school, 32nd in state(I we're a lot better than that, but Illinois bases it off of one test that nobody in my school tries on.) I likely only got in it because of my location and where I was coming from.(For statistics purposes)</p>

<p>ACT: 29(33E, 26M, 29R, 28S) It's a little low, especially math, I'm retaking this month.
Class rank: Top 30% (My class size is over 1000 kids.)</p>

<p>Senior Courses:
AP Psychology
AP Human Geography
AP Environmental Science
Honors Pre-Calc
Honors English
Honors Forensic Science
Percussion Band</p>

<p>ECs(weak)
Band - only Senior year, section leader
Like 60 hours of volunteer
Tutoring at ethnic heritage centers
LOTS of stuff done at my old elementary school(I elaborated on the whole "giving back" thing in my essay. Also, I'm 3rd generation there)</p>

<p>My essays are awesome, my friend is a professional and she helped.
Hook:My really high upward trend from Sophomore->Junior year->Senior year.</p>

<p>I'm having nervous breakdowns every day because my GPA is so terrible from 9th and 10th grade, does anyone think I have a good shot at undeclared major at either University of Illinois @Urbana-Champaign or Purdue? I want to apply for Engineering but my stats are too low right now.</p>

<p>Thanks for your time</p>

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<p>bump for night</p>

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<p>Probably a really good chance at UIUC, its our State University so you get the edge on that, and yea you would need to increase your scores for Engineering</p>

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<p>Thanks - bump for others</p>

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<p>bump 10char</p>

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<p>bump. Anyone?</p>

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<p>Bump. What does a non-Ivy have to do to get a chance around here?</p>

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<p>Best of luck to ya, if only i knew more id help (only a junior), maybe you can ask people you know that go to any of those schools?</p>