<p>I'm a high school junior planning to apply next year. </p>
<p>Stats=
30 ACT
4.6 GPA weighted
3.8 UW
Rank top 3%</p>
<p>Decent EC's
Part-time job</p>
<p>I would be applying to Engineering or Business, most likely Engineering. Also, do you apply for a certain major in engineering, or select your major after being accepted.</p>
<p>you're in......</p>
<p>You apply to a certain Engineering major. ECE and CS are more competitive than the rest, but you should be able to get in. Bioengineering is super competitive since they only accept 25 per year (think 75th percentile = 1600 old SAT).</p>
<p>Is architecture competitive? Will a 3.7w, 12800 SAT, 12% cut it?</p>
<p>Oh wow i didn't think bioengineering would be that competitive. I think someone i know took bioengineering as a minor but that was a long time ago and I'm not 100% sure. Is this a possible minor?</p>
<p>lil_killer129: architecture is slightly more competitive than other majors. I think a 1280 SAT and top 12% class rank are both near the bottom 25% of admits.
dcb07: You can also minor in bioengineering, I think.</p>
<p>ur def. in if you apply in the priority deadline. I had very simlar stats and got admited litterally 2 days after my transcript came in and got into chemE.</p>
<p>Rank and ACT give you a good chance of being admitted to engineering other than possibly bioengineering. The "minor" of bioengineering has been around for quite some time and still exists The "major" of bioengineering is only in its second year and, in 2007, they will probably be enrolling about 35 (they are trying to do a steady increase each year with the goal to be enrolling about 50 by 2010). That means they will be admitting about 65 to 70 to get that enrollment and they get a lot of applications for it. Also, the typical admittee to bioengineering has had a 33 or higher ACT and thus yours is low for it. As to other engineering programs, though you have a good probability of admission, you should not assume it is a lock (that would also apply to business). Applying early can help (they usually begin taking apps late September).</p>
<p>how about UW3.8 1970(1370=600) looks like?
as an international student.</p>
<p>Well my ACT score should go up so hopefully I might have a remote chance. How does the minor for bioengineering work? Does only a certain number get accepted to have it as their minor too?</p>
<p>You do not declare any minor as a freshman. In fact, you really do not establish going for a minor until after 2d year, even though you can take the basic courses for it before then. If you are in engineering and in good standing, doing a bioengineering minor consists mainly of agreement with your advisor and preparing a form that declares you will be seeking a minor. In other words, it is not difficult to declare for a bioengineering minor. The difficulty is in completing the courses necessary for the minor (somewhere in the range of 20 to 23 semester hours) while also trying to complete your major. Because there are so many requirements for any engineering major, it is not easy to even complete the major in four years (and many actually take longer), much less also have a minor. That problem in relation to bioengineering is alleviated somewhat for those in chemical and biomecular engineering because several courses applicable to that major also meet requirements for a bioengineering minor.</p>
<p>As to HyunJ question, it is difficult to tell. Your SAT puts you in the middle 50% range (although in the lower portion of that range). UIUC uses mainly class rank rather than GPA and they will estimate rank if your school does not. A 3.8 UW sounds good, particularly if it includes some honors, AP, or IB courses, but again it is difficult to tell from the minimal info provided.</p>
<p>How does UIC's bioengineering program compare or relate with Champaign's? I know UIC has connections with the medical school so that may help, but UIC is a much less selective school.</p>