<p>Hello, I'm a senior in high school applying to colleges, and currently UIUC is my top choice college. I'm worried because I don't have super high test scores, no spectacular extracurriculars/GPA to make up for it. What are my chances of getting into the college of engineering and the undeclared college?
SAT: Total composite-1900 Cr/Math composite- 1300 CR-640 Math-660 Writing-600
ACT: Composite-29 English-34 Math-28 Reading-30 Science-25
GPA: W-3.952 UW-3.583
Rank: 41/310 (13%)
Extracurriculars: private flute lessons all 4 yrs
Local youth orchestra 10 & 11th grade
Attended Northwest OH district science day 10 & 11th grade
Attended Oh state science day 10 & 11th grade
Attended Ohio junior science and humanities symposium 11th grade
Secretary of psychology club 12th grade
Design editor of school literary magazine 12th grade
Philosophy club 12th grade
Coursework: Mostly honors/AP
AP Psych
AP language/comp
AP US government
AP literature/comp
All othe core classes were honors except I took regular American history rather than APUSH because there was no honors
Also, I'm taking an engineering elective my senior year</p>
<p>Sorry for the wall of text, but I'm quite worried. So if you have made it this far, thank you for reading and even more thanks if you reply!!</p>
<p>That will be a reach for Engineering at UIUC. Have you looked at other engineering schools with slightly lower requirements? Any interest in other majors since you seem to have an interest/aptitude for English?</p>
<p>I’m really only interested in going into a STEM field. Other schools I’m applying to are:
Ohio State University
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Case Western Reserve
University of Michigan</p>
<p>I’m not sure how their requirements measure up to UIUC as well as their campuses in general because I haven’t found a breakdown of their requirements by colleges.</p>
<p>The only one of those I know about is U of M, and they are tough to get into for engineering. Maybe the others are a better match? Have you tried contacting someone from their engineering departments to get an idea on average stats for incoming freshmen?</p>
<p>UIUC is definitely a reach. Their mid range for SAT is 1370(CR + Math) i think. I think u should apply to Purdue. It would be a match with ur stats.</p>
<p>Thank you guys for your replies! I’m now looking to apply to more colleges that may be a better match for my stats. Any recommendations of colleges on par with Purdue that have decent engineering programs?</p>
<p>If the application fee isn’t too much (and if the deadline hasn’t passed yet), then why not apply to UIUC anyways - you might get in. It might be hard, but universities are reviewing people more holistically nowadays, so why not apply?</p>