Chances for UIUC Engineering?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
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<p>California Asian Male
HS ranked ~550 nationally. ~100 in CA.
UW GPA: 3.54
W GPA: 3.89
All As and Bs, except for 1 semester C in Honors Pre-Calc, partially due to depression.</p>

<p>ACT: 32 Composite (32 E, 27 M, 34 R, 36 S)
33 Superscored (w/ 28 M and 35 R)</p>

<p>Course Rigor (APs and Honors):
AP European History
Honors Chemistry
Honors Pre-Calculus
AP Environmental Science
AP Calculus AB
AP Computer Science
AP English Lang/Comp
AP Statistics (Taking now)
AP English Lit/Comp (Taking now)
AP Biology (Taking now)
AP Gov/Econ (Taking now)
Expecting National AP Scholar by end of senior year.</p>

<p>ECs (just the main ones):
- Member of a programming team that competes at local area competitions such as Stanford ProCo and the Harker Programming Invitational, among others. 6th place at Stanford ProCo.
- Android developer, founded a small app development studio, Exponential Studios, in order to "learn by doing".
- Founder and president of a profitable student run, non school affiliated investing club founded to gain real world experience. 15% gain YTD.
- Volunteer at Alameda Food Bank, distributed food to local needy, placed in charge of distribution and stocking of donated produce.
- Member of school's National Science Bowl team as part of Science Club. NSB is a national math and science "quiz bowl" style competition sponsored by the US DoE.
- Varsity Swimmer and Water Polo player for high school, as well as doing off-season club competition. JV Water Polo captain, lead JV to undefeated season.
- Red Cross Certified Lifeguard, Certified in CPR/AED, First Aid for the Professional Rescuer, Shallow + Deep Water Lifeguarding.
- Overall 100+ community service hours.</p>

<p>Other Misc. Awards:
AP Scholar with Honor
National Merit Commended Scholar
Placed highly at comp. sci. competitions (6th at Stanford ProCo, etc)</p>

<p>Essays: Just assume decent/average for the sake of this chance.</p>

<p>Other: Suffered from mild depression soph/junior year from death of greatgrandmother + failing kidneys of my greatgrandfather, who was a civil engineer for the city of San Francisco and inspired me to pursue a STEM major. Dropped my grades, esp in math but tried hard to recover.</p>

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<p>Haha!! Not another chances post just before decision day!! </p>

<p>You’ve done the best you can!!
You don’t want people here coming and telling you’ll get in & then end up not getting in!</p>

<p>I would’ve let this thread die down, but just cautioning you!!</p>

<p>My advice, try to keep your mind off decisions! Chill, relax and be patient – You’ve waited this long, might as well wait another 2 days!!</p>

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<p>Latitude123 I think you have a good chance of getting into UIUC. Your high ACT Science score evens out the low Math score. GPA might be on the lower end, but all the AP’s you have taken really show that you have challenged yourself with the toughest courses possible. Good luck with your decision on Friday.</p>