<p>Anyone willing give me chances? I know they are not high =(</p>
<p>GPA (unweighted):
2.84 (I think its worth mentioning that its grown from 1.59 in 9th to 3.7 in 12th)</p>
<p>Sat:
CR:660
M:720
W:590
Total:1970</p>
<p>Ap's: None offered by my school, taking most advanced courses of math+science at my school however.</p>
<p>EC's: Math team (co-capt. =D), Rock climbing club, Theater Tech, International community involvement trips, standard CI, Work exp. as prep chef for a restaurant+camp counselor. </p>
<p>Letters of rec from my precalc and chem teacher.</p>
<p>Essays were on the topic of ICI and how much I like math =D</p>
<p>I’d recommend going to community college for at least a year then transfering. Then your chances would be much greater, assuming you continue your 12th grade success.</p>
<p>You definitely can. But if you don’t get in to UIUC at first that is your best chance to get back in. If you do get in to UIUC, but not engineering, you could do well your first year or two then transfer in.</p>
<p>I don’t think you should settle for less, but if UIUC is your goal then you just might have to be creative.</p>
<p>I’m in the same situation as you, good ACT but low GPA. I, luckily, was accepted to UIUC, but community college was definitely an option I was looking at prior to that. You only have to spend a year there if you do well and it barely costs anything. It would also be pretty easy to work at the same time, too.</p>
<p>You have no chance of being admitted unless you are an under represented minority.</p>
<p>If you happen to be an AA or documented Native American, you may have an outside chance.</p>
<p>Given you SAT score, I would recommend you not seeking admittance. People with sub 2100 SATs are generally seen as fodder at UIUC engineering…and id only recommend those who can BREEZE through the SAT math getting a perfect or close to perfect score try to go to UIUC for engineering. </p>
<p>My friend took 5.5 yrs to get through the program…He had a 34 on the ACT and aced the math portion without prepping. 5 on AP calc BC, 5 on AP physics.</p>
<p>Don’t listen to the idiot above me. The most popular department, ECE, had an average ACT of 31.5 and average class rank of 88%. I’d guess your 1970 correlates to about a 29 or 30, so you are probably somewhere in that middle 50%. The problem comes w/ your GPA. I’d reckon that GPA leaves you with a rank somewhere in the top 30%? Do you know your exact rank and could share it here?</p>
<p>You should apply, but your stats make it unlikely that you will be admitted directly to engineering. Having said that, you have a chance, albeit slight. Strengthening your SAT, and/or taking the ACT would be a good idea, if you can. Letters of recommendation are not looked at, and may slow down the processing of your application. If you fail to get into engineering, you have a chance to be considered for DGS, from which you can transfer later.</p>
<p>Also, look into the Parkland Pathways program, which is a viable alternative that is looked upon very favorably.</p>
<p>@zaxx1981
Um, A 720 math IS a close to perfect score… I answered 51 questions out of 54 correctly… I mentioned above that I knew my chances were not high. My SAT score is actually slightly higher than the middle 50% for the school so I dont understand why you think that my SAT score is holding me back when my GPA is so much lower <em>it seems like you don’t actually know what your talking about</em>. As far as being able to handle the curriculum goes, I don’t think your in any place to judge my comprehension of math or science considering the small amount of information you actually know about me.</p>
<p>@SLightManifesto
my school doesn’t provide a class rank. According to collegeboard the average GPA at my school is a 3.6</p>
<p>With that GPA your chances of acceptance to Engineering at little to none. You have a medium chance at the Undecided program, from which you can transfer later on. </p>
<p>Also, like Balthezar said, the Parkland Pathways program seems like a good choice, as well.</p>
<p>And it’s not like Parkland is bad or anything–they know many of their students are going to (or will try to) transfer to UIUC.
So if you care about the less tangible part of your education (not feeling like your classes are so easy your IQ drops) it isn’t bad.</p>