Chances Please

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
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<p>School: public with 300 kids in my grade
GPA : 3.52 unweighted
3.75 weighted
Class rank: none
activites: math, knowledge bowl, jv football, summer baseball team, winter hockey league, chess team, science olympiad, and tutoring.
ACT: 28
Best in each section based off of 2 Act's
Math-36, Science-31, Reading-24, Grammar-26
so my composite would be 29
I am also going to retake it in september for my third and last time. I have a private tutor now to help me, and I know that I will improve because I am improving on practice tests.
Sat 2's- Math-800, Bio-650
Awards- Quiz Bowl Nationals and PAC
Baseball team- first in regionals
Science O- first in state for 2 events, and 2nd in state for 1 event, 1st in regionals in 1, and 2nd in regionals for 1. </p>

<p>Volunteering for about 20 hours at library. I'm not sure if tutoring counts for this, but if it does, an extra 100 hours.</p>

<p>I have a total of 2 ap's sophomore year, 5 junior year, and i signed up for 3 senior year. The rest of my classes are mainly honors or required classes. Maybe 1 or 2 electives my freshman year. Otherwise, my course load is very rigorous. Mainly A's in math, a couple of A-'s, 1 B+, and 2 B's in AP Calc AB. I redeemed myself and got 2 A's in Ap Calc BC. So, pretty much i'm a math guy. I also have a 115 on the AMC 12. I got a 3 on the AIME, which is horrible, i know. </p>

<p>I got a 4 in Calc BC with a 4 subscore for AB, a 3 in geography, a 3 in euro, and a 3 in us history. They aren't that great of scores.</p>

<p>Oh ya, i am from out of state also. If you need anything else, please ask.</p>

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<p>You should be fine. Maybe you can retake the ACTs? Maybe you don't have to though, seems to me like you're in. :)</p>

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<p>maybe i can't read...but what is it you want to major in?</p>

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<p>I want to major in either finance/math or comp sci/math. Also, i have no class rank. Never had one before.</p>

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<p>when you do fdfd/ffdfd do you mean major and minor?</p>

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<p>no, i mean mathematical finance and computer science with math.</p>

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<p>do we even have those?</p>

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<p>ya. Comp sci with math is under LAS. I'm pretty sure you have mathematical finance. I'm gonna check now.</p>

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<p>Actually, I couldn't find it. But, anyway it doesn't matter because if I get into urbana, I would prefer to do comp sci/math. I'll consider finance with math at other schools.</p>

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<p>Actually, i changed my mind. I prefer to do finance.</p>

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<p>oh then if that's the case you're in trouble.</p>

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<p>Really, how tough is it. I just checked their stats, and it says middle 50 percent is 27-31. Also, their website shows that it is easier to get into business than to engineering. Check it out. </p>

<p><a href="http://www.oar.uiuc.edu/future/freshmen/requirements.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.oar.uiuc.edu/future/freshmen/requirements.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>and also look at
<a href="http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/undergraduate/06profiles/illinois1.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/undergraduate/06profiles/illinois1.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>well I had a 32 ACT and a 3.9 GPA weighted and got deferred....so......I dunno</p>

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<p>I had a 31 ACT and a 3.68 gpa and I was accepted.</p>

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<p>But the OP is out of state, which changes things significantly.</p>

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<p>Wow, that scares me now.</p>

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<p>"But the OP is out of state, which changes things significantly."</p>

<p>Is it substantially harder to get in if you're out of state?</p>

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<p>Not substantially harder, but a little bit harder.</p>

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<p>and we no longer do LAS Finance, thank god
i hate those kids taking spots in our classes</p>

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<p>can anybody else help?</p>