Chances?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
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<p>I'm currently a junior looking into U of I and I was wondering what some of you guys thought about my resume...</p>

<p>General Background: New Jersey, Male, Indian. School is beginning to suck but it still retains a good reputation among colleges. (We always get a good number of students into Ivy League schools)</p>

<p>Academics: (My School Uses) Weighted GPA- 3.9/4.0 Unweighted is probably a 3.4/3.5
Rank - unsure, at least top 25%
I take the hardest classes my school has to offer including
-5 years of sciences (1 of honors chem, honors bio and honors earth science, and 2 of physics (1 is AP),
-5 years of math (Algebra II, Geometry, Pre Calc Honors, AB Calc, and AP Stat) And I have taken a precalc summer course
- 2 Years of technology courses including Transportation Technology, Tech and Design, and Robotics
-and also 4 years of history and English both AP. (the only thing I don't take honors/AP of is Spanish)</p>

<p>SAT Scores- 700 math, 640 in Reading and 660 in Writing (I'm going to take it again)</p>

<p>Math II Sat II- 720
US History Sat II- 620
English literacy SAT II- 600</p>

<p>AP tests will be: AP English, AP US History, AP AB Calc, AP euro, AP Econ Macro/Micro, AP Physics B,
so far I've gotten a 4 on both my AP English Language, and AP US History</p>

<p>Extra Curricular:
1. Track (Sprint Varsity) - 8 years (through high school) with numerous awards. Summer of 9th Grade I qualified for Nationals (AAU) after passing the county, state, and regional level. Time commitment- Every day (including weekends not sunday) during the spring time.
2. 5 years of band playing percussion
3. Part of the Debate team (Forensics) for 4 years (Varsity). Awards won in local and national level tournaments. Currently Treasurer of the Team as well as Novice Trainer. Time commitment- 3 days a week all year not including tournaments on the weekends and during breaks. Approximately 30 tournaments attended including First Place in the National Debate Forum.
4. Model United Nations- once a week, (not very big for me)
5. Interact (community service) Approximately 100 hours + doing various community service activities
6. Summer Job at my father's hydraulic business (doing paperwork)
7. Co-founder of a magazine in school based on international events taking place (editor and writer).
8. Fed Challenge (Economic "Game")
9. Boys State over the summer (I did a lot of stuff in this)
10. Nominated from my School to attend Governor's School of International Studies</p>

<p>I should be able to get a recommendation from some excellent English/math teachers</p>

<p>and, I am also intending to apply for electrical engineering (maybe mechanical not positive), can you chance me on that program?</p>

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<p>Seeing as you are OOS I’m fairly certain that you should get in. ECs look good, so does the course load. Not quite sure how a weighted gpa is out of 4.0, but if you have a 3.9 from it then you’ll be fine. I got into the engineering school at U of I with a slightly worse score on the SAT than you, so I have no doubt that you will be accepted.</p>

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<p>A reach (but still apply) if your class rank, a very key factor, is only top 25% (engineering’s middle 50% range for this year’s class was top 8% to 2%). SAT is near middle of pack so OK there. The solid course schedule should help.</p>

<p>It does not want any recommendation letters and it does not consider SAT IIs for admission.</p>

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<p>How does your school’s weighted/unweighted scale work?</p>

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<p>we work on the plus and minus system and so for advanced classes (honors/ap):
A+ = 5.3
A=5
A-=4.67
B+=4.3
B=4 etc.
just subtract 1 from everything for regular classes, my gpa isnt that great b/c i didnt take many advanced classes till junior year. My rank is apparently in the top 15% but as far as colleges are concerned that means 25%</p>

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<p>o and when i said 3.9/4 i meant my gpa is currently somewhere between 3.9 and 4 (not out of, sorry) im just not sure on the exact #</p>

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<p>Ah okay. From the looks of your GPA… does that mean you mainly got A’s in regular classes and B’s in Honors/Advanced classes?</p>

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<p>I would say thats pretty accurate,</p>