Chances?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
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<p>I'm currently applying for UIUC's College of Business. </p>

<p>Unweighted GPA: 3.9
ACT: 32
SAT: never taken; would it help if I did?
School doesn't rank</p>

<p>Most of my classes consist of honors or AP
Senior classes: H Accounting, H Pre-Cal, AP Comp., AP Physics B, AP Chinese, Ap Psych.(my other 2 AP's are Chem and US which were taken last year)</p>

<p>EC's
Key Club 11, 12
Asian Amer. Club 10, 11, 12
Church band 10 (I don't know if this counts since it wasn't for the high school)</p>

<p>Work Exp.
Restaurant Worker 10
Assistant DJ 12</p>

<p>Community S. (hours total around 300)
Elementary School Tutor 11, 12
Church Cleaner 9, 10
Summer School Teacher Aide (Again, I don't know if this counts since it was done during the summer before my soph. year)</p>

<p>No awards...</p>

<p>Certainly am NOT a strong essay writer.</p>

<p>Okay, so what are my chances of getting into UIUC's College of Business(planning to major in Accounting)? I understand that their program is among the most selective and the rate of acceptance is relatively low. I'm very worried about my EC's and the fact that I don't have much business experience, as you can see from my choices of clubs and classes. I'm writing essay #1 about how it's my goal to become an accountant, but as I said, my writing skills aren't that great.</p>

<p>By the way, my 2nd essay is on my experience tutoring kids. Do you think it would be inappropriate to do this as I'm applying to business?</p>

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<p>I hope you get in, because I have pretty similar stats and I’m applying for business.</p>

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<p>My suggestion on essays would be to get out of the box. Don’t just write about wanting to be an accountant but try to tie something else in. Have a good opening that catches their eye. Remeber they read thousands. You want to stand out. Of course you want to be an accountant…try to be creative. Just a thought…</p>

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<p>You have no awards whatsoever? What about NHS, Dean’s List, other Honors Societies?</p>

<p>I had a slightly lower GPA (3.7 or so around the time I was applying) and a 34 ACT. Don’t take the SAT. It won’t really impact your chances too much. 32 on the ACT is good enough for the Business School.</p>

<p>Your ECs are a bit weak. I wouldn’t really include that Church band thing because it doesn’t impress at all. Your Community Service looks pretty good though.</p>

<p>Personally, I think you should get into the Business school… but it’s not guaranteed. Work hard on your essays and get multiple people’s opinions. Good luck (:</p>

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<p>when i visited u of i last spring, the business dean told me that one of the big misconceptions about their admissions is that your EC’s have to be business focused - they don’t. so don’t worry about that. they want leaders from all kinds of places in the high school world, not just DECA state champs.</p>