Hmm. Not accepted. Let's figure out why.

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
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<p>My ACT scores? 21 or something. Pssh. I think I took those back in 2004 when they were forced upon us by the Illinois school system. If that's what annoyed them, ****, why didn't they just say so? Gee, I'll take them over again if they so desire. It's silly, though, since I'll have the associate's degree. Maybe the people at UIUC want to humor themselves and see if I'm more intelligent than a contemporary high school student.</p>

<p>I started college in 2005 while in high school, changed majors three times (computer science/engineering -> psychology -> biology), and will graduate in about 6 days. I've worked two jobs during those three years, and I've made a decent amount of money. I also did locksmithing in my spare time. In high school, I dealt with biased, prickish teachers who didn't care for any of their students. And my GPA easily went down to 2.95 or something. Hey, sorry that my drama partner decided to get pregnant and do crack in sophomore year of high school. It's not like I wanted a $#@Q#% "D" in that class! I'm serious. I was a great actor. I didn't understand the school system, so I wasn't aware I could report my teacher. Anyway, that teen girl did crack and kiled her kid. That's what she did. Seriously. I went to an alternative school directly afterward, because I decided that teachers in the school district did not care for students. Furthermore, I've got above a 3.95 college GPA after being in there three years. </p>

<p>To say the least, I didn't get accepted to UIUC.
I did receive something in the mail, though.
I've read that most people don't get told why they were declined.
It was a form of an apology, which was just b.s. rhetoric.
Something about not being the same as other transfer students.
The letter simply repeated the fact that they don't want to accept me in some cloud of "you're not like others." Well, duh, that's discrimination. I was going to be a psychologist, so I can easily pinpoint discrimination. Simply comparing me from one person to another is bias.</p>

<p>A friend suggested that UIUC sent that so I wouldn't be insulted into a better form of borderline freedom fighter. Too bad. I'm annoyed and going to hold it against UIUC.</p>

<p>Something about how I don't compare to a lot of the other students going there.</p>

<p>I'm not too sure about that. I've been friends with a lot of people who are going to UIUC right now. Oddly, though, I think they get money from the government and financial need: They get free money for school.</p>

<p>Perhaps it has to do with UIUC obtaining somewhat decent students, paying their tuition for free, and understanding it boosts UIUC's stats to have graduating students who get above 3.4 GPAs because they have nothing to worry about. If you don't have to worry about money, then you can study all day long.</p>

<p>I'm not saying that helping people with money is a bad thing. But UIUC is acting like a business more than a school. And I mean it's really acting like a business.</p>

<p>It could be the fact I wanted to beat the system. Perhaps one of the people reviewing me knew that I was planning on testing out of 20+ credits once I got there. In other words, I was going to save over $12000 USD. I guess I was too mature and wise to notice that its impractical for UIUC to bring fundamental topics of science to such a level that you can't test out of them. In other words, if I memorized the book, paid attention to detail, and thought about things while remembing all of this (maybe reading into topics), I could pass the tests and save money. Perhaps I shouldn't have asked if the MCB core courses can be tested out of. Maybe the people felt a little threatened.</p>

<p>I can't really believe that UIUC is about intelligence. I really don't believe that. UIC's neuroscience projects are much more interesting than UIUC's. It takes creativity to pull those off. They have much more applicable use, too. And I've known a lot of people from UIUC. I don't see them having potential and creativity. Maybe one out of ten people I've known who go there actually have some creativity. Other people tend to be copy-cat drones that are doing the same thing as everyone else.</p>

<p>This makes me think UIUC has some extreme bias about itself. Perhaps the US News ratings boosted the school. UW-Madison beats UIUC any day of the week.</p>

<p>So, yeah, I'm ****ed at UIUC. I'm really interested in the caliber of future scientists and biologists who are going there.</p>

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<p>You seem very bitter.</p>

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<p>No offense or anything, but after reading your rant it's kind of obvious why they didn't accept you. </p>

<p>Along with the fact that a 21 ACT, even if it was a long time ago, is not up to UIUC standards.</p>

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<p>^No doubt about that. </p>

<p>8 days left!</p>

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<p>I know only 8 days! I have like a counter in my room I cannot wait. I have a basketball game that night and I am getting special permission to get called during the game. Cross my fingers hope to die, god please get me into U of I!</p>

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<p>you are a perpetual victim. with that attitude you will not succeed.</p>

<p>the OP is just a Freudian rationalization. IMHO, you are using an anonymous outlet to overcompensate for your feelings of inferiority due to the rejection.</p>

<p>learn to cope. you just didnt hit the UIUC standards.</p>

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<p>I TOTALLY get being angry after not getting into a school, but:</p>

<p>21 ACT is way low for UIUC--not sure why you expected them to ignore that. I'm sure 99% of the other applicants with 21's were also rejected.</p>

<p>The AP thing--testing out of classes--UIUC accepts tons of AP credits (everyone I know who goes there's credits transferred), so I doubt they were specifically targeting you to get extra money </p>

<p>"I've been friends with a lot of people who are going to UIUC right now. Oddly, though, I think they get money from the government and financial need: They get free money for school." <---I don't even understand that paragraph. You mean federal loans/financial aid? That's pretty typical.</p>

<p>"Maybe one out of ten people I've known who go there actually have some creativity. Other people tend to be copy-cat drones that are doing the same thing as everyone else."</p>

<p>How many "tens" of people do you know there? I doubt it's enough to make such a generalization. </p>

<p>"Simply comparing me from one person to another is bias."</p>

<p>--That's not bias, that's college admissions. They want to get the most competitive class possible that they believe "fits" the university.</p>

<p>Put it in the past--you got an education somewhere else, and once you've been in the professional world for a while, employers don't care as much where you went to college. It becomes "where did you last work and what did you accomplish there?". If you don't think UIUC is so great, then maybe you should be happy you didn't end up there.</p>

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<p>Wait, we're hearing back on the 12th?</p>

<p>Nice............</p>

<p>EDIT: Dec. 12th at 5pm, CST</p>

<p>Glorious.</p>

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<p>The title of your post if misleading since this is more of you complaining about how you were rejected rather than really figuring out why you didn't get accepted. </p>

<p>But let's do analyze your arguments:</p>

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<li><p>Your ACT score is just too low. How can you expect to enter a somewhat selective college when you standardized test scores is just at the state average. If you know the college requires it as a part of evaluating all applicants, why didn't you just retake the ACT? It's your own fault for your low score; don't blame the school.</p></li>
<li><p>Just because you have an associate's degree doesn't make you smarter than the contemporary high school. Anyone can waste away two years at a community college and receive this degree - it doesn't take a genius. The worst part about this argument? You sounding all arrogant when you were rejected by a mediocre college. </p></li>
<li><p>"In high school, I dealt with biased, prickish teachers who didn't care for any of their students."</p></li>
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<p>While I can sympathize with having bad teachers, I seriously doubt all your teachers were "biased and prickish." Furthermore, I don't understand how your drama partner's wrongdoing could cause so much harm to your grade. I don't know about you, but at my school, it takes more than just failing one class to received a 2.95 GPA (a less than average might I add). As an adult, complaining about teachers and life's bad luck is just childish and beyond pathetic. Maybe if you were more proactive about life and complained less, you would've gotten into UIUC.</p>

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<li>"I was going to be a psychologist, so I can easily pinpoint discrimination. Simply comparing me from one person to another is bias."</li>
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<p>a. I thought you are now a biology major after you changed from psychology.
b. Of course there is bias in the college application process. How else are they suppose to choose between applicants, Einstein? Are they suppose to toss everyone's name in a hat and randomly pick people? You were biased against because of your application, which wasn't competitive enough against more qualified candidates. </p>

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<li>"Too bad. I'm annoyed and going to hold it against UIUC."</li>
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<p>Oh yes, holding it against UIUC will make them sad and accept you out of guilt. You failed. Accept it and move on with your life.</p>

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<li>"Something about how I don't compare to a lot of the other students going there. I'm not too sure about that..."</li>
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<p>Well, that's not for you to decide is it? Maybe your friends have other characteristics that make them stand out above you and got accepted over you. You are not admission officer; how could you possibly deem you are better than the majority of the average matriculates just from anecdotal evidence?</p>

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<li>"In other words, I was going to save over $12000 USD."</li>
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<p>According to their website, last year, 77% of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign students received financial aid. So no, your @12,000 is a little drop in the ocean compared to the $608 million in financial aid funds they handed out. </p>

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<li>"Maybe the people felt a little threatened."</li>
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<p>Or maybe you are just a little too arrogant for your own good...</p>

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<li>"UIC's neuroscience projects are much more interesting than UIUC's."</li>
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<p>Then go there; no one at UIUC is begging at your door for you to go to there instead. </p>

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<li>"I'm really interested in the caliber of future scientists and biologists who are going there."</li>
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<p>Yes, because the caliber of students from community colleges are soooo much better than those of 4-year universities. </p>

<p>If you want to vent, go talk to your friends. If you really want to know why you didn't get accepted, then you should seriously examine the flaws on your own application and consider how to change/amend them. Sitting here and complaining instead of self-analyzing at CC won't change UIUC's decision, or for that matter, any other college's.</p>

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<p>^wow...u seriously wrote some persuasive facts...OP's just complaining how his life sucked..at the same time, casting the blame on UIUC. just ignore him</p>

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<p>azndoubleb I agree with basically everything you said, but it's a tad harsh to call UIUC mediocre. I mean it's one of the least competitive/selective schools I applied to, but I still think it's a pretty solid school (and one of the best publics in the country).</p>

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<p>hey, i think i've met you before. you're the reason i would choose to vote against gun control.
please keep me informed on what college you choose to go to so i don't go there too.</p>

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<p>^ Unnecessary... Not everyone resorts to violence</p>