is this my safety?

Colleges & Universities A-Z University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
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<p>I LIVE IN IL!! Applyinh to the business school. </p>

<p>Stats:
GPA: 3.74/4.00 (UW)
4.16/4 (W)
Rank: 20/535 (top 5%)</p>

<p>ACT: 34
SAT 2'S:
US History- 730
Math IIC- 780
Literature-680</p>

<p>By end of high school: 9 AP'S: AP US (5), AP EURO, CALC AB (5)
Senior year: AP ECON (MACRO/MICRO), AP PHYSICS C, AP SPANISH,
AP ENGLISH, AP GOV/POL</p>

<p>EC'S:</p>

<p>Job- All 4 years of high school (first 2 as a regular babysitter for 12 hours a week at least and last two as a mcdonalds cashier 15 hours/wk ) </p>

<p>Scholastic Bowl- 4 yrs Team Captain- Jv (2yrs) Var(2yrs). Top scorer every year on my team. Named to all conference team last year.</p>

<p>Sports-
Basketball-Freshman A; Soph(2yrs) Intramurals (2yrs)
Baseball (2yrs)
Fall intramurals (4yrs) Basketball/Volleyball(for those lacking the time)
Winter Intramurals (2yrs)-Basketball</p>

<p>Commiunity Service- 2 yrs- run a gift shop (200+ hours)</p>

<p>NHS (which includes canned food drive, peer tutoring, and reading to young kids) (2yrs) BOARD MEMBER</p>

<p>SO.... with all parts taken into consideration should I consider U of I in UC a legitimate safety?</p>

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<p>It would be at the other colleges in the university but school of business should never be considered a true safety. That college depends more than any of the others at UIUC on a full file review and thus you shuld consider essays important. Your stats place you in its upper 25% but that college has been to known to reject many who have high stats. It also has the lowest admission rate, under 50%, of all the UIUC colleges. Thus, I would consider it a good match but whenever a college has an admission rate under 50% no one should consider it an easy safety. On a side note, your SAT II's are of no value because UIUC does not use them for admission.</p>

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<p>thanks for the reply...by under 50% do you mean in the 40's? or lower?</p>

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<p>For entry class of 2006 it was high 40's</p>

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<p>I really wouldn't consider it a safety, but with a 34 and that GPA, plus commitment in school, I don't see how you wouldn't get in.</p>