my chances please !! ^^

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
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<p>hi I am an international student attending a small school in Texas.</p>

<p>I'm planning to apply as a early action to champaign, and I would like </p>

<p>you guys to juge my chance to get into champaign. ^^</p>

<p>I have had many volunteering experiences </p>

<p>-Helped bulit houses for poor people in the philippines.
-Worked at the city hall
-joined in a NGO
-Taught lesson for poor immigrants.
-Taught English for immigrants.
-Cleaned the city every weekend.
-Worked at the school library.
-Cleaned the river every weekend.
-Joined in a environmental clean project.
-Taught Korean to young people.
-Helped people who were injured by tsunami.
-Made food for poor people
-plant trees
-worked at the post office.
-worked at the government.
-taught bible lessons for students.
-etc.</p>

<p>Therefore I am planning to write my essays about my volunteering
experiences in many countries since I was 12.</p>

<p>However, my scores are pretty bad to apply to champaign.
SAT 1750 SAt on oct 1800
GPA 3.56 (UW) our school doesn't offer honors or aps
Toefl 240 (required for international students)(minimum 213 for champaign)</p>

<p>Leadership skills, activities, and talents.</p>

<p>-captain for freshman(president)
-varsity soccer captain
-Math Team Captain
-Theatre Movie leader
-Won a English speech contest in City
-Won a Math Competion in a district
-Member of study group
-Member of chess team
-leader of international honors society
-Member of design team
-won the district champion for math competition.
-Won the first prize in English depart.
-organized a environmental team
-won the english competion again.
-won the Math competition again.</p>

<p>These are my talents and abilities.
I am considering a major either Math or general studies.
(please tell me which would have more chance to get in.)
Please judge my chances and please give me some</p>

<p>advise. Thank you ^^</p>

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<p>Wo, calm down. For a sec I thought you were going to apply for engineering but you are not and that simplifies everything. Can you get in. YES. With early action or w/e. SHOE IN. I'm basing this off of your volunteer service. Did you take the ACT?</p>

<p>I took ACT and SAT. Got pretty much the same SAT score (totally sucked during test day) but a 30 ACT. You have an average GPA for Uiuc so I wouldnt worry. What type of classes are you/did you take? </p>

<p>Like I said, I am pretty confident that with a decent essay and good class schedule, you should be fine. If I might ask, why uiuc?</p>

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<p>I'm not planning to apply as an engineering. But I'm plannning to apply
as a general studies or mathematics. I haven't taken ACT and I am
not planning to take ACT. The main reason I want to go to UIUC is
because of its good reputation and some good programs they have. ^^</p>

<p>Do you think I still do have a chance to get in even I have a low score on SAt such as 1750???</p>

<p>And do you thnink my volunteer experiences that I have done will help</p>

<p>me a lot when apply to UIUC??? </p>

<p>Thanks very much for your reply ^^</p>

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<p>I think it (volunteer experience) will help emensly .sp. You have a lot of it compared to your competition, mainly average Illinois students. </p>

<p>As for your SAT, don't worry. I had the exact SAT score (though I didnt give it to them lol, I only gave my ACT). They wont really look into it that much if you take a rigorous courseload and your grades are good. Good luck, I really think your are fine.</p>