NEW Official UIUC Regular Decision Admission Results Thread 2017** - Release 02/15

happynewyear · February 15, 2013, 4:04pm

Hi
Due to the original regular admission thread having too many posts already(130 posts), we decided to make the original one a discussion thread and this one an actual decision post thread

I wish everyone good luck..
Hope we all get in!!! :D

JRswish · February 15, 2013, 4:08pm

Shoutout to rishav17 for the original thread
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[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted (INSERT SCHOOL HERE)[/color][/size]
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Waitlisted (INSERT SCHOOL HERE)[/color][/size]
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected (INSERT SCHOOL HERE)**[/color][/size]

[ b]Objective:[list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ ] Additional Rec:
[ ] Interview:
[ /list][ b]Other
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ ]Income Bracket:
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ b]Reflection
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ b]General Comments:**

TheNexus · February 15, 2013, 5:24pm

Decision: Rejected (Engineering)

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2120 (didn’t send)
[] ACT: 35 (35 English 36 Math 34 Reading 35 Science)
[] SAT II: 790 Math 2
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.2
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Took 4 junior year, got all 5’s, and 4 more this year
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Physics, AP World, Finite Math, Economics, English
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[list]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Sooolid.
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service: Good
[] Summer Activities: Great!
[] Essays: Great!
[] Teacher Recommendation:
[] Counselor Rec:
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview:
[ /list][ b]Other
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Rigorous Public
[] Ethnicity: Indian (asian)
[] Gender: Male
[]Income Bracket: 300k+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Reflection
[li] Strengths: ACT, EC’s, Essays[/li][] Weaknesses: GPA
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: GPA
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: SJSU so far.
General Comments: Thought I’d have an actual chance here. Guess not.

latitude123 · February 15, 2013, 5:30pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): Did not submit
[] ACT: 32 C (32 E, 27 M, 34 R, 36 S) Superscored 33 C
[] SAT II: Did not submit
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.54, 3.9 W
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 25%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):
AP European History
Honors Chemistry
Honors Pre-Calculus
AP Environmental Science
AP Calculus AB
AP Computer Science
AP English Lang/Comp
AP Statistics (Taking now)
AP English Lit/Comp (Taking now)
AP Biology (Taking now)
AP Gov/Econ (Taking now)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None, other than more minor awards, like AP Scholar with Honor, National Merit Commended Scholar, placed highly at comp. sci. competitions (6th at Stanford ProCo, etc)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):

Member of a programming team that competes at local area competitions such as Stanford ProCo and the Harker Programming Invitational, among others. 6th place at Stanford ProCo.
Android developer, founded a small app development studio, Exponential Studios, in order to “learn by doing”.
Founder and president of a profitable student run, non school affiliated investing club founded to gain real world experience. 15% gain YTD.
Volunteer at Alameda Food Bank, distributed food to local needy, placed in charge of distribution and stocking of donated produce.
Member of school’s National Science Bowl team as part of Science Club. NSB is a national math and science “quiz bowl” style competition sponsored by the US DoE.
Varsity Swimmer and Water Polo player for high school, as well as doing off-season club competition. JV Water Polo captain, lead JV to undefeated season.
Red Cross Certified Lifeguard, Certified in CPR/AED, First Aid for the Professional Rescuer, Shallow + Deep Water Lifeguarding.
Overall 100+ community service hours.
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: Above.
[] Summer Activities: Above.
[] Essays: Decent.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Decent.
[] Counselor Rec: Decent.
[] Additional Rec: None.
[] Interview: None.
[/ul]Other
[li] State (if domestic applicant): CA[/li][] Country (if international applicant): 'Murica.
[] School Type: HS ranked ~550 nationally. ~100 in CA.
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 200k+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None.
Reflection
[li] Strengths: ACT, ECs.[/li][] Weaknesses: GPA, maybe essays.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
General Comments: Likely not attending. Was accepted to alt. major. (Statistics and Computer Science)

JRswish · February 15, 2013, 5:30pm

Decision: Accepted (Liberal Arts & Sciences)

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2180 (800 M, 680 CR, 700 W, 6 Essay)
[] SAT II: 800 M2, 770 M1 650 USH
[] TOEFL: 110
[] Percentage: AAAAB in Freshman Year, AAABB in Sophomore Year, BCCCC in Junior Year, ABCCF in Senior Year
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 35% in Senior Year, Top 25% in Junior Year
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): USH (3) Stats (3)
[] Senior Year Course Load: CBSE English, Math, Econ., Business Studies, Accounting
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Started a group, performed with group, some cultural course
[] Job/Work Experience: 2 paid internships for 3 weeks each
[] Volunteer/Community service: 50+ hours
[] Summer Activities: Summer@Brown for 2 weeks
[] Essays: Excellent
[] Recommendations: Not required
[] Interview: None
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Country (if international applicant): India
[] School Type: No idea
[] Ethnicity: Asian - Indian
[] Gender: Male
[]Income Bracket: $200,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Dat SAT score
[] Weaknesses: GPA/Grades
[] Why you think you were accepted: SAT score
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: 1st decision[/li][/ul]General Comments: Frank Ocean should have won AOTY at the Grammys, #Melo4MVP, #KnicksTape, #GMenforSBXLVIII, congrats to mah homegurl who got into NYU, #FkkYouOscarPistorius, #YOLO

margiem315 · February 15, 2013, 5:41pm

I was accepted!!! Sooooo happy!!! And um about my stats, I feel like they aren’t even close to the rest, like my ACT was a 26 and you guys have yours in the thirties so I wont post them. But congrats!

OhMyGoddess · February 15, 2013, 6:03pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 570 Math, 610 Writing, 710 CR
[] ACT: n/a
[] SAT II: 540 Math I, 600 Lit
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.4
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP English Lang, AP Stats, AP Psych (haven’t taken tests yet)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, AP Psych and then core classes that everyone has to take
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Helped manage my family restaurant starting in 8th grade. Eventually won a national award in a competition for top Chinese restaurants. Also involved in Peer Leadership at school where two other seniors and I teach a group of 9th graders twice a week.
[] Job/Work Experience: See above.
[] Volunteer/Community service: Didn’t mention any
[] Summer Activities: Worked at my uncle’s restaurant
[] Essays: Good. Very straight-forward and to the point.
[] Teacher Recommendation: “Glowing” - as my AP English teacher said
[] Counselor Rec: Outstanding
[] Additional Rec: Good
[li] Interview: n/a[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[]Income Bracket: > $20,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First gen[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: My extracurriculars. I was able to tie my work experience into why I wanted to do Economics.
[] Weaknesses: GPA/test scores
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have no idea. I worked hard and hoped for the best. I’m glad it worked out.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: n/a. This was my first notification.

[/ul]General Comments:[list]
n/a

MaR00n · February 15, 2013, 6:26pm

Decision:Accepted(LAS Biology)

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 680 CR, 720 M, 750 WR (2150) superscore
[] ACT:
[] SAT II:730 MATH 1, 760 CHM, 780 BIO E
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): idk
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):none
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): nil
[] Senior Year Course Load: not too heavy/ idk
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):some school awards[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): community service, UNESCO, about five other stuff
[] Job/Work Experience: internship at oil company
[] Volunteer/Community service:
[] Summer Activities:volunteer work in an orphanage
[] Essays: struggled to shorten my common app essay to about 400 words, wrote another essay. I didn’t think they were sooo wonderful though…
[] Teacher Recommendation: none
[] Counselor Rec: nil
[] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview:[/li]
[/ul]Other
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant): Nigeria
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender: female
[ *]Income Bracket: idk
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none!

Reflection
[ *] Strengths: i have no clue
[ *] Weaknesses: essays!!!
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: first acceptance/ decision

General Comments: college admissions have become sooo competitive… i mean this is just ridiculous…

chinnu13795 · February 15, 2013, 9:28pm

Objective:[list]
[ *] SAT I : 2220 (800 (M) 710 (CR) 710 (W)
[ *] ACT: none
[ *] SAT II: Math Level2 - 800, Physics - 800
[ *] Unweighted GPA: 3.75
[ *] Rank : Top 5%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB: Predicted 44/45
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:IB: Maths, Physics, Che. Economics - Higher Level
English & Spanish - Standard Level
[ *] Major Awards : Oracle’s World contest “Think Quest” - 3rd prize
Represented India in World Robotics
Basketball Captain Played in International at Sharjah - More Goals
“Bala Ratna” Award for high Academic performance from 8th to 10th
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars:
[ *] Job/Work Experience: internship during junior
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: around 300 hrs Junior Redcross member
[ *] Summer Activities:: Web designing, Teaching poor students
[ *] Essays: Worked hard - Must be good
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Good I feel
[ *] Counselor Rec: Good
[ ] Additional Rec: –
[ ] Interview: -----
[ /list][ b]Other
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): no
[ *] Country (if international applicant): India
[ *] School Type:International School
[ *] Ethnicity: ASIAN
[ *] Gender: Male

GolfCart15 · February 15, 2013, 9:47pm

Decision: Accepted (Bioengineering)

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2170 (800 M, 630 CR, 740 WR)
ACT: N/A
SAT II: Did not submit
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 90.88 (We go on the 100 point scale)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Do not rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
IB (place score in parenthesis): IB Physics HL, IB Biology HL, IB English HL, IB Mathematics SL, IB History SL (5), IB Spanish SL (5)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): IB Diploma Candidate

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):

Varsity baseball (Captain)
Varsity football
Key Club
Six-stringed guitar
School Open House/ Orientation Committee
CPR/ First Aid certified
Job/Work Experience:
Camp counselor
Baseball instructor
Middle school mathematics tutor
Volunteer/Community service:
Nursing home volunteer (assistant technician)
Bridge of Books Foundation
Summer Activities: Above
Essays: 8/10
Teacher Recommendation: Probabaly good
Counselor Rec: Probably good
Additional Rec: None.
Interview: None.
Other
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Small public, extremely competitive (top 20 in nation, 2nd in state)
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 200k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nope
Reflection
Strengths: SAT, high school rankings, essays
Weaknesses: GPA, lack of academic involvement outside of school
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I don’t really know. Applying out of state regular decision, I expected to be rejected.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Rutgers, Maryland, The Collge of NJ. Rejected: Upenn, Caltech. Deferred: Villanova, Case Western
General Comments: It was a pleasant surprise. I have decided that I want to go to a large state school, so Illinois is definitely a great option for me.

skatergirl07 · February 15, 2013, 9:49pm

Decision: Accepted (Aerospace Engineering)

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 740M, 630R, 650W (superscored. 2020)
[] ACT: didn’t take
[] SAT II: Phy 680, Chem 730, Bio 690, M2 770 M1 760
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): We don’t have a GPA system in our school
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): We dont have a rank either, but I know im somewhere in the middle, like high middle, probably about top 35%?
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): UK A Levels ftw
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): nope
[] Senior Year Course Load: A2 Chemistry, A2 Physics, A2 Mathematics
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): UKMT Senior Math Challenge Gold[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Underwater Robotics Team (Captain), Ball Hockey team, Cross Country Team, Senior House Captain, School Prefect
[] Job/Work Experience: worked at a dentists’ once for about a week, then camp counsellor
[] Volunteer/Community service: taught kids english on saturday mornings, and head of a charity group at school.
[] Summer Activities: 2012 - Summer@Brown Robot Rover Derby; Curie Academy at Cornell, 2011 - Summer@USC
[] Essays: really good.
[] Teacher Recommendation: awesome. i got my physics teacher to do it
[] Counselor Rec: good
[] Additional Rec: good
[li] Interview: didn’t get one[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): International
[] Country (if international applicant): Hong Kong
[] School Type: Competitive Private (International School)
[] Ethnicity: Chinese
[] Gender: Female (Probably why I got engineering)
[]Income Bracket: >300K
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Female Engineer?[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: essays
[] Weaknesses: test scores
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: essays and female engineer
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted UVA, Deferred Brown ED

[/ul]General Comments:[ul]
I guess you should make your essays as good as can be, like even though your scores may be a bit on the low side (like mine :P) I think my essays seriously pulled up my chances. Happy applying![/ul]

rishav17 · February 15, 2013, 10:15pm

Decision: Accepted (Electrical Engineering)

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2180 (M-800,W-730,R-650)
[] ACT: Should’ve taken it, but didn’t!!
[] SAT II: MII - 780, Phy - 760… Din’t send either of them!!
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A, 10th - 94%, 11th - 84% (Indian system)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/99
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Toughest available
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Harvard MUN Outstanding delegate maybe?
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Many ECs but listing only those mentioned in the UIUC app:-

Student Govt.
Event Head at School’s national science fair
Various Model UN awards, organized a Model UN
Football(Soccer) - some achievements
Basketball - some achievements
[] Job/Work Experience: None, too damn lazy!!
[] Volunteer/Community service: National Cadet Corps - 2yrs; National Service Scheme 2yrs
[] Summer Activities: Nothing great
[] Essays: Not great! Essay #1 was a truncated version of my commonapp one. Essay #2 was on photography written in 5-10 minutes!!
[] Teacher Recommendation: They don;t require these!
[] Counselor Rec: Not needed
[] Additional Rec: Don’t even have one, but not needed again!
[] Interview: Nah!
[/ul]Other
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): India
[] School Type: Pvt
[] Ethnicity: Indian
[] Gender: Male
[]Income Bracket: Low, but no relation with the admission decision
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None!
Reflection
[li] Strengths: SAT in top 25 percentile for UIUC, good enough ECs & grades.[/li][] Weaknesses: Bad bad essay!
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: They need the Intn’l tuition fee, which I’m not going to give them!!
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted - Drexel University, All other rejections are due on March 28th - yes it’s Ivy day!!
General Comments: Pretty useless this acceptance, unless UIUC sees this post and decides to offer me a decent enough scholarship!!
Anyway congrats to all those accepted, keep pursuing to all those waitlisted and hard luck to all those rejected!!

Over & out!! :)

mahatolba · February 16, 2013, 12:28am

Decision: Accepted (AHS: Speech and Hearing Sciences)

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): CR: 660 M: 570 W: 640 Total: 1870
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Psychology
[] Senior Year Course Load: One honor one AP
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): not an academic award, but i received a merit scholarship from the department of state to study in Korea for 6 weeks.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Community Plays, EFFECT Club, tutoring, [nothing special]
[li] Job/Work Experience:[/li][] Volunteer/Community service: Habitat for Humanity trip to Cambodia
[] Summer Activities: trip to korea mentioned previously
[] Essays: average
[/ul]Other
[] State (if domestic applicant): its complicated
[] Country (if international applicant): American Citizen living in Saudi Arabia
[] School Type: College Prep
[] Ethnicity: Arab (Half Egyptian half Yemeni)
[] Gender: Female
Reflection
[li] Strengths: I have lots of foreign language experience (I’m studying Korean and Spanish and Arabic is my second language), I have the scholarship to Korea which was really competitive, and I think in my essay I managed to show a lot of personality which I guess they liked. Also, the fact that I’m an American citizen living in Saudi Arabia with Egyptian and Yemeni parents was probably a reason why they kept reading my application despite my low GPA and low-ish sat scores (depending on who you ask). Anyway, my essays were focused on my cultural background and how its changed my perspective on life so im sure UIUC liked that[/li][] Weaknesses: low GPA, low sat scores, not that many extra curriculars
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Along with the reasons mentioned previously, i think a big reason why i got accepted is because the college of Applied Health Sciences is one of the least competitive and not many people apply for Speech and Hearing Sciences so I dont have that much competition hahaha
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: this is my first notification
General Comments:
my application had some good strengths but it also had a lot of weaknesses; i think the one thing that tipped it in my favor was the fact that both the college and major I applied to were both uncompetitive compared to UIUC’s other majors haha. IM SUPER HAPPY I GOT IN, UIUC WAS MY TOP CHOICE!!!

KD94025 · February 16, 2013, 12:34am

I have seen much longer threads in other fora, I personally think starting a second thread was not a good idea.

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