Northwestern/UIUC Transfer Help !!!

<p>Hi im currently attending a community college (Triton College). I have a 4.0 GPA and im starting my sophomore year here. Im planning on transferring soon, the school i want to transfer to is UIUC (i want to go into Biology and Pre-Med). My friends make it seem like UIUC is super hard to get into. Is it? Also, i dont know if there is a point for me to apply to northwester. This school has been my dream school, but i dont know what are my chances. I made presidents list here at Triton every semester , i have extensive community service with the salvation army. I have Biology and Chemistry professors that finished Ann Harbor and University of Pennsylvanian that gave me very good letters of recommendations. So i want to know... do i have a chance to get into UIUC? And most importantly is there even a point for me to apply to Northwestern?</p>

<p>UIUC’s college of arts and sciences isn’t very competitive. On the other hand, NU is very competitive. Not to mention, they don’t take many CC transfers. That said, I wouldn’t discourage you from applying to NU but keep in mind that only 20 of the 200 annual transfers that are accepted come from CCs.</p>