<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2130, didn’t send
[</em>] SAT IIs: 780 bio 750 math 2 700 lit (didn’t send)
[<em>] ACT:34
[</em>] APs: Bio 5 AP US 4 AP Lang 4 taking 5 more this year
[<em>] IBs: None
[</em>] GPA: about 99% W, 93% UW
[<em>] Rank: top 10% competitive school (doesn’t rank)
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Not too impressive, pres of a club, NHS, newspaper, member in a few more clubs, student council, lots of theater
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: PT job for 6 months
[<em>] Essays: Mediocre I did the Illinois ones in like 45 minutes haha
[</em>] Teacher Recs: N/A
[<em>] Counselor Rec: N/A
[</em>] Applied on: I don’t know, a long time ago
[<em>] Hook (if any): None? In state?
[/ul]Location/Person:[list]
[</em>] State or Country: IL
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Really good private school
[</em>] Ethnicity:White
[li] Gender: Male</p>[/li]
<p>I don’t know if I’m going. It’s a good fall back if I can’t get the money together for a more pricey school.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 34
[</em>] APs: Euro History, Calc AB, US History, Eng Language: All 4s
[<em>] UW-GPA: 3.8
[</em>] W-GPA: 4.45
[<em>] Rank: 23/~460
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Art Club, School Newspaper (Art Editor), Art Honor Society, School Art Magazine, NHS, Spanish Honor Society, Volunteering at numerous Humane Societies, Badminton
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Badminton and its impact on me. Learning a foreign language and why I want to do International Business
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Spanish Teacher and Badminton Coach (Did not send)
[<em>] Counselor Rec:
[</em>] Applied on: Oct 22, 2008
[<em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Illinois
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, sends a few students to top schools
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[li] Gender: Female[/li][/ul]
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Words can not describe how happy I am!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 1860
[</em>] SAT IIs: 740 USH
[<em>] ACT: 30
[</em>] APs: USH: 4
[<em>] IBs: N/A
[</em>] Rank: ?
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: 5
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Summer Job - Three Summers
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Awesome!
[<em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: IL
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Black
[*] Gender: M [/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 660 CR, 710 M, 640 W (did not send)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 680 Math 1, 730 Math 2 (did not send)
[<em>] ACT: 33
[</em>] APs: 4 on American History and Environmental Science, currently taking Physics B, Calc AB, and Macroeconomics
[<em>] IBs: none
[</em>] UM-GPA: 3.8
[<em>] Rank: school does not rank
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: varsity track / cross country, chess club, rugby club, community service
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: summer job as cashier
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): wrote about wanting to work on cleaner/cheaper energy development and how an engineering degree can get me started on that path, and wrote about cross country in my extracurricular essay
[</em>] Teacher Recs: my physics teacher, probably good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: very good
[</em>] Applied on: October 25th
[<em>] Hook (if any): none
[/ul]Location/Person:[list]
[</em>] State or Country: New York
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): small public, incredibly competitive
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[*] Gender: male</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 800m 800cr 740wr
[</em>] SAT IIs:
[<em>] ACT:35
[</em>] APs: Calc BC, World History, US History, Econ Micro and Macro, all 5s
[<em>] IBs:
[</em>] UM-GPA:3.9/4, 4.5W
[<em>] Rank:15/540ish
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app:
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses):
[</em>] Teacher Recs:
[<em>] Counselor Rec:
[</em>] Applied on:
[<em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country:IL
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):Public
[</em>] Ethnicity:Asian and White
[li] Gender:Male[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats everybody! I always wanted to make one of these.</p>
<p>ACCEPTED!
My daughter just got accepted to the BFA in Professional Acting in the Theatre Department! She auditioned in November. Even though they called three days after her audition to let her know that she was going to be accepted, it was still great to see the ADMIT today!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT IIs: 740 and 730 on physics and math 2
[</em>] ACT: 33
[<em>] APs: one 4
[</em>] UW-GPA: 3.25
[<em>] Rank: 150/450
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: NASA internship and Captain of robotics team
[li] location: STL[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>**Decision:Accepted (College of Engineering) **</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): Didn’t take
[</em>] SAT IIs: didn’t take
[<em>] ACT: 28
[</em>] APs: LOL FAILURE (ap eng - 3, ap us history - 3, ap euro - 3) i suck at taking tests
[<em>] IBs:
[</em>] UM-GPA:
[<em>] Rank: #11 out of 500
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app:
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses):
[</em>] Teacher Recs: none
[<em>] Counselor Rec: good i guess
[</em>] Applied on: nov 1
[<em>] Hook (if any): none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: IL
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): 500 ppl top 5%
[</em>] Ethnicity: Azn
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:</p>
<p>OOS White female
UIUC: First choice by far
GPA Unweighted: 3.21 (steady increase)
GPA Weighted: 3.32
AP English (3)
One year volleyball
HUGE state issued entrepreneurship award for starting a community wide cooking club
ACT: 25 (writing 12)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: CR:800, Math:700, Writing:740
[</em>] SAT IIs: Literature:740, Chemistry:730, Math IIC:750
[<em>] ACT: 35
[</em>] APs: US History:5, Chemistry:5, BC Calc:4, European History:5, Government:5
[<em>] UW-GPA: 3.7
[</em>] Rank: 20/565
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Editor of newspaper, NHS, Writing Club, Key Club, Scholastic Bowl
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): my interests in writing and science
[<em>] Counselor Rec: very good - she knows me well
[</em>] Applied in: late October
[<em>] Hook (if any): first generation college student
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: IL
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School: average public school
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section):
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math II-800, Chem-790
[<em>] ACT:32
[</em>] APs:US History(5) To take Calc Chem and Gov
[<em>] IBs:
[</em>] UM-GPA: 4.125W
[<em>] Rank:33/327
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Very Little
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: None relevant
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Ohio
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public-Competitive
[</em>] Ethnicity:White
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Good Luck to all</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 750 Math, 630 Reading, 670 Writing
[</em>] SAT IIs: 670 Math II, 680 Chem
[<em>] ACT:none
[</em>] APs:ap econ, gov, stats, world history
[<em>] IBs:
[</em>] UM-GPA: 3.9
[<em>] Rank:top 16%
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: alot.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:none
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses):it was quiet good actually…
[</em>] Teacher Recs:none
[<em>] Counselor Rec:idk
[</em>] Applied on:nov 1st
[<em>] Hook (if any):none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country:NJ
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):public nj, very competitve, so far 6 kids got into IVYs most other ones are coming out on monday,
[</em>] Ethnicity:asian
[<em>] Gender:male
[/ul]**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: im just in shock right now. </em> LOL</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): M 670 CR 650 W 590
[</em>] SAT IIs: USHIST: 620 MATH II: 670
[<em>] ACT: none
[</em>] APs: Economics: 4 USHIST: 4
[<em>] IBs: Economics SL: 5
[</em>] UW-GPA: 3.700 W 4.8
[<em>] Rank: 23/315
[</em>] Other stats: All honors classes frosh and soph, All IB classes Junior and Senior, IB diploma candidate
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Class President 2-4, Orchestra, Academy of Science, NHS, Math League, TSA, Boys State and a lot of other things.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Demonstrated leadership skills
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Average
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Perfect
[</em>] Applied on: October
[<em>] Hook (if any): none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NJ
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]**General Comments: Good luck to all!</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred (College of Engineering)</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT I (by section): 800M/640R/740W/11 essay (2180 total)
SAT IIs: 800 Chemistry
APs: AP Chemistry (4) AP Biology (5)
UW-GPA: 3.42/4.00
Rank: 161/580
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* ECs listed on app: Bowling since 2000 (I’ve won many state/city tournaments and a couple scholarships), tennis, science bowl.
Job/Work Experience: none
Applied on: Oct 30
Hook (if any): National Hispanic Scholar, National Merit Commended Student
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: OOS
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): avg. ACT at my school is a 26
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Male
</code></pre>
<p>Not to sound bitter, but I don’t think it’s fair that someone who has a 28 ACT, 2 2s and 1 3 on AP tests and no science/math AP’s got accepted and I didn’t. It seems that UIUC looks at class rank and nothing else.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 800 M, 800 CR, 730 W, 8 E
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math2, 790 Physics, 780 Math1, 750 Biology, 700 World History
[<em>] ACT: 35 (not in time for UIUC probably)
[</em>] APs: 5s on Calc BC and Physics C M, 4 on Bio, 2 on French (self-study), taking AP Environmental Science and AP Chemistry this year; those are all the APs our school offers
[<em>] IBs: N/A
[</em>] UM-GPA: UW: 4.0,
[<em>] Rank: Top 2% (3 or 4/200)
[</em>] Other stats: AMC 12: 105, AIME: 5
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras, 4 years; Math Team, 3 years, Co-captain; New England Conservatory’s Youth Symphony/Philharmonic Orch, 2 years; North Reading Community Band, 9 years; Cross Country, 3 years, varsity letters and co-captainship
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Babysitting and tutoring
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): 1st: why I want to be an engineer, I really liked.<br>
2nd: about BYSO. It was okay I think.<br>
[</em>] Teacher Recs: N/A
[<em>] Counselor Rec: N/A
[</em>] Applied n: Nov. 1st
[<em>] Hook (if any): Test scores/GPA? I didn’t send a CD, so not music.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Massachusetts
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, suburban, pretty competitive
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[li] Gender: Female[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Good luck everyone!</p>
<p>this forum made me think UI would really crack down on OOSers, but it hasn’t because i thought i had low chances.</p>
<p>Decision:Accepted Advertising</p>
<p>Stats
GPA: 3.6?UW, 3.9W
SAT I (by section): V: 590 M: 750 W: 690
SAT IIs: MII: 740 Physics + Lit: 630s
Essays (subject and responses): Advertising and Yearbook</p>
<p>State or Country: NJ
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): 2,500+ students… majority go to college.
Ethnicity: Russian… but I don’t think it’s obvious, except that I have citizenship.
Gender: Female</p>
<p>I know U of I is known for Advertising, and I love Advertising, but if I do go, I wouldn’t be surprised to find myself in the business school later on.</p>