<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 29
[</em>] APs: AP Gov, AP Lang (3), AP Psych (5), AP Stats, AP Chem
[<em>] GPA: 4.04
[</em>] Rank: does not rank
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: 150+ community service, nhs, many leadership positions at school (captain), sport - 4 years, etc… i had a lot!
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): excellent!
[<em>] Applied on: november 1st
[</em>] Hook (if any): i’ve visited the campus twice and i’ve spoken to several department heads. once, i went for a scholarship interview/general tour. the other time, i went to this program called “be an alumni day”.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: illinois
[</em>] Gender: female[/ul]</p>
<p>hkkxp…i have exactly same stats as you, with the exception that i take IB diploma and my CR score is 590. i got deferred from college of business as well…hope they will take us on feb 13…we can see each other then…</p>
<p>hmm
i really don’t know what to tell u then
my stats are comparable to urs (state awards, sports, gpa) except with a few more aps/satIIs and a slightly higher sat/act.
but i’m a ORM, whereas u r an URM…
i would have to guess either u bombed the essays, or UIUC has a harsh OOS policy</p>
<p>Well it’s not over yet. You’ll just have to wait until normal decisions.
I would say that maybe your rank killed your application. But I think you’ll get in.</p>
<p>fiN01, I have a lot of respect for someone who gets MATH: 800, Chem: 800. My respect for UUIC will go down if they don’t accept you. Keep us posted. Goodluck. You should also research on admission criteria of diff places. There will be a better than UUIC place for you. UUIC does weigh in class rank heavily.</p>
<p>I’m sorry if I sounded elitist in my earlier post, that wasn’t my intention…UIUC WAS my reach school from the beginning so I’m not that upset. I thought i did pretty well on my essays, both of my parents liked them. My rank, I’m guessing, is what deferred me. At my school there is a HUGE discrepancy between the honors/AP and standard classes. The standard classes are a joke, it is literally impossible to fail some of them. However the other classes can be very very tough (for example in my AP Calculus class there have been negative exam scores!). Therefore there are tons of people taking greenhouse management or whatever other BS classes in the top 10%, whereas I study hard to get A’s and B’s in classes that are actually worth something but end up just outside the top 25%. That’s the whole issue I have with class rank.</p>
<p>fiN01, I am still positive you will get in at UUIC. I assume your rank is unweighted. Problem at UUIC is they look at the school reported rank. They don’t seem to care whether the school reports unweighted or weighted rank. Quote from UUIC college rep: Best students always get ranked higher regardless of what courses they take. Anyone who has taken hard courses knows this is bs.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 32
[</em>] GPA: 4.23
[li] Rank: School doesn’t rank</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: IL
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Very competitive, public</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats to those who got admitted! I’m just scared I’ll get denied and be screwed, since I was pretty much set on going to UIUC. Do I even have a chance?</p>
<p>ACT: 28
GPA *UW: 3.5
Rank: School doesn’t rank</p>
<p>State or Country: NY
School Type: Extremely competitive public school</p>
<p>CONGRATS to anyone admitted. Not sure if I’m going to attend, I don’t know much about the school - if anyone can tell me more I’d be extremely interested!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): Didn’t take it
[</em>] SAT IIs: 770 Math 2, 710 Lit, 700 U.S. History
[<em>] ACT: 34
[</em>] APs: World (4), Eng. Lang (4), U.S. (5)
[<em>] IBs: Nope
[</em>] UM-GPA: 4.47 UW/4.93 W
[<em>] Rank: 77/513
[</em>] Other stats: n/a
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Marching Band, Symphonic Band, Jazz Band, Orchestra, Writing Tutor, Editorialist, Literary Magazine Contributor, Debate, NHS.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: I worked at osco?
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): I wrote about band… and that I want to write books? I barely remember. I sort of blew them off.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: None
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Probably fine
[</em>] Applied on: October 20th
[<em>] Hook (if any): No one goes to U of I for English…
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Illinois
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, Very Competitive, lots of kids go to U of I (it’s Prospect)
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[li] Gender: Female[/li][/ul]**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: University of Illinois is actually my last choice, but my parents made me apply as a safety school. I wish to pass on my acceptance to those of you who were deferred with hopes that you make it through the second round. Good luck! :)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 750M, 750CR, 710WR
[</em>] SAT IIs: US History 750, Math IIC 780
[<em>] ACT: 33
[</em>] APs: US History and AP Language (5s); European history, Literature, Statistics this year
[<em>] IBs:
[</em>] UW-GPA: 4.0
[li] Rank: 13/530</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: community service stuff, Model UN, Business Professionals of America, choir/theatre, and some other things I can’t remember
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Summer job at minor league baseball concessions, Subway during school
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): About my interest in accounting and my participation in girl scouts; I wrote the first one in a pretty creative way, I think
[</em>] Teacher Recs: er, none
[<em>] Counselor Rec: none again
[</em>] Applied on: October 15</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: IL
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congratulations to all who are accepted and good luck to those deferred/regular decision!! I hope to see you all in the fall!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): not as good as ACT
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800-USH, 780-Math II, 730-Bio; I don’t think U of I even looks at these though
[<em>] ACT: 34
[</em>] APs: USH-5, it’s the only one offered before senior year
[<em>] IBs:
[</em>] UW-GPA: 4.0
[<em>] Rank: 1/102
[</em>] Other stats: 4.0 from three classes at local community college
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: editor-in-chief of newspaper, individual state champion for journalism; Scholastic Bowl-captain, All-Sectional; track; golf; drama; a bunch of others…
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Congressional internship, internship at state senator’s office
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): decent, I just touched up some supplemental essay for another school
[</em>] Teacher Recs: there wasn’t one
[<em>] Counselor Rec: there wasn’t one
[</em>] Applied on: September something
[<em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: IL
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): decent rural public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[li] Gender: male[/li][/ul]**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I didn’t have a whole lot to worry about applying to arts and sciences, but I’m kind of upset some of my friends didn’t get into to engineering and business</p>
<p>“fiN01, I am still positive you will get in at UUIC. I assume your rank is unweighted. Problem at UUIC is they look at the school reported rank. They don’t seem to care whether the school reports unweighted or weighted rank. Quote from UUIC college rep: Best students always get ranked higher regardless of what courses they take. Anyone who has taken hard courses knows this is bs.”</p>
<p>It makes me sad that adcoms are so myopic nowadays.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted - School of Computer Science</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 770 mah, 780 writing, 730 CR
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 mah, 770 chem
[<em>] ACT: none
[</em>] APs: 5 on chem, 4 on ap cs ab, 5 on bio, 5 on apush, 5 on calc bc
[<em>] IBs: none
[</em>] UM-GPA: iunno what this means but my weighted GPA is 3.92
[<em>] Rank: school doesnt rank
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: tae kwon do, track, cant remember what else
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): talked about tkd and my experience with comp sci
[</em>] Teacher Recs: what do you put here?
[<em>] Counselor Rec: ^^
[</em>] Applied on: oct 31
[<em>] Hook (if any): i haz brianz! (nah none really)
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: cali
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): considered one of the best schools in the silicon valley
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[li] Gender: male[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I guess I’m happy cause its my first acceptance and I was sort of expecting to get in.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section):800 M, 780 CR, 710 W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math 2, 800 Chem, 790 US Hist
[<em>] ACT: 36 (35 E, 36 M, 35 R, 36 S, 10 W)
[</em>] APs: 5 on all (BC Calc, Stats, US Hist, Eng Lang, Chem, Comp Sci A, Physics B)
[<em>] UI-GPA: 3.99 (UW) 4.63 (W)
[</em>] Rank: 1% / 800
[/ul] Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: IL
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Really good public school
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian/Indian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul] General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Really happy about getting into bioengineering. Woohoo!</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT I (by section): n/a.
SAT IIs: didn’t submit.
ACT: 33.
APs: u.s. history, 5. literature, 3. calculus ab, this year.
IBs: not offered at my school.
UM-GPA: 3.9 unweighted, 4.1 weighted.
Rank: top 5%.
Other stats: nms commended, illinois state scholar.</p>
<p>Subjective:
ECs listed on app: yearbook editor, varsity tennis, 3 choirs, reader’s theatre, recruitment, chess club, jv cheerleading, jv poms, nhs, school scholars program, math and science competition teams, close up, english as a second language volunteer tutoring, obama campaign.
Job/Work Experience: 1.5 years - department store cashier.
Essays (subject and responses): the general one, and then one on choir - pretty good.
Teacher Recs: n/a.
Counselor Rec: n/a.
Applied on: before halloween.
Hook (if any): dad is alum.</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: illinois.
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): private.
Ethnicity: caucasian.
Gender: female.</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: congratulations everyone! i’m not sure if i’ll go…my dad really wants me to though! but i was happy to get in.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): Did not take
[</em>] SAT IIs: Did not take
[<em>] ACT: 28
[</em>] APs:AP Bio 4, didnt take 2 others
[<em>] IBs:…
[</em>] UM-GPA:3.4
[<em>] Rank: 136/550
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app:Varsity basketball(2 years),Varsity Golf(2 years), Baseball(2 years)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:none
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Decent, nothing remarkable, I heard they werent that Important
[</em>] Teacher Recs:none
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[</em>] Applied on: Late September
[<em>] Hook (if any):none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country:IL
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Good,large Public School
[</em>] Ethnicity:Cracker
[li] Gender:Male[/li][/ul]**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:</p>
<p>**Decision:Accepted- College of Business **</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] ACT:31
[</em>] APs:4 on Us History, 3 on English Language
[<em>] GPA:3.62
[</em>] Rank:33
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app:Cross Country, Track, Beta Club, Boy Scout, National Honor Society, Honors Chorus
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:2 summers at Architecture firm, and various other jobs
[</em>] Applied on:Beginning of September
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country:IL
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):
[<em>] Ethnicity:Hispanic
[</em>] Gender:Male
[/ul]</p>