<p>Stats:
*SAT I (by section): M-660, CR-780, W-710
SAT IIs: Lit-680, US Hist-700
*ACT: 30 (I don’t know if I sent it nor not)
*APs: psych (5), took US History class, but not the AP test (see hook for why). This year I have four.
*IBs: N/A
GPA: UW-3.0, W-3.28
Rank: N/A
Other stats:</p>
<p>Subjective:
*ECs listed on app: varsity swim-four years, VP of Black Student Union (co-founder), Publicity for Amnesty Int’l, Treasurer Make-A-Wish Club (co-founder). There might have been other things. I don’t know. I just filled it out in one sitting.
*Job/Work Experience: N/A
*Essays (subject and responses): I don’t remember the first one, the second one was my UC essay. Totally don’t remember what it was on, though…
*Applied on: Jan. 2
*Hook (if any): I caught mono in junior year, explaining my low grades.</p>
<p>Location/Person:
*State or Country: California
*School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): One of the best public schools in CA
*Ethnicity: “other”
*Gender: female</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
I was worried that I was going to get rejected because they never asked for my senior first semester grades, to show improvement from my junior year. And I’m so glad that my school doesn’t rank, because then I surely would have been rejected!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): W: 660, CR: 620, M: 740
[</em>] SAT IIs: bio E: 620 (-_-) math II: 740
[<em>] ACT: –
[</em>] APs: microecon:4; calculus AB: 4
[<em>] IBs: diploma. taking it on May
[</em>] UM-GPA: 3.6~3.7 UW, 3.89W
[<em>] Rank: top 25%
[</em>] Other stats:</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Yearbook, Varsity swimming, lots of community service
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): I think they were good…could’ve been better though
[</em>] Teacher Recs: No idea
[<em>] Counselor Rec: No idea
[</em>] Applied on: late december
[li] Hook (if any):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Philippines
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): International, Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian American
[</em>] Gender: Female</p>
<p>[/ul]**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I AM SO EXCITED! :D</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 560 CR, 730 M, 600 W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 780 Physics (I dont think UIUC considers them)
[<em>] ACT: 28 (Did not send)
[</em>] APs: N/A - I’m international
[<em>] IBs: N/A
[</em>] UM-GPA: Our school doesn;t have a GPA but my transcript had a 4.26/5 for my senior year
[<em>] Rank: School doesn’t rank
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Robotics, Guitar, Lots of science competitions.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Reckitt Benckiser - Database manager
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): I dunno… good i guess
[</em>] Applied on: late December
[<em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: India
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] GPA: UW 3.98, W 4.20
[</em>] SAT I (by section): Didn’t send since my ACT was higher
[<em>] SAT IIs: Haven’t sent yet
[</em>] ACT: 31, M 33, E 29, R 31, S 31, W 8
[<em>] APs: My tests were horrendous…I probably won’t send them.
[</em>] Rank: 10/360
[<em>] Other stats: Although my WGPA was not high, this was due to the few number of AP and honors math and science course available. I took every AP course available except for foreign languages and AP USH.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Robotics Club, Mu Alpha Theta, National Honors Society, Beta Club, International Club, Book Club, Chamber Music Club, Young Libertarians
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Didn’t really work on them as hard as I did for other schools
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Pretty good, written by my amazing senior English teacher.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Decent.
[<em>] Applied on: Dec. 18
[</em>] Hook (if any): I’m not sure…Taiwanese from Oklahoma maybe?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Oklahoma
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, sends some students to top schools
[<em>] Ethnicity: Taiwanese American
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
This is my first real acceptance from a college that I will definitely consider attending, so I’m very excited! Good luck to prospective students and congratulations to all whom have been accepted!</p>
<p>“i like how goillini and ibelite2009 keep neglecting to post their hook of being URM.”</p>
<p>Not sure what you are trying to imply but let’s not go there on this site. GoIllini identified that he was Hispanic and ibelite2009 that he was African American in their admissions posts. Both have high class ranks, GoIllini has a 31 ACT and some AP classes, ibelite2009 had a 23 ACT but a “ridiculous” amount of AP and IB courses and an astronomical weighted GPA. They got in because they deserved it.</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[li] SAT I (by section): CR 680 M 700 W 710[/li][ *] SAT IIs:n/a
[ *] ACT:n/a
[ *] APs:n/a (currently enrolled in three AP classes)
[ *] IBs:n/a
[ *] GPA:3.98
[ *] Rank:top 12%
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ECs listed on app:Youth Group, Color guard, Band, Track, Student Government, ESL Tutoring
[ *] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[ *] Essays (subject and responses): I don’t remember. I think I wrote about my tutoring experiences.
[ *] Teacher Recs:One from Geo teacher/coach
[ *] Counselor Rec: one
[ *] Applied on: December something.
[ *] Hook (if any):
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: MO
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Female
[ /list][ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: excited :D</p>
<p>reach0234, i like how you neglected to notice the fact that I’m a very hard working student. It’s people like you who don’t need to be accepted anywhere, because of your crazy judgments and little snotty quotes,</p>
<ol>
<li>If I had neglected to post that I was an URM, then how would you know that I was? </li>
<li>If I have a 31 ACT, amazing ECs (NHS (executive board), 4 year 3 sport athlete and a captain, Beta Club, chorus, Boy Scouts (Eagle Scout), Illinois State Scholar, Super Honor Roll, 3 mission trips, top 6% of my class (with mainly hardest classes my school offers), good work experience, instate, and parents both alumni, how wouldn’t I get in to U of I?</li>
</ol>
<p>I don’t know if you got into U of I, and frankly I don’t care, but before you go and talk about races being the basis of people getting in, get your facts straight. It’s not my fault that I (most likely) out performed you and that I am a minority.</p>
<p>well he didn’t post his actual decision on this forum if he did. Yea I agree with you, this site was made to get answers to questions about college and have discusions, not bash people.</p>
<p>and for blind reach, posted a couple months ago</p>
<p>Decision:Accepted- College of Business </p>
<p>Stats:
ACT:31
APs:4 on Us History, 3 on English Language
GPA:3.62
Rank:33
Other stats:
Subjective:
ECs listed on app:Cross Country, Track, Beta Club, Boy Scout, National Honor Society, Honors Chorus
Job/Work Experience:2 summers at Architecture firm, and various other jobs
Applied on:Beginning of September
Location/Person:
State or Country:IL
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):
Ethnicity:Hispanic
Gender:Male</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): CR: 640 Math: 680: Writing: 760
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math Level 2: 760 US History: 710
[<em>] ACT: 33
[</em>] APs: World History 3, US History 3, Chemistry 3, Computer Science 2, English Language 3, English Literature, Government and Politics, Physics, Art History
[<em>] UM-GPA: 4.311 Weighted, 3.911 Unweighted
[</em>] Rank: 7/608
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Los Angeles Pierce Symphonic Winds, Varsity Tennis Team, Science Bowl Team, Peer College Counselor, California Scholarship Federation, Reseda Science Magnet Council
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Founder/Owner of my own web design company.
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): I think they were pretty solid.
[</em>] Hook (if any): I went on tour to Europe with my symphonic band in the summer of 2007. I also participated in a 4-week Computer Engineering summer program at UC San Diego. I own my own company, and have a variety of extra-curricular activities as well as demonstrated leadership.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): The Science Magnet is pretty strong at my school. Usually a couple students end up at Ivies.
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian Indian
[</em>] Gender: Mail
[/ul]**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
I’m extremely happy that I was accepted! I was worried that the fact I was applying to the Electrical Engineering department would hurt my admissions chances.</p>
<p>Congrats to all that got in. I am currently a freshman (CompE) and so far I have loved every minute of it being at U of I(although personally I hated chemistry as a subject in general lol). I am confident you will all enjoy it. Any questions feel free to message me.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted - Undeclared/Div General Studies</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT I (by section): CR: 540 Math: 680: Writing: 650
SAT IIs: Math Level 2: 600 Literature: 600
APs: CalcAB 3, MicroEcon 2 (LOL.)
UM-GPA: 4.10 Weighted, 3.45 Unweighted
Rank: 50% (of about 300 students)
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays (subject and responses): I am told I write creative essays. (I only talk to my dog.)
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: MD
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): School opened for only 4 years, including this year. Only had 1 graduating class.
Ethnicity: Asian American (Korean)
Gender: Male
</code></pre>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
I’m glad that I am accepted but am iffy about attending or not because I have not visited Illinois/UIUC at all.
I know my stats are fairly low compared to everyone else’s here and probably got in because of my essays or that I’m an ‘Undeclared’ major. (Haha, no cockiness included.)</p>