Official Decisions Thread - UIUC Class of 2014

<p>So decisions come out this Friday at 5 CT. This thread will prove useful for current juniors planning to apply to UIUC.</p>

<p>Good luck everyone! I hope we all get in.</p>

<p>Remember to remove spaces (and thank you Dartmouth wall for this).</p>

<p>[ size=+1][ color=#228B22][ b]Decision: ___________[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT:
[ *] SAT IIs:
[ *] GPA:
[ *] Rank:
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Hook (if any):
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Intended Major:
[ *] major strength/weakness:
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]</p>

<p>Considering SAT subject tests cannot even be evaluated in UIUC’s admissions process, they should probably be omitted from the skeleton. Could you please do this Haruhi?</p>

<p>also add in ACT score as that is what most in-state applicants submitted</p>

<p>I decided to leave this on because I wanted applicants to see the overall picture of each individual that applied to this school, even though SAT Subject Tests are not considered. They’re kind of obsolete, but still sort of a measure that people can compare GPA (grade inflation or deflation) with a test that is administered on a national level. </p>

<p>Sorry for not clarifying.</p>

<p>For all postings of stats, please use this format:</p>

<p>[ size=+1][ color=#228B22][ b]Decision: ___________[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT:
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT IIs:
[ *] Weighted GPA:
[ *] Unweighted GPA:
[ *] Rank:
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Hook (if any):
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Intended Major/Department:
[ *] Major strength/weakness:
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]</p>

<p>Decision: Admitted
Major: Aerospace Engineering</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:
[</em>] SAT IIs:
[<em>] ACT: 32
[</em>] GPA: 96/100
[<em>] Rank: School doesn’t rank
[</em>] Other stats: Good ECs
[/ul]Subjective: That’s my boy!
[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Excellent
[</em>] Teacher Recs: (Not applicable here)
[<em>] Counselor Rec: (Ditto)
[</em>] Hook (if any): Course Rigor
[/ul]Location/Person: Chicago[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: IL, US of A
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]
Other Factors: Uber at Guitar Hero, Call of Duty, WoW, DAoC, WO
General Comments: Woot!</p>

<p>[ size=+1][ color=#228B22][ b]Decision: Accepted!!![ /b][ /color][ /size]LAS</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT:N/A
[ *] SAT IIs:N/A
[ *] GPA:3.83
[ *] Rank:
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Hook (if any):
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:
[ *] School Type:Private
[ *] Ethnicity:Asian
[ *] Gender:M
[ *] Intended Major:Business
[ *] major strength/weakness:
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]</p>

<p>College of Engineering
3.91GPA
33ACT
Nebraska
Asian Male</p>

<p>ACCEPTED!!!</p>

<p>Decision: <em>ADMIT ALTERNATE</em>_________</p>

<p>b]Stats:[ list]
[<em>] SAT:
[</em>] ACT:32
[<em>] SAT IIs:
[</em>] Weighted GPA:3.50
[<em>] Unweighted GPA:4.00
[</em>] Rank:56/550
[<em>] Other stats:
[/list][ b]Subjective:
[ul]
[</em>] Essays:Good
[<em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country:IL
[<em>] School Type:
[</em>] Ethnicity:
[<em>] Gender:M
[</em>] Intended Major/Department:Business
[li] Major strength/weakness:ec’s[/li][/ul][ b]Other Factors:** kidan sad but w/e</p>

<p>For all postings of stats, please use this format:</p>

<p>Decision: <em>ADMIT</em>_________</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[ *] SAT:
[ *] ACT: 32
[ *] SAT IIs:
[ *] Weighted GPA: 4.2
[ *] Unweighted GPA: 3.7
[ *] Rank: 40/480
[ *] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[ *] Essays: Good
[ *] Hook (if any): Not much
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[ *] State or Country: IL
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Intended Major/Department: Business - Finance
[ *] Major strength/weakness: Not many ECs, but strong schedule, strong ACT
[/ul]Other Factors:</p>

<p>HELL YA</p>

<p>blahh sad i thought id get into business =[</p>

<p>[ size=+1][ color=#228B22][ b]Decision: <em>Admit Alternate</em>______[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: 800M 770V 670W
[ *] SAT IIs:N/a
[ *] GPA: 5.56/5 W 3.89/4 UW
[ *] Rank: top 5 %
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: Good
[ *] Hook (if any): none
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: IL
[ *] School Type: Large Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: M
[ *] Intended Major: Bioengineering
[ *] Admitted Into: Civil Engineering
[ *] major strength/weakness: I think its about the strongest, they are only admitting 50 this year…
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]</p>

<p>Decision: YEAHHHHH HOLY WOW I DIDN’T EXPECT TO BE ADMITTED YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2160
[</em>] SAT IIs: none
[<em>] GPA: 3.6
[</em>] Rank: n/a
[<em>] Other stats: hmm… nothing special, some ecs and volunteer
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: GREAT
[<em>] Hook (if any): none, luck? I love this uni.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NJ
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Intended Major: Biochemical Engineering
[li] major strength/weakness: dunno[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>This is so awesome.</p>

<p>Decision: ADMIT</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2260 Crit: 730 Math:780 Writ:750
[</em>] SAT IIs: Chem-800 Math II-800
[<em>] GPA: 4.71/5.0 W 4.0 UW
[</em>] Rank: Top 2%???
[/ul]Subjective:[ list]
[<em>] Essays: I think they were good… I reused old ones w/o editting…
[/list]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: USA
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[<em>] Gender: XY
[</em>] Intended Major: Chemistry/Economics/Music
[li] Major strength/weakness: Couple nat’l awards and a hodgepodge of other stuffs[/li][/ul]Other Factors:</p>

<p>Decision:ACCEPTED!</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1990 (didn’t send)
[</em>] ACT: 33 (35E;32M;27R;36S)
[<em>] SAT IIs: Chem760;MathII760 (didn’t send, obviously)
[</em>] Weighted GPA: 3.338 (yeah you read correctly)
[<em>] Unweighted GPA: 3.870
[</em>] Rank: 42/412
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Love for chemistry and how I wanted to apply it to engineering; Starting a program through community service club where I got 40+ people to make an hour-a-week dedication to volunteering at the local animal shelter. The essays were stellar.
[<em>] Hook (if any): I attended an engineering summer camp in Philadelphia where I did chemE research.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: IL
[<em>] School Type: Medium-Large Public; Middle Competitiveness
[</em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Intended Major/Department: MATSE ■■■■■!
[li] Major strength/weakness: Upward trend[/li][/ul]Other Factors: My ECs are quite stellar. I’m the president and founder of our school’s science olympiad; the vice president of community service club; co-founder of our school’s tech club; in BBBS; and I used to be VERY into wrestling, and I brought it up, explaining I had to quit due to my course rigor. I also sent my AP scores (not sure if this matters), but I have a 5 in chem and a 3 in AP English (meh). I am taking 5 APs this year.</p>

<p>[/list]Comments: </p>

<p>GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE! As you can see, my story is a true underdog story, and my GPA just stunk. DON’T GIVE UP HOPE! KEEP TRYING HARD! AND CONGRATS TO ALL WHO GOT ACCEPTED!</p>

<p>I got in College of business, but i put curriculum unassigned because when I applied I couldnt choose the major. Is that gonna be a problem?</p>

<p>31 act
Average ecs
3.87 UW gpa 4.5 w</p>

<p>Decision: Admit!</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 2400
ACT: Did not take
SAT IIs: 800 math II, 760 chemistry, 750 US history
Weighted GPA: School does not weight
Unweighted GPA: 4.00
Rank: School does not rank
Other stats: APs: US History (5), Spanish language (4), BC calculus (3, 4 AB subscore), this year taking chemistry, biology, English literature, and multivariable calculus (technically above AP level)</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: I’m too far from objective to judge
Hook (if any): Double legacy?
ECs: Conducted genetics research at a Duke University lab, invented and filed a patent for a MEMS device for treating hypotension, attended WTP-ME at MIT, wrote a science fiction novel, stage manager for theater, author of a science fiction blog, founded an organization to encourage science/engineering careers among underrepresented students, editor of school literary magazine…uh, I think that’s it</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: NC
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Mexican-American
Gender: Female
Intended Major/Department: Bioengineering
Major strength: grades, SAT, ECs
Weaknesses: APs </p>

<p>My first acceptance! I’m so excited. My parents met at UIUC. :)</p>

<p>**Decision: Accepted **
Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT: 2290 (one time)

  • ACT: -
  • SAT IIs: Math-800 and Phy-800 (didn’t send)
  • Rank: 2/91
  • Other stats:
    </code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Essays: Pretty good essays I think…Taked about saving the world.

  • Recs: Excellent Recs
    </code></pre>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<pre><code>* International Student-India

  • School Type: Large-Ranked 3rd in India
  • Ethnicity: Indian
  • Gender: Male
  • Intended Major/Department: ECE
  • Major strength/weakness: Extracurriculars!
    </code></pre>

<p>Other Factors: hmmm…I dono…I’m just overjoyed to have got in!</p>

<p>BerneseMtnSon was accepted.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted </p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT: </li>
<li>ACT: 27</li>
<li>SAT IIs: </li>
<li>Rank: 53/590</li>
<li>UW GPA: 3.8 W GPA: 6.6</li>
</ul>

<p>Great Extracurriculars with Leadership Roles
Good essays (not really distinct from the rest)
Ethnicity: Asian
Major: Undecided (Really, I DON’T KNOW WHAT I WANT TO DO)</p>