<ul>
<li>[ *] State or Country: MA
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Intended Major/Department: Business
[ *] Major strength: Extracurricular</li>
</ul>
<p>I’m admitted but I just realized tha I don’t really have a major…
My application says Business Unassigned or something like that.
When i filled out my application back in October, that was the only business “major” I could pick.</p>
<p>mvlc, for the business school, everyone is “business unassigned” for the first two years. you declare a major junior year. i personally like this system.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: None
[</em>] SAT IIs: Not applicable
[<em>] ACT: 33
[</em>] GPA: 3.95
[<em>] Rank: 50/350ish
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Very good
[</em>] Hook (if any): Absolutely none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Southern suburb of Chicago
[</em>] School Type: Engineering
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Intended Major: Materials Science and Engineering
[</em>] major strength/weakness: I have an awful attendance and detention record.
[/ul] Other Factors:</p>
<p>SAT: 2160
SAT IIs: Took two tests and got over 770 for both [well it didn’t count anyway…]
ACT:
GPA: 4.48
Rank: Valedictorian
Other stats: too lazy to state it all
Subjective
Essays: I think they were all good!! My teacher said they were the best essays she’ve ever read this year…
Hook (if any): Again, I’m too lazy…
Location/Person:US
State or Country: Pennsylvania
School Type: Private Boarding School
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Intended Major: Environmental science
major strength/weakness: skip
Other Factors: skip</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: N/A
[</em>] ACT: 28
[<em>] SAT I: N/A
[</em>] Weighted GPA: 4.2
[<em>] Unweighted GPA: Not sure
[</em>] Rank: Top 10% (93rd percentile)
[<em>] Other stats: N/A
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: The career goal one was good, the other one was okay.
[<em>] Hook (if any): Part of integrated engineering curriculum. Don’t know if that’s a hook.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: In-state
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Intended Major/Department: LAS: Statistics and Computer Science
[li] Major strength/weakness: I got a C in Pre-Calc junior year. I was 1% away from a B. But, I took PLTW (engineering) courses. I think that helped.[/li][/ul]Other Factors: N/A</p>
<p>Weighted GPA: 4.11
Unweighted GPA: 3.6
Rank: N/A
Other stats: N/A
Subjective:
Essays: awesome
Hook (if any): talked about the day I realized I wanted to go into Environmental Sciences
Location/Person:
State or Country: Maryland
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Female
Intended Major/Department: LAS, Earth Systems
Major strength/weakness: positive grade trend
Other Factors: N/A</p>
<p>Sooooooo happy I got in!!!
Congrats to everyone!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 33
[</em>] GPA:4.589 W, 3.8 UW
[<em>] Rank:24 of 800
[</em>] Other stats:N/A
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays:Both were pretty good and environmental sustainability oriented.
[</em>] Hook (if any): I don’t know.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Illinois
[</em>] School Type:Public
[<em>] Ethnicity:Caucasian
[</em>] Gender:Male
[<em>] Intended Major:Chemical Engineering
[</em>] major strength/weakness:Most A+'s in all math courses with some A’s and also A’s in all science courses. B’s in English every year.
[/ul]Other Factors: I don’t know, Illinois resident? I don’t think that helps though.</p>
<p>I don’t really plan to attend, but who knows.</p>
<p>What is the differenence in Computer Science (College of Engineering) and Statistics/Computer Science or Matematics/Computer Science (College of LAS)?</p>
<p>Do all these three majors hve the same job opportunities in Depatrmnet of Computer Science? Or. does any one hase eny edge over the other/brand value?</p>
<p>Hopefully MERU can answer as she is accepted with Statiscs/Computer Science major.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2150 (700 CR, 800 Math, 650 Writing)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 Chem, 800 Physics, 800 Math IIC, 780 Mandarin
[</em>] Weighted GPA: 3.92
[<em>] Unweighted GPA: N/A
[</em>] Rank: N/A
[<em>] Other stats: 5 AP Chem, 5 AP Micro, 5 AP Macro, 7 IBSL Econ; National Merit Commended
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Not one to judge, but didn’t really spend a lot of time on them though seeing as how they had such a low wordcap.
[<em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Taiwan
[<em>] School Type: Private (International School)
[</em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Intended Major/Department: Electrical Engineering
[li] Major strength/weakness:[/li][/ul]Other Factors: Heavy courseload? Not really sure. UIUC has a tendency to accept large amounts of students from my school every year though.</p>
<p>As to the difference between engineering and LAS computer science programs you can start your research as to the varying course requirements here and click on the specific majors: [Course</a> Information Suite, Course Catalog, Class Schedule, Programs of Study, General Education Requirements, GenEd](<a href=“Course Explorer”>Course Explorer)</p>
<p>A main difference between engineering CS and LAS programs is that the LAS programs do not require chemistry and physics courses usually required by the engineering college but CS classes are mainly the same and the LAS degrees require more upper level math. As to job impact differences, the jury is still out since the recognition of the LAS CS majors as curently consituted is of recent origin (for years in LAS you had a math major and could minor in CS). The hope is that the LAS degree will be just as lucrative as the engineering degree. The engineering college has more prestige out in the real world of hiring but the change is a move in the direction of hopefully expanding that prestige.</p>
<p>As Drusba said, the LAS classes don’t require the chem/physics courses. All the CS classes are pretty much the same as the engineering college CS.
I applied to LAS because I felt that my stats weren’t up to par of the engineering college.
Hoepfully, I’ll be able to transfer sophomore year.</p>
<p>Drusba, please correct me if I am wrong:
The transfer requirements to go into CS - Eng is just the CS classes.
So, hopefully when I transfer I won’t have to take physics/chem! </p>
<p>I believe COE has more prestige in CS than LAS.</p>
<p>"English Composition (RHET 105, 4 hours).
Calculus 1 and Calculus 2 (MATH 220 or 221 and MATH 231, 8 hours).
General Chemistry, normally a two-course sequence with both courses required (CHEM 102/103 and CHEM 104/105, 8 hours). Note that some programs in the College of Engineering require only one semester of Chemistry (i.e., Comp E, EE, CS, and Nuc E).
Engineering Physics, the first course in calculus-based mechanics (PHYS 211, 4 hours). "</p>
<p>I hope English Composition would be common to LAS. You will be covering MATH 220 or 221 and MATH 231 under Statsitics & Comp Scince.</p>
<p>The only extra courxes you will have to take are Chemistry & Engineering Physics.</p>
<p>This is my analysis per their website info.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2390 (790 Math)
[</em>] ACT: 36
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math 2, 790 Chem, 770 US
[</em>] Weighted GPA:5.99/6.0
[<em>] Unweighted GPA: 5.0/5.0
[</em>] Rank: 1/405
[<em>] Other stats: 5’s on AP Calc BC, US, Chem, Phys C (Mech + E&M), Spanish, Euro, Music Theory, English Lang
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Not really stellar, not gonna lie.
[<em>] Hook (if any): Not really.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: IL
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Intended Major/Department: Electrical Engineering
[li] Major strength/weakness: Didn’t get into Bioengineering =( probably b/c my essays weren’t all that great.[/li][/ul]</p>
I was 1% away from a B. But, I took PLTW (engineering) courses. I think that helped.[/li][/ul]Other Factors: N/A</p>