<p>anotherazn: hey, I was just wondering why bioengineering is relatively harder to get into at UIUC. THeir bioengineering program is really really new, and as a result it has pretty low rankings (24-28 ballpark). But why not apply Electrical Engineering straight up because it is rank 2 (tied with Stanford) for undergrad EE?</p>
<p>I’m just wondering, because I don’t understand why their bioengineering rank 28 is more competitive than their electrical engineering rank 2…</p>
<p>It is because it is new. Started five years ago and enrolls limited number of students, initially 25, slowly building toward 50. Conscious decison made early to accept during its developing period (still going on) only those with very high stats (typical middle 50% range ACT score is 34-35). The current national ranking is simply a reflection that it is new (they have only gotten to one graduating class), not its quality.</p>
<p>drusba : you are close to UIUC admissions office? Do you know when will it send out official admissions letter?</p>
<p>Decision: CHEM / BIOCHEM ENG: (BIOENG-Alternate Admit)</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT:
ACT: 34
SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 790 Physics
Weighted GPA: 4.9260
Unweighted GPA: 4.0
Rank: 1/747 (UW) 7/747 (W)
Other stats: Pharmaceutical Internship + independent research</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: art + science = engineering, boys lacrosse then founded girls lax team
Hook (if any): LOADED WITH EC’s (+500 hrs. of volunteer service in the past two years alone)</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: IL
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Intended Major/Department: Bioengineering - alternate choice, CHEM/BIOCHEM ENG - accepted
Major strength/weakness: Strength, girl in engineering field; Weakness, standardized tests (i missed national merit :\ )</p>
<p>Other Factors:
8 in school AP classes: Eng, Psych, Macroecon, US gov, Bio, Art History, Spanish, Calc BC
3 out of school AP study groups - both physics C, Environ Science
5 APUSH, 5 APEURO, 5 PHYSICS B, 5 Statistics</p>
<p>rejected from Stanford… UIUC ain’t half bad too.</p>
<p>p.s. where else is/did everyone apply to?
ME - cornell (legacy), columbia (legacy), Upenn, Johns Hopkins (maybe not), Franklin Olin. School of Engineering, UMich (maybe)</p>
<p>Admitted to U-Mich, Wisconsin, Purdue, Illinois
Still waiting on Notre Dame</p>
<p>Congrats, Balthezar, I’ve seen you posting around here a lot and wish you the best of luck with ND. I’d love to go there but unfortunately I don’t have the money nor the stats. :D</p>
<p>I got in! Admitted to business unassigned. 3.2 gpa from a good prep school. 800 reading and math 760 writing SAT.</p>
<p>Decision: ADMIT-Electrical Engineering</p>
<p>First of all, I must confess, I thought I’d get rejected because my stats aren’t spectacular</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1950 (composite Math 770; Reading 610; Writing 570)
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT IIs: MathIIC 800; Chinese w/ Listening 770; Chemistry 690
[</em>] Weighted GPA: n/a
[<em>] Unweighted GPA: 3.8
[</em>] Rank: n/a
[<em>] Other stats: good AMC scores? Mathletes States A Team? I hope my teachers wrote good Recs?
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: I seriously threw everything together in the last minute. I also deviated from talking about math/science. It was a risk and I guess they liked it?
[<em>] Hook (if any): I’m not sure, but my sister attends UIUC however the application did not ask and therefore I did not inform them. I wonder if they know anyways… and maybe because I’m female? :O…I also visited the school at least 3 times but they only have a record of once… good enough since I live so far away
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NEW YORK
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Chinese/Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Intended Major/Department: Electrical Engineering
[li] Major strength/weakness: Strengths- decent ECs, hard coursework? decent grades, awards; Weaknesses- decrease trend of grades, bad SAT score[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
Maybe cause I’m in NY and they need NY people?</p>
<p>BUMP/////POST here</p>
<p>Decision… Accepted chemical engineering!!.. Yay!!!</p>
<p>ADMIT - Alternate choice, DGS…I’ll take it!</p>
<p>ADMIT! business!
yay first US acceptance!</p>
<p>[ size=+1][ color=#228B22][ b]Decision: <em>ADMIT</em>[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: 1990
[ *] SAT IIs: 700 710 650
[ *] GPA: 85/100
[ *] Rank: N/A
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: aiight
[ *] Hook (if any):
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list] Vancouver
[ *] State or Country: Canada
[ *] School Type: prep
[ *] Ethnicity: asian
[ *] Gender: male
[ *] Intended Major: economincs
[ *] major strength/weakness:
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]</p>
<p>ADMIT!
will post stats later!</p>
<p>Really glad to have recieved my decision notice from University of Illinois- Urbana Champaign today!
(Didn’t post school decision because I want to be able to post all university decisions on cc but would be unable to at the moment with lack of knowing future acceptances/ rejections.)</p>
<p>Decision: ADMIT ALTERNATE ENGINEER —> GENERAL STUDIES</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 1800 (710 math)
ACT: 26 (31 math)
Weighted GPA: 3.8
Unweighted GPA: 3.7
Rank: n/a
Other stats:
Subjective:
Essays:
Hook (if any):
Location/Person:
State or Country: NEW YORK
School Type: Public Competitive Good Reputation
Ethnicity: white
Gender: Male
Major strength/weakness: Strengths- Essays were pretty good, app showed a lot of interest, some really good grades, weakness are scores that are not math related.</p>
<p>did you get in Coolbrezze?</p>
<p>
I really wish I could post the school decision but with possible future acceptances/ rejections it would be easier to post all at once on cc.</p>
<p>[ size=+1][ color=#228B22][ b]Decision: ADMIT[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>Admitted to college of business</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: 2060
[ *] SAT IIs: M2: 800, PHY: 800, CHE: 800
[ *] GPA: 95/100
[ *] Rank: 32/1400
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: good
[ *] Hook (if any):
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: China
[ *] School Type:Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Chinese
[ *] Gender:Male
[ *] Intended Major: Business
[ *] major strength/weakness: too few ECs
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]</p>
<p>@coolbreeze… doesnt matter… i have like 8 more unis decisions im waiting for… just tell us , if you got in… we will be happy for you thats all…</p>