!~Official UIUC Class of 2016 Decisions Thread~!

<p>got in for civil engineering, my first choice !!</p>

<p>ADMITTED!!! :smiley: biology!!!</p>

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED…into Chemical Engineering, ;}</p>

<p>Objective: </p>

<p>SAT I (breakdown): 630/580 CR 730/790 Math 650/580 Writing
ACT: didn’t send
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/454
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 in BC/AB Calc, 4 AP Euro, 2 in APUSH
IB (place score in parenthesis): 4 in IB Math Studies SL 1
Senior Year Course Load: Multivariable Calc, Orchestra, AP Govt, IB Eng HL 2, IB Chem HL 2, and AP Bio
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None, really.</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): multiple orchestras, concert master in one of them/JV Lax and dance team/ youth group /Math team /FCCLA /Key Club /NHS /(VP) Tri-M Music Honors Society…
Job/Work Experience: employed since the summer before junior year, 3 diff jobs so far
Volunteer/Community service: Learning Center, Hospital, and language school
Summer Activities: None
Essays: Pretty good, not my best, but pretty good.
Teacher Recommendation: N/A
Counselor Rec: N/A
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A</p>

<p>Other:</p>

<p>State (if domestic applicant): Virginia
Country (if international applicant): -
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: <60,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): -1st generation student I guess</p>

<p>Reflection:</p>

<p>Strengths: Rank and Grades…maybe the essays
Weaknesses: applied into chem eng.? Also Asian…haha.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: UWisc-Madison-Accepted into college of engineering, GMU-accepted into bioengineering</p>

<p>General Comments:</p>

<p>ACCEPTTED. Animal Science!</p>

<p>PLEase help</p>

<p>it says i got admitted to an alternate program but gives no details.I had applied for chemical engineering but instead my major reads chemistry…it showed chemistry even before the decisions were out.</p>

<p>Decision: Admit!!! <strong><em>Electrical Engineering</em></strong></p>

<p>SAT I (breakdown): 1950 (520 CR, 800 math, 630 writing, Essay 12)</p>

<p>SAT II:
800 Math II
780 Physics
730 Chemistry</p>

<p>TOEFL: 98 (I didn’t meet requirement… :P)</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.81</p>

<p>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School won’t rank</p>

<p>AP (place score in parenthesis):
Calculus BC 5
Calculus AB Sub Score 5
Physics C Mechanics 4
Physics C E&M 4
Chemistry 5</p>

<p>Senior Year Course Load: 15 college’s freshman, sophomore, and junior level courses</p>

<p>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
1.Violin: State Orchestra, State Qualified, School Orchestra Concertmaster, Champions of 2 counties, Learned Violin for 12 years
2. Math Club President (9th)
3. Programming Club President (10th): win a national competition
4. Science Club Assistance (10th): Do several intra-school science fairs
5. School Swimming Team, Swimming Club, and 100m backstroke Silver Medal</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience: Private tutor (paid, teach AP Calculus)</p>

<p>Volunteer/Community service: 500+ hours</p>

<p>Summer Activities: High School Union Summer Study Electrical Engineering</p>

<p>Essays: Really unique</p>

<p>Teacher Recommendation: N/A</p>

<p>Counselor Rec: N/A</p>

<p>Additional Rec: N/A</p>

<p>Interview: N/A</p>

<p>Other</p>

<p>State (if domestic applicant): Oregon</p>

<p>School Type: Public</p>

<p>Ethnicity: Asian (not native, but not international)</p>

<p>Gender: Male</p>

<p>Income Bracket:</p>

<p>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

  1. Have only been in US for 2 years, studied in Taiwan’s public school until junior years.
  2. Have shown strong interest in EE
  3. Self-studied 4 APs and get 5 & 4 on all
  4. Old Chinese and Traditional Chinese Medicine</p>

<p>D got accepted!!! COM advertising. So happy for her:)</p>

<p>Decision: Admitted to ACES (major natural resources/enviro science)</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<p>SAT I : n/a
ACT: 25
SAT II: n/a
Unweighted GPA: 3.45 (weighted 4.1)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): h.s. does NOT rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): none yet
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: Honors everything except precalc; AP Env. Science
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Honors Society, Chicago Scholars Program</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): JV Baseball, Men’s Softball (Capt.), 4 years Wind Ensemble (sax)</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience: - Lifeguard/swim instructor, Student Election Judge
Volunteer/Community service: negligible – school sponsored volunteering only
Summer Activities: Travel baseball since childhood
Essays: Original, solid (imo)
Teacher Recommendation: Strong (assumed)
Counselor Rec: Strong (assumed)
Additional Rec: none
Interview: no</p>

<p>Other:</p>

<p>State (if domestic applicant): ILLINOIS
Country (if international applicant): -
School Type: Chicago Public H.S. - CPS
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 75-100k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>

<p>Reflection:</p>

<p>Strengths: Essays - original, honest and uninhibited
Weaknesses: Low ACT, mediocre uw gpa
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Postponed at UW Madison</p>

<p>General Comments: A little surprised, as I was deferred in December, but so relieved and excited. Nebraska has made me an offer I can’t refuse, so we’ll see.</p>

<p>Wait listed. I’m surprisingly calm about this though.</p>

<p>Congrats to all! don’t forget to post your stats! Happy for your D Momacita! Now you can rest easy…</p>

<p>Accepted for CS</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<p>SAT I (breakdown): 2110 superscored, 2080 one sitting
ACT: n/a
SAT II: n/a
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.34
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 15%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (3), Calc BC
IB (place score in parenthesis): Diploma (Candidate); Psych SL (5), English HL, Physics HL, Spanish B SL, History (of Americas?) HL, Math SL
Senior Year Course Load: English HL, Physics HL, Spanish B SL, History HL x2, Calc BC
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): approx 5-6 over the years (not going to go into details)
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: 50 hrs (for IB Diploma)
Summer Activities: Visual C++ internship (last summer)
Essays: good, spent about a week on them
Teacher Recommendation: n/a
Counselor Rec: n/a
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: n/a</p>

<p>Other:</p>

<p>State (if domestic applicant): AZ
School Type: Magnet Public (IB Diploma Offering School)
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): -</p>

<p>Reflection:</p>

<p>Strengths: SAT scores, Course rigor/challenge, Good grade trend, Good grades in hard classes (IB’s)
Weaknesses: GPA</p>

<p>General Comments: I finally feel like my investment in IB may be paying off. Other than that, happiness is a good description.</p>

<p>Good luck to anyone who’s waitlisted!</p>

<p>PLease can someone reply</p>

<p>@danesh2793 </p>

<p>Read this: [U&lt;/a&gt; of I Admissions: Blog Blog Archive You?ve been admitted to an alternate choice. What does that mean?](<a href=“http://blog.admissions.illinois.edu/?p=11383]U”>http://blog.admissions.illinois.edu/?p=11383)</p>

<p>I got accepted</p>

<p>OOS from California!</p>

<p>Very Happy!</p>

<p>tzsjynzy: See you in August!!! (I too applied for Civil)
Oh Yeah!!!</p>

<p>Decision: accepted to alternate program (major electrical engineering)</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<p>SAT I (breakdown): 2290 720 r 790m 780 w (one sitting)
ACT:
SAT II: 800 math iic 790 chem
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.1-3.2… my school scale is weird
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis): -
Senior Year Course Load:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): -</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): martial arts (3 state championships)
piano 8 years
guitar 8 years
trumpet 4 years
wrote and recorded 2 songs sung by a broadway singer
Job/Work Experience: -
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities: CTY and summer precollege at brown university
Essays: talked about starting martial arts because i was bullied for being multiracial and how i found confidence in it and how I am proud to be different now.
Teacher Recommendation: Good
Counselor Rec: good
Additional Rec: nope
Interview: nope</p>

<p>Other:</p>

<p>State (if domestic applicant): nj
Country (if international applicant): -
School Type: public
Ethnicity: black japanese and korean
Gender: m
Income Bracket: middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): -URM, martial arts, music and essays</p>

<p>Reflection:</p>

<p>Strengths: URM, ECs, essays, SAT scores
Weaknesses: GPA… I got senioritis…freshman year
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: deferred from UMich and Uchicago. rejected MIT early</p>

<p>On behalf of son --</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted, Arts and Sciences</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<p>SAT I (breakdown):
ACT: 30 superscore, 29 not superscore
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.45, school does not weight, but would be about 4.1 if did
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 2
AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH 4
IB (place score in parenthesis): -
Senior Year Course Load: all IB
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): -</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience: - none
Volunteer/Community service: typical
Summer Activities:
Essays: solid
Teacher Recommendation:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
Interview: </p>

<p>Other:</p>

<p>State (if domestic applicant): OOS
Country (if international applicant): -
School Type: public magnet that sends to Ivies etc
Ethnicity:
Gender: male
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): -none </p>

<p>Reflection:</p>

<p>Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Admitted MN, Iowa, Indiana, </p>

<p>General Comments:</p>

<p>ACCEPTED! Theater, Liberal Arts</p>

<p>Objective: </p>

<p>SAT I (breakdown):
ACT: 29
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.2
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis): -
Senior Year Course Load:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): -</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience: -
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities:
Essays:
Teacher Recommendation:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
Interview: </p>

<p>Other:</p>

<p>State (if domestic applicant): In State
Country (if international applicant): -
School Type:
Ethnicity:
Gender: f
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): -</p>

<p>Reflection:</p>

<p>Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: </p>

<p>General Comments:</p>

<p>got in BUS~yeah</p>

<p>Your admit ID will be in your acceptance packet you will get in the mail soon, I think the UIN is in the email you got when your application was received.</p>