No, 0 people got into from the wait list last year. About 1500 people were offered a wait list spot 1000 accepted the spot.
Accepted for aerospace engineering! Intended major was mechanical engineering, but “lack of space” = changed major.
SAT I M/CR/W: 750/690/710 (2150)
Senior classes: 3 APs, 3 Honours, 1 Reg
ECs: military based + environmental design
Volunteer hours: 1000+
Hooks: low income (<30k), ROTC/military based high school, future USMC officer (NROTC-MC recipient), love for flight
OOS (California, San Francisco)
@cmd7131
How about you?
@cmd7131
Accepted CS in College of Engineering
In state
ACT 29
UW GPA: 3.97
7 APs
So excited cause it’s just the school I wanted with the major I dreamed of. Good luck!
Accepted for civil engineering!
Out of state (California)
GPA: 3.83 W
ACT: 28
I guess I had really strong essays and ECs. I am genuinely surprised I got in after reading all of this!
Congrats everyone!
Accepted James Scholar, Undeclared CoE!
OOS (American citizen living in India)
GPA: 9.4 CGPA in 10th grade
ACT: 34
James Scholar yay XD
Accepted Mechanical Engineering
International Student from Pakistan
O’ level: 8A* 2As
AS level: 4As
SAT: 2080 (Math 800 CR 630 W 650)
Essays: Decent essays. In the first essay nothing was out of the box, pretty much a generic essay. Wrote what student wanting to do engineering would have written. Mentioned about two internships at engineering firms.
Second essay was unique, based on a volunteering experience.
ECAs: ALOT of ecas though only two or three of them were national level.
200+ hours of volunteering experience
House captain
4-5 Science Competitions (won two)
Debates (just a few, enough to mention them in my activities)
2 Internships
@kaustubh0328 congrats! I was also invited to be apart of the James scholar honors program for medicine but that’s weird cause I’m majoring in journalism lol
Accepted Undecided Major
International Student
SAT:2080 (CR:620 Math 800 W 660)
ACT:30
GPA:3.7 W
Congrats everyone!!
Does anyone know if there is a Facebook page for UIUC class of 2019 yet? I want one!!!
not really sure but it miiiight be this:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ILLINOIS2019/
**** is facebook
D accepted
Arts and Sciences, Psychology
ACT 36
Wtd GPA 4.40, Unwtd 3.81
10 AP, 4 tests complete mostly 5s
Speech President, Model UN, Youth & Gov, Symphony
Illinois resident
Where on website or e-mail does it tell you that you are James scholar or some other honors program?
@Wje9164be for me there was an honors section when I went to the freshman admitted checklist page.
@carls2015 I’ve joined two groups lol idk which one is technically legit!!! The one someone posted earlier seems to be the “official” page but who knows.
accepted into the college of liberal arts
ACT: 30
GPA: 3.5
good essays I guess lol
Accepted!
Computer Engineering
GPA(W): 4.25
GPA (NW): 3.67
SAT(M/CR/W): 730/730/660 (2120)
Congrats to everyone who got in!
It was for my D. ACT: 32, GPA (UW): 3.84, Weighted: 4.69
scholarship info will be sent later in the month: http://www.admissions.illinois.edu/cost/scholarships.html
Accepted!
Aerospace
GPA: 3.7/4.5
ACT: 35 (36/34/35/36)
A few unique extra-curriculars as well.
Does anyone know when the notice of admissions letters will be available online? Reasonable to assume that it’s not until business days happen again?