**Decision: Accepted (with Engg James Scholar) **
SAT Score: 2330 (800 M, 800 W, 730 CR)
SAT II Score: 2400 (800 Math, 800 Chem, 800 Phy)
Grades: All A+ from grade 9-11.
Essays: 8/10
ECs: Lots of National and International Level wins
Honors/Awards: Lots of National and International Level
Posting for DS:
Decision: Accepted - CS - College of Engineering
**Objective: **
ACT (breakdown): n/a
SAT I (breakdown): 2260 (M750 CR750 W760 )
SAT II: 800 M2, 800 Chem
Unweighted GPA (out of 100): 96.72
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
AP (place score in parenthesis): Computer Science, Calculus BC, Language & Composition (all 5s), Chemistry 4
Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, AP Phys C, AP Lit & Comp, Calculus 3, German 4, Macroeconomics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, 10th statewide in cybersecurity competition, Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science Award, Rensselaer Medal
**Subjective: **
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Programming Club (President, taught Python classes), School newspaper (Editor-in-Chief, webmaster), Teen Leadership Council
Job/Work Experience: Youth League Soccer Referee, Android Applications Developer [Intern]
Volunteer/Community service: not really
Summer Activities: NJ Governor’s School of Engineering and Technology
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Overall solid, not much to say in 300 words.
Teacher Rec #1: English Teacher - knew him very well since Freshman year and had him as a student Senior year. Probably stellar rec
Teacher Rec #2: Math teacher - solid rec
Counselor Rec: very close, outstanding rec
Additional Rec:
**Other: **
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
School Type: Public magnet
Ethnicity: Asian/White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: too much to qualify for financial aid
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
Thanks wldb15 but where does it say that?
Accepted - COMMUNICATIONS - College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
**Objective: **
ACT (breakdown): 32 (35 E, 35 R, 28 S, 29 M)
SAT I (breakdown): didn’t submit
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.24
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
AP (place score in parenthesis): n/a
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: My school’s version of APUSH (we’re weird), Sculpture, French 6, my school’s version of AP Bio, English 3/4, Pre-Calculus [All Honors]
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): I’m an IL State Scholar? Lol
**Subjective: **
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4 years on my school newspaper (Reporter, editor, managing editor), Diversity Club (Secretary, VP), Prom Committee, Black Students’ Association
Job/Work Experience: Intern at the Chicago Teachers’ Union and WVON Radio Station
Volunteer/Community service: ~50 hours from my sophomore year but I don’t think I mentioned them
Summer Activities: University of Illinois AdCamp, Summer @ Brown Leadership Program, National High School Institute at Northwestern University for Film/Video
Essays (rating 1-10, details): I think they were pretty good/exceptional…
Teacher Rec #1: idk
Teacher Rec #2: idk
Counselor Rec: I think it was really flattering and accurate. She did a great job at playing up my strengths
**Other: **
State (if domestic applicant): IL
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private, nationally-ranked
Ethnicity: Black
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: $150-200k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
**Reflection: **
Strengths: Essays, counselor recommendation, summer activities
Weaknesses: GPA
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I’m in-state and an “average/ideal” candidate. My counselor was extremely confident that I would get in, but I was still very worried.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted to Fordham, deferred from Michigan
**General Comments: ** I’m super thankful to have another acceptance. Good luck to everyone reading this!
ACCEPTED - Math & Computer Science … DENIED Computer Science
32 ACT (31 E, 32M, 29R, 31S)
4.5 W, 3.8 UW GPA
Grades: A’s and some B’s
Courses: AP Physics 1, AP Physics 2, AP Computer Science, AP English Lit, AP Psychology, AP US Government and Politics, AP Macroeconomics, 10 + other Honors courses
ECs: 100+ Comm Service, President of an organization, some other clubs
Awards: Local leadership award, ACT Prairie State Award
Essays: I thought they were excellent at first, but then I realized how much I really messed up on it. Seriously, I think that if I changed it to the story I wanted to tell, then I would probably have had a higher chance of getting in.
Congratulations to all and the Class of 2015!
Accepted - Computer Engineering
Objective:
ACT (breakdown): 35
SAT I (breakdown): -
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.84
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5%
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5555554444
IB (place score in parenthesis): -
Senior Year Course Load: 4AP + 1 DE
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): a lot
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Can’t go into due to privacy.
Job/Work Experience: cant go into.
Volunteer/Community service: see above
Summer Activities: see above
Essays (rating 1-10, details): copied my essays from other prompt (still my application), still had “University of Michigan” in my essay…no idea how I got accepted…
Other:
State (if domestic applicant): OH
Country (if international applicant): US
School Type: public
Reflection:
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: luck
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: U-M, OSU, UIUC
General Comments:
it’s funny, i may actually end up here because of cost if UIUC give me a great FA offer…and I applied out of a mere whim (WITH UMICH IN THE ESSAY)
Decision Form
Decision: [ color = green][ b]Accepted - MechE - College of Engineering[/color]**
ACT (breakdown):33 (34M, 34E, 32S, 31R)
SAT I (breakdown):
SAT II: UIUC does not consider them
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98, 4.6 Weighted.
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/450
AP (place score in parenthesis):World History(4), U.S. History(4), Calculus AB, Physics C, English Lit, Government, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics.
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: All The APs without a score plus a cs course and a CAD course.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
[ b][ u]Subjective: **
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Swimming Captain, STEM Club Secretary, Sustainability Research at Argonne National Laboratory, Jazz Band.
Job/Work Experience: Summer Camp Counselor.
Volunteer/Community service: Math Tutor,.
Summer Activities:
Essays (rating 1-10, details): a 7-8 and an 8-9, wrote about the aforementioned research.
Teacher Rec #1: UIUC does not consider them.
Teacher Rec #2:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
[ b][ u]Other: **
State (if domestic applicant): IL
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Below average public, if only slightly so. Non-competitive.
Ethnicity: White, but first generation American.
Gender: M
Income Bracket: ~50k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nope, except maybe the first generation American.
[ b][ u]Reflection: **
Strengths: GPA, Extracurriculars, In-State
Weaknesses: Only major one is no SAT II’s, but UIUC does’t consider them.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: In-State, Good enough stats.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:IIT(accepted), UMinnesota(accepted), Rose-Hulman(accepted), Northwestern.
[ b]General Comments: ** Excited to get in, but I am more worried about the financial aid package.
Accepted Electrical Engineering (w/ James Scholar honors)
GPA: 3.88
ACT: 36 (36W, 35M, 35R, 36S)
SAT I: Did not send
SAT II: UIUC does not look at them
Essays: Talked about EE a lot and what I wanted to accomplish with my degree in the future
Decision: Accepted - Biology - College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
**Objective: **
ACT (breakdown): 32 (34 E, 31M, 33R, 31S)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0, 4.25 weighted
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/35
Senior Year Course Load: 3 dual enrollment courses, 3 other weighted courses
**Subjective: **
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Council (President), Yearbook (Editor), Varsity Scholastic Bowl Team (Captain), National Honor Society.
Job/Work Experience: 9 months in a hospital’s food and nutrition services department.
Volunteer/Community service: 60 hours of summer volunteering in a hospital
**Other: **
State (if domestic applicant): Illinois
School Type: Rural public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: ~60k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
**Reflection: **
Strengths: 60 college credits already earned through dual enrollment at local community college, GPA, extracurriculars.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted to University of Minnesota and Tulane University.
**General Comments: **
Accepted into the LAS James Scholar honors program as well. Waiting to hear back about scholarships and financial aid. Leaning most towards Minnesota, unless Illinois can really wow me with their financial aid.
Accepted - Chemistry - College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Objective:
ACT (breakdown): 32 / 34SS
SAT I (breakdown):
SAT II: 780 Chem, 700 Math II (didn’t submit though)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.86
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5% (not recorded because it was included in counselor’s rec)
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History 5, Microeconomics 5, Macroeconomics 5
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C Mechanics, Honors Spanish 4, AP Calc AB, AP Chemistry, AP Language & Composition, AP Psychology, AP Government/Politics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 2013 IHSA Golf State Champion, 2013/2014 All Conference Athlete, 2012/2013/2014 Conference Scholar Athlete, 4 school awards for excellence in classes, AP Scholar, Illinois State Scholar
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Council President, Sophomore Class Secretary, Junior Class Vice-President, youth advisor to city’s mayor, youth head within huge city organized project, 4 clubs, math team (1 year), NHS (2 years), natural helper (3 years), bass fishing team (2 years), golf team (4 years w/ many accomplishments), etc…
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: Over 200 hours (work with disabled kids in sports program, work with YMCA men’s, several community events)
Summer Activities: Took 2 college chemistry classes at Northwestern University and received an A in both classes, spent most of my time traveling in golf tournaments
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 9 - pretty good but not incredible
My recommendations are fantastic, so I was bummed Illinois didn’t want them.
-City Mayor (3rd largest city in Illinois)
-Head of 3rd largest chemistry department in the world
-Head of sports program that I volunteered at
-2 Teachers
-Counselor
Other:
State (if domestic applicant): IL
Country (if international applicant): 'Merica
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: >$250k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): recruited athlete
Reflection:
Strengths: ECs mostly
Weaknesses: No work experience, basic ethnicity applicant
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: No real driving reason…
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
Accepted:
Marquette University
University of Kentucky
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
University of Michigan
Denials/Deferrals: None
General Comments: U of I is in my family. Love the school, but I probably won’t end up here.
Posting for DS:
Decision: Waitlisted - CS - College of Engineering
Objective:
ACT (breakdown): 35 Composite (M:36, S:36, E:34, R:34)
SAT I (breakdown): 2230 (M790 CR690 W750)
SAT II: 780 M2, 780 Chem
Unweighted/Weighted GPA : 3.72/4.12
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
AP (place score in parenthesis): Computer Science, Calculus BC, Chem, Biology (all 5s) + 8 Honors classes
Senior Year Course Load: AP Economics, AP Phys C, Multi Variable Calculus & Linear Algebra, Honors Computer Science III (above AP Computer Science A)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Marching Band 4 years, FBLA 2 years, American Red Cross 2 years
Job/Work Experience: NA
Volunteer/Community service: Tons of them including math tutor/supervisor
Summer Activities: Attended Engg seminar, Python class MOOC
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Overall very good
Teacher Rec #1: Chem Teacher - knew me very well. Probably solid rec
Teacher Rec #2: Social Studies Teacher - probably very good
Counselor Rec: probably very good
Additional Rec:
Other:
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: too much to qualify for financial aid
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
Decision: **Accepted - Computer Science - COE**
**Objective: **
ACT (breakdown): 36 (36 E 36 M 36 R 35 S 9/12 essay oops)
SAT I (breakdown): didn’t submit
SAT II: didn’t submit
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 82/618 (oops)
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s on Computer Science, Calc BC (AB subscore too; self study), English Language, Microecon (self study), Physics C Mech/EM, Statistics. 4s on World History and Biology. I don’t think we had to submit these though.
IB (place score in parenthesis): nope
Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature, AP Chemistry, Multivariable Calc (it’s an independent study class that I designed… I’m following the MIT OCW curriculum), AP Government/AP Macroecnomics, and AP US History
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSF, AIME x2, Zero Robotics 2014 world champions
**Subjective: **
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): MATHCOUNTS coach, BPA (numerous awards at national conference), math club
Job/Work Experience: Instructor at local math learning center.
Volunteer/Community service: MATHCOUNTS coach
Summer Activities: lol
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 7 on both. They were meh
Teacher Rec #1: wait afaik they didn’t need teacher recs…
Teacher Rec #2:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
**Other: **
State (if domestic applicant): TX
Country (if international applicant): US
School Type: 5A (giant)
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: M
Income Bracket: nah i’m not putting that here
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nope
**Reflection: **
Strengths: Zero Robotics and BPA
Weaknesses: I got pretty trash grades. Also no USAMO :(
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: no idea
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: UT Austin Turing Scholars Honors
**General Comments: **
Good luck everyone else.
ACCEPTED at Math and CS LAS.
29 ACT (why I didn’t apply to CS in CoE lol)
tons of extracurriculars and stuff, in state, etc.
Accepted to Material Science. 32 ACT. In State. 4.0 UW.
Decision: **Accepted - Computer Science in the College of Engineering**
**Objective: **
ACT (breakdown): 34 Composite: 36 M, 35 E, 31 R, 32 S
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.878
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 11/311
AP (place score in parenthesis): 14 AP classes
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Lit, Calc III, Data Structures, Russian 4, AP Econ, Online Gov
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Various State CS, Mathematics and AcDec awards
**Subjective: **
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): President/Founder of CS Team, Vice President of Math Team, Member/State Competitor in Academic Decathlon, NHS
Job/Work Experience: Paid CS Internship (more than one year), Lifeguarding (one summer)
Volunteer/Community service: NHS
Summer Activities: Paid CS Internship
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8, 8, 7 (felt pretty good)
**Other: **
State (if domestic applicant): Iowa
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public Medium Sized (300 in my class)
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 200k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
**Reflection: **
Strengths: Paid CS Internship, Founder of CS Club, Strong Math Background, 36 Math ACT
Weaknesses: Low composite ACT (only 34), Low UW GPA (3.878)
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Strong ECs, Strong Passion, College Math and CS Courses, “Qualifying” Grades
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Iowa State University (Accepted), that’s it
Note I did not make immediate entrance into the James Scholar program, even with an ACT that would’ve automatically qualified me last year
Congratulations everybody! It’s a dream come true. I will definitely be attending. See you all next fall!
Decision: [ b]Accepted - Computer Engineering(College Of Engineering)**
[ b][ u]Objective: **
ACT (breakdown):
SAT I (breakdown): 2110
SAT II: didnt submit
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
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.): none really haha
**Subjective: **
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4 years of HS basketball,MUNs,
Volunteer/Community service: about 200 hours of helping out in my local hospitals/retirement homes
Summer Activities:
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 9 i think my essays helped me the most as i had a lot of obstacles to cross throughout high school.
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):India but im a US citizen
School Type: CBSE
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: M
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
**Reflection: **
Strengths: GPA,essays
Weaknesses: SAT
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: my essays and my grades helped me the most in my opinion
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected dont know yet:
**General Comments: **
Congratulations to everyone else that got in 
@emshadez same stats
almost as Impressive EC’s
Same decision 
Accepted: LSA for math
GPA 3.5 w 4.2 uw
SAT 740r 780m 630w
SAT II Math II 760 Chem 790 USH 740
AP chem 5 APUSH 5
25%tile
DECISION: CS in CoE
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown out of 1600): Not Taken
ACT: 34 (36 M)
SAT II: 800 Math II; 800 Chem
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.87 / 4.75 (W)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Possibly 8/450
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Physics C Mech (5 - taken as freshman); AP Chem (5), AP Calc BC (5)
AP Stat (5), AP Comp Sci A (5), AP Physics C Elec. & Mag. (5), AP US History (4), AP Bio (3)
Also Completed: Multivariable Calculus (A from Harvard Extension), CS50 (A Harvard), Intro to ECE (A from CMU Precollege), Intro to CS with Python (A from CMU Precollege)
Senior Year Course Load: Anatomy and Physiology, AP Comp Gov, Honors Shakespeare, AP Spanish, Honors IOS Programming
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing Major; AP Scholar with Distinction, Baush and Lomb Award, Harvard Book Prize, Creative Coder Award from school’s FIRST Robotics Team, Bronze medal on National Spanish Exam…
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science Team, FIRST Robotics
Job/Work Experience: 7 weeks full time as IT Intern at Welch’s Foods
Volunteer/Community service: Peer Tutor at school for struggling students
Summer Activities: Internship, CMU Precollege
Essays: Good I Think…
Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see but good I hope (one from CS teacher of all four years)
Counselor Rec: Didn’t see
Additional Rec:
Interview:
Other
State (if domestic applicant): MA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Highly Competitive Large Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: M
Income Bracket:> 200,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Reflection
Strengths: Academics, Focus on CS (6 courses taken),
Weaknesses: Test Scores Ok I guess, Extracurriculars, not ‘well-rounded’
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted UMass Amherst (Honors), Accepted UMD College Park (Honors), waiting for U of Rochester, Cornell, MIT and U Mich
Decision: Accepted (College of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering/Honors Program)
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2310 (730 CR 800 M 780 W) and 1940 (630 CR 670 M 640 W)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II:
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 9.56 [9.8/10 9th Grade (CBSE), 9.8/10 10th Grade (CBSE), 427/470 (91%) 11th Grade (Andhra Pradesh Board of Intermediate Education)]
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7/213
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load:
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Unified Cyber Olympiad 2012 by Unified Council - Good Performance (All India Rank 1516), 10th Grade[/li]2011 International Assessments for Indian Schools by UNSW Global - High Distinction in English (Top 1%), 9th Grade
2011 International Assessments for Indian Schools by UNSW Global - Credit in Computer Skills (Top 23%), 9th Grade
2011 International Assessments for Indian Schools by UNSW Global - Credit in Mathematics (Top 19%), 9th Grade
ASSET by Educational Initiatives - Distinguished Performance (Percentiles: English - 98.4, Math - 95.8, Science - 88.6), 9th Grade
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Co-founded a Website and currently running it - Burst. (burst.co.in), 10th,11th, and 12th Grades
Co-hosted School Annual Day, 9th Grade
Dancer/Marcher at School Sports Day, 10th Grade
Mithras House Cricket, Soccer, and Dodgeball Teams, 9th and 10th Grades
[] Job/Work Experience: Unpaid Internship at ACD Communications Pvt. Ltd. (2 months), 12th Grade
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered at Blind School for 2 months (Taught kids), 12th Grade
[] Summer Activities:
[] Essays: Pretty good
[] Teacher Recommendation:
[] Counselor Rec:
[] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview:[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): India, but I’m a US citizen, so I’m considered OOS
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: Indian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 30-40K
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: SAT scores, 9th and 10th GPAs, Class Rank
[] Weaknesses: ECs and Awards, 11th Percentage
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Mostly because of my SAT score, I guess. Also, a lot of people said my essay was exceptional. So I guess because of that too.[/li]
[/ul]General Comments: UIUC is my one of my top choices, so I’ll probably go unless I get into Berkeley or Georgia Tech or UMich. Even if I do get into all those, it’ll be a tough choice, but I guess UIUC will come out on top eventually for a lot of reasons.