Official UIUC Class of 2019 Decisions Thread

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
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Decision: [ color = green][ b]Accepted - Aerospace Engineering - College of Engineering [/color]**

[ b][ u]Objective: **

ACT (breakdown):
SAT I (breakdown): 2090 (M-790, CR-620, W-680)
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8UW

[ b][ u]Subjective: **

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): I had lots of extracurriculars and leadership positions, not going to list down all.

Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8.5-9/10

[ b][ u]Other: **

State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): India
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: > $200,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): NA

[ b][ u]Reflection: **

Strengths: Extracurriculars, Essays, Recommendations.
Weaknesses: SAT score, GPA.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Probably because they though I’m a all-round applicant.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted : UMich Ann Arbor, Penn State, Texas A&M, Cu-Boulder, Maryland College Park.

Deferred : Georgia Tech.
[ b]General Comments: **
Thrilled with the acceptance, but will probably end up going to UMich ! Congrats to everyone else !

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Decision: [ color = yellow]Waitlisted - CS - Engineering[/color]

ACT (breakdown):32C(35M,35E,30S,29S)
SAT I (breakdown):2160(800M,650CR,710W)

Btw can i appeal my decision and ask them to consider me for a different major?

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Decision: Accepted College of Engineering - Aerospace
ACT: 31 C(35S, 34M, 33R, 31E Super Scores)
GPA: 3.78/4.0
AP Physics - 4, AP Calc BC - 5
State: IL
Accepted: Purdue, University of KS, Marquette University
Waiting for decision: University of MN - Twin Cities
Hook - Multivariable Calc!

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Decision: **Accepted - Undecided - College of Business**

**Objective: **

ACT (breakdown): 32
SAT I (breakdown): n/a
SAT II: 780 Math 2, 720 Bio E
TOEFL: 112
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.59
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
IB (place score in parenthesis): HL Math (5), HL Chem (6), HL Bio (5), SL English (6), SL French (7), SL Business (6)
Senior Year Course Load: HL Math, HL Chem, HL Bio, SL English, SL French, SL Business
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none really!

**Subjective: **

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): MSF Charity Club (President), Red Crescent Charity club (Secretary), Global Network Charity club, Dance club, Badminton club
Volunteer/Community service: RDAD, Senses Centre and Al Noor volunteer (all have to do with children with disabilities)
Summer Activities: Internship at Citibank China
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8/9

Teacher Rec #1: Chem probably really good
Teacher Rec #2: English not so sure
Counselor Rec: Close, should be good

**Other: **

State (if domestic applicant): International
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: More than sufficient for school fees
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

**Reflection: **

Strengths: ECs, very challenging course load
Weaknesses: Low GPA, medium test scores
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: idk to be honest

[ b]General Comments: **
Congratulations to all who got in! Good luck to those who were placed on the wait list.

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Guys, when posting results, please remove the space after the square brackets.

Thank you :slight_smile:

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Decision: [ b]Accepted - Undecided - Business**

[ b][ u]Objective: **

ACT (breakdown): 32
SAT I (breakdown): 2040 ( can’t remember if I sent this tbh)
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 2.8 :confused:
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 US Hist

Senior Year Course Load: Fairly challenging courses (accelerated but no APs except for Studio Art)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

[ b][ u]Subjective: **

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): cross country
Job/Work Experience: almost 2 years at a part time job/ started online store.
Volunteer/Community service: ~20 hours at things like relay for life & homeless shelters
Summer Activities:
Essays (rating 1-10, details): I really can’t remember. I worked pretty hard on them though.

[ b][ u]Other: **

State (if domestic applicant): Mass
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: mixed
Gender: F
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

[ b][ u]Reflection: **

Strengths: ACT, started a store
Weaknesses: GPA, not a lot of community service
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I had a valid sob story to explain the GPA. Not sure if they looked at senior year grades but if they did there was a huge upward trend. Very surprised and happy and will most likely attend :)!
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: accepted into UIC, and offered alternate major at Purdue. Still waiting for most of my decisions to come out though.

[ b]General Comments: **

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Decision: Waitlisted
Objective:
SAT 1: 670 CR, 760 Writing, 770 Math(2200 total)- took it twice got 1940 the first time
ACT: did not participate
SAT 2: 690 US History, 780 Math 2
Weighted GPA: 3.40
UW GPA: 3.27
AP: no scores sent, self-reported US History 4 and AP Psychology 4
Senior Courseload: AP Statistics, AP World History, Regular English, Anatomy/Physiology, Band, Gov./Econ., Marching Band
Major awards: none
Subjective:
extreme upward trend from sophomore year to junior year in terms of GPA
4 years band, 4 years marching band, 4 years cross country, 4 years track
Volunteer/Community Service: volunteer marching band 48 service house(separate from 4 years marching band)

Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Actuarial Science
State(if domestic applicant): CA
School Type: public co-ed
Ethnicity: Chinese American
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $220,000/year
Hooks: extreme upward trend in GPA from sophomore year to junior year

Reflection
Strengths: upward GPA trend, SAT 1 and SAT 2 Math, good essays
Weaknesses- Low overall GPA, not any special ecs
Why do you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My sat score was way above average at 2200 and I had a really good upward GPA trend. My school is tough as the average sat score is 1990 in my high school.However, my GPA is low.
General Comments: Awaiting my decision but will likely not go either way.
Will you attend: No
Where else were you accepted/rejected/waitlisted: all accepted, no rejections, no waitlist
Purdue University, West Lafayette for Actuarial Science(Early Action)
UC Riverside for Statistics(Regular Decision)-awarded $2000/year in merit
Ohio State University, Columbus for Actuarial Science(Early Action)-awarded $12,000/year in merit
Stony Brook University for Applied Mathematics/Statistics(Regular Decision/Rolling Admissions)
Pennsylvania State University, University Park for Finance(Priority Decision)
San Jose State University for Business Administration(Regular Decision)

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@PCMguy‌ It is what it is man…Whadidt do you think you’re even going to do? I think Math and CS is fine for me as they have all of the same classes until like 5th semester. At the point I can try to transfer as long as I have an A- in 2 Cs classes

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And same view on the program. Are you my lost twin? @emshadez‌
Haha. Same man. I got to decide between UT-Austin and this now and if I get lucky with any other big ones in March.

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Decision: **Accepted - Undeclared - General Studies**

Decision: **Rejected - Comp Sci - COE :frowning: **

**Objective: **

ACT (breakdown): 28 comp, 31m, 29s, 27r, 25 essay+w
SAT I (breakdown): 1800 comp, 710m, 520r, 570w
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Diploma Program in progress
Senior Year Course Load:
IB:
HL Eng Langlit
SL Spanish Ab initio
HL Psychology
HL Physics
SL Mathematics
SL B&M
ToK
Math EE

**Subjective: **

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): sports, martial arts, lots of school-related activities
Job/Work Experience: see summer activities
Volunteer/Community service: near none
Summer Activities: internship at a camp
Essays (rating 1-10, details): probably 7 for both

**Other: **

Country (if international applicant): Hong Kong (US Citizen)
School Type: International
Ethnicity: American/Chinese
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 150k
Hooks: First gen, upward trend, international credentials?

**Reflection: **

Strengths: Ehh… IB?
Weaknesses: SAT, ACT
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: No HL Math/AP Calc. I guess my grades were good enough to get myself an alternate offer (where I chose Undeclared.)
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

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Decision: Accepted - Undeclared - Engineering W/ James Scholar

Objective:

ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT I (breakdown): 2210 (Math: 760, Writing: 720, Reading 730)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.81
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Diploma Program candidate
Senior Year Course Load:
IB:
HL Math
HL Chemistry
HL Economics
SL Physics
SL English A
SL Chinese B
ToK
Chemistry EE

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): swim team, Student Council, Model United Nations
Job/Work Experience: see summer activities
Volunteer/Community service: Nope sorry
Summer Activities: Nothing impressive
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 5/6… I wrote horrible essays in my opinion

Other:
State: TX
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: International
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Unsure
Hooks: N/A… I think i was pretty well rounded i guess.

Reflection:

Strengths: Recommendations from my HL math teacher and SL english gave me a good wide scope I think.
Weaknesses: SAT, ACT
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Probably from the aforementioned recs.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted TAMU, Denied Stanford, Deferred GTech

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People keep talking about their strengths being their letters of recommendation, however, Illinois doesn’t take letters of recommendation and actually say they shred them. So people, that means you are getting in on your own merits, not by letters of rec!

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I also got an email yesterday around 3 am saying that my status has been changed. I wanted to check the portal, but the link doesn’t work. I go to myAdmissions link, but the page never shows up and says that “cannot connect to the server.” I don’t think that it’s a wifi problem, because my internet works perfectly fine. I’ve been anxious to check it since last night, but the page still isn’t showing up…

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Decision Form

Decision: [ color = green][ b]Accepted - Electrical Engineering[/color]**

[ b][ u]Objective: **

ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT I (breakdown): M:800, R:600, W:650 TOTAL: 2050
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.82
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
IB (THIS IS MY SCHOOL GRADE 11 FINAL EXAM SCORES AS I HAVE NOT GIVEN BOARDS YET):
Math HL - 7
Physics HL - 7
Chemistry HL - 7
English A Lang and Lit SL - 6
Economics - 6
Hindi B SL - 7

Senior Year Course Load:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

[ b][ u]Subjective: **

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
3 internships - one at a electronic and programming firm, one at a chemical firm and one at a mechanical engineering firm
Teaching at 2 NGO’s for the past 3 years
Provided Nursing Facilities at a NGO for a year
Led Environmental Campaigns for the ruling political party in India.
Leader of the school programming club
Won a state level quiz and a debate competition
Placed 2nd in various district level quiz competitions
Placed 2nd and 3rd in many school athletic competitions - 100m race, long jump and high jump
Won a gold medal for rock climbing
Volunteered to write for blind children at a famous college
I play tennis regularly

[ b][ u]Other: **

State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): India
School Type: IB
Ethnicity: India
Gender:Male
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

[ b]General Comments: **

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**Decision: Accepted; College of Engineering;Electrical and Computer Engineering**

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): None
ACT: 31(E:29:M:33:R:30:S:32)
SAT II: UIUC does not consider SAT II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): A/B student(School does not give Unweighted)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): None.
AP (place score in parenthesis): Not considered, but I did mention I was an AP scholar w/ Distinction
IB (place score in parenthesis): None
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, Calc, Physics II, Stats; ROTC I, Honors Economics/Civics, Honors Pre-Engineering
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 1st place at several local math competitions, Top ten in city-wide math competitions, Quarter-finalist/Semifinalist in Robotics all three years, and was invited to demo robot at a few international conferences.

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math Team and Robotics, leader in both
Job/Work Experience: None.
Volunteer/Community service: A couple times every month for a few hours
Summer Activities: Freshman: None; Sophomore Year: EDx: Intro to Python;
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
1st Prompt: 9; Explanation about why I like Electrical Engineering and what I planned on doing as one.
2nd Prompt: 9; Talked about a video game I play a lot and why I liked it so much.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: Not considered at UIUC
Teacher Rec #2: Not considered at UIUC
Counselor Rec: Not considered at UIUC
Additional Rec: None.
Interview: None.

Other

State (if domestic applicant): IL
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: AA
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: >100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM

Reflection

Strengths: Awards and Essays
Weaknesses: Grades.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:

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Anyone know how many people applied to Electric Engineering?

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**Accepted - Earth, Society, Environmental Sustainability
LAS Honors Scholar with 40,000 Scholarship!**

ACT (breakdown): C: 30, E: 28, R: 31, M: 27, S: 32
SAT I (breakdown):
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.81, 4.86 W
AP: Two 4s.
Senior Year Course Load: AP Enviro, AP Stats, AP Gov, Honors Soc, AP Chinese, Honors English IV,
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Questbridge National Match finalist, Presidents Service Award Twice, GOH Scholarship recipient, Chinese Honors Society, Crystal Charitable Fund recipient

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): President of Two clubs, VP of Acappella group, yearbook staff, peer mentors program,
Job/Work Experience: Internship at Shedd Aquarium
Volunteer/Community service: Club Shedd (designing garden tours for Shedd Aquarium)
Summer Activities:
Environmental service trip to Hawaii.
Environmental Research trip to Belize.
National Hispanic environmental council new mexico institute

Essays (rating 1-10, details): good ??? 8/10 ???

State (if domestic applicant): Instate
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public (comptetive top)
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: male
Income Bracket: <35,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, Poor af

Strengths: URM, Scores, GPA, passion for environment,
Weaknesses: Essays.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Saw my passions and struggles.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Applied to Harvard, Brown (Deferred), Colorado College, Pomona, Bowdoin, Wesleyan, Vassar, UC Santa Barbara/San Diego, University of Southern California, BU, UMiami, UVermont (Accepted), UMinnesota (Accepted), DePaul (Accepted),

**General Comments: **
So happy they gave me scholarship money. Now I’m seriously considering.

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When will the official offer letters be approximately available for international students?
And have any of the international students received any of merit-based scholarship till now? Generally when do they send notifications for scholarships (for intl)?

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Decision: [ color = green][ b]Accepted - Mechanical Engineering - College of Engineering[/color]**

[ b][ u]Objective: **

ACT (breakdown): C 34 M 35 E 35 R 33 S 33 W 10
SAT I (breakdown): W 800 M 760 CR 730
Unweighted GPA - No GPA at school but got >90 in all exams
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): -
AP (place score in parenthesis): -
IB (place score in parenthesis): -
Senior Year Course Load: Physics, Chemistry, English, Maths, Economics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): -

[ b][ u]Subjective: **

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Guitar - 4 years, Part of 2 orchestras (Indian Classical and Western), participated in competitions, winning quite a bit
Participated in several quizzes, usually finishing in top 3 or better
Science Exhibitions - 2 times 1st in National level exhibitions
Community service - Two clubs, spent about 60 hours/year
Senior Member - Science Club
Prefect at School (Part of student body)

Volunteer/Community service: A few clubs but nothing major, >50 hours
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
7
8

[ b][ u]Other: **

State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): India
School Type:
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $ 90K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): -

[ b][ u]Reflection: **
Strengths: School grades, Standardized test scores

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Decision: **Accepted - Psychology **

**Objective: **

ACT (breakdown):
SAT I (breakdown): 2220 (M-760, CR-670, WR-790)
SAT II: 760 Math II, 680 Lit (did not send)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A (93/100?)
Senior Year Course load: AP English Lit, AP English Language and Composition, A-Level Business Studies, AP Economics, Advanced Arabic, AP Statistics, AP Calculus AB

**Subjective: **

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Volunteering in Sudan for over 3 years, 4 years of work at a clinic, after school tutoring, vocal training and 7th grade diploma from the London College of Music

Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8.5-9/10

**Other: **

State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): UAE
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Mixed
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: > $200,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Multicultural? Trilingual?

**Reflection: **

Strengths: Extracurriculars, Essays
Weaknesses: SAT score
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: No idea.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: This was my first reply! Most of mine come at the end of March or the beginning of April.

**General Comments: **
So happy to have been accepted, but will wait till April to make the decision on where I will study. Congratulations to all of us!