***OFFICIAL UIUC CLASS OF 2021 ADMISSIONS THREAD****

Anyone get accepted to CS in College of Engineering? I got waitlisted. I’m surprised, I thought UIUC was my safety school.

Accepted CS
Out of state, 35 ACT, 4.0 GPA (no weight) (did go to a relatively prestigious public high school in my state, though), shit ECs

@johnlimster me too… hahahaha :))))))))))))))))

@dyingyam do those stars mean good or bad ECs?

OOS Accepted CS in the CoE (deferred during RD)
4.0 UW GPA(IB Diploma), 36 ACT, Good ECs

Accepted College of Business
OOS, 1330 SAT, GPA 3.85 at top 1% high school in the country, good essay, good ECs

@nyanpasu_ bad to mediocre. Just mostly useless fluff clubs.

OOS Accepted for CS Regular Decision in College of Engineering
GPA 4.0 UW/4.64 W
SAT 2380
EC’s Good? 2016 Siemens Semifinalist so that might’ve helped

Accepted

SAT: 1400/1600
ACT: 30
GPA: 3.83 (unweighted)

Essays were decent…

ECs

Trinity Grade 4 Guitarist
Part of the schools robotics team (3rd place in state wide competition)
lots of coding projects (Java, C++, SQL, Python) (recently built 2 android apps) (Also have been working with the 8085 microprocessor and have been working with assembly level language)
part of the school soccer team
Tutored underprivileged kids
part of the fundraising for the school fest
can fluently speak 4 languages

Accepted in the college of enginerering OOS
Engineering Physics (First choice major)

how many people get accepted off waitlist normally? is it difficult to get in off of waitlist? should’ve applied ea…

Waitlisted

3.6 uw/4.0 w
24 ACT
OOS
statistics major
great EC’s and great essays

Applied First Choice Major CS/Second Choice Economics …
Denied CS
Accpected Economics

Accepted: College of Engineering - Electrical Engineering

3.54 uw/4.0 w
2220 SAT
OOS - Bay Area, CA

Anyone looking to join their motorsports racing team (Illinois Motorsports)?

Accepted Econ (1st choice was CS) - OOS - ACT 33 - GPA 3.8uw/4.4w

man a lot of CS people are getting denied with better stats than my own lol, glad I got in a couple years back with how competitive it’s becoming

@FirMonkey, Same here - almost same stats.

Accepted- Anthropology major

  • OOS: Bay Area, Ca
  • SAT-1350 GPA- 4.0uw
  • tons of extra curriculars like cheerleading, asb leadership, and clubs
  • studied abroad in Spain over the summer

@FirMonkey, As per FAQ on their homepage, If you’re admitted into your second choice or another program, you’re considered wait listed for your first choice. This means that if space later opens up, we’ll consider you again. When do you think we will know about our 1st choice?

Accepted: COE - computer engineering
ACT: 30
GPA: 3.98 UW 4.4 W
mediocre essay and ecs
OOS African American female

Accepted Statistics+CS in LAS (Second Choice Major)
Denied CS in COE (First Choice Major)

OOS
3.9 UW GPA/4.1 W
2260 SAT

Accepted Electrical Engineering— International

SAT: 1460 (780M, 680R)
Strong ECs
IB Diploma (HL: Math, Physics, Business)