**Official UIUC Regular Decision Admission Results Thread 2017** - Release 02/15

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
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<p>Decision: Accepted (Civil Engineering)</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[</em>] ACT: 34 (34 Eng, 32 M, 36 R, 33 Sci, 6 writing)
[<em>] SAT II: N/A
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.81
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 80/1340 (6%)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US Hist (5) World Hist (5) Psych (5) Spanish Lang (4) English Lang (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Enviro Sci, AP Eng Lit, AP Spanish Lit, Band
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): A lot of band leadership, NHS, nothing spectacular
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Tutor
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: NHS (90+ hours)
[<em>] Summer Activities: None
[</em>] Essays: Pretty Decent
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: None
[</em>] Counselor Rec: None
[<em>] Additional Rec: None
[</em>] Interview: None
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[<em>] School Type: Large Competitive Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>]Income Bracket: (100k+)
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: I’d say my scores and rank
[<em>] Weaknesses: Possibly my essays? Not sure. Also my ACT writing
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Probably my scores
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to UT engineering (attending) and Texas A&M Engineering[/li][/ul]General Comments: I wasn’t too terribly worried about being accepted because I already got in to my first choice (Cockrell engineering at UT) but it was the highlight of my day! It feels good to be accepted to the #1 civil engineering department in the country, but the cost of attending is just too high.</p>

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<p>will they email us or not???</p>

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<p>I was denied :(</p>

<p>So, can anyone tell what is important while Appealing for admissions…and does this ever work !
I am reallly sad…it was my first decision not made in my favour…</p>

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<p>Guys, why are you talking about your recommendations and SATII scores ? UIUC doesn’t look at them…</p>

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<p>@hennebou - Yeah true!! I didn’t talk about them though!! :p</p>

<p>@hereicome2013 - no idea! google it?? As far as I know, you’ve got to have some new application material which will sway them in your favor!! :)</p>

<p>@JRswish - They are supposed to email us, but it hasn’t come yet!! But no postal mail for International Students - which kind of sucks!! :/</p>

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<p>Any idea when were gonna get letters sent out? Like the whole package?</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted (College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - Astronomy)</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[</em>] ACT: 28 Comp - 31 E, 26 M, 29 R, 24 S
[<em>] SAT II: N/A
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.73
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 90/597
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC (3), AP Lang/Comp (2)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics B, Symphonic Wind Ensemble, AP Statistics, Arg/Pers Writing, Spanish 3, AP Psychology
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS, Math Tutor, Marching Band (Clarinet Section Leader), Ski Club
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring & NHS
[<em>] Summer Activities: none
[</em>] Essays: Good
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: N/A
[</em>] Counselor Rec: N/A
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): MI
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>]Income Bracket: (90k+)
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Course Load, Essays, Decent ACT
[<em>] Weaknesses: AP Test Scores
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: ACT, Class Rank ?
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: WMU (accepted)[/li][/ul]General Comments: I honestly was not expecting to get in. My credentials are good, but they definitely could be better. This is a giant weight off of my shoulders, getting accepted into my top choice!</p>

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<p>hennebou - they used a template from other results thread, so it just has it in there.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted (College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - Physics)</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I : 1870
ACT: N/A
SAT II: 780 Math, 680 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.51
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): Statistics (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Econ, Calc AB, APB Physics, AP Studio Art, American Liternature (H)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): SWAC (photogapher), MSA President, Tutoring, French Club
Job/Work Experience: Law Firm
Volunteer/Community service: 100+
Summer Activities: Intership
Essays: Decent
Teacher Recommendation: N/A
Counselor Rec: N/A
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A
Other
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Pakistani
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: <50k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: Lots of difficult classes, all A’s and B’s, good SAT 2 score
Weaknesses: SAT scores
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Reputation of my high school
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Arcadia (accepted), NYU (rejected)
General Comments: I was unsure if I would get in but now that I have, I’m probably going to go because all my other reach colleges are harder to get in than Illinois. I am really glad I got accepted!!</p>

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<p>Decision: Decision: Accepted (College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences)
Objective: International female (but study in u.s high school)</p>

<p>SAT I (breakdown): None (feel ashamed that i got the same score at sat math and SAT II LEVEL 2 MATH :(()
ACT: 26 ss 27
SAT II: Math 700
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75UW (4.2/5.00 W)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): unavailable
AP (place score in parenthesis): None
IB (place score in parenthesis): predicted 35 (Not studying first language as language 1,)
Senior Year Course Load: IB English A,French ab inito, Psychology (SL), Math.Physics,Econ(HL)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Head of Student government, founder of a teaching club.
Job/Work Experience: tour guide; interpretor and internship at Citibank
Volunteer/Community service: Founder of a teaching community
Summer Activities: Volunteer and internship
Teacher Recommendation: Pretty good, I believe (I waived my right to view)
Counselor Rec: Pretty good, I believe (I waived my right to view)</p>

<p>Country (if international applicant):China
School Type: IB School
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Reflection
Strengths: President of SGA and founder of a teaching community as well as highest level of classes
Weaknesses: ACT(no time to study, thanks to EE and CAS)
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Essay and GPA
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Kelly school of business at IUB</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted (Electrical Engineering)</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2180 (M-800,W-730,R-650)
ACT: Should’ve taken it, but didn’t!!
SAT II: MII - 780, Phy - 760… Din’t send either of them!!
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A, 10th - 94%, 11th - 84% (Indian system)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/99
AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Toughest available
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Harvard MUN Outstanding delegate maybe?
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Many ECs but listing only those mentioned in the UIUC app:-

  1. Student Govt.
  2. Event Head at School’s national science fair
  3. Various Model UN awards, organized a Model UN
  4. Football(Soccer) - some achievements
  5. Basketball - some achievements
    Job/Work Experience: None, too damn lazy!!
    Volunteer/Community service: National Cadet Corps - 2yrs; National Service Scheme 2yrs
    Summer Activities: Nothing great
    Essays: Not great! Essay #1 was a truncated version of my commonapp one. Essay #2 was on photography written in 5-10 minutes!!
    Teacher Recommendation: They don;t require these!
    Counselor Rec: Not needed
    Additional Rec: Don’t even have one, but not needed again!
    Interview: Nah!
    Other[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):[</em>] Country (if international applicant): India[<em>] School Type: Pvt[</em>] Ethnicity: Indian[<em>] Gender: Male[</em>]Income Bracket: Low, but no relation with the admission decision[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None!
    Reflection[</em>] Strengths: SAT in top 25 percentile for UIUC, good enough ECs & grades.[<em>] Weaknesses: Bad bad essay![</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: They need the Intn’l tuition fee, which I’m not going to give them!! [li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted - Drexel University, All other rejections are due on March 28th - yes it’s Ivy day!! [/li]General Comments: Pretty useless this acceptance, unless UIUC sees this post and decides to offer me a decent enough scholarship!!
    Anyway congrats to all those accepted, keep pursuing to all those waitlisted and hard luck to all those rejected!! </p>

<p>Edit - Copy pasted it from the other thread, so no formatting!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted (Business-Curric Unassigned)</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I : 1870
ACT: N/A
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): (no GPA), but IB scores of 40 (year 11 semester 2) and 38 (year 12 sem 1)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis): Math HL 7, Indonesian A1 HL 6, English B HL 6, ITGS SL 7, business SL 6, Physics 6
Senior Year Course Load: Look Above
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): In-school awards (and got a merit-scholarship in my HS)
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Several leadership positions including school body vice president</p>

<p>Essays: Decent (or okay, idk?)
Teacher Recommendation: N/A
Counselor Rec: N/A
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A
Other
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): A Korean from an Indonesian HS
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Korean
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: ~100k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: IDk about my strengths, i guess, above-average school grades?
Weaknesses: SAT scores, definitely.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: idk, perhaps some leadership positions helped me out here, and my rigorous courseload as i took full diploma course
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: None, this is my first acceptance.
General Comments: As this is my first-ever acceptance, i’m really happy that i got in! The pressure is now off a bit. I am still waiting for my top choices thou, umich, ucla and cal! GOODLUCK EVERYONE! As you can see from my stats, nothing special, i was still admitted to UIUC’s business which has great reputation!</p>

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<p>How do I know if I got into my major or not? Mine says I got admitted and below it it says my college is business and curriculum unassigned. Does that mean I got into uiuc business? Or dgs but just prebusiness?</p>

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<p>Means you got into Business :-)</p>

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<p>From Singapore, accepted into aerospace engineering! ^^</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted (Media and Cinema Studies)</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2150 (710CR 800M 640W)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: N/A
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 15
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Dual Enrollment at a University - Psychology 101, Philosophy 101, Sociology 101, Presentation Skills. At High School: AP Biology, AP Calculus, AP Literature, Theology IV
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Film Club (Founder), Play (Actor), Glee (Member), FRC Robotics (Programming supervisor)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Local Nursing Home (141+ hours)
[</em>] Summer Activities: N/A
[<em>] Essays: Mediocre (Didn’t put much into essays since I had waited until the deadline of the application. I had to write them quickly. I thought UIUC was one of the Commonapp Schools)
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent from Math/History teachers
[<em>] Counselor Rec: N/A
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: N/A[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Other:[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): N/A
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Korea (I’m going to a high school in PA, though)
[<em>] School Type: Catholic school
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>]Income Bracket: Low
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Honestly, I don’t know.[/ul] </p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: SAT&GPA?
[</em>] Weaknesses: Lack of EC, and many supplementary exam stats
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted: I think SAT and GPA were big, other than that, I might have been appealing because of je ne sais quoi
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to NYU and Temple. Still waiting on other schools.[/ul]</p>

<p>General Comments:[ul]
[*] Congratulations to all who got accepted. I was really excited when I got accepted to UIUC because it was the first college I’ve ever got into. Although I think NYU would be more advantageous to me as a film major, I feel honored to be offered a spot in such a prestigious college. I was unsure about UIUC because I thought my EC’s were mediocre and essays weren’t that good, but I’m happy that I got accepted.[/ul]</p>

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<p>posting for D</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted (Music Instrumental)</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):2280(720/790/770) one sitting
[</em>] ACT:35(36/36/36/33) one sitting
[<em>] SAT II:800 Math2, 740 Lit
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):shared #1 with 20, class size 500
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):AP CalcAB, AP Lit, AP EuroHist, AP ArtHist 5/5/4/4</p>

<p>[<em>] Senior Year Course Load:AP CalcBC, APUSH, AP EnvSc, AP Music Th, H Amer Lit, H Band, French4
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):NMF, AP scholar with honor, solo/ensemble festival performance awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):lots of music on several wind instruments. pit in HS and outside groups, jazz band, pep band, youth orchestras and wind ensembles
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:humane society 100+ hrs, env. restoration, music mentor, peer tutor at HS- math/music theory
[<em>] Summer Activities:res. music camps, music concert trip to Europe, hang out at the pool, walk the dog, online coursework, res. and day tennis camps, practice music
[</em>] Essays: fine?</p>

<p>[/ul]Other:[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):WI
[</em>] School Type: largish city public
[<em>] Ethnicity:white
[</em>] Gender:female
[<em>]Income Bracket: too much for free lunch
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):none</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection:[ul]<br>
[<em>]Weaknesses:hum drum ECs, though a lot of them
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted: audition, good rapport with oboe prof.
[li]Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:accepted everywhere so far, though not doing music auditions everywhere. Waiting on UChicago and Vandy. Schools at level similar to UIUC- UMichigan, UNC-Chapel Hill, McGill, GaTech, UMiami, UW-Madison, Northeastern, UMinnesota. Others are lower.[/li][/ul]General Comments: UIUC is 2nd choice if enough merit to be affordable. UMichigan would be 2nd choice but almost surely won’t be affordable. UIUC is super nice school. First applied and was accepted early to math, then withdrew app. to change to music and have audition. Still hope to fit in math somewhere.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted (Bioengineering)</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t Take
[</em>] ACT: Took three times, first was 30, second 31, and last one 33 (English-34 Math-34 Reading-32 Science-30)
[<em>] SAT II: Didn’t take
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Our school is weird, but 4.2 since our A+'s are worth 4.33
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/200
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): none
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, Chem II, Physics, AP Environmental Science, Calculus, World Literature
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): XC, swim team, tennis
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Tennis Instructor, and Hollister Employee
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Couple daycares and a couple hospitals. Mission trip to Joplin, Missouri
[<em>] Summer Activities: none really
[</em>] Essays: decent. Wrote about working on my car, since that seems to apply to engineering.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Don’t think I had to send one?
[</em>] Counselor Rec:
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview:
[/ul]Other [ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Illinois
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Private, Catholic
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>]Income Bracket: Above the average I’d say
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): [/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Class Rank
[<em>] Weaknesses: Essay, probably. And the fact that I took no AP tests when I had the opportunity to.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Class Rank. Two of my siblings went there. Not sure if that helps?
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Notre Dame [/ul][/li]General Comments:
Is there anyone else out there who’s going into Bioengineering or at least heard something about it? UIUC is my top choice. From the sound of it though, it seems like as engineers we’re going to have no life if we want to get above a 3.0 GPA haha.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted (Civil Engineering)</p>

<p>Objective:
• SAT I (breakdown): Math(720), CR(550), W(470)
• ACT: Nope
• SAT II: Math II (720), Physics (750). Not considered.
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): My school can´t make that equivalence but as 18/20=90%, it´d be like a 3.7.
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 18/118
• AP (place score in parenthesis): none
• Senior Year Course Load: Math, Chemistry (organic), Physics, English, French, Spanish, Religion, Values, Sports (karate club), Economics and Civism.<br>
• Major Awards: Top 1% of the national entry exam for the university. </p>

<p>Subjective:
• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Junior varsity track and field (reserve squad)
• Job/Work Experience: Assistant accountant, Librarian and waiting answer for a job offer (until i travel abroad)
• Volunteer/Community service: Catholic missionary week, 300 hours of volunteer service.
• Essays: Good. Wrote about social service, their housing problems and need of economic activation of the population over religious teachings and placebos.
• Teacher Recommendation: Math teacher, Physics teacher. Just put e-mails there. </p>

<p>Other
• State (if domestic applicant):
• Country (if international applicant): Ecuador
• School Type: Private, Catholic
• Ethnicity: Mestizo
• Gender: Male
•Income Bracket: Below average </p>

<p>Reflection
• Strengths: Essays, awards and social service.
• Weaknesses: SAT I.
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Essay, awards and national scholarship.
• Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Waiting UT Austin and Purdue.
General Comments:
It will be hard, but i´m looking forward to it. After checking the admission stats i know that i have got a great deal of luck and i would like to know someone else who have got accepted to my major. Nonetheless i would like to get into a frat and gain some money working or selling stuff.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted (Physics)</p>

<p>Study in a foreign high school (US Citizen though)</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t Take
ACT: Took once. 33.
SAT II: Took two. Math 2C - 670 and Physics - 680.
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): None
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): No Rank.
AP (place score in parenthesis): none
IB (place score in parenthesis): none
Senior Year Course Load: Math (Adv. Calculus), Physics, Chemistry, Biology, English.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Basketball, Tabla (Indian Drums), Martial Arts, Volunteering Club Treasurer
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: Community Library and Local Golf Course
Summer Activities: Nothing Much
Essays: Good, I think so. (Got it read by many people).
Teacher Recommendation: Not Required right?
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
Interview:</p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): India (Applied as a domestic applicant)
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Below Average (When you convert to Dollars)
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: Good Essays.
Weaknesses: No AP tests.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Good Essays and ACT scores.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: (So Far): UT Austin, Ohio State, UMass, and UofIowa</p>

<p>General Comments:
How good is the physics program? I know its highly ranked but any first person views?</p>