<p>Since priority honors filing no longer releases decisions in December, will it make a difference applying before November 1st compared to after? I'm on the border for getting in (not even expecting to be considered for honors), and am reconsidering taking the October ACT. However, I won't be able to apply until after November 1st if I retake it. So what is more useful now: Applying priority honors filing with a 29 ACT, or applying regular admissions with hopefully a 30 ACT or above?
Thank you for your help! </p>
<p>If you are primarily concerned with being accepted, getting a higher ACT score is considerably more important than getting your app in early.</p>
<p>Note though that many things are dependent on the College you are applying to. Each College has its own scholarships for example, so while a 30 may be low for Engineering, it may be high for another College and put you in consideration. Check out the website for more details.</p>
<p>I plan on applying to the College of Business. I have a 29 ACT but my class rank is only in the 20% range at my school. Since my class rank is lower, I think I may take the ACT to get a higher score and sort of make up a bit for my lower class rank. Is this the right thing to do in this case? </p>
<p>It never hurts to retake the ACT. Take it. They’ll only consider the scores with the highest composite.</p>
<p>Would you recommend not applying to priority honors so that I can try for a higher ACT score? Or would applying with a 29 ACT to priority be better? I’m not really sure what this priority honors is all about these days. </p>
<p>Take the ACT again.</p>
<p>Yes, take the ACT again. Business is competitive and every ACT point will help your chances. Applying early will be no benefit to you.</p>
<p>you can submit act scores after you apply, so apply whenever you have your app ready</p>
<p>Wow, I’m pretty much in the exact same boat as you. I’m currently applying as a CS Major but my ACT is only 29. All my other stats are pretty good (ton of extra curriculars, high GPA, top 2% class rank, in state etc.) but I feel that my low ACT score is holding me back. I just registered for the October ACT, aiming for a 30+ to possibly increase my chances.</p>
<p>So is there no ED and RD for UIUC? Do people who apply before November 1st have a higher chance of getting in, or is the only benefit priority honors? And if I do not get into the College of Engineering, would I still be able to do something like CS + Math at the LAS? Thanks.</p>
<p>Applying early at UIUC doesn’t matter anymore for acceptance (if it ever did).</p>
<p>In-state also buys you nothing at UIUC unless you have the stats. In fact, it may work against you.</p>
<p>The middle 50th percentile stats for the college of Business in 2014 admissions.
ACT 29-32 SAT 1330-1430 Class Rank 89-97%</p>
<p>The middle 50th percentile stats for the college of Engineering (CS) in 2014 admissions.
ACT 31-34 SAT 1400-1510 Class Rank 93-99%</p>
<p>While UIUC will tell you there’s no minimum score for any college, there’s not much hope for those below these numbers. GPA is more important than class rank in a good school. Maybe if your Math score was a 35 or 36, a lower composite would be accepted.</p>
<p>Take the ACT as many times as possible since many times your last try will be the highest.</p>
<p>CS is no longer the special degree it was 30 years ago, so keep your options open and look at other university CS programs. While Business used to be the school people fell back on, it’s now about as competitive as Engineering at most top programs.</p>
<p>so will uiuc let the early applicants know anything about if they got in to a honors progam or not sooner or everything will be out only in feb?</p>
<p>Everything on Feb 13, including scholarships, supposedly. TBH though I will be surprised if they pull that off, as I think there was a little backtracking recently on the scholarship info release date.</p>
<p>Yes, if you get into the engineering school it is very easy to transfer to LAS to minor in Match or double major, not the other way around.</p>