<p>Hi, so im a High School senor from Illinois whom will be attending Northern Illinois this upcoming fall for Political Science. The Univeristy of Illinois my dream school however, and I want to end up there as soon as possible. I had heard alot how Illinois is hard to get into and thinking that my grades were not of par I made the idiotic mistake of not even applying. I would have just gone to Community college for a year or so but my current home situation wont allow that so im going to Northern thinking there I can have somewhat of a college experiance. I plan on applying as a transfer for the 2011 Spring semester as well as the 2011 fall semester if need be. I think we can all agree Illinois is a better school in just about every aspect.</p>
<p>I'm already taking classes at my local CC where the credits transfer to both UIUC and NIU. At Northern I also plan to take classes which would transfer to Illinois. I also already have some AP credit.</p>
<p>I did look into Parkland Pathways but for an out of district student the cost are comparable to a University. Also Parkland Pathways didnt have my major.</p>
<p>I dont know how selective the LAS department at UIUC is or what its transfer rates are so if anyone could enlighten me on this that would be great? Any other information would be much apperciated! Here's my high school stats:</p>
<p>H.S. Stats
ACT: 25
GPA: 3.0/4.4
Class Rank: 102/218</p>
<p>Speaking from experience, UIUC LAS department is very hard to get into (second to college of engineering). Their ACT requirement is 29-32, just below 30-33 ACT requirement for the college of engineering. “Transferring” to UIUC is harder than freshman admission because their transfer acceptance rate is very low. With your current GPA and ACT in highschool, UIUC is a long shot. I suggest going into a university (like Northern) rather than a community college because that will give you more chance of getting in. My brother has a 4.0 gpa at a community college and didn’t even stand a chance durring his UIUC transferring proccess.</p>
<p>You also need to do really really good during your freshman year in order to be competitive (3.9-4.0). They will look at your highschool GPA and ACT if you have less than 30 credits at the time of admission so i suggest getting more than 30 credits before transferring so your highschool record won’t be getting in the way. Also, extracurricular activity, volunteer etc…</p>
<p>That simply isn’t true. LAS isn’t incredibly difficult to get into except for certain specific programs. Engineering and business are both harder to get into. Engineering has higher stats on average and business has the lower admission rate (due to getting a greater number of unqualified applicants).</p>
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<p>Correlation does not imply causation. I can’t say one way or another how hard transfer admissions are compared to freshman admissions, but a lower acceptance rate may mean several things, including an increased number of junk applications from transfers as compared to freshman admissions.</p>
<p>First of all, there is no ACT Composite Score requirement for acceptance into any college at the University of Illinois. The statistic being quoted, and incorrectly quoted I might add, is that the middle 50% of freshman entering LAS have an ACT between 27 and 32. Some have lower ACTs and some higher.</p>
<p>Darkspy is correct regarding the fact that if you have less than 30 transferable college credit hours at application, your High School Transcripts and Standardized Test Scores will be considered in evaluating your application.</p>
<p>I believe you can still take the ACT after high school graduation (i.e while in your first year at college), you might want to go through a few practice tests and then sit for it again to see whether your composite improves.</p>
<p>They will use high school record and test score as part of the evaluation if at time of “applying” you have less than 30 college credits “completed,” which generally includes anyone who tries to transfer into first semester sophomore year because you apply to transfer into second year during your second semester freshman year before you have completed 30 hours. </p>
<p>Transfers into second semester freshman year are not absolutely prohibited in LAS but chances are virtually nil and hardly anyone is taken. As noted above, transfers into first semester sophomore year consider as an important factor your high school record and test score, and, if it is likely you would not have been admitted freshman year if you had applied, that is weighed against you (and you should consider your chances slim). Transfers into second semester sophomore year (for which you apply in first semester sophomore year after you usually have at least 30 graded college hours) or first semester third year will be based mainly on college grades and high school record/test score is not weighed against you. Transfer chances. besides depending on having high grades and good essays, depend heavily on how many apply for any particular major in comparison to how many seats available. Generally there will be fewer seats available beginning of sophomore year than thereafter. Overall transfer acceptance rate is usually less than 50%.</p>
<p>Contrary to above the LAS middle 50% range for freshman admittees is not 29-32 ACT but 27 to 31. It is the business college that is usually in that higher ACT range mentioned and it is the hardest to get into, even harder than engineering although engineering middle 50% range is higher.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone for the insight. I think in regards to the LAS department- yes it is selective in some majors like Chemistry, genetics, etc etc… but in regards to mine (Poly Sci) i think i should be fine as along as i knock the ball out of the park at NIU next year.</p>