<p>I am a high school JUNIOR planning to graduate in spring
'07 (college fall '07)</p>
<p>I live in Illinois (suburbs of Chicago)</p>
<p>I plan on applying as early as possible for all of these schools</p>
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<p>U of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Plan on applying Early Decision)
U of Wisconsin Madison</p>
<h2>U of Michigan Ann Arbor</h2>
<p>GPA: 3.81 (weighted) out of 4
Class rank: not good (top 26ish %)
*I attend a competetive upper-middle class highschool in a suburb of chicago if that makes any difference
Classes: mostly honors (3 - 4 honors classes a semester)
AP:
Sophomore - Computer Science 'A' = score of 5 out of 5
Junior - None
Senior - Plan on taking AP Microeconomics, AP Statistics and AP Amer. Govnt. next year</p>
<p>Test Scores:
Took SAT this month - most likely 1900 - 1950
Took ACT this month - most likely 28 - 30 (will continue to take it until i get atleast a 30)</p>
<p>Sports: Tennis 9/10/11/(planning on 12)
* Sophomore Team Captain and Team MVP</p>
<p>Clubs/EC: Dabbled in various clubs at some time or another (Service Club, Ecology Club) but not anything noteworthy</p>
<p>My sister is currently a senior at University of Illinois but will graduate this spring ('06).</p>
<p>If it makes any difference, my parents are divorced and have a relatively high income.</p>
<p>I am wondering whether or not i will get into University of Illinois or whether i need to re-adjust my expectations first and foremost</p>
<p>U of Wisconsin and U of Michigan would be nice as well.</p>
<p>Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thankyou.</p>
<p>that is a collection over the past 3 years 2003-05. THe school is a top 25 public high school in the nation and is in Maryland so adjust accordingly. No one here really takes the ACT. I did and uhhh i don't really want to talk about what i got :D I got a 1380 on the SATthough. Double :D :D</p>
<p>when i say apply early i am not joking. Really. I applied late though so i should be saying much. I applied in febuary for both Wisconsin and Umich. I got punished with waitlists at both schools. I think i would have been waitlisted at Umich anyways but Wisconsin... ehhhh not so much. I got into wisconsin and am waiting for mcih-not really expecting much good but i really don't care. </p>
<p>Your best shot is Illinois (being an in-stater) and you improve your chances even more by applying ED.</p>
<p>I can't conceive of a situation where you'd get rejected by Illinois under those circumstances and yet be accepted by Michigan (which is very tough to get into for out-of-state students, especially those from the Chicago area, because there are so many who apply there). Sort of the same for Wisconsin, but not as extreme as with Michigan. </p>
<p>Just to be on the safe side, you might consider applying to Purdue, Indiana, and/or Iowa, all of which offer environments somewhat similar to WI, MI, and IL, and are easier to get into.</p>