<p>Do the notices for the merit scholarships come in the mail or in email?</p>
<p>Merit scholarship notifications come via regular mail.</p>
<p>Thanks! I wonder if LAS has started sending out notices.</p>
<p>Anyone know where I can find what percentage of deferred and waitlisted they eventually accept?</p>
<p>They said I’ll know by February 17th :(.</p>
<p>rd result is coming out in around two weeks…</p>
<p>how important are essays? in comparison to class rank and ACT?</p>
<p>They and ECs take on more importance, the closer your class rank and ACT put you to a deny decision.</p>
<p>10 days!!!
I hope it’s worth the wait…</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted - College of Business
Priority Action- applied Nov 1, decision received 12/17</p>
<p>Objective:
ACT:30 (took once)
Unweighted GPA: 3.5
Weighted GPA:3.75
Rank: no rank
AP: World History(5), US Hist (3), Environmental Science(4), Computer Science(1…lol didn’t submit that score)
Senior Year Course Load:AP Stat, AP European Hist, AP Gov/AP Comparative Gov
Number of other EA applicants in your school: I think 7 or 8?
Major Awards:no academic awards</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars:JV/Varsity Baseball(Captain+MVP of JV team sophomore year, Varsity Letter Junior Year), National Honor Society, FBLA(1 yr), DECA(2 yrs)
Job/Work Experience:3 week job at baseball camp(paid)
Volunteer/Community service:Youth basketball coach, baseball camp counselor(unpaid)</p>
<p>Writing/Essays: Did my essays the night before and it was Halloween…they were alright
Recs: none submitted</p>
<p>Other
State:VA
School Type:Public
Gender:Male, White
Hooks: My dad graduated from the U of I business school</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths:ACT score
Weaknesses:maybe my boring essays?
Why you think you were accepted: Grades were good enough, alumni relationship</p>
<p>General Comments:This is probably my top choice school if I don’t get into USC. Also accepted at Indiana and Penn State. I hate cold weather though, so I might not end up at U of I, but currently I’m leaning towards attending</p>
<p>Accepted (LAS Majoring in Biology)</p>
<p>ACT 33
Unweighted GPA 3.74
Weighted GPA 4.51
Rank Top 7% (School is competitive as hell)
Major Award: National Commended Scholar (for PSAT), AP Scholar
Clubs/Sports: Tennis for 4 years (top 2 in conference every year), NHS, and bunch of other clubs</p>
<p>State: IL (but had to apply as “international” but still am able to pay instate tuition)
Asian, public high school</p>
<p>Comment: only school I applied to so will be attending UIUC</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted, COE</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2120- 770 Math, 650 Reading, 700 Writing
ACT (breakdown): 31 Composite - 30 English, 32 Mathematics, 30 Reading, 32
Science, 31 Combined Writing/English
SAT II: 750 Math, 650 Chemistry
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.66
Weighted GPA: 4.3
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 69
AP (place score in parentheses): Calc BC (4) AB subscore(4), Chem (4)
Senior Year Course Load: Econ H/Govt AP, AP Stats, AP Lit, Physics H</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Varsity hockey, Improv comedy, ultimate frisbee
Job/Work Experience: Engineering Intern at Affiliated Engineers, Referee/Scorekeeper at Local Ice Rink
Volunteer/Community service: Over 100 hours including Phoenix Film Festival, Phoenix Open, Tour de Scottsdale</p>
<p>Writing (rate on 1-10 scale):[list][li] Essays: 8</p>[/li]
<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): Arizona
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Gender: Male</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: Extracurriculars, test scores
Weaknesses: GPA, class rank
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: applied priority, good test scores, internship</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted, Computer Engineering (James Scholar)</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2210- 780 Math, 740 Reading, 690 Writing
ACT (breakdown): 34 Composite - 36 English, 33 Mathematics, 34 Reading, 32
Science, 32 Combined Writing/English
SAT II: 800 Math, 710 Physics (I had never taken a physics course before this, took the test with only 3 months of AP Physics B completed)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.215
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/370
AP (place score in parentheses): Calc AB (5), US History (5), Lang and Comp (5)
Senior Year Course Load: A+ Computer Sys and Maintenance H, Jazz, AP Stats, Symphonic Band, AP Calc BC, AP Physics B, AP Lit</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): (Soccer), JV Tennis, Marching band, (Drum Major), (Math Club Founder), FBLA State Competitor
Job/Work Experience: Kmart - Electronics Employee, Soccer Referee
Volunteer/Community service: 150+ hours - Tutoring three new Spanish students in English and Math, Red Cross Bike Restoration Project for three years, lots of volunteering here and there</p>
<p>Writing (rate on 1-10 scale):[list][li] Essays: 8</p>[/li]
<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): Wisconsin
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public
Gender: Male</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: Leadership, GPA, Rank
Weaknesses: Lack of APs
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Good GPA, leadership, test scores, showed a passion</p>
<p>eight days left…im getting nervous…</p>
<p>My application changed to “NONE: Engr Undesignated -UIUC” and “Engineering Undesignated, Engineering Courses”. I applied regular decision. Does anyone know if this means I got admitted or not?</p>
<p>during priority decisions, when people’s majors changed it means that they are now being considered for that listed major…many of the people i saw on here who said that the listed major changed got into that major during priority, so it seems like you have a good chance…</p>
<p>does everyone’s statuses say “Complete Ready For Review” and their listed major??</p>
<p>@timxie one more week left finally!</p>
<p>Daughter’s status went from “Pending-Manual Review Req” to “Complete Ready for Review” (yesterday) to nothing today. That row completely disappeared, and her major and department are still the same. Hopefully this last week will fly by …</p>
<p>@ HockeyMom63: The website says that students will no longer be able to view their decisions until after 18th Feb 5pm CST. So that row has disappeared for all now. One week!</p>
<p>And one more thing, is this the RD decision date or just for those who were deferred EA? Because the website says this.</p>
<p>* You can no longer view your decision when checking your application status online. All decisions for ** priority applications ** will be posted February 18 at 5 p.m., CST. *</p>
<p>See here: [U</a> of I Admissions: Check Application Status](<a href=“http://admissions.illinois.edu/apply/check_status.html]U”>http://admissions.illinois.edu/apply/check_status.html)
It’s a typo, I guess.</p>
<p>EDIT: 6 days, 11 hours, 55 mins. to be exact!!</p>
<p>February 18 is the decision date for RD and deferred EA applicants. The EA applicants who were admitted in December are probably not still checking the website daily, lol! (Or, in my case, several times a day!)</p>