<p>I am currently in my last year of my undergraduate degree in the UK, will receive a BA in History of Art/Archaeology. Applying for the historical archaeology major at UIUC next Fall. I roughly have a 3.3 GPA. CV looks great with fieldwork with prominent figures in the field. I am an international student (Egypt) but lived in the US and was born there. Specifically in Champaign, my father is an alumni faculty in the Engineering department at UIUC. I wanted to know if any of these factors will help me get admitted.. I have read various threads about higher GPA's needed or the legacy issue. I was hoping to receive feedback preferably from someone who has been to UIUC, thank you for your help!</p>
<p>Nobody does “chances” for graduate school and “legacy” is a complete non-factor for graduate admissions.</p>
<p>All I can say is that you appear to have the right pieces put together, particularly the fieldwork experience. Beyond that, it’s impossible to say.</p>
<p>Thanks for the reply! </p>
<p>I am aware that it is impossible to tell your chances for admission in general, although I was told that archaeology is a small field in the US compared to the UK for instance. Since it is a small field and UIUC is known as a ‘public ivy’ school, I would think that being an international applicant (meaning higher tuition for them) that it would better my chances over other in state students, possibly. </p>
<p>Or I am just worrying too much about admissions because I hate this part!!</p>
<p>No, there is no advantage to being an international applicant. No disadvantage, either.</p>