******* UIUC Class of 2020 Results Thread *********

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With the admissions results coming out in just afew weeks, I figure the creation of this thread would be suitable.
Post your admission results once they’re out! Best of luck everyone!

ANYTIME YOU SEE A SPACE AFTER THE LEFT BRACKET, REMOVE IT. THAT INCLUDES THE SPACES BEFORE “COLOR” AND “B” ON THE FIRST 4 LINES (2 THAT YOU WOULD ACTUALLY USE).

[ size=4][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted **[/color][/size]
[ size=4][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred **[/color][/size]
[ size=4][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected **[/color][/size]

[ color=blue] b**[/color]

[ b]Objective:**
[ list]
[] SAT I (breakdown):
[] ACT (breakdown):
[] SAT II:
[] Unweighted GPA:
[] Weighted GPA:
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load:
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/list]

[ b]Subjective:**
[ list]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service:
[] Summer Activities:
[] Essays:
[] Teacher Recommendation:
[] Counselor Rec:
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview:
[] Supplementary Material (portfolio, etc.):
[/list]

[ b]Other**
[ list]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?:
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type:
[] Ethnicity:
[] Gender:
[] Income Bracket:
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/list]

[ b]Reflection**
[ list]
[] Strengths:
[] Weaknesses:
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
[] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
[/list]

[ b]General Comments: **

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Bro… did way much efforts doing this…!!..!!..!!
U must have checked if any other thread exists and got your agitations erased by putting in 10% of effort there that u did here!! <:-P

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Hi,

Could someone chance me please?

ACT - 34 (34M, 35E, 34R, 31S)
Superstore - (35M, 35E, 34R, 34S)
My school doesn’t provide a GPA, but I was in the top 1% in my state
I’m from India
ECs - taken a bunch of online classes, prefect at my school (one of the top leadership positions), head of quiz club, attended NASA program, cultural exchange in Italy, had a job in IT department of a loan firm, worked at an NGO for a year ( I’ve taken a gap year) where I taught computer skills, and a few other minor things
I have stellar recos from my computer science and Chem teachers, as well as from my boss at the NGO

Major - CS
I’ve put up Undeclared as my second choice

Another question: if I don’t get into CS, which is highly likely, will undeclared be good enough?
Thanks xx

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I’m an Indian female btw

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@ub1997 You’re definitely good enough for undeclared. CS admissions seems very unpredictable, but I’d say you have a good chance with those EC’s

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@ub1997 it’s probably not the safest idea. It’s not a given to transfer into engineering, and CS is the hardest to get into. You can always try, but if you’re admitted to a good CS program elsewhere it would be a safer bet than trying to transfer in.

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Hi can someone chance me last minute

[] SAT I 2120 (700 math 720 CR 700 W)
[] Weighted GPA: 4.40
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): full IB diploma, 43/45 and 41/42

Good ECs and some award but nothing major because my school is located in a small town in the middle east. I am international student from Oman.
Applying for aerospace engineering. I m also female. Will that help my chances?

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Why bother? Decisions (which is what this thread is for) will be out in 2 hours.

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**Decision: Accepted **

b**

Objective:
[ list]
[] SAT I (breakdown):
[] ACT (breakdown): 33 (R: 36, M: 30, E: 35, S: 31)
[] SAT II:
[] Unweighted GPA: 3.4
[] Weighted GPA: 4.45
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geo 5, World 5, APUSH 5, English Comp 4
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, gym, choir, debate, AP Comparative/US Gov, AP Macro/Micro, AP Environmental
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit, NHS, bunch of high end debate awards including TOC qual (if you know what that means, basically highest national championship ~top 1%)
[/list]

[ b]Subjective:**
[ list]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate (Captain), Club Baseball (Shortstop/Left Field), Choir, piano
[] Job/Work Experience: Professional Actor
[] Volunteer/Community service: Park District counselor 3 years, Middle School/High School Debate coach/volunteer/judge, autism awareness club, msi docent, church group
[] Summer Activities: Debate camp, park district, took a class at U of C one time
[] Essays: eh 6/10, I’m a good writer but I didn’t put a ton of effort into this one, pretty bland I thought
[] Teacher Recommendation: 9/10
[] Counselor Rec: 8/10
[] Additional Rec: 9/10 - Debate Coach
[] Interview:
[] Supplementary Material (portfolio, etc.):
[/list]

[ b]Other**
[ list]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yup, still waiting
[] State (if domestic applicant): IL
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: ~100k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nah
[/list]

[ b]Reflection**
[ list]
[] Strengths: Tests, EC’s, rigor, recs
[] Weaknesses: GPA, Essay
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Good fit for my major, my scores are above the average at U of I
[] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
[/list]

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**Decision: Waitlisted **

b**

Objective:

  • [] SAT I (breakdown): 2400 (800M,800CR,800W)
    [    ] ACT (breakdown): N/A
    [] SAT II: 800 Physics 800 Math L2 (Didn’t send)
    [    ] Unweighted GPA: 4.0/4.0 (Converted from percentage)
    [] Weighted GPA: N/A
    [    ] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%ile
    [] AP (place score in parenthesis): Physics C Electricity and Magnetism (5), Chemistry(5)
    [    ] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
    [] Senior Year Course Load:
    [    ] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Not much. Google Science Fair Finalist, Intel Science Fair finalist

Subjective:

  • [] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
    [    ] Job/Work Experience: Internship at a large tech company, founded a small technology startup
    [] Volunteer/Community service: Co-founded a nonprofit organization to connect the needy to relevant donors, impacting hundreds of lives in India
    [    ] Summer Activities: Authored 2 research papers in machine learning in 2015. Performed research in theoretical physics in 2014.
    [] Essays: 6/10? I thought I wrote fairly well, but I was obviously misjudging
    [    ] Teacher Recommendation: N/A
    [] Counselor Rec: N/A
    [    ] Additional Rec: N/A
    [] Interview: N/A
    [    ] Supplementary Material (portfolio, etc.): N/A

Other

  • [] Applied for Financial Aid?: N
    [    ] State (if domestic applicant):
    [] Country (if international applicant): India
    [    ] School Type: Urban
    [] Ethnicity: Indian
    [    ] Gender: Male
    [] Income Bracket:
    [    ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection

  • [] Strengths: None, I guess
    [    ] Weaknesses: I was probably not able to express myself well in the essay.
    [] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I can’t really think of anything.
    [    ] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
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**Decision: Accepted **

b**

Objective:

  • [] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
    [    ] ACT (breakdown): 33 (35 English, 32 Math, 31 Reading, 32 Science, 28 Writing)
    [] SAT II: Didn’t report
    [    ] Unweighted GPA: 3.82
    [] Weighted GPA: School does not weigh grades.
    [    ] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): something like 87/467
    [] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (5), English Language (3), Chemistry (4)
    [    ] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
    [] Senior Year Course Load: PLTW Computer Science, CAPP Spanish (Dual Enrollment), AP Psychology, AP English Literature, AP Calculus AB, AP Biology, Advanced Marketing (Dual Enrollment)
    [    ] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing major, a couple of DECA regional awards

Subjective:

[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): [/li]Marketing Internship at local Marketing firm
Paid Internship at local tech business
DECA
Indian Club
Chinese American Club
Key Club
International Club
School Store

[] Job/Work Experience:
Paid Internship at local tech business
Marketing Internship at local Marketing firm
[] Volunteer/Community service: Like 4 hours only
[] Summer Activities: Play vidyagaemz
[] Essays: (8/10) Talked about how I was fascinated with computers since I was 4 and how my mother being a database management teacher in India inspired me to develop a bond/affinity with computers
[] Teacher Recommendation: N/A, UIUC doesn’t want reccomendations
[] Counselor Rec: N/A
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview: N/A
[li] Supplementary Material (portfolio, etc.): N/A[/li][/ul]

Other

  • [] Applied for Financial Aid?: Not yet, but I will
    [    ] State (if domestic applicant): Wisconsin
    [] Country (if international applicant): Permanent Resident of USA, Citizen of India
    [    ] School Type: Suburban Public School
    [] Ethnicity: Indian
    [    ] Gender: Male
    [] Income Bracket: ~$160k - $180k
    [    ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None, unless you count being an Asian male going into Engineering /s

Reflection

  • [] Strengths: ACT, decent but cheesy essay, strong academic courses, extracurriculars?
    [    ] Weaknesses: My GPA is off point fam
    [] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Maybe because of my extracurriculars, probs luck
    [    ] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
    Denied: Cornell EA (before I got and could report my paid tech internship)
    Accepted: UW Madison
    Waiting: Georgia Tech, University of Michigan

**General Comments: **

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@diyAuror This is a joke right? I mean I’ve heard of schools not accepting overqualified candidates but I’ve always thought they were bitter that someone else got in. This is insane though.

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**Decision: Accepted **

b**

Objective:

  • [] SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t submit
    [    ] ACT (breakdown): Comp- 30 Math-28 Science-29 Reading-33 English-31 (31 Superscored)
    [] SAT II: Didn’t submit
    [    ] Unweighted GPA: 3.5
    [] Weighted GPA: School doesn’t weight
    [    ] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
    [] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (4) English Comp/Lit (3)
    [    ] IB (place score in parenthesis):
    [] Senior Year Course Load: Calculus, Supreme Court and the Constitution, Advanced Chinese, Senior English, African-American Lit Independent Study, Human Anatomy
    [    ] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Invited to be honored by U of I for outstanding academics earlier this year

Subjective:

  • [] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Basketball (3 years-captain), Varsity Track (3 years), Drill Team, Piano (11.5 years), Dorm Proctor
    [    ] Job/Work Experience: Worked at Walgreens summer after junior year
    [] Volunteer/Community service: Girls With Goals (provides sports equipment for girls in underfunded athletic programs); I have my own not-for-profit foundation that’s worked to provide clothing for kids in Liberia
    [    ] Summer Activities: Went to poly sci program (earned 3 college credits), Went on exchange to South Africa, worked at Walgreens
    [] Essays: Pretty Good
    [    ] Teacher Recommendation: I don’t think they wanted teacher recs, but they were very good nonetheless
    [] Counselor Rec: 10/10
    [    ] Additional Rec: None
    [] Interview: No
    [    ] Supplementary Material (portfolio, etc.): None

Other

  • [] Applied for Financial Aid?: N/A
    [    ] State (if domestic applicant): Illinois
    [] Country (if international applicant):
    [    ] School Type: Private (Boarding)
    [] Ethnicity: African-American
    [    ] Gender: Female
    [] Income Bracket: ~200k+
    [    ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, in-state applicant

Reflection

  • [] Strengths: ACT and ECs,
    [    ] Weaknesses:
    [] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I live instate
    [    ] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted: Iowa, Purdue Waiting: Tufts (applied ED2), American, Georgetown, Barnard, Cornell, Wellesley, Wesleyan, etc. Denied: UPenn

**General Comments: ** Received the President’s Honors Award Program Scholarship (10k/yr)

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[ color=green]**Decision: Accepted **[/color]

b**

Objective:

  • [] ACT (breakdown):33
    [    ] Weighted GPA: 4.35
    [] AP (place score in parenthesis): 4’s and 5’s in 5 subjects
    [    ] Essays: very strong
  • Teacher Recommendation: likely very strong
  • Other*
    [list]
    [] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
    [    ] State (if domestic applicant):IL
  • Reflection*
    [list]
    [] Strengths: grades/scores essays
    [    ] Weaknesses: No leadership EC’s other than tutoring
    [] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Solid student record and in IL
    [    ] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Minn-twin cities accepted; Boulder-accepted with honors and scholarship, Wisconsin-Madison-accepted, Princeton-deferred, Brown and Cornell pending
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@Alundari I’m not kidding. I got waitlisted. It feels pretty bad, considering that my application wasn’t worse than a lot of other people I know who got accepted.

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**Decision: Accepted **

b**

Objective:

  • [] SAT I (breakdown): None
    [    ] ACT (breakdown): 34 (E: 34, M: 31, R: 33, S: 36) (superscore: 36, 35, 35, 36)
    [] SAT II: Physics 720 Math II 800
    [    ] Unweighted GPA: 3.6
    [] Weighted GPA: 4.42
    [    ] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
    [] AP (place score in parenthesis): Computer Science, 4, AP Gov. 4, Stats, 5
    [    ] IB (place score in parenthesis):
    [] Senior Year Course Load:
    [    ] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None, several regional awards though

Subjective:

  • [] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science Olympiad (captain), Math Team (captain), Scholastic Bowl, Indo Pak Club, Club Council
    [    ] Job/Work Experience: Intern at Museum of Science and Industry (summer 2015)
    [] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at Museum of Science and Industry
    [    ] Summer Activities: A bunch lol
    [] Essays: Pretty decent, could have been a lot better though
    [    ] Teacher Recommendation: Very good
    [] Counselor Rec: Good
    [    ] Additional Rec: None
    [] Interview: None
    [    ] Supplementary Material (portfolio, etc.): None

Other

  • [] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
    [    ] State (if domestic applicant): IL
    [] Country (if international applicant):
    [    ] School Type: Public
    [] Ethnicity: Asian/White
    [    ] Gender: Male
    [] Income Bracket: 75k-99k
    [    ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Lots of computer science and volunteering experience

Reflection

  • [] Strengths: My extracurriculars and computer science experiences.
    [    ] Weaknesses: GPA, but that’s mainly cause of freshman year.
    [] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: In state, lots of leadership, computer science, and volunteering experiences
    [    ] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted at Purdue CS, Minnesota CS, NC State engineering, and deferred at UMich, Cornell, and MIT

General Comments: So glad I got in (but not surprised since many kids from my school get in). CS in the engineering was my number one choice, but I didn’t like it much more than CS + Stats so I don’t care that I didn’t get in to the engineering school. Congrats to everyone!

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Got accepted, but not into Comp engineering like i wanted, just undeclared into division of general studies. Is it going to be extremely difficult to get into engineering now?

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[size=4]**Decision: Accepted **/size

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): NA
ACT (breakdown): 32 (31 E, 35 M, 31R, 30S)
SAT II: Didn’t report
Unweighted GPA: 3.75
Weighted GPA: Did not receive
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): NA
AP (place score in parenthesis): NA
IB (36/42 - First Year): HL’s - Physics (6), Chemistry (6), Mathematics (6) SL’s - English Language and Literature (6), [li] Second language (6), Business Management (6). I know they are terrible[/li]Senior Year Course Load: Same as above along with theory of knowledge and extended essay. Scores are better but could not report to UIUC.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Won a few cubing competitions recognised by the World Cube Association, IPM (Mathematics Scholarship Exam) - Mega final rank in top 50 in the country

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Chess (National Level ≈ 7 years), Handball Goalkeeper(National Level), Speed cubing (Top 100 in the world for a few events), Few MUN’s (Not very significant), Some programming courses from Udemy and Codeacademy.
Job/Work Experience: Research Trainee at a health safety and environment company (Paid internship)
Volunteer/Community service: Several school community organisations. Reported only 3 services on application.
Summer Activities: Nationals 2015 (4th place) for speed cubing Rubik’s cubes and other puzzles. Internship
Essays: Major essay - Not bad but very specific
Teacher Recommendation: NA
Additional Rec: NA
Interview: NA
Supplementary Material (portfolio, etc.): NA

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: No
State (if domestic applicant):NA
Country (if international applicant): Indian
School Type: Regional Private School
Ethnicity: Asian/Indian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection

Strengths: Nothing great going on
Weaknesses: ACT/GPA
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: High acceptance rate and maybe extracurriculars
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted - Nowhere
Waiting - UCB, UCLA, UCSB Cornell, Georgia Tech, UMichigan, UDelaware, Purdue, NYU.

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Decision: Accepted

b**

Objective:
list]
[] ACT (breakdown): 34
[] Unweighted GPA: 3.93
[] Weighted GPA: 4.30
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5 or 10% - guessing; school only tells you if absolutely needed for scholarship application due to intense competition in area
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (5); Comp Sci A (5); APUSH (4); Chem (3)
[] Senior Year Course Load: 4 AP classes (Calc BC; Physics C; Macro; Gov.); Snr Engineering Design plus usual
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended[/li][/list]

Subjective:

  • [] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): FIRST Robotics - went to Nationals twice (Captain of Controls x3 yrs); Band; Pep Band; Jazz Band (First Trumpet); NHS; Tri-M
    [    ] Job/Work Experience: After school dog walking- 3 yrs; Summer Programming Internship at JHU APL

    [] Volunteer/Community service: Varied; 60hrs required for HS graduation
    [    ] Summer Activities: Library volunteer/teen advisory board
    [] Essays: I thought it was good
    [    ] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent
    [] Counselor Rec: Excellent
    [    ] Supplementary Material (portfolio, etc.): n/a

Other
[ list]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Not yet
[] State (if domestic applicant): MD
[] School Type: Parochial
[] Ethnicity: W
[] Gender: M
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None; disability not included in application - he refuses to use it to his advantage. Maybe robotics team would be a hook?
[/list]

Reflection
[ list]
[] Strengths: GPA; classes; Project Lead the Way & Robotics
[] Weaknesses: Number of extracurriculars (no sports teams)
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Maybe visiting the campus helped
[] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: accepted UMD; deferred Ga Tech
[/list]

**General Comments: ** this entry by mother

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**Decision: Accepted **

b**

Objective:

[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 740 CR, 780 M, 660 WR (UIUC doesnt consider)
[] ACT (breakdown):
[] SAT II: UIUC doesnt consider
[] Grades: 10/10 CGPA in 10th grade (UIUC doesnt consider 9th and 11th grades of
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load:
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Duke of Edinburgh Gold, Grade 6 Trinity College London certificate for keyboard performance, and some school merit awards[/li][/ul]

Subjective:

  • [] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): lots of dance and music stuff (competitions, festivals, cultural programs etc) but nothing that great
    and top 10% rank on a competitive programming site with 22k programmers
    and I was a school prefect for 7 years
    [    ] Job/Work Experience: None
    [] Volunteer/Community service: 120 hours of library service
    [    ] Summer Activities:
    [] Essays: Horrible essay imo lol, wrote it right before the deadline
    [    ] Teacher Recommendation: not considered
    [] Counselor Rec: not considered
    [    ] Additional Rec: not considered
    [] Interview: none
    [    ] Supplementary Material (portfolio, etc.): none

Other

  • [] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
    [    ] State (if domestic applicant): International applicant
    [] Country (if international applicant): India
    [    ] School Type: Private
    [] Ethnicity: Asian indian
    [    ] Gender: Female
    [] Income Bracket: 100k+
    [    ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Female in CS

Reflection

  • [] Strengths: high M+CR
    [    ] Weaknesses: Essay lol
    [] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Female in CS, high M+CR, applied for Stats+CS as FIRST choice (not many people do that i suppose)
    [    ] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted: Uwaterloo, Waiting for decisions from UMich, Purdue, Toronto, McGill, HKUST

**General Comments: So excited! :smiley: **