UIUC Computer Science Chances

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
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<p>I want to be a programmer (correct me if I'm not going to the right course; confused whether i should go to computer engineering or science). What are my chances of getting into UIUC. Please evaluate my chances:</p>

<p>GPA: 3.71
Class Rank: not shown in my school( probably top 15%)
SAT: 1750 (first try) taking it again in November, probably a 2000+ (rate me on this score)
SAT II: MATH I: my tutor says in the 700's
Senior Course Load: AP Literature
AP Environmental science
AP Government
Honors Pre-Calc
Computer Programming 1
IB Film
Digital Art
Extracurriculars: - Planned a fundraiser for a local blind school and raised up to 300,000 Naira (Nigerian currency) to fund medical procedures,braille books, and computer facilities,
- Taught a hall of blind/orphaned students basic commands and how to type on the software Microsoft Word with their disability
-Hosted music nights, French assemblies, and variety nights in my schools elementary through high schools
-Lead my team to 3rd place in my schools annual "Sports Day". Won 1st place in a relay
-Joined the NHS and became a student delegate in my first high school year in the US
-Attended the National Student Leadership Conference (NSLC) and rose awareness with my NSLC group about the brutal effects of skin cancer and how to prevent it in our PSA speech at Northwestern.
-Rising Astronomy Club Leader; dismantled and re-engineered a faulty particle detector that specializes in detecting Muons falling from space as well at attending the Master's Class at Johns Hopkins on how to understand and diagnose readings from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at Cern through a software that models it.
- Supervised at my schools "Camp Rock" summer camp (3-10 year olds) and made field trips to the Nigerian Air Base museums possible.
-Self-studies Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Java script ( just started this one), and Auto CAD inventor.
- Part of my Nigerian Soccer team
- Hosted a french exchange student for 10 days in a program to improve culture.
Ethnicity: African-American</p>

<p>Other information: I'm in essence an international student; I started my High school in Nigeria ( first 2 years) then we moved to the US for my last 2 years. I know my math and some other classes are lower than my peers in the Senior year but i didn't have the access to these classes back in Nigeria but im trying to make up for this when i joined in junior year ( took 2 AP's). Will Admissions give me some slack?</p>

<p>Im also applying to Carnegie Mellon, UC Berkeley, Georgia tech, University of Chicago, University of College park, and some others.
do i have a Chance to get in? i know admissions in America is extremely competitive.
thanks</p>

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<p>Bump</p>

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<p>Looking at your situation and seeing how you worked extremely hard to make up for what classes you lacked in Nigeria i think you have a good chance. Your GPA is good, but i would try to get that projected SAT just a little bit higher. Also UIUC does not accept SAT 2’s. Your extracurricular activities are very good, however if i may make a recommendation it would be to learn HTML, CSS and other web scripting languages along with javascript. Learning Javascript alone wont really help you designing websites. Good Luck! </p>

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<p>Forgot to answer your top question. If you want to be a programmer stick with computer science. Computer engineering encompasses computer science but is focused on hardware rather than software.</p>

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<p>@yodude51‌
Thanks for the reply. By the way I’m doing the SAT 2 because other schools require or recommend it. Would UIUC take a glance at SAT 2 scores or do they stringently deny looking at it? Are you looking into applying for UIUC? Any tips or tricks i should learn? thanks again for the response.</p>

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<p>They will not see your SAT subject test scores at all. Same goes for letters of recommendation. </p>

<p>Seems kinda crazy to me, how hard would it be to consider subject test scores, especially for the highly competitive majors? But as of now, that is the policy.</p>

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<p>Bump</p>