UIUC CS chance (terrible ECs)

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
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SAT I (breakdown): 800M 800CR 690W 8E 2290 Composite
Subject Test: 800 Math II, 770 Physics
ACT: Did not take
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1st decile rank
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Physics C, AP Gov, AP Lit, AP German 4, APES
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing much other than honor roll/AP scholar award
Extracurricular (place leadership in parenthesis):
VP of Japanese Cultures Club
President of Anime Club
President/Founder of Psychology Club
Coding
Writing Short stories (wrote a transcript for HS play)
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer for German American Society Association as Teacher aid.
Volunteer at library

I am also applying OOS.

My ECs are pretty bland since they have nothing to do with CS other than that I code in my free time. How badly will that influence my chance at UIUC for CS in engineering? Thank you.

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I’ve always been confused with exactly where UIUC ranks among other top engineering colleges, but as they say ECs are only a small part of your application. I think your workload, gpa, class ranks, and standardized tests are more than enough to get in. I think you should definitely look into UC Berkeley, Georgia Tech, and even possibly Caltech.

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@GTFan712

Thanks for the response. They are ranked #5 in computer science and from what I’ve heard, it is pretty competitive for computer science. I am also applying to all of those schools that you listed as well, thanks!