Which is the easiest cs +x to get admitted at? Right now I am looking at the link below and it says there are 0 undergrads for cs + ad and cs + philosophy. Wouldn’t it be really easy to get in to these in the next 2 years ?
A user on the Illinois Reddit page said that the newer CS+X’s that you’ve mentioned should be less selective compared to other CS+X’s because Illinois wants people to join these new programs. However, every CS at UIUC, including CS+X, is still pretty competitive.
If you want some context, I was admitted into CS+Anthropology with a 1520 SAT.
What was your GPA if you don’t mind me asking? Do they look at 9-11 to calculate GPA or 10-11? Do they look at unweighted or weighted? Thank you!
Go here to see middle 50% ranges for the various CS majors:
https://myillini.illinois.edu/Programs/MajorsAlpha#C. Note if you click on new ones, there will be no middle 50% range provided yet. The GPA’s provided are unweighted and include 9th through 11th grades. In actually determining admission, 9th through 11th grades are used and they consider weighted (mainly because they consider difficulty of courses taken, e.g., AP as opposed to regular.