<p>all right
since almsot everyone seems to be excited about going here,
will anyone tell me about UIUC beside admission?
like campus, environment, anything!~~
i'm excited</p>
<p>The UIUC Campus is enormous covering well over one-hundred acres of land. Students are everywhere due to it's 20,000 plus students. Old late 19th century buildings are pretty much all around the campus, including frat/sor houses, etc... Weather tends to be nice at the beginning of the year and at the end of the year, but during the winter months, it tends to be cold, if you are not use to it, but I believe you are from NY so you should be use to it. Huge party scene at UIUC, always in the top 20, so I hear. Bars are a big thing once you are 19, still haven't figured that one out yet. I, myself, really enjoyed the people at the campus, and the atmosphere in general at the orientation back in October. If you have any more questions, just ask.</p>
<p>Jerod- UIUC '09</p>
<p>how competitive is to get into the College of Business?</p>
<p>Fairly competitive, more so than the other colleges they offer. Go visit the campus sometime! They have a great tour and everything, the place is incredibly huge. Nice landscape and building archetecture as well.</p>
<p>I visited many times, and I absolutely love the place. It's quite different from where I live and where I used to live. I must admit that it is one of the best looking university I've ever seen in my life. But it is bit far away from the "center"...</p>
<p>Omniscient:
Is it possible to have fun if you're not into the party scene in high school?</p>
<p>Of course, not everyone is into the whole so-called "party scene." There are hundreds of organizations on campus that you can particpate in. Even though here are a lot of partiers there, that doesn't mean that every one is. You will have the opportunity to make friends that are not into that kind of thing that you can hang around.</p>
<p>-Jerod</p>
<p>Jerod,</p>
<p>you seem pretty well-prepared for UIUC!</p>
<p>by the way, since we are already accepted from UIUC,</p>
<p>do we still have to send in the midyear grade?</p>
<p>I do know that we cannot flunk all the grades during the senior year.</p>
<p>(i mean, of course, I am doing my best, but not as much as in junior year,</p>
<p>you know what i mean..)</p>
<p>From now, how does the senior grade work? </p>
<p>Chad '09</p>
<p>Living in somewhat close proximity to the University and having friends that attend there really have helped me out. The University, of course, claims to have the ability to rescind applications for a drop off in grades during the first and second semester of your senior year, or other academic problems. Another reason they check in on your grades is in case you list off 7 AP Classes for your intended senior classes, and drop them all after your transcript is sent in, etc. For them to actually rescind your applications, your grades would probably have to be pretty bad, not sure exactly how bad, though. I'm not sure if they do this with everyone, since they accept an outrageous amount of applicants, in which 7200 will attend, but for a lot they will.</p>
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<li>Jerod '09</li>
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<p>"Do we still have to send in the midyear grade?"</p>
<p>No, UIUC makes all admission decisions without midyear grades. Only transcript it will need now is one after you finish high school. You will be getting a letter, probably about early February, warning you to keep your grades up because they may consider withdrawing your admission if you do not.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>do you know how bad it should be?</p>
<p>let's say, 90 -> 70?</p>
<p>(NY uses 100% scale, not A- or B+)</p>
<p>I wouldn't worry about it. Just try your best and you will be alright.</p>
<p>Jerod- '09</p>
<p>How is the weather in Illinois? Can someone pls. elaborate on this since I am coming from India and I am not used to cold weather?</p>
<p>Well, right now where I live in Illinois there is about 6 inches of snow on the ground and the temperature is in the teens, which is around 2 hours and 40 minutes from the university. Weather between August and October/Early November is relatively nice, cooler termperatures, but can be pretty warm during August. During December through February, the weather can get down pretty cold, as it is right now. During March through the end of the year, the weather is generally nice, good temperatures, and rains fruqently.</p>
<p>-Jerod</p>
<p>are you gonna send midyear report jerod?</p>
<p>ravi:</p>
<p>I'm from India too and currently living in northern Illinois. The winters here are brutal. I always have to put on a lot of lip balm and moisturizing lotion, even when I'm inside. The rest of the year is nice, though.</p>
<p>It would be pointless, woudln't it, Marchguy, since they already made their decision. As Drusba said, they check your senior grades when the year is almost over. I don't know whether they do it themselves or if we send them ourselves.</p>
<p>Jerod</p>
<p>At end of year, you need to request your high school to send a final transcript to the Office of Admissions. As to the weather question:</p>
<p>When you arrive in late August it will likely be very warm (often in the 90's); You will have a gradual decrease in temperature as September and October progress but still remains pleasant. In fact, those are the best months of the year. So about early October, you will be thinking "wow, this place is paradise." Towards the end of October, you can start getting some days where the high may be only 50 degrees (Fahrenheit) or even a little less. Into November, temperatures are still not awful -- many days in 50's, even 60's, but those will begin to fall toward the end of the month. </p>
<p>December begins the more sustained cold days although you can still get some going to 50 or higher. You may see snow latter part of Nov- to early Dec (that first snow will be a wonder, a real pleasant experience, something you really want to see gain). Mid-December onward, you start getting into real winter. Sometimes we are lucky and get sustained 40 highs at that time. Many times we are not and you will see the first days when the high is the teens and you can get even colder days (this year we are having one those colder day spells). You will start seeing more and more snow (that initial experience will start to wear off). </p>
<p>January to February are usually the two most brutal months. You can get many days in a row where the high is 15 or below and the low is close to zero or below. Also, you can get a lot of snow and you will see it pile up where shoveled so that when you walk down a sidewalk to your left and right you can see the snow up to your eyebrows. It is about this time of year when you start declaring, "I hate snow and never want to see it again." Also, one day you will be walking outside, the temperature will be 8 below zero, the wind will be blowing 20 miles an hour, you will have heavy clothes on-- a thick coat with a hood, boots, two pairs of socks, a thick scarf, heavy gloves -- the snow that has fallen the night before will be unshoveled and just deep enough so that when you walk it drips down into your boots and wets your socks and freezes, and you will get about halfway to the quad where your classes are and start to wonder, "Am I going to die?" You will also have another thought: "What the heck am I doing here, I gotta be nuts?" About early to mid March, you start to see some nicer days, back up into the 40's, even some 50's , and you will think, "Thank goodness, it is over." You will get a smile on your face because you see the end in sight and that you really will live. Yep, you will go to bed happy one night and then wake up the next morning to find 12 inches of new snow on the ground and the temperature down to 5 degrees. March is like that -- builds your hopes and then shatters them. In April it starts to warm up a bit, although some freezing days and even snow can still occur. What you will start to see a lot of is days in the mid-40's to low 50's with rain. That continues into May although you can get some nice days then but you will still be wondering if there is really a spring and if the chill left over by winter will ever end. You will probably turn to an Illinois resident and ask and get the answer, "Winter ends June 15, every year about June 15 the average temperature goes from being cold and chilly to 90."</p>
<p>:D Sounds like Chicago weather! Heh heh.</p>
<p>We Illinois kids are use to this stuff. There's about 10 inches of snow outside now. haha.</p>