<p>I was hoping you guys would give me tips on how to improve my chances of getting into uiuc or at least try to help out somehow. My GPA is about 2.3 and my ACT is 23. I want to be a vet so thats my main reason for wanting to go there. Yessss i know my chances are bad as can be but if theres anything you can advise me on then i'd appreciate it :)</p>
<p>just about the only thing you can do now is to improve your act and write good essays. i doubt that 2.3 gpa helps you much. apply and pray.</p>
<p>UIUC is a very sink-or-swim school.
Even if you somehow got in, my guess is that academically you are not quite ready. Maybe a year at community college, followed by a transfer to UIUC?
Back in the day a lot of kids who couldn’t get directly in to UIUC started out at Parkland and then transferred; they often lived in one of the private-but-university-approved dorms on campus, and a lot of times other students didn’t even realize they were not enrolled at UIUC!</p>
<p>Go the JC route. Your current chances are zero unless you are an HS all-american in a major sport.</p>
<p>Agree with the above posts. Also understand that vet school is one of the most competitive professional tracks around, maybe THE most competitive.</p>
<p>The reason my GPA stinks is only because freshman year I didn’t think I needed to work hard because I always got by without studying in grade school and thought I could do the same in high school 
Thanks for your help guys :)</p>
<p>2.3 is gonna really kill your chances. You will probably have to go to a CC for a year then transfer.
Also, you would greatly increase your chances if you got the ACT up to a 27-28.</p>
<p>Also you should know, vet-med at UIUC is <em>extremely</em> competitive.
Some people have to apply 5-6 times just to get into the vet school.
I know this because my cousin is coin vet-med there, and he says it’s quite an intense program.</p>
<p>I’m at UIUC, and from most of the kids I’ve met here, it doesn’t seem too hard to get in to. 2.3 GPA might be a little bit low, though. I’m actually looking to transfer out of here</p>
<p>OP your chances of admission are extremely low. About 10% of those admitted last year had a 23 or lower ACT but 0% admitted were below the top 50% class rank in high school, which you probably are below, and only 6% were below the top 25% class rank, which you are undoubtedly below. If you are currently going into senior year, there is very little you can do academically to increase chances because admission is based on grades through junior year. If you actually did extremely poorly in freshman year but then very well sophomore and junior year that could give some small hope as grade improvement is considered. You could retake the ACT and a large jump in score could help or take the SAT and score high. Otherwise there is not much you can do to improve chances for admission as a freshman. JC route is something to consider.</p>
<p>yeah, I get it your very sorry…:)</p>
<p>But really, WHY are you transferring? </p>
<p>I ask becasue UIUC is my son’s safety school.</p>
<p>An alternate to the CC route might be to go to one of the less-selective state schools in Illinois for two years, with the intention to do well and then transfer to UIUC. Compared to going to a CC, there are pluses and minuses.</p>
<p>Pluses: Much better course selection possibilities; more of a “college experience,” if that’s important to you; you might decide you like the less-selective four-year school and decide to stay there; you would not have to worry about being accepted somewhere as a transfer student.</p>
<p>Minuses: More expensive than CCs (but a lot less than UIUC); the other state schools don’t have formal articulation agreements with UIUC (at least AFAIK), whereas all 48 Illinois community colleges do; an articulation agreement means that the four-year college guarantees to grant credit for designated CC courses, provided they are passed with a specified grade - so you’d have to be very careful about making sure the courses you take would be accepted at UIUC.</p>
<p>Your ACT is in slightly above middle of the mid-50% range for the five non-Chicago Illinois “directionals” (Northern, Eastern, Western, and the two Southern campuses) and UI Springfield, and within but toward the bottom of the range for UI Chicago and Illinois State. It’s well above the range for the two Chicago schools, Northeastern and Chicago State (neither of which I’d recommend for someone with other options). They all accept many students with sub-3.0 GPAs.</p>