What is the hardest major to get into at uiuc?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
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<p>WHAT IS THE HARDEST MAJOR TO GET INTO AT UIUC?
Is it engineering or business? just submit my app today anyway so i just wanna find out! Thanks!</p>

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<p>Bioengineering is the hardest major.
The other engineering majors and business are about the same difficulty in terms of admissions, both are the two departments with the highest SAT average at UIUC.</p>

<p><a href=“http://admissions.illinois.edu/apply/requirements_freshman.html[/url]”>http://admissions.illinois.edu/apply/requirements_freshman.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>College ACT Score SAT Score High School Class Rank
ACES 25 - 30 1750 - 1980 82% - 95%
AHS 26 - 30 1700 - 1985 84% - 95%
AVI 25 - 30 1610 - 1940 72% - 90%
BUS 28 - 32 1900 - 2100 89% - 98%
EDU 25 - 29 1710 - 1975 84% - 94%
ENG 30 - 33 1920 - 2160 91% - 98%
FAA 26 - 31 1720 - 2030 77% - 95%
DGS 25 - 30 1780 - 2000 80% - 93%
LAS 27 - 32 1870 - 2120 87% - 97%
Media 26 - 30 1800 - 2050 80% - 95%
Campus 27 - 32 1860 - 2110 85% - 97%</p>

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<p>As noted hardest major to get into is bioengineering for which stats needed are extremely high and admission rate is very low. However, engineering is not otherwise that hard to get into if you in fact have stats in its middle 50% range, meaning class rank of at least top 9% or 10% and ACT score of at least 30, because the overall admission rate for engineering is actually higher than other UIUC colleges, usually in 70% to 75% range.</p>

<p>The hardest college to get into (to which all apply without designating a major) is the business college whose admission rate is in the 40% range and many with high stats well within or even above the middle 50% range are rejected because it does a full file review and considers essays in particular, and ECs to some extent, very important.</p>

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<p>Man, regretting my choice, I just applied to business to Illinois!
If i get rejected from business, will i still be accepted into Illinois or i am definitely out?</p>

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<p>I know some people on CC can declare their alternate choices, but why cant I?</p>

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<p>Large number of students who apply to business end up being admitted to DGS (as an undecided) and some to LAS (usually to enonomics). You don’t put an alternate if applying business; you will just be automatically considered for DGS or LAS.</p>

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<p>Ok, that explains why business in Illinois is selective :smiley:
Got it. Thanks!</p>

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<p>How do they compare each other? Would it be easy to transfer from Kelly to UI’s, or what about the other way? Any input would be welcome. Thanks.</p>

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<p>Here are examples you can find on the web.
[Top</a> Undergraduate Business Programs 2010 - BusinessWeek](<a href=“Bloomberg - Are you a robot?”>Bloomberg - Are you a robot?)</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.eduers.com/Business/Undergraduate_Business_School_Rankings.html[/url]”>http://www.eduers.com/Business/Undergraduate_Business_School_Rankings.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>However, UCIC accounting is #2 in the country. Depending on what specific program you are interested in, the answer may be different.</p>