UIUC!!! (2022-2023)

[lone geode]

is that really good tho

[mighty ember]

u got math honor society in this list im sure they know ur a nerd 💀

[lone geode]

I try very hard to not look like a nerd lol

[sudden geode]

Doubt it

[tight dagger]

Both is rough

[sudden geode]

It means nothing though + i quit
Like its just tutoring and you have to be in precalc to join and its so goddamn boring bc nobody shows up and if they do they dont want tk be there

All that time "tutoring" was spent on reddit i swear

[sudden geode]

No LMAO

[mighty ember]

damn

[lone geode]

bro why be so negative 💀

[sudden geode]

It was legit annoying like

Idk

I just really didnt like it

The one person i actually worked with immediately clocked me as a freshmen and hated talking to me and the dude could have a problem 1 step away from being done and would say "idk" like idk how to help yoi

Like stg

One time it was something w/ alg 2 but he just needed to find where x was 0 on a function

And the example he had was literally factored by the teacher

And the dudes just sitting there like "i dont know the answer" like he so clearly did not want to be there it was half sad and half annoying

[lone geode]

how is he in calc 2 class lol

[sudden geode]

This was like 2019 he was an alg 2 studnet

[lone geode]

oh lmao how did I read it wrong

still

[sudden geode]

wait omg this is unrelated but is this on campus

https://campusrec.illinois.edu/programs/ice-skating/public-skating/

i fucking love ice skating i swear if this is just an on campus thing there all the time fuck every other school

i fucking love ice skating

[boreal sky]

what about ap chem

[tender matrix]

for cs its not a priority

[tender matrix]

we hvae a really good ice rank

I go every week

[sudden geode]

BROOOOOOOO

uiuc top school

[tender matrix]

yea its open 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm sat and sun

and some random times throughout the week

free admission for uiuc students

3 dollars to rent skates if you dont have them

and we have hockey games

and ice skating class

special skating events

etc

[tender matrix]

its super popular too

so in ur first week it might be crammed

and you can also work there for min wage lmaoo

[sudden geode]

time to email saying i watched yuri on ice so they accept me

[tender matrix]

LOL

yea i love the ice rank there

i go so often

[hollow verge]

UIUC ea when

[sudden geode]

jan 27

[hollow verge]

yes

[tall mirage]

yes for some

no for others

but it really depends on how strong the rest of your profile is

and if that can "make up" for the lack of SAT score

how many APs?

wdum by 5/4?

WashU: Yes, the other two: no

But submit to Washu if you're in-state

I mean I'm from the bay area too

and my SAT score isn't much higher

OHH

sorry

i thought you were talking about UWash Seattle

their CS OOS acc rate is like 2%

yea

mb

so yea i think you can submit to WashU too

Yea, but they're not one of the schools that is stats heavy

I didnt'

I had a 1520 w/ 800 math for reference

yea...

i know it's lower than their average for SCS but

yea

i wanted to show my 800 math

It depends

UIUC? I'd say TO

but like UMaryland? Yes

yea, but that includes in state

oh dw

see it doesn't matter that much

bc 1490 is like one question away from 1500

but even then

theres no like hardcutoffs

its all holistic

which is why i said that it depends on the strength of your profile

but generally how it works is they look at your SAT score and if it's above like 1400, they keep that in mind while they review your application

if it's lower than 1400, esp for CS OOS they'll prob like throw out your app

for example

yea, and CMU i think

what was your math subscore again?

oh you might wanna submit to CMU

to show the math

i feel that the super high average of like 1570 for CMU SCS is more of a correlation thing?

i think they mainly care that your reading is 700+ and your math is close to 800

an AP test won't necessarily make up for 2 points in SAT score

like there's no equivalency

in fact AP test scores are hardly used for admissions

[tight dagger]

Did you take the AMC?

[tall mirage]

outside of the UCs

same

what was your score?

oh yea i think CMU has a section to report your score if you want

no, it's just self reporting

im talking about AMC

SAT they require official btw

SAT?

oh yea

ok

oh yea

ok so you took post-calc

you should be good math wise then

its def not common

but lol i have too

did you take your courses at a community college?

yea i do

not de anza, but a nearby one

[tight dagger]

I’m taking multivariate this Spring. Too late for CMU?

[tall mirage]

well it'll help for course rigor, they won't see your grade

(that is, unless/until they admit you)

[tight dagger]

This particular class is rather infamous for rigor but CMU won’t know that 💀

[tall mirage]

wait do you go to a private school then? i feel that the vast majority of bay area publics dont go post-AP for math

[tall mirage]

yea 😐

[tight dagger]

I did CS instead of calc last summer

Big mistake

Calc is more important for apps

[harsh verge]

I speedran my uiuc supplements

But I think they turned out well

[karmic atlas]

Socal publics do so i dont doubt its pub

Wait lin alg??

Oh nm

Multivar is our max

[tight dagger]

Y’all go past Calc II?

Interesting

[karmic atlas]

Yea

I was supposed to do stats+multivar next year

[harsh verge]

I did multi last semester

[tight dagger]

How does that work with credit transfer?

[karmic atlas]

Wym

[harsh verge]

it’s through a community college usually

[karmic atlas]

Its not ap

[harsh verge]

for me it was dual credit

[karmic atlas]

There's no credit

[karmic atlas]

O?

For us its in hs

[harsh verge]

it would transfer to all Texas schools but idk about oos

[tight dagger]

Ah

[karmic atlas]

Its j a college prep class

[harsh verge]

I have diff eq this semester

[karmic atlas]

Nerd

But not rly

[velvet oasis]

did i just see someone ask if multivariable calculus was too low 💀

[karmic atlas]

Ik someone in lin alg in their soph year

Worst part is they're a stereotypical nerd in every way except they're jacked and think they're above everyone and if u cant do what he can ur stupid

[karmic atlas]

Where

[velvet oasis]

or multivariate

idk what that is

😭

[tight dagger]

Idk, the university Im taking the class at calls it multivariate

[velvet oasis]

are u concerned abt multivariable calc grade not showing in time for CMU

[tight dagger]

Guilty as charged

Since I’m taking it this spring

[velvet oasis]

ok the grade is a valid point hhahaaha i thought u were asking if the math level was too low i was like 😭 BRUH

😏 ummm if youre not in calc 5 then dont even bother applying ong.. fr

[karmic atlas]

Doesnt matter lowk

They can predict the grade based off of current patterns

[harsh verge]

my professor didn’t even put in the final 💀

[tight dagger]

Kinda hard to do when I got Bs in lower level math classes than an A in both semester of calc and a 5 on the AP calc exam

[velvet oasis]

💀 bro literally my semester ended december 22nd and i still dont have my final semester grades

[karmic atlas]

That means your bad at algebra and trig and good at calc

Which means they'll predict an A for multivar

[velvet oasis]

UIUC SRAR WILL BE DUE AND IDK IF ILL HAVE HTHE GRADES

[tight dagger]

Fair pt

[velvet oasis]

"in progress" 💀

[karmic atlas]

Mark as IP

Then update later

[velvet oasis]

😭 cant i not update after ive alr submitted it tho

[karmic atlas]

You can

There's a form

[calm thistle]

@tender matrix is it worth changing major to CE but the consequence is im knocked out of EA and into RD?

[tender matrix]

That's more of a personal decision

I think if you really want CE

You could do it

And then put second choice as something else to ensure you at least get in

However uiuc does take most of the class from EA

[harsh verge]

what is the competition difference between cs and ce

[tender matrix]

its easier to get in CE

[harsh verge]

k

how much overlap is there

Can you still get a software job with CE

[tender matrix]

yes

but you'll need to sign up for more cs classes

in the fields you want to do

[tender matrix]

its decent

CE takes different intro classes

they learn C first

and assembly i think?

CS and CS + X does java and c++ first

but they take the same data structures class which is ultimately one needed for software jovs

[lean forge]

I have small question

If i take a minor on cs

Is it easy?

Or sth tech-linked (mb engineering idk) 💀

[hollow verge]

just apply elec engineering/CE and try to switch to cs + math or cs + stats

[harsh verge]

yeah I applied ce

[fallow orbit]

Isn't switching to cs nearly impossible

[harsh verge]

I don’t want to switch

I’ll just take software classes

[white owl]

its not allowed

[karmic atlas]

For 99% of unis u cant switch to cs

Like either impossibly hard or not allowed

[tender matrix]

It's not very hard

[tender matrix]

Yea, but you can switch to cs + x

[harsh verge]

What is cs + x

[karmic atlas]

its in the name

cs + x major

[harsh verge]

?

what does the + x mean

[tender matrix]

It's the blended CS majors uiuc offers

It's one degree but is basically a double major

I'm doing CS + stats

They also offer CS + math, CS + linguistics, CS + animal science, CS + philosophy, CS + music, etc

• X stands for the second major that's blended into it

[languid pine]

man why did i do straight cs

i regret it so much

i shouldve done the + x on literally anything

[tender matrix]

😭

[drifting pilot]

same

didn’t realize it wasn’t in grainger

[lucid plank]

samee

[tall mirage]

@tender matrix

is there any difference in admissions chances

between stats+cs and math+cs?

does one of them expect a strong profile than the other?

[tender matrix]

Basically none I think

They look at different things tho

Stats + CS has more seats but also more applications

[tall mirage]

ok thanks

also could i DM you about smth?

[tender matrix]

Sure

[late crest]

Yo

[tender matrix]

So I don't actually know if uiuc defers a lot of ppl

Because the year I applied RD and EA released the same day 💀

[late crest]

I would say waitlist more than defer

[tender matrix]

Yea they waitlist

Ayyy good luck 🤞

What did you apply for?

[late crest]

Bc since they fill up all their spots for cs then really no point in deferring

In ea

[tender matrix]

CS?

Lol

[tender matrix]

Yea that's true

If I was in ea tho

I 100% would've been deferred

[late crest]

I think stats major without cs as a minor is fine too

[tender matrix]

Yea same

Actually two of the stats class

[arctic barn]

sheesh you got in RD?

[tender matrix]

3 perhaps even

Require some programming

[tender matrix]

EA lol

But RD and EA released the same day that year

Which was actually just last year lol

The only reason last year to apply ea is for higher acc rate

Kekw

I did not like that decisions released Feb 27

That was painful to wait for

[patent sundial]

tha's not ea atp

[tender matrix]

Yea

They actually called it priority last year

But on my portal it says I was admitted through "Early Action"

[late crest]

Well this year it’s actually EA so good to be ‘23

[tender matrix]

Yea fr

[lean forge]

Aighth thanks

Im doing the SRAR

For ib kids, how did u fill the STAR thing out?

Cuz a 7 for math is like 70/80% while for sth like business its higher

Idk how to convert it

[languid pine]

you dont convert it

https://www.admissions.illinois.edu/self-reported/international-baccalaureate-courses

use this

[lean forge]

Aight aight

Thanks a lot

[craggy crypt]

is there anyway we can submit our AP test scores or they dont consider that

[white owl]

from common app

[echo robin]

^

also apparently i heard if u do a cs minor at uiuc u can get into all the cs classes and then switch into a better cs + x like cs + stats or cs + math...

and thats the easiest way according to some ppl

idk how true that is though

[tender matrix]

switching is hard

very hard

very competitive

cs minor tho allows you auto admission into the masters of computer science at uiuc

if you have 3.2 gpa

and above

[drifting pilot]

if ur willing to go to grad?

not a bad option

[calm thistle]

Wait actually thats goated

[tender matrix]

it is

[tender matrix]

yep

its my plan too

[calm thistle]

is the masters 1 or 2 years?

[tender matrix]

i wanna work and do the masters

[tender matrix]

depends

for me it might be 3 or 4

cause I wanna work at the time same time

oh yea I didnt mention

auto admission into the online masters of cs

but the diploma doesnt say if its done on campus or not

[calm thistle]

aha

[tender matrix]

so its no different than doing it on campus

[calm thistle]

is the masters the same level of depth as a BS

[tender matrix]

so im planning on doing the online one to break into the indsutry

[calm thistle]

since ur going from a minor

[tender matrix]

like

you get a breadth of knowledge

you only need to know some coding and math to be able to start tbh

which is why the cs minor gets auto admission

[calm thistle]

Ah

[lean forge]

bro the SRAR UIUC is crazy 💀

same workload as finance kids

alr did this for UC schools + pennstate now its uiuc

[tender matrix]

LMAO

wait I imported my penn state SRAR for UIUC

I think

or was it for NYU SRAR

[patent sundial]

I did both individually

[static pulsar]

i remember doing the srar 3 times bc i didnt realize it had actually gone through

💀

[patent sundial]

Having to put in at least 8 different classes over 4 years with 2 semesters each is

Annoying

Although, honestly a ton of people from my school got messed up for EA

They didn't know they had to do SRAR (they were on common app)

[echo robin]

Oh wow

[craggy crypt]

bro same

personally i liked being able to do the srar cuz my old school (intl) doesnt send official transcripts so i have to email/submit the unofficial one and idk if schools rly take it into consideration

my old courses are on my official transcript but for certain years its like 3 out of the 9 i took cuz they tried to put it in american courses

[karmic atlas]

it was NYU

NYU and Penn State use the Multi-Uni SRAR that you send to multiple Unis

UIUC and UC use bad SRAR

[lean forge]

lol

[lean forge]

ah ye

thats ezier

took way to long

[trim fjord]

no every school has diff scales, even tho on the tests a 7 is 80% when u translates it it’s diff, for ex. for my school a 7 is 100% 6 is 95% etc. when tho a 20/30 on math AA HL is still a 7 does that make sense?

[lean forge]

ye ik

ib grades are usually adjusted with teh student body

so if its a difficult test and every gets shitty scores

a 7 could be 60%

but for an easy test, vice versa, a 7 could be 90+%

[night ravine]

agreed- i had to get my transcripts printed out at a random photocopy shop and then pay my school just to sign and upload them 💀

[lucid plank]

same lol

[night ravine]

they took like 2 months for this

[lucid plank]

my old school had that issue

my new school needs u to give them a notice period of 2 months for preparing the transcripts

cuz xeroxing papers takes 2 months apparently😔

[night ravine]

SAME- they also took a month to approve the LORs (which i was supposed to write on their behalf)

[lucid plank]

SAME LMAOO

it feels weird to brag about yourself while writing the LORs

but at least you can make up scenarios

[night ravine]

exactly

my teacher used the wrong pronouns when she edited my lor so i'm glad she didn't write the whole thing lol

[lucid plank]

bro

my entire common app essay

is how people think i am a girl

when im a guy

all cuz of my name

and my transcripts has her all over it

😭

[night ravine]

💀 that's actually a cool essay idea though-

[lucid plank]

yepp it worked so well

[night ravine]

ayyy that's great

[lean forge]

rip

whats ur name btw

[craggy crypt]

I’m not in the country anymore so can’t even

[lucid plank]

arya

which means the Goddess Parvati in Maharashtra(the state I live in)

hence a pretty popular name for women

i wrote how this has led me to different situations

like how the school office sent me the timings for the Girls Soccer Practice once

cuz they never bother to change their registry even though I tell them to

so yeah, how my name led me to situations and how those situations shaped me, not my name. Hence my name doesnt define me...the traits I gained cuz of it do.

[craggy crypt]

thats acc pretty cool

[velvet oasis]

😨

wait do i have to add all of my courses that i took from 9-11/12 directly onto the uiuc srar thing???

i already did this for my SSAR and apparnetly theres some kind of way to import that data to SRAR

😞 damnnn well... at least it is easier than SSAR because it keeps the info in the boxes

what a pain

[lucid plank]

my supplements for every college is the real issue😭

[velvet oasis]

me af

[velvet oasis]

my 1st semester has been over for a while and i know i got good grades ut the official transcripts havent been sent out so im not allowed to put anything down on SRAR right? 😭

am i stupid (prob) or is there 2 app fees? usually one is on commonapp but theres anotehr on the UIUC website and i have to email my counselor for a waiver when i alr have one on commonapp hahahaha

[hidden galleon]

yall

can someone help me enter numerical grades

[karmic atlas]

...

What?

[hidden galleon]

into srars

[karmic atlas]

Ye

Gimmie 15

[hidden galleon]

it says to convert to letter

but idk what letter

theyre all like 95, 94, and 99s

so like

obv As

but idk mannn

sus

actually fuck it theyre all high enough that an "A" will either be accurate or too low

so we're gonna go with that

[waxen blade]

you can also just put numerical grades and no letters

at least i did that

[waxen blade]

cause this

[hidden galleon]

you can?

oh am i dumb idk

no it doesnt let me

OH

i figured it out thank you so much

[waxen blade]

yay lesgoo

[karmic atlas]

what

[karmic atlas]

wdym idk man

if its above a 90 its an A

no one cares abt +/-

[hidden galleon]

nah is ok

i figured out how to do number grades

[karmic atlas]

no

answer my q

[hidden galleon]

huh

[karmic atlas]

bro dont make me restate

[hidden galleon]

confused

[karmic atlas]

im so fucking exhausted

[hidden galleon]

i literally figured it out

lmfao

[karmic atlas]

why were u confused on a 95 not being an A

idc

[hidden galleon]

what happened

[karmic atlas]

answer my question

[hidden galleon]

aight bro

you should get sum sleep

[karmic atlas]

i slept 14 hours

i dont know whats wrong w me rn

[hidden galleon]

felt tbh

[karmic atlas]

i downed a monster too

it did nothing

i wanted to pass out at six flags yesterday too

im convinced im dying

[patent sundial]

What

I think you should tell someone

[karmic atlas]

no.

[patent sundial]

ok then

i'm curious, did anyone here apply for atmospheric sciences

[cerulean beacon]

That’s a guys name too. It’s unisex. It’s like Alex. Like I knew a guy named Arya once. And it’s pronounced differently than the feminine

[karmic atlas]

since when was arya a girls name tho

like the persian ver of that is aria which is exclusively for men

and then it's the root for aryan which well i don't need to explain

[cerulean beacon]

Well in Latin languages (I only know Spanish) names ending with an “a” are generally feminine

So I’m the west it’s gonna be perceived as feminine

[karmic atlas]

yall are goofy

[patent sundial]

if you google it everything says gender neutral

[cerulean beacon]

Well lemme give you a non gender neutral name. Aman

[cerulean beacon]

Bro what do you mean by “Y’all”?

[patent sundial]

i mean like

why is this a hot debate

[karmic atlas]

whities

[karmic atlas]

how is this a hot debat

[cerulean beacon]

Bro I’m Indian

[karmic atlas]

no

ur white

[patent sundial]

?

[cerulean beacon]

My brown-ness has been revoked 💀

[patent sundial]

this is very unfortunate

ig you're white

[karmic atlas]

fr

if u want it back

adopt my status

[cerulean beacon]

Wuts your status?

[cerulean beacon]

Ig I’ll finally get to go to Vermont and not feel alone there

[cerulean beacon]

no don’t wanna get my main email flagged, since it’s connected to my discord. I applied to college with that email

[karmic atlas]

i did too

thats not how that works 💀

[tired robin]

wth is this simp thead

[cerulean beacon]

Uiuc 💪

[lean forge]

i mean for me i've seen many men with the name arya - more of a name suitable for both genders

[tender matrix]

You eye you see

[tired robin]

clearly

[eternal hatch]

Hey guys quick question

I am filling out SRAR

And I got this message

I will have 4 English courses, one per year, in the four years of high school. What requirement are they talking about?

[cerulean beacon]

Check again. Or contact them

[eternal hatch]

It’s due on the 11th right?

[white owl]

yeah

[eternal hatch]

Strange. Who knew this roadblock would happen on my last college I applied to. Hopefully their admissions office isn’t incompetent and will fix this problem.

[lucid plank]

yes exactly but bcoz of the state I live in using Arya as only a feminine name, they always assumed im a girl😭

[lucid plank]

yes yes its true but as i said, context is everything😭😭

[lucid plank]

true but my name is supposed to be pronounced ending with a -yuh not -aa

[eternal hatch]

You’re not going to believe this @lucid plank

But my name also starts with Arya

Also we have the same sat score and gpa

[lucid plank]

aryaman/aryaditya

[eternal hatch]

Nope

[lucid plank]

damn

whats your name

aaahh

thats a cool name

[eternal hatch]

Thanks man, it’s unique for sure

I’m going to delete it now actually, you can find me online kinda easily

[lucid plank]

lmaoo

[eternal hatch]

It’s a very rare name so if you assume I live in the us and you have my first name and also assume I’m a high schooler you’ve pretty much found me

[lucid plank]

exactly😭

im not too worried

my presence online aint that much either

and if y'all do find my location and pull up to my house

i'll just say hi and greet you in

😭😭😭😭

[karmic atlas]

Melissa Branch Rd
Ary, KY 41712, United States

[eternal hatch]

Oh shit discord is linked to my Spotify

So yo8 can see my name regardless

Damn I played myself

I live on negra arroyo lane Albuquerque New Mexico

[karmic atlas]

...

quick q

[eternal hatch]

Yeah

[karmic atlas]

your resume isn't on course hero is it

[eternal hatch]

It shouldn’t be, why?

I never gave my resume to anyone but colleges

[karmic atlas]

looked ur name up as a joke and a resume w a full dox of some1 w ur name pulledu p

[eternal hatch]

What the fuck….

[karmic atlas]

ill dm

[eternal hatch]

DM that to me

Thanks

[sudden geode]

Not exactly a fix but make sure you selected all the subjects correctly, i had this bc i misclicked for some of my history classes iirc

[eternal hatch]

I’ll check tmrw, thanks. Although I’m pretty sure I selected everything right

[cerulean beacon]

Tough luck💀

[craggy portal]

decisions coming out jan 27 according to a2c decisions calendar

prayin hard that they save me... oos stats&cs

[sudden geode]

Jan 27th for ea

I may be athiest but to every god ever, PLEASE 🙏

[late crest]

Same wish us luck

[high schooner]

Oos CS grainger😍😍

[cerulean beacon]

Cs is tough. Gl!!!!

[cerulean beacon]

Hoping so. Also oos. But im not cs so I’m hoping that’ll make it easier for me

[hidden galleon]

i went RD oos cs+advertising

lowkey one of my top choices

but we'll see

[cerulean beacon]

I’m a Psych/Biochem Premed

[eternal hatch]

Is block scheduling having your day split up into four periods per semester?

[patent sundial]

i thought it was having different schedules everyday?

bro i have no idea-

[craggy crypt]

^

mine goes even and odd

so i said ye thinking that was it

[eternal hatch]

Ah ok

[eternal hatch]

It’s when you have 90 min periods

Not when you have A and B days

So apparently you have to list the English classes as full year if you have block scheduling

[cerulean beacon]

4 periods per day. 8 total. So 2 different days

[cerulean beacon]

Why wouldn’t it be? It’s twice the time spent on the same course

[crimson perch]

does this include prehighschool

[patent sundial]

i'd assume so?

[cerulean beacon]

That’s up to you

[eternal hatch]

No we don’t have 2 different days

But we have block scheduling

[static pulsar]

We have block scheduling its new for us this yr

5 class periods per day

8 days per cycle

Periods r 60-75 mij

[patent sundial]

this is my 2nd dream college i hope they accept me rd

i really shouldve applied ea

[night ravine]

manifesting an acceptance for you !

(and for me too lol)

[cerulean beacon]

I just got an email from UIUC

Wanna hear what it says

“Waiting to hear back from colleges? Here’s why you shouldn’t stress”

Wow

[languid pine]

everyone got it

[cerulean beacon]

Yes good luck everyone!!!!

[olive scarab]

I hope they choke on rice

I hope that coffe gives that person diarrhoea

[cerulean beacon]

They too late

I’ve already stressed

Now 2+ weeks left

[static pulsar]

Wdym forget about it, I missed stu’s senior bash!

I opened the artcile

Saw that

[cerulean beacon]

“This is all well and fine,” you might be saying, “but I need to know if I’m going to have a school to go to next year!”

[echo robin]

This is the worst part about college decisions

Waiting

[cerulean beacon]

Yes

Waiting

[lean forge]

Prepares u for life

So u have patience lol 😂

[sudden geode]

i feel like ive read this before

[fluid flame]

uiuc is such a w school

[tulip wolf]

For

Fr*

[olive scarab]

Can you tell me why

I wanna fall in love with it

Just don’t see why it’s amazing other than a highly competitive CS program

[static pulsar]

Isnt the average class size pretty bog

Big

Cuz pub school

[tulip wolf]

I think it’s super cheap to live there, all companies recruit, great business school as well

I think other ppl can elaborate

[fluid flame]

it seems like a very positive environment overall

like the community is so nice

and the town is pretty

• many internship/research opportunities and organisations

[hollow verge]

stem degree from uiuc = money

siuuu 💪🏾

[olive scarab]

So….

UW Madison?

[fluid flame]

i applied there too lmao

[olive scarab]

That’s another w school

I love it

[tight dagger]

UIUC does definitely live up to its land-grant mission of teaching STEM, but I feel like for non-STEM it's not considerably better than other state schools

[fluid flame]

that fin aid tho

💀💀💀

no yeah it's definitely a primarily stem oriented school

[tight dagger]

Do they give any?

[fluid flame]

not if you're oos

not much at all

which is why i ended up not applying to udub

[echo robin]

💀💀ig

[velvet oasis]

guidance counselor came in clutch for the app waiver

emailed him last night and it was done this morning😩

[boreal sky]

https://talk.collegeconfidential.com/t/cmu-whether-to-apply-in-ed-or-not-scs-science-school/2061723#:~:text=CMU is definitely your first,be a full-pay student.

do command f uiuc

this gave me anxiety

[hidden galleon]

LOL

sucks tbh

we cant do much anymore

we've all put our best efforts in

its the colleges fault if they dont like us

[night ravine]

w mindset

[hidden galleon]

w response

[night ravine]

w response to w reponse

[dim flint]

wait why?

its not surprising

considering its rly competitive

[hidden galleon]

yeah

[hidden galleon]

w response to w reponse to w response

[night ravine]

w reponse to w response to w response to w response

[hidden galleon]

w reponse to w response to w response to w response to w reponse

[olive scarab]

L response

[hidden galleon]

L mindset

[olive scarab]

W response

[hidden galleon]

W response to W response

[olive scarab]

I have committed multiple war crimes in the republic of Kosovo from 1978-1993

[hidden galleon]

so true

[boreal sky]

cus sm ppl get in from my school that everyone’s like it’s a given

for cs*

[dim flint]

bruh

cap

[sudden geode]

you should write a college essay on this!!

[boreal sky]

well like 5-10 a year but that’s still a lot

[velvet oasis]

https://tenor.com/view/dies-of-cringe-cringe-gif-20747133

me looking back at my UIUC essays i submitted and theyre hot ass

[valid tendon]

it is okay

on the self reported academic record

are cs classes considered "technical" classes

[karmic atlas]

other

the categorization doesn't really matter

[hidden galleon]

iirc apcs is math

[karmic atlas]

they know what's what adn for classes like CS get the confusion

[karmic atlas]

nah

[hidden galleon]

but i guess like pltw would be technical

[hidden galleon]

yes

[karmic atlas]

CSA is Sci and CSP is Math

[hidden galleon]

it literally says in the example tho

lmao

[karmic atlas]

but some schools do it seperately

and some schools coutn as elective

[karmic atlas]

there's 2 CS

[hidden galleon]

oh i see

tbh it doesnt really matter

[karmic atlas]

^

Just have sex

CEO of Sex™️

[hidden galleon]

they know what youre talking about man as long as you have the class there

[hidden galleon]

resigns from Sex

[tender matrix]

LOL wait until decisions are out 😭

Uiuc looks at way more factors than stats, and I seen that from my review

[ancient kiln]

i just hoped they gave more than 150 words for each essay

[boreal sky]

🫡

no rec letters and 150 word sups looking sus tho

[karmic atlas]

thats tru lowk

[ancient kiln]

my counselor has the most batshit college opinions ever tbh

"uiuc is a target"

[karmic atlas]

how much worse is UIUC rd accpetance

[echo robin]

For non cs

Related things

And engineering

[hidden galleon]

not engineering

oh nvm

[exotic briar]

if they're not talking about cs then.. that's true? they probably just aren't aware of cs acceptance

[late crest]

so did everyone receive that email?

[fluid flame]

what email

[late crest]

about waiting to hear back and why u shouldn't stress

pls don't be a unlikely letter 😭

[fluid flame]

oh yeah

maybe we're all unlikely who knows

[eternal hatch]

I did not get that email

[astral pilot]

unlikely

jk

i dont think it matters tbh

[eternal hatch]

Me neither

[sudden geode]

it just links to a blog from like 3 years ago dw

https://blog.admissions.illinois.edu/waiting-to-hear-back-from-colleges-heres-why-you-shouldnt-stress/?utm_content=College+Pressure&utm_source=Slate&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=applicant&utm_term=2023

[eternal hatch]

UIUC is a target for me, since I’m not applying CS. I think I’ll hear good news from them, but one can never be too sure. It’s out of my hands now anyways, no point in predictions. I think I didn’t receive the email bc until last night my application still needed the SRAR, which I submitted yesterday.

But it says my application is complete on the portal, so that shouldn’t be an issue

[desert arrow]

[fallow orbit]

any intl who has completed SRAR?

My school doesnt have a grading scale

just numerical grades

what should I do in this case?

[white owl]

r u from india?

[olive scarab]

i did it and im from india

so

yeah

[cerulean beacon]

I’m domestic and we have only have numerical too

I believe it lets us submit number grades

But idk

I might’ve used the grading scale from my school

Since we have a scale that we can use

But our grades are given out in numbers

[cerulean beacon]

If you can’t submit srar in the end then just email them and tell them abt your situation and email them your transcripts

[fallow orbit]

Yes

[fallow orbit]

My school isn't too strict about defining a grade scale. Would using the standard scale and reporting my marks be better or mailing them would be?

[white owl]

Standard scale

That's what I did

[cerulean beacon]

Standard scale then. But like also email them just in case

Like why not?

[raw tree]

Wasn’t that due like 2 days ago or something

[fallow orbit]

was it?

[fallow orbit]

ahh I see, thanks!

[raw tree]

yeah the SRAR

Was due on the 12th

[fallow orbit]

the email didnt mention that

[raw tree]

yeah it was the 11th*

I think you’re fine though…?

idk

[fallow orbit]

Ill just submit quickly

[raw tree]

I mean if it’s up, it’s up lol

it’s ok I submitted 2 of my colleges late for rd and they accepted it

[raw tree]

👍

[fallow orbit]

lol

[echo minnow]

.

[tropic agate]

Period. gurl

[lean forge]

I paid for my wake forest

But forgot to press submit on commomapp

But still sent it tho 😏

[raw tree]

anyone got prediction for how competetive data science will be

fairly new program

the college it's in has avg that are pretty easy but i heard ds in particular gonna be hard?

[hidden galleon]

are you talkin abt

is+ds?

[raw tree]

mhm

[hidden galleon]

i dont see it being

terribly competitive

put it around like 40%

yeah

LOL

its wild how 40% is non-competitive in my head. i'm desensitized

[raw tree]

bruh my brain hurts but i gotta get purdue supps done :/

im applying rd !

[hidden galleon]

ahhh

you got this!

data sci?

[raw tree]

nono

[hidden galleon]

cs

?

[raw tree]

bio and undecided

[hidden galleon]

ohhh

[raw tree]

ds was just for friend

[hidden galleon]

oh i see

[raw tree]

who kept bugging me about it

[hidden galleon]

ah i gotchu

well as long as youre not cs or engineering

[raw tree]

do u know much about purdue?

[hidden galleon]

purdue RD is worth a try

[hidden galleon]

yeah i can probably answer somethings

ask away

just got deferred today 🫡

[raw tree]

nah just general questions like is bio and undecided generally known as competetive at purdue

like earlier in the day

[hidden galleon]

ah i see

[raw tree]

someone compared their admissions to umn

bio

[hidden galleon]

okay bio is definitely less competitive at purdue

so you should be okay for RD

[raw tree]

this being umn'

[hidden galleon]

definitely

[hidden galleon]

oh god i dont think its this noncompetitive

wait

is 89-98 an acceptance rate

sorry

[raw tree]

89-98

[hidden galleon]

no right

[raw tree]

is class

rank

lol

[hidden galleon]

OH

LMAO

my bad

[raw tree]

sorry i see how that couldve caused confusion lmao

[hidden galleon]

nah its aight i just skimmed it

okay tbh its probably more competitive than that

but purdues overall acceptance rate is like 70 right

[raw tree]

yeah i figured

[hidden galleon]

if cs and engineering are pulling it down, other majors are likely pulling it up

[raw tree]

a friend of mine

[hidden galleon]

so you should be okay

[raw tree]

applied for animal science

[hidden galleon]

mhm

[raw tree]

but got in for undecided

[hidden galleon]

oh interesting

[raw tree]

like i never knew animal science was all that competetive

she has decent stats

[hidden galleon]

damnn

[raw tree]

hopefully i can just get my foot in the foor through undecided lol

[hidden galleon]

nah you got this fosho

✊

[raw tree]

one more question if u dont mind:

u know like how on cds some schools value first gen kids and rank it as important as ecs and etc, does it fr have the same weight?

[hidden galleon]

i don't know if it's that important, just because CDSs (that plural looks so wack) tend to be lowkey fucked overall

but first-gen is given weight definitely and its definitely more than minimal

[raw tree]

even if asian first gen??

[hidden galleon]

i mean it depends on schools race consideration

but like its definitely better than asian no first gen

LMAO

[cerulean beacon]

Bruh

I’m literally a first gen immigrant

But

I’m not a first gen college student

[lean forge]

i got in as a "I beat freaking America - Vietnam" kid lol

into Purdue

but dont worry 🙂

i dont think science at purdue or uiuc is that competitive (as long as its not physics-based)

[astral pilot]

UIUC got my back right?

[lean forge]

probably lol

business?

[astral pilot]

Cs and stats

[craggy crypt]

lmao same my dad got his phd and my mom graduated from umich

[lean forge]

ah

thats very competitive i think lol

but gl regardless

[raw tree]

going for kinesiology + undecided :0

[lean forge]

ah

id say not too competitive lol

btw

are u from indonesia or philippines lol ? @raw tree

[raw tree]

i’m in illinois 😭😭

but i’m from china 😭

[lean forge]

oh no 🥲

i mean u just have asian vibes lol

[lean forge]

are u instate then for uiuc?

ye this is for bio

not specifically what you're doing but ..

still worht taken into account

also that is for grad school

so dont worry

[raw tree]

mhm

AHS middle 50

applied health sciences middle 50 i think is like 3.2-3.8 or something

and 1200-1450 SAT

[cerulean beacon]

UMich legacy. 👍

[craggy crypt]

legacy+ oos cancel out hopefully xD

[cerulean beacon]

Yeah gl

I don’t haven’t direct legacy

Like I have an uncle and aunt who graduated

[lean forge]

wow ig that gives u a slight advantage

[lean forge]

thats good lol

[lean forge]

legacy apparently doesnt work at duke lol

this kid his stats were amazing (like 4.0+ gpa + 1560 SAT + great ECs) - his grandfather, his father, his sister, his mother all went to duke

he got rejected ED with me 💀

[cerulean beacon]

💀

Sad

[craggy crypt]

same to u

[craggy crypt]

bout half my family in america moved to michigan so have 3/4 that graduated from there

boutta be the first one to not make it lmao

[cerulean beacon]

Well think happy thoughts

[craggy crypt]

me personally 😭

[craggy crypt]

i got uva tho

which is something

[cerulean beacon]

No no IT IS something

Big achievement

[craggy crypt]

im not in yet just in state xD

i find out with the rest of the EA decisions

[cerulean beacon]

With in state it’s not bad.

You’ll prolly get in gl!!!!

[craggy crypt]

prayin man

[cerulean beacon]

Yes

College admissions turning us all religious

[lean forge]

lol

[craggy crypt]

went to church for the first time in 2 years xD

[cerulean beacon]

Nice.

[hollow cloak]

anyone know how hard it is to get into CS + Adveritsing?

[lean forge]

i think its quite hard lol

uiuc is like purdue with great cs + engineering rankings so ...

[tight dagger]

And UIUCs program is substantially smaller

Purdue seats abt 900 ppl vs 200 at UIUC iirc

[lean forge]

ah

interesting

[hidden galleon]

Def not easy lol

[tidal parcel]

13 days

anyone know about what time decisions release?

[hollow cloak]

how do you konw they come on the 27th?

[tidal parcel]

says on the applicant portal

[zinc sequoia]

5 I think

It says it on the portal

Actually scratch that

But I think it is 5

[hollow cloak]

5 EST or PST?

[tidal parcel]

probably est

[tight dagger]

Maybe CST since local time in Urbana

[tidal parcel]

looks like around 4

cst

thats when they came out last year

tho last year was like in late feburary so

[tight dagger]

Maybe they’ll make an announcement when we get closer

It’s not a big deal right now

[tidal parcel]

yeah

[tight dagger]

Or at least not in their opinion

[zinc sequoia]

At least they gave us a date

[tidal parcel]

last year they released ea feb 25th 😭

[drifting pilot]

jan 27th is hella early then

unfortunately im going to be crying on my bday

[marsh bramble]

or your best birthday present :>

[tender matrix]

The best major

[tender matrix]

Ur gonna love champaign lmao

[tender matrix]

And rd

We had no early action

[raw tree]

idk if i get in 😭

[tender matrix]

What did u apply for

[raw tree]

i applied for kinesiology in applied health sciences

[tender matrix]

Yea it's not toooo bad

[raw tree]

do u know anyone in it?

[tender matrix]

Uiuc is getting competitive tho won't lie

[tender matrix]

Yep

From my hs

[raw tree]

do u happen to know their stats 😭😭

[tender matrix]

I'm Chinese intl

I don't know their exact stats but they werent like a very good student lol

[raw tree]

i see i see

[tender matrix]

Took some hard classes tho

Like calc bc

[raw tree]

but usually intl students from china bad student = avg student in US pub school

[tender matrix]

Grades aren't good tho

And u got the instate boost

[raw tree]

i have 3.83 uw gpa, my SAT falls in the middle 50, instate, and first gen

[tender matrix]

Yea I'm sure you'll be fine honestly

With a 3.83 tbh uiuc could be a low target

Either way 🙏 hope you get in

[raw tree]

if i get in imma insta commit 😭😭

[tender matrix]

Ayy

[raw tree]

THANK UUU

i’ll see u there next year 🫶 (manifesting 🤧)

[sweet torrent]

how hard is getting into UIUC aerospace engineering OOS

[tender matrix]

Pretty hard

[tender matrix]

Hope to see u too 🤞

[sweet torrent]

daaaamn

i genuinely do not know where i’ll get in

[tender matrix]

Are you intl?

[sweet torrent]

nah

oos

[tender matrix]

If not it's gonna be easier cause aerospace is funky with intl

Aight yea

Prolly a 20 ish percent acceptance rate

Something like that

It's a popular major

[sweet torrent]

i got denied from purdue so i’m not expecting much

[tender matrix]

Nah Purdue is harder to get into for AE

Lots of my friends here got rejected by Purdue

Or else they would've went lol

[dim flint]

even for cs?

or just engineering

[tidal parcel]

oh that makes sense then

[sudden geode]

t-13 days until the big scary decision aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[late crest]

same. nerve-wrecking but also interesting

dk how to describe the feeling

[tender matrix]

No just AE

[sick fiber]

I got accepted but I clicked the wrong major in common app so it wasn’t cs lmao

[patent sundial]

lol

are you able to switch?

[raw tree]

howd u do the supplemental then?

insane

[sick fiber]

Computer engineering instead of computer science so I guess it kinda worked lol

I emailed them@

Because there’s no way ima spend the next 4 years building CPUs lmfao

[raw tree]

lol i see i see

[sick fiber]

It was such a major bruh moment when I checked the portal

[raw tree]

i mean if u really love purdue, wouldnt it just be better to get ur foot on campus first 😭

[sick fiber]

I was so mad at myself hahahaha

[raw tree]

like what if they frick u over

damn, did u not review your application

i always get paranoid and review the pdf like 2 times