UIUC!!! (2022-2023)

[strong fox]

No in state does not

[glad latch]

then why did u get priority

[jagged cobalt]

is the gym easily accessible from freshman dorms and is it good/not always full

[glad latch]

and noah what is this japan garden

i saw on their campus tour it looks cool

[strong fox]

https://registrar.illinois.edu/reg-spring-2023/

[strong fox]

Depends, there’s two big main gyms

Depending on which you want to go to and where you live depends on accessibility

[jagged cobalt]

how’s course rigor in college of engineering classes

[glad latch]

the japan garden looks so pretty.

[glad latch]

https://ece.illinois.edu/academics/ugrad/curriculum

[strong fox]

Japan garden is pretty

I’ve never been but everyone loves it

I’m waiting for spring

Cause there’s cherry blossoms!

[strong fox]

Hard

[glad latch]

it says it's closed in the winter

[strong fox]

It has its reputation for a reason

[glad latch]

is that true?

[strong fox]

It might be closed in winter

I haven’t heard of anyone going recently lol

Spring is the best

[silver yew]

could I get the c/o 27 discord invite link too?

[echo minnow]

yea i need it

🙏

[strong fox]

I dmed it to yku

[echo minnow]

oh

it went inside message requests

ok

bruh the discord is so dead lmfao

fuck that

[strong fox]

Dude admissions came out yesterday

[astral pilot]

how do yall get rejected UMD CS but get into UIUC meanwhile im the opposite 😭

sad days

[patent sundial]

i was rejected umd, deferred uiuc

[astral pilot]

Makes no sense lmao

[strong fox]

UIUC is harder than UMd

[patent sundial]

exactly

[strong fox]

Ohhhh

I see what you’re Saying

Yeah Crazy

[flint shadow]

do they have loci?

for deferal

[patent sundial]

i don’t think so

they said they won’t accept any additional info except for test scores

[flint shadow]

so no mid year reports?

[patent sundial]

yeah it said no 7th semester grades which i’m assuming is the same as mid year

[flint shadow]

ok

[patent sundial]

if anyone knows differently please lmk

[strong fox]

You’re right

No sem 7

Unless last year

They let you do a letter of continued interest iirc

But there was no ea last year

[manic briar]

yeah my friend was usamo qualifier and got straight rejection from uiuc lol

[patent sundial]

i guess ill make one then, it shouldn’t hurt me to even if they don’t accept it… right?

[strong fox]

Why would you make one now

They had one decision date last year that’s why

If you got deferred you could submit one

[patent sundial]

oh ok

i misunderstood you

i got deferred

[strong fox]

Now it doesn’t seem like you can submit one rn

[patent sundial]

but i didn’t think they take new materials

[strong fox]

Deferred to RD right

[patent sundial]

yeah march 3

[strong fox]

Yeah just wait until them

But I think my friend did it cause he was on the waitlist idk

[patent sundial]

@tender matrix you know anything about loci?

[split sage]

Same here LMAO wth

It might have been becuz I did CS + X at UIUC, and pure CS umd

[patent sundial]

yeah i did cs at umd and cs+ling at uiuc

[split sage]

Ahhh ye, I did cs + education (new major)

there are less seats for it

[tired robin]

cs + ed sounds fun

we have several cs profs focusing on the education space, do take advantage

[empty scroll]

I did cs at umd and compe and uiuc

got accepted both though

[patent sundial]

Hey everyone

If not admitted for first choice but second choice are you put on a waitlist automatically for first choice? How does this work?

CS+Philosophy 1st choice; Philosophy 2nd choice

[vestal plinth]

yes

even if you withdraw you are still on waitlist and they may update you via email

[waxen venture]

wait so if i get accepted for info science + data science can i do one year of classes that also apply to cs + stats and transfer

[raven finch]

@tender matrix

not sure if this is the basic defer message or if it is actually cuz I put music

my secondary was physics which is in the engineering department

[glad latch]

someone else here also got that same message

[raven finch]

I have over a 4 weighted and made 1 B ever from testing out of a class and a 35 on act

idk maybe my essays were just bad but I obsessed over them for a month with multiple proof readers

[raven finch]

do you know what their major was?

[glad latch]

@patent sundial

it was cs+x i think

[patent sundial]

i did for cs+ling

[raven finch]

I almost wonder if it’s because I graduated highschool early and started attending my local university

I got deferred from madison too

[patent sundial]

hi! i got this for bioengineering

[raven finch]

real

[hollow verge]

yeah they're so stupid all the 2027 groups there's like 8 of them already

[tired robin]

uhh I'm guessing no bc why bother maintaining a waitlist if already offering anther major

[tired robin]

???

[tired robin]

classic

[hollow verge]

dumb dumb dumb

[warm shard]

when does uiuc release financial aid packages?

[tired robin]

google it:o

[unborn sky]

i got into EE. Does anyone know if it's easy to transfer into CS + X?

[hollow verge]

got in EE aswell

better off transferring to CompE

[arctic barn]

anyone get in for Statistics?

[hollow verge]

CS + X ridiculously hard to trf into

and CS in general is closed

[tired robin]

just stop it

[pulsar viper]

I got into UIUC as an alternate major. Does anyone know if there is any way that I can switch to my 2nd major?

[tired robin]

?

[hollow verge]

i see

yeah it will be as hard as it is for anyone else

being in EE means surefire way to go to CE

CS + X u compete with everyone else uno

[empty scroll]

its probably not 100% bcs CE is usually a capped major

[hollow verge]

true but like 95%

[pallid marsh]

wait is this fr?

got in my second choice EE

first choice was cs+x

[vestal plinth]

"You were strongly considered for your first choice; however, we simply didn’t have room for all qualified applicants. You’re still considered wait listed for your first choice. If space becomes available in this major later on, we’ll let you know even if you’ve declined your offer."

https://www.admissions.illinois.edu/faq/admitted-freshman

[timid island]

Wait so if I was deferred does that mean they only looked at my application for my first choice

[pallid marsh]

thanks

[modest pecan]

is anyone bioe? does uiuc not have bme

[tender matrix]

awww yea looks like a defer

[tender matrix]

not really

[glad latch]

how hard is it to transfer from ee to ce

bj

[tender matrix]

I didn't have to write one

[tender matrix]

hmm I actually dont know

but its not easy

but as EE you have the best chance

[glad latch]

😦

for acceptance?

yeah i got in

[tender matrix]

yea

EE has the best chance of getting into CE

[echo minnow]

i wrote this on my uiuc app 💀

this is actauly hilarious

prob made the ao laugh

[wooden horizon]

LMAO

[empty scroll]

Oh no links

[glad latch]

the teacher sounds like a major asshole tbh

what pe teacher gives C because you are too slow for them? And seven minutes for a mile is already really fast. not a lot of people can do that.

[empty scroll]

My pe teacher

But I got an a

Iirc you had to go retake "exams" if you failed

Not a fun class

[hidden galleon]

@echo minnow YOU GOT CS+ADVERTISING?!?!?

THATS MY FAVORITE PROGRAM EVER EVER CONGRATSSSSSS

[crimson echo]

i applied cs+stats, got the exact same email this morning

[patent sundial]

yep!

[modest pecan]

😎 🥳

[patent sundial]

Hey guys

[patent sundial]

How does this work? Pls I would love clarification

[hollow verge]

there is a uiuc 27 disc

[lean forge]

is uiuc business competitive?

very compettiive or just like mid?

[urban needle]

^

[lean forge]

?

[pallid marsh]

did u search up the ranking and all

[chilly tapir]

im pretty sure it's easy i think

because those 2 majors are in the same department

[patent sundial]

w state is wrong

not w state

[hollow verge]

W chicago

[tender matrix]

Yea it is

Sub 30% acc rate

[lean forge]

oh

well not as competitive as i thought 🥲

thought it might be sub 20 or sth

[tender matrix]

Still a very good school

[lean forge]

ye for sure

damn

found it

love uiuc

actually release this kinda info lol

[tender matrix]

Yea 27%

[lean forge]

🥲

[tender matrix]

I'm sure these numbers are much lower this year

[lean forge]

engineering kids

[lean forge]

oh no

[tender matrix]

Weve been getting unprecedented applications this year

Cause people are starting to notice uiuc

And we on common app now

[lean forge]

ye this is last year

[lean forge]

they werent b4??

wow thats new lol

[tender matrix]

Last year we were

The year before we werent

[lean forge]

ahh

[tender matrix]

When we got added to common app

[lean forge]

that data was from 2022 class

[tender matrix]

Our overall acceptance rate dropped 15%

[lean forge]

high school '23

[tender matrix]

From 60 to 45

[lean forge]

damn

[tender matrix]

And that's gonna be lower

[lean forge]

i mean uiuc, purdue share same vibe

[empty scroll]

college acceptances are lowering every year sadly

[tender matrix]

Some people say projected uiuc acc rate in a few years be 20%

[lean forge]

both really good engineering, cs + bus

[lean forge]

🥲

[tender matrix]

Yea

[lean forge]

well cuz population growth lol

• ppl getting richer

[tender matrix]

We hella good at psychology

Top 5

And we are number 2 in accounting

[lean forge]

so more kids applying, more international kids applying but still same admitted rate

[tender matrix]

Number 1 in one of those physics fields

[empty scroll]

us population didnt grow that much and universities are also growing but not at the same rate

[lean forge]

so ends up with lower acp rate

[lean forge]

ye i mean other countries lol

[tender matrix]

Intl population

[lean forge]

also migration

immigration*

into usa is rising

always*

or hitting a plateau now

[empty scroll]

immigrants single handedly increased the competetiveness lol

[tender matrix]

I mean America is only immigrants

[lean forge]

ye lol

[tender matrix]

Except for the native Americans

[quasi valley]

overall or cs

[lean forge]

cs is actually high lol

[tender matrix]

Overall

[quasi valley]

wahtt

6% is low

[tender matrix]

Idk just heard someone say it

[empty scroll]

cs is already at like 5%

[lean forge]

surprise 🙂

[quasi valley]

that is low not high

[tender matrix]

CS + x is gonna be so low this year

So many people applied

[lean forge]

ye

not as low as engineering still 🥲

[tender matrix]

More people applied CS + x than CS I think

[lean forge]

https://www.admissions.illinois.edu/apply/freshman/admit-rate

[empty scroll]

I know cs in general has low acceptance rates in schools

[lean forge]

ye whats cs+x tho

[tender matrix]

My year was the first year where there was equal numbwr

[tender matrix]

It's a blended joint major

[lean forge]

always the trio

[tender matrix]

CS + another major

[lean forge]

engineering, bus, cs

[lean forge]

ah

[tender matrix]

For example I'm in CS + stats

[lean forge]

if i get into geiss for bus

can i apply to cs later?

[tender matrix]

No

[lean forge]

or rather just sth like cs?

[quasi valley]

still cs will remain lower than cs+X imo

[tender matrix]

CS is closed off

[lean forge]

damn

[tender matrix]

You can apply CS + x

[lean forge]

https://www.admissions.illinois.edu/apply/freshman/admit-rate

[tender matrix]

Not math and stats imo

They get closer to Grainger every year

[lean forge]

wow

[quasi valley]

yeah

[lean forge]

ngl mb kinda racist but

[quasi valley]

but cs+econ,music and all will remain high

[lean forge]

are most UIUC cs/engineering kids indians 🥲

[empty scroll]

this is why im glad ill be out of college admissions after this year

[tender matrix]

Music might, econ is getting hard too

[tender matrix]

And chinese

[lean forge]

lol dip fast b4 the rates increase

[lean forge]

Asians*

[tender matrix]

Yes

[empty scroll]

all the people ik who got accepted into uiuc engineering is asian

[tender matrix]

90% asian feels like

[quasi valley]

i m indian maybe that helped

[tender matrix]

Not it probably hurt you

[quasi valley]

tbh i dont feel i deserve this

seems like luck

[tender matrix]

You just still made it in the end

It's fine

[lean forge]

prob wont cuz too many of yall applied lol

[empty scroll]

exactly

[tender matrix]

UIUC might like your personality

[lean forge]

they prob want diverse so .....

[lean forge]

fr

asians be doing math

[tender matrix]

Yes for example Grainger CS is 40% female and 60% male

[lean forge]

we dont know what calculators are cuz we are calcs

[tender matrix]

While my major is 25% female 75% male

[empty scroll]

not surprised

[tender matrix]

Lmao CS + x is not too equal yet

[lean forge]

damn 🥲

[radiant fable]

where do u find the stats forthat

[empty scroll]

how much is computer engineering

[tender matrix]

My advisor told me

[tender matrix]

Way worse lmao

I think

[empty scroll]

bruh

[tender matrix]

I know someone told me the nums before

But I don't remember them

[empty scroll]

my social life is screwed

[radiant fable]

do u know it for MechE😿

[empty scroll]

well it is engineering

[tender matrix]

Nah date outside your major

I would not wanna date a girl in cs

[empty scroll]

lmao

[tender matrix]

Unless they were like really my type lmao

[quasi valley]

my classmate is so racist. he is like uiuc is all brown why would you go there

[lean forge]

https://www.admissions.illinois.edu/apply/freshman/admit-rate

[quasi valley]

like shutup

[tender matrix]

💀

It's fine

[lean forge]

for last year

[tender matrix]

I mean you get to celebrate Diwali here

[lean forge]

lol

[tender matrix]

You get to connect with your heritage

[radiant fable]

nah bro get that cs girl to have that op dual income🤑

[tender matrix]

And stuff

[empty scroll]

is 40% white 30% asian

[quasi valley]

i actually like that

[tender matrix]

Yea me too since I'm intl

So I like being able to celebrate my culture out in the open with many others

[quasi valley]

i need someone to bitch abt bollywood

[lean forge]

ye and yall be working 24 hours a day 🥲

fr

we coding

[radiant fable]

nah bro work even less cause ur at home

[lean forge]

same thing bro

work is work

just do business :))

we do supply chain thing

[quasi valley]

bee and chef, both of you are uiuc cs?

[lean forge]

we travel around

[lean forge]

nawh

bus

we bussing

[quasi valley]

still impressive

are you looking for other options

[lean forge]

ye 4% higher acp rate then engineering 🥲

[radiant fable]

im tryna hit that advertising Coloring Pie Charts 104

[quasi valley]

or mentally comitted

[empty scroll]

compe for me

[lean forge]

idk lol

[quasi valley]

i feel like this is my peak moment LOL

[radiant fable]

im MechE for uiuc

[lean forge]

i applied to cornell (pure dream + manifestation thing)

[quasi valley]

so mentally i have comitted

[tender matrix]

Lmao kinda cool how I might be teaching some of u next year 👀

[lean forge]

if i get in then def comitted to cornell

[tender matrix]

In a way

[lean forge]

mb mb

[quasi valley]

better grade us easy

[tender matrix]

LOL

That's only if you wanna take the honors course

[lean forge]

i aint doing cs tho

[tender matrix]

I'm only managing the honors course

[lean forge]

damn

go do some stats course in bus lol

[quasi valley]

i have heard TA is such a pain

and annoying job

[tender matrix]

It kinda is

[lean forge]

but good pay lol

[tender matrix]

But eh I want money

[lean forge]

like if u go to summer program

[quasi valley]

yeah we all in for the money

[lean forge]

become kids residential assistant

u get to chill most of the time

[tender matrix]

Plus good way for me to meet freshmen

[lean forge]

barely do some random activity planning

[tender matrix]

Connections everything

[quasi valley]

i want work at library. just sit and make moeny

[lean forge]

and get $400 or sth (mb more) for 2 weeks

[radiant fable]

im tryna hit that ARC front counter

[lean forge]

id say thats decent enough lol

[empty scroll]

bro I will give some cash if you "accidently overlook" some mistakes in my tests

[lean forge]

fr

mb in the future their ur boss 💀

[quasi valley]

@tender matrix is library job easy to get?

[tender matrix]

At uiuc?

I don't think it's too hard

[radiant fable]

wb crce

or arc

[tender matrix]

Not hard

[quasi valley]

okay that;s the plan

[tender matrix]

Just apply

[radiant fable]

i say, from my rec center front counter job

[quasi valley]

code in library and make money

[tender matrix]

Fr

[radiant fable]

wor

[tender matrix]

And get that freshmen internship

[radiant fable]

word

[quasi valley]

might as well intern from library and work at library at same time

if it is legal

[radiant fable]

isnt freshman internship an oxymoron

[tender matrix]

Lmaoo

[tender matrix]

Huh?

[radiant fable]

i thought freshman didnt get internships

[tender matrix]

Nah

I have one

Noah, the other guy that hangs around here

Has one too

[quasi valley]

if you are skilled enough(and rich enough for the top connections), anything is possible

[tender matrix]

Uiuc crazy connections and names

[lean forge]

ima just go and do some convinience store crap lol

[tender matrix]

Works too

[lean forge]

whats the best ez parttime job at college?

[quasi valley]

uiuc has nice brand value i think

[tender matrix]

Ngl I feel like the ice rank here is nice

To work for

Or the illini union hotel

Lmao

[quasi valley]

i was feeling good with 6% cs acceptance rate and this one INDiAn Aunty shows me 60% overall acceptance rate

peak clownery

[lean forge]

part time?

[lean forge]

wait wat

[tender matrix]

Show her the page

[lean forge]

for uiuc its 60%+ lol

[tender matrix]

And bruh once you be getting the internships freshmen year

[lean forge]

unless u do cs + x which is 28%

[tender matrix]

They won't be thinking that

[radiant fable]

im tryna drive one of those sweeper things across the ice rink

[lean forge]

lol

big W

[tender matrix]

Yea

[quasi valley]

i dont remember the exact number brother

[tender matrix]

45%

[lean forge]

@tender matrix whats the pay then?

[tender matrix]

Overall

[tender matrix]

13/hr

[lean forge]

for cs

[radiant fable]

get that zamboni certification

[tender matrix]

Which is why I'm TAing instead cause it's higher 💀

[quasi valley]

6.7

[radiant fable]

sell drugs

[lean forge]

brother i literally searched (unless uiuc scams me)

nvm

i cant read

sr brother

[quasi valley]

can i ask you which programming language might help better for getting freshman internships

[lean forge]

typing crap at 12am with my mother just monitoring right behind my back isnt good

[quasi valley]

i only know java and some python

i still cant figure ourt why they accepted me

[radiant fable]

lowkey is there time for an intership even 💀

[tender matrix]

Python, Java, C++

[lean forge]

can i ask how much is that?

[lean forge]

prob no lol

[empty scroll]

I saw that and randomly applied to compe thinking it would be easy to get in 💀

[tender matrix]

I dont get any sem 1

But it's like 15/hr iirc

You get paid depending on ur standing

[quasi valley]

ohh will grind that in summer b4 uni

[lean forge]

my friend did this 3-3 program (3 years in a random college and 3 in a great one)

just went there last year

[tender matrix]

Do leetcode

Make your resume

[lean forge]

and man's sufferring 🥲

[tender matrix]

And start applying in August

[lean forge]

but he's doing engineering

[tender matrix]

Apply to a few hundred

[lean forge]

wait wat standing lol?

[empty scroll]

did you interviews ask for a lot of competition programming questions

[lean forge]

they rank ur ability as a TA?

[quasi valley]

few hundred....

[tender matrix]

Like freshmen, sophomore, etc

[tender matrix]

No but my competitive coding bg helped me

[tender matrix]

I did 200

Before I got mine

[quasi valley]

yeah will grind some projects

[tender matrix]

You have evaluations

[tender matrix]

Yea go to uiuc career fair

We have CS career fairs

Make sure you go

[empty scroll]

thats good bcs cp is boring af

[tender matrix]

And bring your suit to your dorm

Lol

[lean forge]

wow

[lean forge]

lol

[quasi valley]

damn the recession and layoff thing might have affected internship recruitment this year ig?

[tender matrix]

Yea they did

[lean forge]

u applied to 200 interns?

[tender matrix]

Yea

[lean forge]

wow

[tender matrix]

I used a software to help me auto fill

[lean forge]

ah

[tender matrix]

Still took me a long time

[lean forge]

i cant code crap so ......

[tender matrix]

Lol

[quasi valley]

name it

[lean forge]

last time i coded sth covid wasnt even a thing 🙂

[tender matrix]

If ur business go to the business career fair

[quasi valley]

help the illinis :(

[tender matrix]

Simplify

It's a chrome extension

[lean forge]

ye might look for like a consultant ish (write a research paper abt them and send them for money)

prob best thing lol

[lean forge]

nvm i thought i needed to code to know how to auto fill things 🙂

[tender matrix]

LMAO

[lean forge]

btw

r u like super busy?

[empty scroll]

lol I also thought you coded the app

[lean forge]

same lol

thought man coded a whole system to do those things

@tender matrix entering college from hs, u feel like u got busier? or just like u need to do more time management thing to schedule studying and stuff cuz too much free time?

[quasi valley]

they might actually staart doing

[quasi valley]

it totally depends on you bro

some ppl are naturally so good at cs and wont need to learn a lot. some ppl want to grind and do dual majors for the money. some are too busy with clubs. some are working on some startup probabaly

all depends on you

[lean forge]

hmm

[empty scroll]

my school tends to say college is easier so yeah it depends

[lean forge]

is dual major easier than dual-degree?

whats the difference lol?

[quasi valley]

idk either

[lean forge]

i just assume for dual degree, u cant skip the basics and gotta do everything?

[quasi valley]

probably same

[lean forge]

like for business + engineering

instead of just doing the extended u need to also do the core courses

[lean forge]

ye

welp after taking econ for 4 years and business for 2 years

[quasi valley]

i think CS+X is like coordinated dual major where there will be overlaps

[lean forge]

reading dozens + books on business

doing all business ECs

[quasi valley]

dual degree would be everything abt that degree

[lean forge]

I hope i wont die :))

[quasi valley]

not the intersection

[lean forge]

ye

thats what i thought too

i have another slightly racist question

do all indians (who live in India) speak with an indian accent?

[tender matrix]

It definetly got busier sem 2, but sem 1 was chill af

And yes time management

Be good at that

[quasi valley]

what is an indian accent... trust me bro half of indians will fake a white accent to fit in

so dw

[empty scroll]

lmao no?

[quasi valley]

i want to join some indian seerver of uiuc

[lean forge]

lol

[quasi valley]

or make one for '27

[lean forge]

indians accent sound like the mid-viet ppl

just wavy

(very annoying to me ngl)

but very good at singing tho lmao

[quasi valley]

huh

[lean forge]

yessir

[quasi valley]

interesting

[lean forge]

wdym

[quasi valley]

indian accent good at singing?

[lean forge]

nah just wavy voices

[fluid flame]

what's going on in this thread 😭😭

[tender matrix]

💀

[empty scroll]

idk

[white owl]

lmao but i have a slightly american accent tho

[quasi valley]

it is easier to spot out when it is natural and fake

[lean forge]

me being dumb

sorry yall

[empty scroll]

“While (the University) now receives more than double the number of applications for first-year admission than we did 10 years ago, we can’t assume that our application pool will continue to grow at similar rates in the next 10 years.”

[lean forge]

i can do all accents :>

[fluid flame]

i meannn

birth rates are decreasing

so maybe

[quasi valley]

also uiuc cs from india?

[fluid flame]

but more people are applying to top universities

[white owl]

cs yes, uiuc unfortunately no

purdue cs for now

[fluid flame]

and everything is getting more competitive soo

[lean forge]

damn after purdue

[white owl]

and gatech cs possibly (deferred)

[lean forge]

uiuc is the biggest steal lol

bigger*

barely 60k a year for int. students

[quasi valley]

purdue rejected me

[lean forge]

not in developing countries lol

[quasi valley]

forever salty

[empty scroll]

theres no one american accent. theres a bunch in america alone

[lean forge]

😢

[fluid flame]

true

[white owl]

i feel purdue uiuc umass collabing too much this year

[white owl]

lmao

[lean forge]

years of doing geography

[white owl]

india be like

[lean forge]

population pyramids in my brain

[lean forge]

fr

[fluid flame]

so i think it will probably remain somewhat steady

[lean forge]

and african countries

[fluid flame]

or keep increasing but at a slower rate

[quasi valley]

LMAo but what abt the 2 weeks of imposter syndrome and failure feeling purdue ignited

[lean forge]

population growth in those countries will hit a plateau soon (like in 100 years ish lol)

[white owl]

to the level of ucs

[lean forge]

ye

[fluid flame]

imagine if in the future asu becomes a reach

[white owl]

lmao

[lean forge]

id say so too

[lean forge]

aint no way

i mean i assume

[white owl]

like most ppl only got into 1 of them

[lean forge]

if population grows

[white owl]

for cs

[lean forge]

unis would get more money

[fluid flame]

it's already more competitive than it used to be

[white owl]

idts it even plans too

[lean forge]

which they would then invest more

into more dorms and teachers

[white owl]

i mean we cant have every uni becoming a reach

[lean forge]

increase demand for teachers

higher wage for teachers

more ppl want to get higher wages become teachers

[fluid flame]

not every uni

[lean forge]

more teachers + more dorms

[fluid flame]

there will still be tons of small unknown unis

that admit everyone

[lean forge]

-> increase acp rate cuz schools can admit more kids 🙂

[fluid flame]

ahem wingate ahem

[white owl]

i meant like decently known unis with decent stuff

like osu and penn state

[fluid flame]

they will def become more competitive over the years

like if you had a 1550+ sat 4ish years ago you could've easily gotten into ut for cs

not anymore

[quasi valley]

yo aayan i requested you on instagram

[quasi valley]

we want to hear stanford

[white owl]

lol wait

[white owl]

idts sat matters that much now

[quasi valley]

fr i know someone with 1570 got L uiuc, gtech deferred, purdue deferred

[fluid flame]

now it's more ✨holistic✨

[white owl]

yeah

[fluid flame]

aka how many ecs do you have

[white owl]

i am pretty sure holistic = scam now since they are luck at the end

[fluid flame]

and did you cure cancer

[empty scroll]

it does for even more competetive schools but not so much for uiuc. I only had 34 act

[fluid flame]

holistic review is less fair imo

[lean forge]

lol fr

[white owl]

i mean

r u from us?

[lean forge]

me getting accepted to random unis with a shitty IB scores :))

[empty scroll]

also it seemed like essays didnt matter for uiuc or atleast for engineering

[fluid flame]

cuz now you're creating a divide between lower income people who can't afford to do much vs rich people with crazy ecs and businesses

[fluid flame]

yea

[white owl]

thought so

coming from india where admission in BASED ONLY ON the score of a single exam

which is adminstered once in a year

u have a very special appreciation for holistic admissions

[white owl]

the syllabus of which is uni level

[empty scroll]

I mean if you want to get into a competetive school year you need to do uni level courses if you have access to it

[lean forge]

every asian countries lol

[white owl]

lmao i will send u an example wait

[empty scroll]

also a lot of european countries

[fluid flame]

europe too for the most part

[lean forge]

tho a small minorities do like straight admission (purely looking at ur scores in high school)

[fluid flame]

i came from a country w a similar system

ngl i'd take it over holistic review

[empty scroll]

thats like nmsqt right?

[lean forge]

where lol?

[white owl]

solve it under a minute

[lean forge]

what nmsqt?

[empty scroll]

psat

[white owl]

this is an easy ques fyi

[fluid flame]

bruh i can't do mental math

[empty scroll]

if you get over a certain score then you can get scholarships

[lean forge]

put it out i still cant do 🙂

nvm i can

i underestimated my ability

but i do IB and we teach much higher utility stuff so ...

i dont do that mental thing 🥲

[fluid flame]

when you can solve complex differential equations and can't do 6-2

me

[white owl]

do this in under a minute

this is what exams look like in india ^

[velvet oasis]

me in calc but fucks up the basic algebra

[white owl]

and none of this is taught in schools

[empty scroll]

that looks like a physics c em question

[white owl]

u have to do pcm god level if u wanna do anything related to STEM

[fluid flame]

samee

[silver yew]

why is this the uiuc megathread 💀

[white owl]

and even after that there is very less chance

u end up fucking up ur entire high school life

with stuff like this at home, holistic admissions is a bliss tbh

sorry if i went on a rant or smthg

[velvet oasis]

nah man that sounds valid af

[fluid flame]

yeah

but also holistic admission gives ao's a pass to basically do whatever they want

[white owl]

yeah thats true too

[fluid flame]

and being evaluated on how good of a personality i have is kind of sketchy to me

[white owl]

and as for the rich poor divide, its worse for tests tbh

[fluid flame]

i don't think so

[white owl]

idts they eval how good of a personality but more like they want a diverse class

[velvet oasis]

mfw i specifically sign up for statistics dual enroll for semester 2 because of that one guy's uiuc AO comments where they got points docked for not taking stats

[white owl]

i mean test prep, no of attempts

not to mention teaching scandal

[velvet oasis]

THEYRE NOT EVEN GONNA LET ME IN ANYWAYS

[fluid flame]

i didn't spend a single penny on test prep and did well on the sat

[patent sundial]

Wow

[empty scroll]

sffa v harvard is going to change a lot of things

[fluid flame]

khan academy ftw

[velvet oasis]

khan academy fucked me up and scared me 😭

the released prac tests on the megathread of r/sat helped me a ton

khan is like 😭 they make the math waaay harder than it really is

[empty scroll]

khan academy ftw

I need to donate once I have money

[fluid flame]

but isn't that kinda good

[silver yew]

this is literally the only thing that got me thru the sat

shame it got taken down cuz of "copyright" tho

[velvet oasis]

NOOOO FR??

[velvet oasis]

like maybe but when i was repeatedly doing 1 single section on a bunch of the released tests on r/sat i noticed question patterns and such

[empty scroll]

wait what?!

[empty scroll]

im fairly sure they reuse questions

[velvet oasis]

yea prob

i was like damn there are a lot of vertex/circle form questions

[fluid flame]

the reading section fucked me up so bad tho

[velvet oasis]

lo and behold i get to my actual test and there it is

i only practiced the non-calc section because it was the shortest section and i got lazy between my august and october test

[white owl]

they reuse a lot of tests across regions

like this year for intl they used a LOT of us tests cuz they didnt want to make new tests

[quasi valley]

SAT was bad memory.

3 times

[white owl]

same

[empty scroll]

wow

[quasi valley]

bruh

[white owl]

hopefully ap compensates

[empty scroll]

college board is crap

[velvet oasis]

yea i literally cant read 💀

[quasi valley]

history passages ruined me. suffrage, embrachisement and what not

[empty scroll]

I have to pay money for an electronic email to be sent

[fluid flame]

im so scared to take the ap lit exam

im still trash at apmc's

[empty scroll]

im just aiming for the 3 and taking the credit from uiuc

[quasi valley]

i still cant digest because of college board i will be receiving mails from shitass unis to apply for entire life

[velvet oasis]

STOPPP I DONT WANT TO😭 I CANT READ POEMS AT ALL

[white owl]

which takes a week

[fluid flame]

the questions are always so subjective

and their explanations suck

[velvet oasis]

most abstract shit i have ever heard in my life

like how am i supposed to know the correct way to read like IM READING IT

[fluid flame]

"choice A is not correct because it's not"

[velvet oasis]

fr.

[empty scroll]

exactly omg

[quasi valley]

the answers were frequently b or c

[empty scroll]

every single time I try to figure out the thought proces they do some bs like that

[velvet oasis]

they be like whats the meter and foot like .. i cant figure it out ok just leave me alone i have a 100% lose rate

[quasi valley]

in my last and best attempt, there was some moby dick

that dickhead moby fucked everyone

[fluid flame]

like straight up even my lit teacher couldn't figure out one of the questions on an apmc practice test

that's how bad they are

[silver yew]

yall fw emily dickinson 😭

[velvet oasis]

☠️ hamlet........

https://tenor.com/view/angry-mad-frustrated-punch-floor-dmc-gif-17433375

[fluid flame]

i lowkey liked hamlet 💀

not the analysis part tho

[velvet oasis]

fr

[fluid flame]

When Hamlet says "I shat" on line 12, what does he mean by that?

[velvet oasis]

???? HLE??

me personaly i watched the stage play

[fluid flame]

me too

also

[empty scroll]

this is why you do ap lang

[velvet oasis]

ap lang was last yr😭

[fluid flame]

idk what it is about japanese artists

but their works are always crazy abstract and hard to understand

[empty scroll]

ok ig my school does it a little different. they have both ap lang and ap lit senior year but they are required courses

[velvet oasis]

are u sure its not translation making it lose its meaning or smth

[fluid flame]

probably

[velvet oasis]

usually happens 💔

[empty scroll]

https://waf.cs.illinois.edu/discovery/gpa_of_every_course_at_illinois/

chem 101 has a avg gpa of 2.59 💀

[velvet oasis]

me

[fluid flame]

slay

idek why im here tbh

i got deferred lmao

[velvet oasis]

welcome to RD

[empty scroll]

youll get in

[fluid flame]

nah

rd kids are cracked

[velvet oasis]

let me cope

[fluid flame]

oh sorry

we'll get in

[velvet oasis]

LOL

[fluid flame]

👊

[velvet oasis]

😍 yesss

[empty scroll]

you were deferred so they still consider you competetive

so gl to both of you

[velvet oasis]

yupp better than rejected ✌️

[fluid flame]

getting deferred hurts more

it's kinda like

"you're almost good enough but not quite"

[velvet oasis]

ahhahah i feel its a little better than what i got at GT hahah

they were like. we're rejecting you. but come back next year and we'll let you in!

[fluid flame]

fr?? 💀💀

[empty scroll]

that is why I prefer straight accept or reject

[velvet oasis]

YES...

[empty scroll]

??

[fluid flame]

omg

[velvet oasis]

we dont have space for you this yr but if you transfer next year we will let u in 💀

????? ITS THE SAME CLASS

[fluid flame]

they're banking on people dropping out in the 1st year

[empty scroll]

dw they are playing hard to get

[velvet oasis]

heres my letter

[fluid flame]

wait so are you guaranteed a spot next year

[velvet oasis]

if i do the credits and stuff i think so

but also transferring is kind of like a pain in the ass

😞 have to fuck around for another year

[tired robin]

imo chances are you like your existing college

[velvet oasis]

exactly

but its like. we dont want you.. but we do! but not this year.

💀

[tired robin]

i get wanting to choose a better school on a technical level but it's really a diminishing curve

[velvet oasis]

JUST LET ME DOWN OR UP

[fluid flame]

yeah lmao

[tired robin]

i can see it being appealing for CC studebts

then that's a steal

[velvet oasis]

yea i applied for CS

[tired robin]

fun

[fluid flame]

🫵👁️🫵🌊 please accept me

[velvet oasis]

i just want to get in somewhere good at this point 🤤 RD is like a hellhouse and im not really qualified

[fluid flame]

manifesting

tbh idek how they didn't reject me

[tired robin]

if it's any consolation, i got in here RD

[fluid flame]

what major

[silver yew]

music + cs, im assuming...

[tired robin]

nahh

cs music

[velvet oasis]

UIUC or GT?

[fluid flame]

uiuc

[velvet oasis]

ur competitive 🫶

[fluid flame]

my stats are decent but my ecs are so mid

• my essays were kinda mid now that i think about it

[velvet oasis]

bro for GT idek how they gave me this pathway thing because at the time i only had 8 ECs down 💀 and i dont have any awards

my awards were like... normal stuff

[fluid flame]

same lmaoo

[velvet oasis]

and i revised my final paragraph of my PE and etc etc

[fluid flame]

my ecs were literally just hs clubs

[tired robin]

wtv

[velvet oasis]

my final EC was gardening 😂 hahahahaha

not the worst because now i can write in my essays like. i will be in your garden

💀

[fluid flame]

my final ec was writing

[silver yew]

that is dope as hell

[fluid flame]

even tho i haven't written anything in like a year

[velvet oasis]

MEEE fr

i used gardening in a few essays just to be like. yea i will beautify your outdoor spaces by planting flowers because i planted flowers and i flower 🫶 sparkle on

not uiuc tho 💀 GOD my essays were dogshit

[tired robin]

i reset my essay 24 hrs before

[velvet oasis]

word limit for uiuc really beat my ass

[fluid flame]

my essays were so cringe

[velvet oasis]

nah its ok cringe essays are sometimes the best

[fluid flame]

i was like ima revolutionize computers

[velvet oasis]

i finessed a transfer pathway into GT despite having shit everything 😂

[fluid flame]

or smth in a similar vein

[velvet oasis]

me too LOLL in my final paragraph i be like.. bold n shit

[patent sundial]

Guys

What does this mean?

[tender matrix]

It means you are waitlisted

For first choice

If there are still seats left by midsummer

They'll admit you in

[strong fox]

UIUC has a crazy night yesterday

[tender matrix]

Lmao

Parties all night

I went to a Chinese new year event instead

[strong fox]

It wasn’t a party

It was the aftermath of a drunk kid

[tender matrix]

Huh

I knew a lot of people went to party yesterday

Like my roommate who's throwing up rn

[rain spindle]

what would be a reason for someone being admitted with their second choice major vs. getting deferred in general

[tender matrix]

It means that they'll give you admissions for the second major

And still consider you for the first one in the RD pool

[rain spindle]

huh intersting. does anyone have a deferral rate for UIUC?

[tender matrix]

It's probably not too high

[drowsy thorn]

hello guys

why did i write the worst essay known to man for this uni

and why did i apply rd

for cs+x

i wanna be illini

but i self rejected

[tender matrix]

Hope you get in!!

[drowsy thorn]

hope is not enough(thx tho)

i reread the essay and wanna kms

1st one meh

2nd?

auto reject

idek what i was thinking

[empty scroll]

based on the accepted 27' discord they didnt care too much about essays

[drowsy thorn]

oh damn

i hope so

3.89/1500 can semi carry the rest of the weight then

[silver yew]

this may be anecdotal, idk

[strong fox]

Some girl brough a dude home

[strong fox]

And he called my friend a whore

And I find him passed out on a toilet

[empty scroll]

and theres way more msgs that say this

[strong fox]

Never reread your old essays

It just discourages you

[drowsy thorn]

read it

[strong fox]

It’s probably fine

[drowsy thorn]

you can't tell me im not wrong

[strong fox]

Mine was shit too

[drowsy thorn]

i hope so

but RD i feel liek makes it even worse

i shoulda applied UIUC EA but the reach tier acceptance rate threw me off

[strong fox]

Don’t stress

At the end of the day what’s done is done

[drowsy thorn]

yeah ig

so many good unis i applied to last minute tho

j bc i axed originally bc i thought my list was too big

[hidden galleon]

Tempura

[iron valve]

is it impossible to transfer into business

[hidden galleon]

Come to Maryland with me Ramesh

[tender matrix]

Lmao my AOs said my essays were shit

And I got in

[empty scroll]

is it possible to see your admissions file once you get in?

[tender matrix]

Yes

[empty scroll]

is there a specific way to request it or do you just ask the office

[tender matrix]

Email admissions and they set a meeting for you

[empty scroll]

cool. im going to ask for that after some time then

[tender matrix]

Aigjt

[drowsy thorn]

urrrrbana 🥂

[hidden galleon]

I hate you

[drowsy thorn]

we both got huge as lists bru

mayland and whichconsin are j options rn

could get smt higher up the ladder

[hidden galleon]

That's valid ig

But UMD probably staying my best option tbh

[drowsy thorn]

also fuck umd

not giving me honors nor LEP

[hidden galleon]

Honors is cringe regardless of where you go

Except at like asu

But asu is cringe

And Penn state

[tender matrix]

Nah Penn state honors is based af

[hidden galleon]

Those two have actually good honors programs

[hidden galleon]

Yeah literally

[tender matrix]

Oh wait I read that wrong

Lol

I was choosing between that

And uiuc

[hidden galleon]

Haha np but you're right anyways

Oh damn

There's some on a2c subreddit choosing between umich and psu honors

For engineering

[tender matrix]

Honestly it was super hard

For me to give up psu

Cause damn so many sweet benefits

[drowsy thorn]

fuck psu

CS declare goofy and it expensive asl

"oh wow we love how you're bringing in so many credits"

[tender matrix]

Bruh

[drowsy thorn]

"we don't care, take 55 credits here if u wanna declare a major"

like the fuck

[tender matrix]

💀

[wanton pasture]

does anyone know when uiuc honors college comes out?

[tender matrix]

A few days when your official admission letter comes out

For OOS students, don't bet on getting in

They mostly give them to instaters

[wanton pasture]

yeah makes sense

[empty scroll]

campus looking good https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXbFu91a0t4

[glad latch]

in the winters everything looks dead

[empty scroll]

yeah it does

[tender matrix]

lol true

summer at uiuc is great

[tired robin]

except for cicadas

[tender matrix]

eh they fine

and yummy

[radiant fable]

Everywhere in the midwest gonna be ugly during thr winter

But think of all the fresh corn 😍

[empty scroll]

thats all dead

have any of you eaten the corn from the fields

[radiant fable]

Honestly it’s probably mostly animal feed right 💀

[tender matrix]

dude the corn here

actually tastes so sweet

[radiant fable]

Anyone else be eating raw corn?

[tender matrix]

Lmao

[echo minnow]

yea

[hidden galleon]

Hype

I love that program

[echo minnow]

🔥

yo @tender matrix

[flint shadow]

is there anything u can do if ur deferred thou like demonstrate interest or smth

[tender matrix]

yo

[tender matrix]

loci

[flint shadow]

but where do u send it

[flint shadow]

there’s nothing on app portal

For loci

[tender matrix]

For some of mine

I just sent a letter to the admissions office

lol

[flint shadow]

Ok

[patent sundial]

i dont think uiuc accepts loci?

[visual scaffold]

I didn’t see anything about it in the status page?