UIUC!!! (2022-2023)

[slim gorge]

how’s the balance with jobs

is it manageable

[tired robin]

varies but ppl do their best

[tender matrix]

It's manageable ur first sem for sure

[tired robin]

well

[tender matrix]

Well for CS majors it's usually aight

Plus u get to do hw

During many jobs

[tired robin]

lol

[slim gorge]

oh that’s good

[tired robin]

not for dinign

[tender matrix]

Yea except dining

But if u can be a secretary for the admissions office

[tired robin]

to be fair im at work rn and im on discord and applying to jobs XD

[tender matrix]

Or library jobs

LOL

[slim gorge]

lmao

[tired robin]

i get disrtracted

[tender matrix]

Stonks

[slim gorge]

well I appreciate u trying to help me at least lol

if it’s a distraction I should probably go lol

[tired robin]

nah u good

ill work on work...later

but theres career fair ajdhajhf

[slim gorge]

lol okay

[tender matrix]

Grainger career fair

[tired robin]

lemme check company list again

[tender matrix]

I don't think I'm gonna go

[slim gorge]

r career fairs good at all

[tired robin]

uhh

[slim gorge]

I heard mixed opinions

[tender matrix]

Hmm they can be for networking

[tired robin]

it is mixed

[tender matrix]

I got my internship by external terms

Usually I use it for training

Learning to talk to people

[slim gorge]

Ah

[tender matrix]

Professionally

[tired robin]

the grainger career fair is agTech and industrial focused imo

[tender matrix]

Yea that is true

I went to after hours

[tired robin]

but i missed the reflections projections conference in fall and thats more big tech

[tender matrix]

Talked to two companies

And then I just went to eat the good food

[tired robin]

yahoo and TI are here tho

ECE after hours too

[tender matrix]

LOL

[tired robin]

:(

[tender matrix]

That one was

Interesting

[tired robin]

how so

[tender matrix]

So crowded

[tired robin]

i think im out of the loop on some career events, missing an email list or two

oh def

[tender matrix]

I barely moved around siebel

Yea stats and math career fair

[tired robin]

bro where

gimie

i can do math

[tender matrix]

Ok lemme send the link

Lemme find it first

[tired robin]

my research is optimizing a non linear function LMAO

kill me

[tender matrix]

Oh damn yea

[tired robin]

either that or i abuse a google cloud API

[slim gorge]

lmao

[tired robin]

dumb rate limiter

TAKE MY SLEEP TIMER

[tender matrix]

https://illinois.joinhandshake.com/stu/career_fairs/37259?ref=events-search

that

feb 8th - illini union

[tired robin]

ooo

[tender matrix]

its actually very uncrowded

last time I went

I was like the only one out of 15 people

that went

but I went hella early

[tired robin]

prob not enough coverage either

[tender matrix]

yea

idk how they send it out

[tired robin]

there was a united airlines event that was just a table in some building

[tender matrix]

I know all stats and statscs major got an emial about this

[tender matrix]

LOL

[tired robin]

but they sounded cool, i forget if i applied:(

[tender matrix]

Whenever I get some company event I just check if they have food

[tired robin]

LMAO tesla is at career fair today

RIP

[tender matrix]

oh

right heard that

thats gonna be crowded af

[tired robin]

imma avoid that stand

[tender matrix]

LOL

[tired robin]

we have pepsi but not coca cola>:(

THIS IS COKE SCHOOL

[tender matrix]

I think I applied coke and they rejected me

kekw

[tired robin]

C3 AI???

[tender matrix]

LOL ikr

[tired robin]

wtf they doing here

[tender matrix]

no way

they are here??

[tired robin]

yeah

[tender matrix]

lmao they rejected me too so no point in talking to them today

[tired robin]

ugh fine ill come

[vestal plinth]

holy c3 ai

[tired robin]

just apply again

[tender matrix]

I have to wait a year

iirc

[tired robin]

sorry @manager

[tender matrix]

or 6 months

[tired robin]

just trry

worst case its no again

nobody holds grudges

[tender matrix]

I dont have enough experience

to get anything out of it

[tired robin]

you cant lose

just not win

yahoo is here again

lol the FBI

get em

[tender matrix]

yea

LOL

wait the fbi is here

kekw

[tired robin]

united is here!

[tender matrix]

will they take an international student with an american passport

LOL

[tired robin]

viasat

OOOO lawrence lab is here

lawrence livermore lab

https://m.box.com/shared_item/https%3A%2F%2Fuofi.box.com%2Fs%2Fzplsxntykvefuygn5u9ynn5iag4151fw/view/1122020211594

research park ofc

[tender matrix]

damn

yea career fair seems stacked huh

[tired robin]

more companies for CS than i thought, not bad

[vestal plinth]

where is the fbi

oh i found it

cool

what do they hire for

[tired robin]

not sure, they have a poster of what theyre lookign for at fair

[vestal plinth]

i should apply ong

"prefrosh"

[tired robin]

CO 26 xd

if 3 hyear

[vestal plinth]

prefrosh co26 lmao

[tired robin]

despise

[tender matrix]

lol

[tired robin]

bs life

[tender matrix]

government jobs seem scary to me

[tired robin]

ehh prob a poor impression

but i have no clue waht to expect

all the ppl i know in gov are like "i litearly cannot tell u"

[tender matrix]

yea

LOL

but I feel like there must be more pressure

[tired robin]

fair

[quasi valley]

@tired robin someone from uiuc adviced me to do cs 124 and told it is fun? and strictly said no to 128 as it apparently traumatising? do you agree

for context, i am not cs god in anywyas. i was just good at maths and probabaly that helped me get in

[tired robin]

opinions vary, here's what i've gathered:

• starting with 124 is the standard, though a fair amount of people proficiency out and start with 128+173 (which you'd normally take the spring after 124)
• 124 is gentler than 128, focusing on OOP while being the 1st CS course you'd usually take. 128 is, uh, much more tedious generally with C++ and memory management
• if you can prof 124, up to you whether to skip to 128+173. it does advance you quite a bit but not make-or-break: plenty of students just start with 124 as a more chill fall semester

[echo minnow]

what does audit mean?

take the class for no grade?

[tired robin]

kind of–formally, i believe you arent allowed to interact with course staff or do the coursework, i.e. you just sit in for lecture

but informally, you can just show up and do whatever, which is what im doing

[echo minnow]

ic

[tired robin]

you might be able to pass/fail for classes outside your major reqs

i was thinking of doing that for an ece course but just took it normally anyways

got a B+ in it hehe

[warm shard]

anyone know when fin aid packages come out?

[tired robin]

google, im guessing april

[floral walrus]

Does UIUC accept a letter of continued interest

[blissful pagoda]

does UIUC want updated midyear grades?

ig not since it says "Do not include senior year grades or senior year GPA adjustments if these courses were in-progress when you submitted your application. This information will not be utilized in review."

right

[astral lily]

no

[tired robin]

there's appeal but that's about it

[floral walrus]

So don’t send the typical email letter thing. I know a lot of schools like that but uiuc seems like they don’t want anything extra like no mid year grades or anything

[tired robin]

i cant speak, stick to whatever admissions say/imply

im just a curr student

[tranquil slate]

omg there is a video just for us 😍

uploaded 9 hours ago

[empty scroll]

lets go

[wicked wing]

i’m so confused, i got this email but i’m doing cs + x😭

[patent sundial]

What’s the difference between the waitlist if you’re given second choice but not admitted to first choice VS being directly offered a waitlist? When would we know / hear back? If we appeal by adding a valid extenuating circumstance for explaining calculus grades, can the appeal work?

If anyone can answer lmk

[compact marten]

same here, it's surprising, is CS+X considered part of Grainger Engineering?

[potent herald]

i think if you're given 2nd choice, you're "waitlisted" for first choice; so essentially you can still attend the school but with the 2nd major unless they approve of the first

[wicked wing]

i thought we were part of las only

[potent herald]

compared to direct waitlist, where you're not admitted to either major but on the waitlist; so you can't attend even if you wanted to

[empty scroll]

its probably bcs cs is a part of it but x isnt

[wicked wing]

that makes sense, i got an email from both grainger and las

[compact marten]

cool

[raw tree]

@tender matrix explaination?

[glad latch]

where i dont see it

nvm i see it it's sent in email. i thought it was in the portal

[patent sundial]

“Unless they approve of the first” uh wdym?

[potent herald]

take this with a grain of salt cuz i'm only a senior but

they clearly said that "applicants admitted to an alternate program are technically considered waitlisted for their first choice. If space opens later, we will notify you via email"

so this is saying (i think) that there is a chance they could offer you your first choice

so instead of your 2nd choice you would go to uiuc with your first choice

[patent sundial]

Here’s my dilemma

I omitted a grade explanation

Which I c an go over in my appeal

Do I send the appeal

I’m so fucking confused akskflhppwkqndjd

[raw tree]

give them a call tomorro

[glad latch]

im not 100% if this is true but I think if you were offered admissions to 2nd major and you try to appeal for ur first, u are essentially withdrawing ur offer. if u get denied for ur first, u will not be able to go to ur first and ur second major.

[patent sundial]

I’m losing my mind rn

One moment

[vestal plinth]

just call and explain and ask what you can do

[patent sundial]

How else do I make a correction on my app tho dawg

For extenuating / grade explanations

Appeal can be used to include this omitted info everything else they ignore

I’m stuck

Here

[glad latch]

i think waiting till tomorrow is the best choice

like i said i am not sure if what i wrote is true

i remember reading it somewhere in their blog

[patent sundial]

This is coming from them directly

Their admissions site is a bit opaque

[glad latch]

what is coming from them directly

[strong fox]

oooooooooooooo

[tender matrix]

You just get put on WL for ur first major

If they have extra seats you'll have a chance of getting it

[hasty plinth]

its cuz we our degree is a bridge between grainger and whatever college the X is in

[tender matrix]

AYYYY CS + EDUCATION!!!

Your the first one I met

Congrats on getting into the program

I think there were only 12 seats

[hasty plinth]

thanks a lot!!!

[tender matrix]

So it was def competitive

[hasty plinth]

wait really?

[glad latch]

what

[tender matrix]

Yep

[hasty plinth]

wtf

no shot

[tender matrix]

12 seats for CS education

[glad latch]

then is it lower rate than reg cs

[tender matrix]

Wait lemme see if I can find the source

I remember seeing it somewhere

[empty scroll]

ik someone in my school who also got in

[hasty plinth]

i think u have to also factor that not as many applied to it as compared to regular cs tho

but still

damn

i feel special now lol

[empty scroll]

so theres 10 left unknown lol

[glad latch]

wait

[hasty plinth]

i guess so

[glad latch]

12 spots? do they not wanna make money?

that sounds inefficient

[hasty plinth]

yeah idrk, i think they'll expand the program in the future

[strong fox]

12 spots?

[tender matrix]

Sorry I'm wrong

[strong fox]

huh?

[hasty plinth]

i think every cs + x program starts small

[tender matrix]

10 spots

Around

[hasty plinth]

WTF

[glad latch]

wtf

[hasty plinth]

LOL

[empty scroll]

lmao

[tender matrix]

They expect 10 students

[hasty plinth]

bro whatttttt lmfaooo

[strong fox]

wait ok hold on

[tender matrix]

So they probably admitted very low numbers of people

[strong fox]

that doesnt mean 10 admitted

[tender matrix]

Yea it doesnt

[glad latch]

so they admit 20?

[tender matrix]

But it means 10 seats

[strong fox]

that means they expect 10 to enroll

[glad latch]

for yield rate

[hasty plinth]

yeah i dont think a lot of people applied tbh

[tender matrix]

So still very low

[strong fox]

in reality they could have admit like 200

[empty scroll]

yield rate is probably higher for cs

[tender matrix]

Still a competitive feet

No

CS + education they would not admit 200

I think 20 to 30 makes sense

[strong fox]

no but thats not what im saying

like

they could've admitted any amount

[hasty plinth]

but wouldn't that affect yield

[strong fox]

but they only expect 10 out of the amount that got in to accept

[tender matrix]

Yea but the yield is not small

For sure

It's uiuc cs

[hasty plinth]

i feel if u get in uiuc cs you're pretty likely to commit tho yk what i mean except if u get like mit cmu

[tender matrix]

Still very competitive

So congrats MPL!!

[hasty plinth]

thanks a lot!

[tender matrix]

The first class of the new program

[hasty plinth]

rlly hyped to be on campus next year

[tender matrix]

Will be very exciting to see what you guys will do with the intersection of the two fields

[tender matrix]

I hope you'll like it a lot!

I was actually very interested in CS education

But that program didn't exist when I applied

[hasty plinth]

ya it was new this year

[glad latch]

what is ling in ur name bjz

[hasty plinth]

they told us when i visited this year

[tender matrix]

Linguistics

My minor

[tender matrix]

Yep

It's new

[glad latch]

and does the 23% grainger rate have cs rate added into it

[hasty plinth]

Apparently they also have cs + physics and cs + bioengineering next year new too

[hasty plinth]

I think pure cs yeah

Not sure cs + x

[tender matrix]

Think it does

[tender matrix]

Yea I'm hyped for those

I love to see the intersections

[hasty plinth]

ya main rzn I liked uiuc cs ngl

Plus im instate so its mad convenient

[tender matrix]

Yea instate tuition too

[wicked wing]

wow those programs sound like they’ll be tough

[tender matrix]

Yep they will be housed in Grainger too

[wicked wing]

it’s cool that they’re making more cs + x programs

[hasty plinth]

fr, couldn’t imagine doing cs + bioeng 😭😭

[wicked wing]

ikr

[wicked wing]

woah thats cool

[tender matrix]

Yep

[hasty plinth]

Ultimate flex fr

[tender matrix]

Also seems like not many applied DS + X

[empty scroll]

I think thats still possible but bio eng would be a minor

[hasty plinth]

Thats a thing?

[tender matrix]

Yep also new

[hasty plinth]

Damn

[tender matrix]

But tbh I don't rly recommend it

[compact marten]

why not just add more seats to cs?

[hasty plinth]

Why not

[tender matrix]

It's a little too non-technical for me

[strong fox]

my friend did DS + X

[hasty plinth]

hmm

[strong fox]

he loves it

[tender matrix]

They only take calc 1 for a major heavy in stats

[strong fox]

he also gets so many internships

[tender matrix]

How?

It's new

[strong fox]

how to which part

[tender matrix]

So he's a freshmen getting a bunch of interships?

[strong fox]

yes

well he got a bunch of interviews

[tender matrix]

I mean yea

Most CS majors do

[strong fox]

he was like the only person who was IS + DS

he isnt cs

[hasty plinth]

would u guys recommend PCH btw? Me and my friends were thinking about it

[tender matrix]

Yea but like IS + DS needs a bit of reworking imo

They take a watered down version of our data strurcts course

And all

[strong fox]

he transferred from penn state

so he took a diff one

[tender matrix]

It depends on ur goals

That makes way more sense

So he's not a freshmen?

[strong fox]

he is

[tender matrix]

How did he transfer then?

[strong fox]

he did one sem at penn state aand is nw here

[tender matrix]

Oh so he just transferred in

[strong fox]

yeah

[tender matrix]

Well it's hard to say the uiuc name is helping him here

We'll have to see after a few years

But it truly does need some stronger coursework

To be competitive against something like CS + stats

[hasty plinth]

its weird that uiuc doesnt have like a full fledged ds program

Ig cs + x programs compensate for spots tho

[tender matrix]

LOL yea

They were considering CS + stats

And converting it to ds

But the prof

Said it's way too technical in cs

[hasty plinth]

cs + stats sounds better Imo

LOL

[tender matrix]

To be considered data science

Yea

[hasty plinth]

cs + x majors get access to engineering career fairs right

[tender matrix]

Yep

[hasty plinth]

and like the same stuff as cs eng

nice

[tender matrix]

Yep

Career Fair happened today

[hasty plinth]

Oh fr? Lmfao

Thanks for the help bjz appreciate it 👍

[glad latch]

if i plan to visit, is it best to fly to chicago or to uc directly

[hasty plinth]

Hope we meet on campus next year

[hasty plinth]

Ohare

Def ohare

[tender matrix]

Np np any of u all ok to dm me questions Abt uiuc

[tender matrix]

Hope so too! If you take 124h I might ur pm

[glad latch]

then bus or train to uc

[tender matrix]

Fly to Chicago

[arctic barn]

isnt there a flight to champaign?

[tender matrix]

Only flights leading here are from Houston and Chicago

Only from two places tho

[glad latch]

yes and then take a train or bus is better?

from chicago to uiuc

[arctic barn]

private jet

[tender matrix]

Bus

[hasty plinth]

W

[tender matrix]

It goes directly from O'Hare to campus

[tropic agate]

With that few students, do you think that the students are almost hand-picked by faculty in conjunction with the admissions staff?

[tender matrix]

Peoria charter

[tender matrix]

This I'm not sure

[glad latch]

be my pilot

[tender matrix]

The admissions is a black box

[tropic agate]

Yea, but it's an interesting thought that if they have so few students they can essentially choose who they want and why

[arctic barn]

about how many times(holidays) do OOS students usually leave Champaign to go home?

[tropic agate]

My sister lives far away from home and comes back for all the major ones

[hasty plinth]

my friend who lives in cali used to come back every two weeks cuz he needed indian sustenance to survive

[tender matrix]

That is true

[tender matrix]

Wtf he must be rich

[tender matrix]

Once during Thanksgiving

[glad latch]

waste of time

[arctic barn]

bro Chicago got plenty of indian stuff

[tender matrix]

I'm not going home for a year and a half

[hasty plinth]

Na his dad put a stop to it and told him to man up after like a semester lmfao

[tender matrix]

Gonna miss my family

[glad latch]

christmas?

[hasty plinth]

Dang frr??

[tender matrix]

Yea that too

[glad latch]

oh wait is ur family international

[tender matrix]

Yea I'm intl

[hasty plinth]

Where u from?

Ohh

[tender matrix]

And I got an internship

[hasty plinth]

I see

[tender matrix]

So not going back during summer

From china 💀

[glad latch]

he is from shang hai

[arctic barn]

ahh i was like oh shit thats wack

[hasty plinth]

Dang icic

[river sky]

Any places to visit when touring uiuc?

[glad latch]

i took ap chinese

[tender matrix]

Uhhh

[glad latch]

so i can read

[tender matrix]

Go visit algeld

[river sky]

Might be visiting next month

[arctic barn]

the cornfields

[tender matrix]

Yoo that's gonna be a cool trick to show the intl students here

Wait are u Chinese American?

[arctic barn]

when do they give admitted student tours?

[glad latch]

yea

[river sky]

I’ll have 4 years for that 😭

[tender matrix]

April prolly

[glad latch]

i got a 5 on the ap test im so good

[tender matrix]

Cool cool

[arctic barn]

perfect, spring break

[river sky]

Oh also how hard are the physics reqs?

[glad latch]

how many intl students would u say there are

[tender matrix]

There is some Chinese stuff around here, lots of Chinese intls

[tender matrix]

Pretty bad

Try to do them somewhere else if you can

[glad latch]

wait ur english seems decent

[tropic agate]

Do you know how good the Chinese department is?

[tender matrix]

Couple thousand

[arctic barn]

how about the indian culture at uiuc?

[tender matrix]

Ok so I'm an outlier

I was born in the states

[hasty plinth]

Ik first hand theres a lot

[tender matrix]

But grew up in Shanghai

[tender matrix]

Very big

[glad latch]

but thats doesn't mean anything

[tender matrix]

You'll love it if you love Indian culture

[glad latch]

u spent most of time in china

[tender matrix]

The diwali stuff

[arctic barn]

hell yeah

[tender matrix]

Hmm I moved there when I was 9

[glad latch]

oh

ok

[tender matrix]

So I did do some education in the states

[hasty plinth]

Whatd u get in for?

[arctic barn]

stats

[hasty plinth]

Oh nice nice

niceeee

[glad latch]

did u do gao kao

in china

[tender matrix]

nope

lol got into uiuc

dont need to

ok so if you visit

the places you should go are

[glad latch]

but if ur family lives in china, does it no cost a fortune

[tender matrix]

Altgeld, Grainger Library, Illini Union, some of the dorms, Siebel Center of CS, Siebel center of design

[glad latch]

cuz like 1 us dollar is maybe 7 usd or smth

[tender matrix]

yea

so im loaning some stuff

but my parents made a college fund

[glad latch]

i c

[hasty plinth]

Bro uiuc expensive af

[glad latch]

nah

[arctic barn]

ay man its worth it

[glad latch]

why did u not apply to those chinese unis tho

[tender matrix]

its expensive but not as bad as private schools

[glad latch]

if i may ask

[tender matrix]

I need to gaokao

[hasty plinth]

Purdue OOS for me costs as much uiuc instate lmfaooo

[tender matrix]

I just didnt wanna do gaokao

[glad latch]

yeah that shit is hard from what i heard

[tender matrix]

my parents wanted me to come back for college anyway

[glad latch]

does china celebrate thanksgiving and christmas

or they dont care

[tender matrix]

no

they have some decorations up

for christmas

[tender matrix]

tbh tho

purdue bills by credit hr

so it more expensie than it seems

[glad latch]

purdue oos is one of the cheapest tuitions

[hasty plinth]

Oh fr?

[glad latch]

for oos publics

they keep flexing "tuition frozen for 11 years"

[hasty plinth]

lmfao

[tender matrix]

yea lmaoo

[glad latch]

i swear thats their slogan

[hasty plinth]

Bro i actually lucked out, only other target i got into was UMD CS, wasn’t even expecting it cuz my gpa was doodoo so i didnt file the fafsa for literally only umd

My fafsa efc high anyways tho

[glad latch]

uiuc a reach or target for u

i got fc at umd

[hasty plinth]

High target IMO

cuz i was instate

[arctic barn]

thats cracked still

umd cs

[tender matrix]

Uiuc is a reach for all cs

[glad latch]

how about engi

ce ee

[tender matrix]

Especially since educ is so small

[glad latch]

specifically

[tender matrix]

Still a reach imo

[hasty plinth]

ee is relatively free i think instate

Out of state is hard

[tender matrix]

It's still got a competitive edge imo

[glad latch]

i think it was a high target/low reach for me

[hasty plinth]

cuz most people got in ee at my school

[arctic barn]

are you from chicago?

[hasty plinth]

Dude i got deferred at uw, waitlisted umass, rejected notre dame and purdue lmfao

tbh nd was never happening realistically

[tender matrix]

LOL I got rejected from all my RDs

It's nothing tbh

You got in, then you got in

Having some pride is good sometimes

[hasty plinth]

Ya

[glad latch]

what were they

[tender matrix]

Uhhh

Stanford NYU NU

And

Hmm I forgot my last one

[hasty plinth]

northwestern or northeastern?

[glad latch]

nu as in neu or nwu

[tender matrix]

Western

[glad latch]

yeah those are all reaches

[hasty plinth]

W school, expensive AF tho

[glad latch]

nyu idk

[tender matrix]

Oh cmu

[glad latch]

their engineering kinda meh

[tender matrix]

Also got waitlisted at gatech and umich and ucsd

[glad latch]

ayyy i got rejected here too

[tender matrix]

LOL

Cmu L

Imagine having a pineapple as ur logo

[glad latch]

what

their logo is just their name in special font

[hasty plinth]

Wait fr?

IT IS A PINEAPPLE WTF LMFSO

[tender matrix]

CMU

[glad latch]

what

[tender matrix]

Search the cmu logo

[glad latch]

im so confused

[glad latch]

i thought this was their logo

[tender matrix]

Ahh lolll

[hasty plinth]

https://www.cmu.edu/brand/brand-guidelines/visual-identity/university-seal.html

na dude its literally their seal lmaooo

[tender matrix]

LOL

Better to have that slick I

That uiuc has

[hasty plinth]

Ong

[tender matrix]

[glad latch]

wait what is uiuc's mascot

[tender matrix]

We technically don't have one

[glad latch]

bruh

[tender matrix]

But we are called the fighting illini

[glad latch]

that's lame

[tender matrix]

The old mascot was racist

So they removed it

[hasty plinth]

Wtf

[tender matrix]

Most people are edging towards the kingfisher

[glad latch]

how long ago they remove it

[tender matrix]

But no official decision

Like 8 years ago?

[hasty plinth]

It was like a Native American dude right

Iirc

[tender matrix]

It was a tribe

Yea

[glad latch]

so y'all had no mascot for 8 years

[hasty plinth]

Personally i like the I ngl

[tender matrix]

Basically

Yea the I is the mascot mostly

[glad latch]

purdue's logo is ugly

[hasty plinth]

Screw purdue

[tender matrix]

Fr imagine being a toiletmaker

And also

[glad latch]

no like the big p

[tender matrix]

uiucrejects.com

Kekw

[glad latch]

yuck

[glad latch]

no way

that goes to purdue

wtf

why

[hasty plinth]

I got rejected by purdue

[glad latch]

same

[tender matrix]

LOL

[hasty plinth]

so for me purduerejects.com goes to uiuc website but uiuc a superior school anyways

[glad latch]

uiuc >>>>> purdue

[hasty plinth]

yessir

[tender matrix]

Cause Purdue is L

We ranked higher 😈

[hasty plinth]

They p good at bball tho

[tender matrix]

Everyone at uiuc hates purdue

[glad latch]

purduerejects.com goes to indiana for me

[tender matrix]

Yea it shud go to IU

[hasty plinth]

im saying for me personally it should go to uiuc

cuz i got rejected by them and got in uiuc

lmfao

[glad latch]

purdue was harder than uiuc this year

[hasty plinth]

I got into IU tho, lowkey a great campus

na fr

[tender matrix]

Doubt tbh

[glad latch]

brown's logo is the best

[tender matrix]

Uiuc acceptance rate was hell last year

It was 45% overall

[hasty plinth]

I think uiuc was higher this year tho because i think people overenrolled and a lot of people took a gap year two years ago

[glad latch]

that's still kinda high

[hasty plinth]

So they didnt have as much space last year

I think it normalized this year

[glad latch]

naviance says their rate is 65%

[tender matrix]

Hmm

Maybe

Uiuc was 45% last year

[hasty plinth]

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

[hasty plinth]

is that this year

[glad latch]

idk

it just says 65%

[tender matrix]

This year hasn't come out

Because not all admissions are out

[hasty plinth]

gotcha

[tender matrix]

65% is old

[glad latch]

i think our data is outdated

it says mit has a 6% rate

and cmu has a 17% rate

[hasty plinth]

also how typical is it for someone to get in cs + x rd after getting deferred, one of my rlly good friends got deferred

and hes like super bummed

[tender matrix]

Umm not sure

I didn't have deferrals in my year

You either got in or WL

[tired robin]

we dont have stats for everything

nor does it matter

[hasty plinth]

oh yeahhh

i forgot uiuc was priority til this year

[tender matrix]

Ye

[glad latch]

defers dont get rejected?

[tender matrix]

I don't know about defers

Last year there was no defers

[tender matrix]

Yea that's old numbers

[glad latch]

here is our data

[tender matrix]

Lmao that's so low

2023

For the accepted

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idk if its accurate

[tender matrix]

It gets lower every year

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does the uni report ea acceptances to schools

[tender matrix]

Idk

[hasty plinth]

Are u OOS?

[timid island]

Should I write a letter of continued interest if I was deferred

[hasty plinth]

No they tell u not to

[timid island]

Damn

Does anyone know the deferral acceptance rate for cs+stats (or just cs in general)

[hasty plinth]

Not sure, but ik a ton of my friends who were stacked this year were denied stats + cs

Like one of em got into umich, unc, got rejected cs + stats instate. If u got deferred u might have a decent chance

[glad latch]

yes

[hasty plinth]

That explains it lol

Thats murder

[glad latch]

it will probably rise a lot during rd round

it wont go from 87 to 8

and i doubt all ea acceptances have been updated

[wicked wing]

yup naviance is self report

[glad latch]

where

how u report an acceptance

[wicked wing]

if you go to colleges i’m applying to

on your list of colleges at the far right you should be able to edit ur decision

[glad latch]

oh i c thanks

i updated

now its 9

yeah im debating that

lets see if im admitted first lol

its a reach

24% rate last year

[timid island]

Have any deferred people called admissions to ask why

[glad latch]

r u cali too

major?

would u take uci

over uiuc

idk ranking isnt everything

i would pick ucsd or uci fs

no

uci is more famous at least

is ucd > uci in cs and engi

[empty scroll]

ive never heard od ucd

[glad latch]

uc davis

[empty scroll]

oh

right

[glad latch]

wtf is ucsc

oh wait im dumb

nvm

u forgot ucsd

i think ucd is too low

it at least beats ucsc

where would u put usc in that list

before or after la

what is roi

@patent sundial ucsd or uiuc then

[empty scroll]

if I lived near california I would go with ucsd bcs of climate

but I dont so uiuc

[glad latch]

where r u

[empty scroll]

east coast

[glad latch]

we both are in cali

[empty scroll]

oh I see

[glad latch]

i applied mathematics at cal

so if i get in

i dont think i would go

nah

still. my parents suggest me not go

[silver yew]

me too

[lone smelt]

!chance uiuc

[hollow verge]

anyone got schols or honors program

[wicked wing]

nah

[runic lark]

Is the Information Systems major impacted like CS?

[tender matrix]

It's in gies so it's gonna be a certain level of competitive

[tired robin]

not to be confused with information science, though idk how far the curriculums vary

do ur (objective) research

[static pulsar]

there's no loci right

for deferral

[tired robin]

google it but i heard not

[strong fox]

Nice day today

That is the biggest engineering library in the world

[tender matrix]

And also the smelliest

[strong fox]

i dont have a sense of smell so

[tender matrix]

time to enter the cbtf for some torture

[strong fox]

good luck lol

[tender matrix]

cock and ball torture facility

[strong fox]

what class

im entering at 4

[tender matrix]

cs 173

[strong fox]

mashallah

[tender matrix]

ah im entering at 2

[glad latch]

wtf

[nova flint]

LMAOO

[tired robin]

doesnt feel that big xd

[tender matrix]

LOL

its the testing facility here

[empty scroll]

https://tenor.com/view/what-why-huh-steve-harvey-confused-gif-17449734

[strong fox]

A lot of it is underground I thought

You’re right but it half a quarter of a million books I think lol

[tired robin]

just one floor basement

nobody reads them

they're all outdated or wtv

[tall mirage]

not looking good @tender matrix

for our meeting in the dining hall thing

but yk what

im prob still touring campus

so

👀

[tender matrix]

😭

Damn thoo

It could've been great lol

But I hope you find success anywhere 🫡

[tall mirage]

[tender matrix]

[tall mirage]

[strong fox]

Fuck northwestern

[tender matrix]

truth

[tall mirage]

Oh but LSU is fine?

[strong fox]

Better than northwestern

[hollow verge]

that's so real

[tender matrix]

Lmaoooo my favorite poster

[patent sundial]

Another reason to pick uiuc ig

Imagine going to a uni where people don't shower-

[urban needle]

wtf 😭

they gotta tell people to shower

[empty scroll]

lmao its probably an april fools prank or something

I just found it on the reddit

my friend put up a cock and ball check up poster as a prank in middle school

[glad latch]

Did anyone receive their acceptance package yet

[wicked wing]

nope

what do they typically send?

[silver yew]

yeah, just yesterday

[glad latch]

A hard copy of the letter and stickers

And maybe some pamphlets

[river sky]

Ooh that sounds nice

No merch tho :/

[strong fox]

One department sends out socks

Or they did last year

[tired robin]

i want my usc airpods

[glad latch]

did they really send airpods to accepted people?

or were they fakes

[tired robin]

i think they did lol

im not surprised

seen enough a2c posts on it

[glad latch]

why

[tired robin]

but who knows, the internet can be scarily misleading sometimes

[glad latch]

i c on reddit rn

i think its only the marshall school

[empty scroll]

how many people does usc accept

[glad latch]

who gets them

[empty scroll]

and doesnt uiuc give a bunch of merch out in events anyway

[glad latch]

idk. the acceptance package from them is pretty typical

[tired robin]

some shirts

orientation week is where all ur free stuff is

[empty scroll]

yeah

[tired robin]

i came several days late in the mdidle of the week

so sad

if ur in LLC u might have events which include free stuf

[empty scroll]

which week is it?

[tired robin]

whatever week before classes is

[empty scroll]

ok cool

[glad latch]

when do classes start

[tired robin]

theyll give you a whole timeline and theres 2 days which are the recommended range for fresh

last year, 8/23 iirc

we go late aug through mid dec

[patent sundial]

Would UIUC reconsider your app fr if ur grade explanation is legit for a Calc class?

Cs+X where they prefer philo

Calculus** sorry

[tired robin]

nobody here knows

[patent sundial]

Okkkk

[patent sundial]

I got stickers.

[boreal sky]

anyone know when the uiuc letter comes out

[empty scroll]

it came out a couple days ago

[boreal sky]

oh what

[empty scroll]

go to additional info in checklist

[boreal sky]

oh shit thanks

[empty scroll]

there is a letter link there

[iron valve]

i got mine

came with stickers

good stickers if it means anything

and a book to like write down what i’m excited for and stuff

[slim gorge]

yea thats what i got too

[empty scroll]

Are you in engineering

[slim gorge]

I am

[empty scroll]

Cool

[slim gorge]

yes

grainger W

[empty scroll]

I like your pfp lol

[slim gorge]

thanks lol

[strong fox]

I just had an interview for UIUC

[glad latch]

He’s a freshie

[strong fox]

yyeah

uiuc apparently no longer allows transfers into ece

[empty scroll]

wait really?

[strong fox]

yeah

[empty scroll]

so it became like cs damn

[empty scroll]

do you know why?

[strong fox]

no thats jus what my mom said

[empty scroll]

oh

[tender matrix]

oh is this new?

ngl I'm pretty sure in the next few years math/cs stat/cs gonna be blocked off

[strong fox]

I guess

[tender matrix]

as well the other cs+x

[strong fox]

I didn’t know about this

[tender matrix]

cause I know u can switch to ece right now

[strong fox]

Still don’t have a confirmation

[tender matrix]

but idk about the class of 27

[strong fox]

You def can

[tender matrix]

welp

this is the first year cs has been banned

and everyone and their mom wants to switch into stat/cs and math/cs

thats gonna be banned soon along with ece imo

and then everyones gonna try to switch into cs + cropscience or smth

[empty scroll]

yeah it would make sense if all of those eventually get blocked too

[tawdry steeple]

So when do they send the acceptance mail packages for oos students

[tired robin]

ah yes most reliable source

no offense to mom:D

[strong fox]

lmao shes probably right though

i wouldnt be suprised

[tired robin]

i wouldnt exactly be but admissions would be hella clear on it if so

[empty scroll]

did your mom mention where she saw the info

[hollow verge]

do they?

what abt intls 😢

[glad latch]

No

[hollow verge]

L school

[tawdry steeple]

I heard someone say they got stickers n stuff

[latent parrot]

i got that, but it was just telling me i should apply (which i obv did later)

they sent those in like November tho, not recently

id assume they give stuff for acceptances, cuz im oos

[tawdry steeple]

Okay cuz I git in so I want atlest a letter or something

[hot herald]

so UIUC won't send the pack to international students......I just realized this when I visit the website 🥲

[lean forge]

ofc lol

aint no way they gonna waste $30 to send packs to int students 🥲

[jovial island]

Sad as fuck 😭

[fringe light]

:(

[tawdry steeple]

So oos students should get stuff

[urban needle]

how about oos international lol

[empty scroll]

they dont send stuff to intl

they do for oos

[strong fox]

INTL students can pick up enoufh free shit the first week here lol

The package isn’t much to miss dw

[celest shadow]

if i got in for data science in the school of informational science, how hard is it to transfer to CS?

[tired robin]

...

[strong fox]

Impossible

[celest shadow]

good to know

😭

[empty scroll]

theres atleast 1 person asking that per day lol

[tender matrix]

You can switch to cs + x

[celest shadow]

oh

real?

how hard is that to do @tender matrix (sorry for the ping)

[tender matrix]

It depends which X

Stats and math are the hardest

[tender matrix]

According to the advisor

If u meet CS + adv req

U get auto admitted in

[agile cobalt]

Does anyone know when financial aid comes out?

[hollow verge]

NOBODY CAN TRANSFER INTO CS NO MATTER WHAT

@static pulsar pin

[arctic barn]

do you expect this to change in a year or two?

[tender matrix]

Actually

Maybe it will

But then other CS + x might be this way

The new ones especially

@static pulsar can you pin this:

You can still switch into CS + X and ECE

[static pulsar]

You CANNOT transfer into CS.
You CAN switch into CS + X and ECE.

[tender matrix]

Cool thanks!

[glad latch]

i heard that they will soon make it so that you cannot switch into ece. is this true?

[echo minnow]

uiuc sent me lanyard stickers and some pin

[tender matrix]

there is no official information on it

doubt it will be enforced for class of '27

[tender matrix]

yay

I didnt get anything from them

[tawdry steeple]

Luckyyyy I want some

[tender matrix]

😢

[tawdry steeple]

Did u accept

[tender matrix]

ah lol im a freshman at uiuc

I just didn't get them last year

cause Im international

[tawdry steeple]

Ohhhh

Yea I want stuff from them cuz I worked hard and want a sticker 😂😂😂

[timid island]

How common are deferrals and what would it mean about how AOs reviewed my application (deferred from cs+stats in state)

[patent sundial]

Yes

Would this “auto admit” point apply to CS+PHIL and other LAS CS+X majors excluding math and stats ?

[tender matrix]

some of them

[tender matrix]

they probably aren't like umich at least

[tender matrix]

not sure about cs+phil

[dusky apex]

doubt it would work for cs+ling

[echo minnow]

cs+adv is probably the easiest one lmao

thats why i applied to it

but cs+anSci or cropSci might be easy too if you have relevant ecs

also cs+education

[slim gorge]

was anybody here admitted and is intl or not eligible for aid

[tall mirage]

How easy is it to change my major from Math+CS ---> (Grainger) CS?

Either rn or as a UIUC student?

Just wondering 👀

[slim gorge]

u cant do that

they banned grainger cs transfers

[tall mirage]

Ok then

rip

LOL

[surreal dome]

I should've applied to that because like a third of my ECs are marketing stuff

did CS + math instead because another third is math though 😔

aaaa less than a month till rd decisions

[hollow verge]

ez dub hargun sir

[tender matrix]

Yea csling is hard

[tender matrix]

In the past it was quite easy imo 😭 especially from math and stats cause they take more CS core courses to begin with so it's easier to get through the path

[fluid flame]

fucj uiuc

(actually don't pls accept me)

[tender matrix]

??

[static pulsar]

i feel like ive asked this twice alrdy

no loci right

[tender matrix]

I think so

Apparently

[tender matrix]

Ahh yea probably then

[static pulsar]

Probably no loci?

[tender matrix]

Yea probably no loci

[tired robin]

if i hear another dumb cs question im leaving

have yet to hear anyone actually ask what the school is like...isnt that more important?

[slim gorge]

nooo!