#UIUC!!! (2022-2023)

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glad latch
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do yk if anyone got off for ee

tender matrix
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dont bet on the UC wl

glad latch
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benz got off

tender matrix
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low chance of getting anything off of them

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is benz an engineering major?

glad latch
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no

tender matrix
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I definetly don't wanna discredit anyone here or say anything that discredits majors

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but it is definetly harder to get off as an engineer

glad latch
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yea

tender matrix
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because demand is higher

glad latch
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did u get wl uci?

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i did

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and ucd

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ucs fucked me

tender matrix
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uh

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I withdrew UCi

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after I got into UIUC

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didn't wanna go

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at all

glad latch
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uiuc ea?

tender matrix
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and thought maybe some one else could get "my spot"

tender matrix
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but tbh i dunno if I would've gotten in or not

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but UCI wl

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was very active last year

glad latch
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they wl a lot?

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in fall 2021 they only wl 8k according to cds

tender matrix
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yea but they also had a lot of people get off

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ucla i think had some people get off?

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ucsd was pretty dead in terms of people getting off wl for cs or something

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I dont think anyone get off for CS at all

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or CE

glad latch
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uci and ucsd new cds not up yet

tender matrix
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ah

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umich was dead with waitlists last year

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georgia tech too

glad latch
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i feel top schools wl are always dead

tender matrix
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gatech took like 20 people off

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lmao

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good thing I didnt sign up for it

glad latch
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people who get into ucsd and uci may got to better schools or ucs

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la and berk

tender matrix
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I released all my WL execpt sd cause I accidently pressed accept

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lmao

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and they wouldn't let me withdraw

glad latch
glad latch
tender matrix
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no you can't

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yea

glad latch
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i can withdraw rn if i want

tender matrix
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then that must be new

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wasn't an option last year

glad latch
tender matrix
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I already opted in I mean

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and then I wanted to withdraw

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once you optin you can't opt out for some odd reason

glad latch
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yea i can put no

tender matrix
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I already put yes

glad latch
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and withdraw basically

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i put yes too

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i can change it to no

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wait do u remember when ucsd

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gave u a status update on the waitlist

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late june for a rejection?

tender matrix
tender matrix
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I even emailed them about it

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and they never got to me

glad latch
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do u still have ur ucsd portal

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can u check the date

tender matrix
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It just says it's closed

strong fox
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Ugh first day of classes

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Why did they erect a giant fucking elephant

sage hornet
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first day?

strong fox
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Yes

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Since break

sage hornet
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Ah

tender matrix
tender matrix
tired robin
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i mean better they spend it on that than... the football team lol

glad latch
strong fox
glad latch
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What wrong with the elephant

tender matrix
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I think it's a mammoth actually

tender matrix
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No one cares about it lol

short wagon
tender matrix
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Especially for CS or similar majors

short wagon
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hmm yea

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wb uiuc waitlist for cs + stat?

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any chance at all

gaunt lagoon
tender matrix
tender matrix
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wouldn't be surprised if no one got off

wanton pasture
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yo guys each college's honors program's invites alr went out right?

empty scroll
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probably

last tangle
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Any idea why gies's ranking has been increasing over the past couple of years? possibly sneaking into T-10 next year?

fierce lintel
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ig they tryna be more competitive

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they even got a new building this year

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hopefully it does become a target school 4 years down the line

sudden geode
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Ok so i sent 2/16 and they denied again today (no email i just checked)

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Rip

slim gorge
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does anybody know how outside scholarships will affect finaid for uiuc

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I still have a lot of unmet need at uiuc so I feel like it shouldn’t affect the aid they already gave me but idk

tired robin
last tangle
fierce lintel
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for international it was prolly 15%

last tangle
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been considering iu kelley vs gies as my acceptances stand (awaiting 5-6 decisions from reaches)

fierce lintel
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same

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still got 3 decisions

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but mostly its either these two

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leaning towards gies though

last tangle
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got into iu kelley and umass amherst w/ merit scholarship but leaning towards gies

fierce lintel
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it has a better brand

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so prolly alot of resources

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and finance+data science is a pog combo

last tangle
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they'll allow a cs based minor?

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i got in as direct admit to gies undeclared

fierce lintel
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idk acc

last tangle
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i asked around

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it’s allowed

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you can minor in anything but there are some requisites

fierce lintel
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nice

tender matrix
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I didn't hear anything about acceptance rates to UIUC this year

tender matrix
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except cs+x

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and compE

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for good reason too

tired robin
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the minor is very comprehensive course-wise, but that also means its likely hell to go through for most people

glad latch
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What is the fair thing next week

strong fox
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UIUC CS is no joke that’s why

tender matrix
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I agree the minor in CS is not easy

timid island
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Can you declare a double major in cs+x

plucky veldt
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how easy is it to get off waitlist for cs math

short wagon
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in cs

short wagon
plucky veldt
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damn ok

fierce lintel
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just search it up

glad latch
# tender matrix I didn't hear anything about acceptance rates to UIUC this year

https://admissions.blog/university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign-releases-admissions-decisions/

Admissions Blog
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Releases Admissions Decisions

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is projected to enroll slightly above its enrollment target of 8,000 first-year students for the fall 2023 semester.According to Andy Borst, Director of Undergraduate Admissions at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), final admission decisions w

tender matrix
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Oh sheesh

tender matrix
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I doubt our acceptance rate is 25

last tangle
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something

tender matrix
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I think our acc rate is still 40

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We aren't that good

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Lol

last tangle
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but gies is becoming competitive

tender matrix
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Yea gies is reaching Grainger levels

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25% ish

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I think

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I'm surprised if IS dips to 25%

glad latch
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i think ar is prob 40% this cycle

tender matrix
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Cause it was 68% last cycle

last tangle
glad latch
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it dipped over 20% 💀

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68% -> 45%

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damn

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did they overenroll that year

tender matrix
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I wonder what the CS + x acc rates were

last tangle
tender matrix
last tangle
tender matrix
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Or else we would still have 60%

empty scroll
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yeah

glad latch
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last cycle?

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oh

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if mit added themself to common app 💀

empty scroll
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the uc application and common app single handedly bring down acceptance rates by a lot

tender matrix
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Yep

last tangle
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there is an option for finance + data science major within gies

glad latch
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ucsb or uiuc

empty scroll
tender matrix
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Yea

last tangle
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like i checked the common data set for last year

tender matrix
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I don't know anyone in the major

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It's new I think

last tangle
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gies enrollment was around 500

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it's on the site

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im falling in love more and more with uiuc before my reaches/t-10 decisions come out

tender matrix
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Yea

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Gies is good

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Wish they would release a CS + business

glad latch
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did u get into ucsb last year bjz

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do u know how strong the CoE is there

last tangle
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doesnt ucsb admit like 250 ppl for cs

glad latch
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i got in and am considering it

tender matrix
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Uhh not sure how eng goes

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But it's in a good location

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But it's like t40 I think for cs

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So I didn't even consider it

last tangle
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yes its mid

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acceptance rate is way lower but the program is mid apprently

glad latch
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well i am in state

tender matrix
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It's really good for chem eng

glad latch
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if i was not i would not consider it at all

tender matrix
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Ah it's better than I remember

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I mean if it's cheap

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That's good

glad latch
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13k tuition

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cheap af

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i wanted ucsd

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but they wl me 😦

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ucsd is very strong in engi

last tangle
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@tender matrix do you need to get admitted to grainger for hoeft program?

glad latch
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i think ucsb is decent

tender matrix
last tangle
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wanna pair up a bs in entrepreneurship major w/ something tech related

tender matrix
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Our stat degree is very CS oriented

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In fact our stat degree might as well as be called data science

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Robotics do ee minor

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Or ece

last tangle
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lemme check stats curriculum

glad latch
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how the weather looking bjz

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please dont rain next fri-sun

tender matrix
glad latch
tender matrix
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Thunderstorm rn

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But in terms of heat it's good

tender matrix
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Like R and python

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Plus a theoretical stat class

last tangle
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rust?

tender matrix
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That's gonna be in CS

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CS 128 honors

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Teaches rust

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Granted I dropped the class cause I was taking too much

last tangle
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like i feel pairing my entrepreneurship major with something tech related will help me

tender matrix
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For a stats dual degree you get a few statistical modeling classes and a few theoretical classes

last tangle
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if not pairing it with a finance minor

tender matrix
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Either do cs

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Or do stat

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Imo

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Also the stat dept offers some cool classes

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They are offering one on time series machine learning for finance markets

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Next sem

last tangle
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is there a link to stats curriculum? can't find it on the website

tender matrix
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Yea

last tangle
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thanks

fierce lintel
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but only after I found out that they tryna be more competitive

last tangle
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like on poets and quants

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their ranking has been jumping by 4 spots every year

fierce lintel
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ye

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its 16th this year right

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?

tender matrix
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Sheesh

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Yea we are cracked to a certain degree

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Tons of freshmen I know have internships in the hardest year to get one

last tangle
fierce lintel
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ooof

last tangle
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was 16th or 17th last year

fierce lintel
fierce lintel
tender matrix
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I'm going to Wisconsin

last tangle
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also how far is chambana from chicago in terms of driving?

tender matrix
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2 hours

last tangle
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i love entrepreneurship but the finance + ds major is whoring itself to me

glad latch
fierce lintel
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but

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the combo is too good to ignore

tender matrix
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Oh yea if u guys do that

fierce lintel
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satisfied my 'asian' parents

tender matrix
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Pair it with stat or cs

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Cause rn the curriculum is a bit lacking

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It's a bit new

last tangle
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any ai related minor at uiuc?

tender matrix
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You'll have a really good advantage with it

last tangle
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like ml stuff

tender matrix
fierce lintel
tender matrix
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Unless you count stat

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Stat has some intro to ML stuff in the lower classes

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Stat 107

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But that's part of your degree for finance + ds

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But stat 200

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Teaches some

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Stat 400 might teach R depending on ur prof

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But most of the AI classes are pretty much only for CS students

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There might be an ML class in gies

last tangle
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there's a business data and innovation major too

tender matrix
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Oh interesting

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Haven't heard about that

last tangle
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hoeft has a minor too

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called technology and management

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open to gies students

tender matrix
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Nice

last tangle
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what's the safety at campus like?

tender matrix
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Uhhh on campus

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Just be aware of surroundings

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But it's not the safest

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Especially green street

last tangle
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uh oh

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chambana is a college town tho right

tender matrix
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Yea

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Well

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It's got some city to it

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But you'll be fine if you are careful

fathom dove
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@tender matrix how has ur experience overall been at UIUC? im pretty happy about the cs acceptance but im worried about whether ill like the environment and especially the location lol

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and worried about not fitting in since i come from socal and my school is a bunchh of south and east asians

glad latch
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same with ucsd

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asians are the 2nd most common race

fathom dove
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oh i should edit my question, the asians was just a secondary thing, just overalll wondering how u like CS there and how u like the environment

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but if someone went from an asian dominated area to UIUC im curious how their transition went and whatnot

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ill probably end up making mostly asian friends at uiuc anywyaas

glad latch
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and probably befriend them too

last tangle
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making friends is something im worried about regardless of where ill attend

fathom dove
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thats fair

glad latch
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i dont think making friends should be too hard

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since everyone is new

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nobody has their friend circle

last tangle
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point

ancient sinew
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got in grainger mech e, love basically everything but the location. one of my concerns is job opportunities/pathways after 4 years, it doesn’t seem to be in the most innovative area. can anyone speak on this ?

fathom dove
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i do know most ppl havent had trouble getting like summer internships for cs at least, talking to someone ik who went there (family friend)

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it wont be at uiuc tho itll be in a diff location/remote

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not sure about during the year

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u've heard its a good time like socially?

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thats good to know loll

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uiuc is def goated for engineering, not sure about mech e specifically but in general yeah

ancient sinew
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shit my bad

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sent that in the edit box lmao

ancient sinew
fathom dove
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oops lmao

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yay nice

ancient sinew
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fr

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dyk the overall opinion of the campus

dim flint
fathom dove
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yeah p much

dim flint
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like idk why ppl make a big deal about location of uiuc

fathom dove
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like

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ik ppl respect it for cs

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non cs/eng ppl are just like whatever tho abt uiuc

ancient sinew
dim flint
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oh yea the average person thinks its easy to get into 💀

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but employers know its great

ancient sinew
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like is the campus good looking lol

dim flint
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u can look at virtual tours

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pretty average campus

ancient sinew
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oh fr

dim flint
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but its big and i heard its pretty fun

fathom dove
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oh yeah i saw online vids

ancient sinew
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yeah pretty much

fathom dove
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its mid fs

ancient sinew
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sports are a plus too i love cbb

dim flint
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yea uiuc big on sports

fathom dove
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idk i feel like campus isnt too big of a factor

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cool campus are only cool until u get normalized to it

dim flint
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yea

ancient sinew
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how’s the football team?

dim flint
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they were top 25 this season

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so good

ancient sinew
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oh shoot

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i remember the first time i even heard of uiuc was when they were a 1 seed in march madness like 2 years ago lol

sage hornet
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if i come to uiuc we making it to the sweet 16 next year

ancient sinew
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yup

sage hornet
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i saw someone in a thread say that a pro of purdue is that they are "good at basketball" and it cracked me up

ancient sinew
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idk if you watched any of their home games but i saw clips of a few and the atmosphere is pretty good

sage hornet
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oh that's cool

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i mean any big 10 team is gonna have a good college sports atmosphere for the most part

ancient sinew
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the orange and blue is growing on me

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that’s true i forgot they were

sage hornet
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they get to play ohio state and michigan every year

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for football

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and then like purdue and indiana for basketball

ancient sinew
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yeah big 10 was legit this year

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one of the clips i mentioned was of the game v purdue who were the top of the ap poll at the time

sage hornet
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yea college basketball is unmatched

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i've been to a few kansas games and it's wild

opal geyser
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is coe the hardest to get into

echo minnow
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oh

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no

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i thought you meant if ur in cs+x and want to do another major

fierce lintel
tender matrix
# fathom dove oh i should edit my question, the asians was just a secondary thing, just overal...

Yes my experience here is great so far, met a lot of people, went to a lot of great events in terms of career etc in CS. I love it here and you'll have no problem finding friends.

I'm a Chinese international student, and actually we have the largest Chinese international student population out of all universities in the United States. So I had no problem finding friends. We also have a huge population of Asian Americans (20% of all students I think) and tons of clubs revolving around asian Americans so you'll be fine finding friends. In fact, a lot of Asian Americans here are from the bay area etc

tender matrix
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If you are into quant, UIUC is one of the top quant feeders

tender matrix
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And also UIUC is a party school, so don't worry too much about finding friends

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Might take a while to find your friend group but it works out cause you meet so many people in the beginning

slim gorge
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so I got into cs here but I've been thinking and idk if im fully set on cs yet, is there a way I can take a CE course or something to help me decide if I wanna transfer or not

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also is cs+physics going to be available this fall?

tender matrix
tender matrix
fierce lintel
tender matrix
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Are you talking about quant opportunities for business students

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Or opportunities overall

iron ermine
tender matrix
fierce lintel
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i am looking to do the finance+data science major

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and worried about UIUC not being a target for investment banking

tender matrix
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Uhhh

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It should be decent I think

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Chicago is close to us

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A lot of financial companies do know us

valid tendon
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yeah aren’t the founders of jump from uiuc

tender matrix
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Yea I think

last tangle
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hoeft is available as a minor for those who got admitted to gies

fierce lintel
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does UIUC rescind ?

fierce lintel
echo minnow
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Lol

waxen blade
empty scroll
valid tendon
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if it wasn’t for A2C i wouldn’t have known this college even existed, now i might go there lol

tender matrix
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Lol

echo minnow
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uiuc gotta get a better PR team

tender matrix
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lol

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I think the college has done better

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than before

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at least people kinda know us

empty scroll
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a2c has done more advertising than uiuc themselves

timid island
strong shuttle
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Does uiuc have a discord server general or for class of 27?

sage hornet
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Yea I’ll dm

tender matrix
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I think they priority CS tho

strong shuttle
timid island
tender matrix
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Quant usually emphasizes skills like stats or math

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And programing

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So it depends what you do

timid island
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Once I transfer to CompE I’m planning to specialize in big data

tender matrix
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Yea

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Double degree in stats will help for quant

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Or math

timid island
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I’m probably gonna minor in stats or a double major if it’s doable

tender matrix
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Double major might be

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But compE is pretty packed

grizzled mango
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Is anyone here in Gies business honors

valid tendon
tender matrix
valid tendon
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ah ok

tender matrix
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Cause I'm not rly doing quant so I'm not sure how that would impact

valid tendon
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i know they take physics ppl and matse is close

tender matrix
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But we are a quant feeder

valid tendon
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to physics

tender matrix
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Yea

valid tendon
fathom dove
sage hornet
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yea

fathom dove
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tyty

faint tinsel
sage hornet
tired robin
tender matrix
tired robin
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i was so salty

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they told me to do the assessment in C++ or python

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i picked c++

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but turns out they really meant that there was one part of the test that must be done in C++

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so i actually did their LC in...C++ too

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and ran out of time for the actual C++ component

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i clean sweeped everything but ran out of time for their dumb calculator parser lol

tender matrix
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💀

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Python does have everything built in tbh

fierce lintel
faint tinsel
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anyone else here accepted for physics?

sage hornet
echo minnow
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you gunna have to self study some stats and math stuff tho

swift wolf
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So I got in EA a few months ago, and think I might want to go here but the OOS tuition is kind of a lot, do you think it’ll be possible to negotiate aid?

echo minnow
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i dont think so cuz uiuc doesnt claim to meet aid

swift wolf
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That is incredibly sad

static hull
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Try emailing them a financial aid package from another school (like purdue) to match

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I dont know if itll work but its worth a shot

compact marten
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anyone here picking UIUC CS over GT CS?

compact marten
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Ok

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Is GT CS better than UIUC CS though?

dim flint
compact marten
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do FAANG companies hire from GT on-campus

tender matrix
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but socially speaking you'll have a much better time at UIUC

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but location wise GT is better

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depends on ur priorties

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UIUC is a party school

compact marten
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cool.. i would have thought UIUC as a nerdy engineering school, hows it a party school?

valid tendon
echo minnow
compact marten
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hmm cool whats a party school like?

valid tendon
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how hard is uiuc compared to hs

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like how hard are ur classes compared to ap classes in hs and stuff. should i start studying for stuff over summer?

sage hornet
tender matrix
sage hornet
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W

tender matrix
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Some people are good at managing time and can party every week

sage hornet
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(i just got waitlisted at gtech)

tender matrix
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Lots of parties

tender matrix
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Uiuc better

sage hornet
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facts

tender matrix
sage hornet
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that's what i've been telling myself

tender matrix
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It is

tender matrix
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tbh the drinking age here is basically 19

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lol

valid tendon
tender matrix
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depends on what you wanna major in too

valid tendon
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im doing matse if i go to uiuc

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im asking because a lot of my gatech friends said its as hard as high schol

sage hornet
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what's matse

valid tendon
sage hornet
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ah nice

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@tender matrix would you say there's a big difference between cs/engineering majors and other majors at uiuc

tender matrix
sage hornet
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nah

tender matrix
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or like cs/eng/cs+x against all other majors

sage hornet
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yea

tender matrix
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well

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cs/eng people have more work

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so less chance you'll see them partying on a friday night

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but its a large range

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there isn't really a disconnect either

sage hornet
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oh that's great

valid tendon
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i wasnt gonna party anyways lol

sage hornet
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i was thinking maybe the cs/eng kids are kinda in their own isolated world, studying and stuff while the other kids are just partying

valid tendon
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how is the placements at jobs and grad programs from uiuc

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can i get into a good grad program

tender matrix
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although a good deal of my friends are cs

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I've got friends in linguistics, info sci, econ, etc

tender matrix
valid tendon
tender matrix
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guess I should go out an make friends with someone majoring in english

valid tendon
sage hornet
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you responded twice lol

valid tendon
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my bad

sage hornet
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no worries

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are A-s are a thing here

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how does grading work

stuck mason
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can i have the uiuc 27 discord

tired robin
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tho a B+ is a 3.33

sage hornet
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that's kinda annoying

tired robin
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wtv

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great gpas are nice but not need be

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got other priorities

sage hornet
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yea fair

tired robin
valid tendon
fair zealot
tired robin
valid tendon
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i mean the way u phrases it makes it seem like the tests and such are way harder

tired robin
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mm let me rephrase

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i can't comfortably determine how our academics compare to what you've been through bc idk what you've been through

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just come here and go lol

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if it's the hardest thing you've faced yet then so be it

tender matrix
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work hard play harder

tired robin
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ye

tender matrix
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honestly so far I dont think UIUC is hard if you put in the effort

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but I havent taken the bad classes yet

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so ¯_(ツ)_/¯

valid tendon
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makes sense

tender matrix
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went through calc 2 fine

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and apparently its one of the most dreaded classes here

valid tendon
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won’t have to take that or calc 3 lol

tender matrix
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nice then

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wait matse doesnt need calc3?

valid tendon
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no im doing DE lol

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ill only need to do diffeq

sage hornet
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what's the gender ratio looking like for cs

empty scroll
sage hornet
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all i see is that for engineering 76% of people are men

lone stratus
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Wtf

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That’s so high

sage hornet
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and this

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maybe this is more reassuring

lone stratus
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Good

sage hornet
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but 76 is wild

lone stratus
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Yea

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Hey question-

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I know UIUC is pretty cracked for cs but is it just as good for compE

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I got into compE and seem to be getting rejected/ waitlist everywhere else

empty scroll
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for cs its ~800 male, 400 female for people doing a bs

sage hornet
empty scroll
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yep

sage hornet
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i'm sure it's pretty good

empty scroll
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yep its pretty good

lone stratus
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What would u guys equate it to compared to other schools

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Like if I got into Cornell is it just as good

sage hornet
empty scroll
lone stratus
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Oh ok thanks

empty scroll
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its bcs theres usually way more male apps than females for those majors

sage hornet
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welp

sage hornet
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so to say it's good would be a huge underestimate

echo minnow
static pulsar
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they dont take loci right-

strong fox
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Do what I do

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Internship in Georgia

strong fox
valid tendon
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how hard is it to maintain A's in hard classes

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im kind of like an A- student...like i consistently get 91's and stuff so if i go to uiuc thats a 3.67

compact marten
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nah you can get 4.0

versed hare
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Received this in the mail today

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And this

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wanton pasture
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sheeesh

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gw

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did u get an email abt it or anything before

versed hare
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yeah

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i got it way back

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didnt really expect a package lmao

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too bad ill be turning it down

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didnt give me cs ffs

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but I have GT CS so we col

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cool*

valid tendon
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congrats bruh

versed hare
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thanks

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manifesting stanford and/or berk cs to pull up

compact marten
versed hare
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i got rejected from main choice cs but got into pol sci

echo minnow
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ok

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i commit to uiuc on march 30

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after this berkeley L

sage hornet
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lmao same

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after ivy + berkeley massacre

empty scroll
#

most likely same for me

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ill be driving to uiuc on the 31st and by april 1st ill commit to a school

compact marten
#

cool

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anyone here prefer computer engineering to CS?

empty scroll
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me

compact marten
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cool, what are some of the top reasons you like CE vs CS?

empty scroll
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its hands on

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and its combines cs + hardware

compact marten
compact marten
empty scroll
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with CE for schools like uiuc you can basically apply to anything computer related including those of CS

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like a large part of my background is CS and I got in CE so you can tell they are very similar

compact marten
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cool

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CE is probably tougher though - physics, circuits etc

empty scroll
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well im planning to skip as much as possible so I dont have to deal with too much

compact marten
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how'd you skip

empty scroll
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ive already taken/taking most of the required math and physics courses

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if I really want I could power through all of them in like first semester

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but I wont lol

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theres also skip tests for a few courses

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but they are hard

compact marten
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cool

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good stuff

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there's still circuits and VLSI classes probably that need lot of physics

empty scroll
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yeah true

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but itll probably be more fun at that point since its application based

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even if its cs the later classes will be time consuming

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ive taken a couple of 200/300 cs classes and the labs take forever usually

compact marten
#

i see

dim flint
patent sundial
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has anyone appealed for a new major after being rejected from UIUC

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and do you know the chances if you apply for smth else

strong fox
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Unless you had a second choice major selected in the app

valid tendon
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do u mean cs+astronomy

strong fox
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No

strong fox
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I got in for comp e

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And I sign up for astronomy after

strong fox
#

Genchat gets so mad lmao

valid tendon
strong fox
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Yeah

compact marten
#

what're the benefits of Edmund James Scholars Honors program?

still osprey
#

Hey guys I had a quick question if anyone could help. So I got into the Grainger college of engineering for bioengineering. I was wondering if I could switch between engineering majors before joining? Am I accepted to the college of engineering as a whole or to the bioengineering dept only

compact marten
#

yes, you can switch to all majors, except to CS

empty scroll
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and depending on the major it maybe harder to switch

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so you should plan accordingly

valid tendon
timid island
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According to the website it’s CompE, EE, ME, CS, and BioE

patent sundial
# versed hare And this

They're so weird with this, I'm pretty sure they sent me mail saying they admitted me back in like February, but they just sent an email saying they put me on the waitlist☠️☠️

bitter sparrow
#

Rejecting cmu to go here 💪💪

tender matrix
#

Based choice

velvet oasis
#

cursedmoon i got rejected here but not cmu

astral pilot
#

yo guys were the ap scores supposed to appear on the application portal?

versed hare
#

rejecting uiuc to go somewhere >= gtech cs

astral pilot
#

like in the test scores column it only has my sat scores

valid tendon
dim flint
#

did u get in for cs?

astral pilot
bitter sparrow
#

Also because broke

sage hornet
#

85k is way too expensive for depression

dim flint
#

cmu expensive af

tender matrix
#

Cmu less game too 😎

empty scroll
#

less expensive for pretty much the same education and opportunities

strong fox
#

yeah

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i would chose here over CMU

exotic kiln
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Any UIUC physics majors here?

patent sundial
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Like wtf☠

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How you admit and waitlist me lol

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And yes it's the same program

exotic kiln
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I love how you got the honors as well

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Now you just need the rejection for the full 100% speedrun

dapper torrent
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what classes can you get ap credit with for a cs major

valid tendon
#

rest youll prob need to do the tests

dapper torrent
#

ok

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any gen ed requirements that can be waived by ap?

valid tendon
#

look through the AP credits online

valid tendon
dapper torrent
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thanks 🫡

timid island
#

But cs124 is basically ap cs a and you can prof out pretty easily from what I’ve heard

tired robin
#

honestly pretty poorly taught imo, bad impression

strong fox
strong fox
exotic kiln
# strong fox I second this

can I ask do you know if it is possible to get involved in astronomy related research at UIUC as a physics major?

strong fox
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Probably

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I don’t see why not

exotic kiln
#

okay thanks :)

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how is the research environment there in your opinion?

stuck mason
#

considering cmu over uiuc now 😔😔

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love the uiuc boys tho

weary orchid
#

w

empty scroll
echo minnow
#

uiuc here i come

dim flint
#

guys its ok uiuc is the best school

echo minnow
#

💯

still osprey
#

does anyone here do bioengineering or is admitted to bioengineering btw?

velvet oasis
stuck mason
#

so yeah im a prestige whore

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also its a private school

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also nobody around me would let me consider going to uiuc if cmu is. on the table

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even tho i personally. know that ill have the same opportunities be it uiuc or cmu

velvet oasis
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ohh ok😭😭😭

tired robin
#

cmu has some very strong pluses for many people, don't discount it

empty scroll
#

and the 30k extra cost great way to flex

olive condor
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hi everyone

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are there any current students in uiuc here?

tender matrix
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Current freshmen

tender wharf
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is there biomed engineering for uiuc

tender wharf
olive condor
tender matrix
tender matrix
tender wharf
tender matrix
#

But if you got any questions Abt it I might be able to answer

tender wharf
#

cs at uiuc?

tender matrix
#

Yea

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CS + statistics

tender wharf
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that’s cool

olive condor
tender wharf
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good luck bro

tender matrix
#

Go eat

tender wharf
tender matrix
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Or cook

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Or play sports

olive condor
tender wharf
#

sounds fun

olive condor
#

meh

tender matrix
#

It's not as bad as you think

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Champaign is a little city

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It's just far from stuff

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But we have stuff to do here

olive condor
tender matrix
#

There's karaoke, bars, etc

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The drinking age is basically 19 here too

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So yea a lot of people drink and stuff

olive condor
#

im an international student admitted to uiuc so its j interesting to see what ppl think of it

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but from all the reviews it seems quite chill

tender matrix
#

Yea I'm an international student too

olive condor
#

im j trying to figure out how hard it would be to switch majors

tender matrix
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I think it's good

olive condor
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thats nice

tender matrix
#

What major are you trying to switch into

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And from what major are you switching from

olive condor
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from bio to biomed or bioeng

tender matrix
#

Yea that's not gonna be easy

olive condor
#

yeah

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what would u recc

tender matrix
#

If you got bme somewhere else I'd go somewhere else tbh

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You aren't guaranteed to get in

olive condor
#

ah okay

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its better if i dont then

tender matrix
#

Yea

olive condor
#

tysmmmm

tender matrix
#

Np

arctic barn
#

SJSU CS or UIUC (Stats and CS Minor)?

timid island
#

Depends on what career you want to go into

patent sundial
strong fox
sage hornet
#

that's big

strong fox
#

Omg

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@surreal tusk what’s up

surreal tusk
opal geyser
#

should i commit to uiuc

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for math

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i wanna do cs+math tho

bitter sparrow
#

Anyone take part in the virtual admitted thing today?

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I missed it because of school and was wondering if there was anything important

sage hornet
mighty laurel
#

Did anyone get their financial aid package yet?

sage hornet
#

yea

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no bueno 💀

exotic kiln
#

At least I got something 💀

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Even if it’s small

mighty laurel
#

I didn’t get a financial aid package at all yet

patent sundial
#

4.0/4.6 weighted
1560 SAT
Great ECAs
Very disappointed as rejected by 7 US Colleges so I am planning to take a semester break and re-apply in the spring intake.
Kindly suggest if I am on the right track and who else is thinking about the same.

bitter sparrow
tender wharf
glad latch
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Did he not apply safeties

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Like asu

tender wharf
#

yeah he has a really good profile

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idk

patent sundial
#

@tender wharf Cognitive science

echo minnow
#

yo

echo minnow
#

theres no harm trying for me because

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i heard you can take stat 400 instead of cs361

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to get out of that requirement

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so the only extra class id take is math241

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which is p light

sage hornet
#

You already got cs + adv so even if you don’t get stat ur chilling with cs

echo minnow
#

yeeeeee

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apparently its easier to transfer btwn cs+x programs

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cuz i already got "approval" by the cs department or something

strong fox
#

It depends which CS+

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CS + math for example jt isn’t easier

sage hornet
#

cs + math and cs + stat are much tougher than everything else

tender matrix
#

yea

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but if ur in cs

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it'll be a lot chiller

tired robin
#

ppl never satisfied smh

tender matrix
#

Eh tbh that's a good thing

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Don't ever be too satisfied with yourself so you can improve yourself

empty scroll
#

never settle

timid island
#

How doable is switching from ece to cs+x

empty scroll
#

dude no joke asks this every week thinking the answer changes

split sage
empty scroll
#

its possible just hard

timid island
split sage
#

Nowadays transferring to CS (or +X) is becoming very tough

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That it is much better to direct apply there

empty scroll
#

and this is just a2c chat lol not the uiuc ones

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split sage
#

It is not impossible actually, but very tough

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Also depends on which CS+X

timid island
split sage
#

CS+Stats is the toughest to transfer into I suppose

empty scroll
timid island
#

Idk maybe there’s someone who’s pulled it off

strong fox
#

dont go to a school hoping to transfer majors

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yall have so much copium its insane

sage hornet
#

why not

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if it's an ivy or gtech or smth with no restrictions

strong fox
#

well yeah thats diff

craggy portal
#

waitlisted oos stats&cs

echo minnow
echo minnow
#

pretty sure anything with cs @ uiuc offers good job prospects

compact marten
compact marten
opal geyser
#

is it possibel to change colleges

compact marten
sage hornet
#

fr?

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someone told me around 10% for oos math & cs

empty scroll
#

pure cs oos is 2%

sage hornet
#

ouch

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glad I didn't apply pure cs

empty scroll
#

they want you to attend the school

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all the colleges ive gotten into send an email like every couple of days

manic jetty
#

wish i had that problem from uiuc

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waitlist kids need love too

tender matrix
#

It's more like 15%

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I know for a fact we did not take half for CS + stats

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Considering my incoming cohort was about 60 for CS + stats

dim flint
#

all colleges that accept u do it

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its kinda cute

hasty plinth
compact marten
tender matrix
#

And it's inflating it a bit

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But it's def around 15%

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This year

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Also I'm 99% sure these numbers are scuffed

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Because the website says a 25% acc rate for CS + x

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That's not reflected in this data

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Pure cs is 6%

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That's not reflected in this data

tender matrix
tender matrix
#

Once we got added to common app our acceptance rate dipped massively

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So sub 20 seems about right for the harder CS + x

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2019 is def an outlier

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That was the last normal year

quasi valley
#

this year it can be v different

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because

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seeing higher ar of cs+ x, many applied there

tender matrix
#

These last 2 years are very different

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Yep

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First of all last year was the first year CS + x and CS had the same number of incoming students

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Also it was the first time we got added to common app

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And covid etc

quasi valley
#

yea

tender matrix
#

There is no way a CS + x has a 50% acceptance rate right now

quasi valley
#

and the thing is not many are aware abt cs+x, reddit and discord is just a bubble of world

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so many apply cs

tender matrix
#

Yea that's becoming less now

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Since other schools have CS + x programs too now

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It's becoming more common

quasi valley
#

yea

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but i def feel uiuc should improve other departments

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bjz r u indian?

tender matrix
#

Nope

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Chinese

tender matrix
quasi valley
tender matrix
#

Are you Chinese lol

quasi valley
#

no indian

tender matrix
#

Ahhh cool

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Oh yea if u come to uiuc

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Gotta tell me if the Indian food here is authentic or not

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Cause I'm getting mixed reviews lolll

quasi valley
#

sure

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how r they

tender matrix
#

I actually really like them

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I never had Indian food before I came here

quasi valley
#

damn tell ur fav dish

tender matrix
#

Biryani is pretty good

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Altho butter chicken is nice too

quasi valley
#

yes!

tender matrix
#

I haven't had the chance to try many different varieties but I hope to try them all before I graduate

quasi valley
#

ahh

tender matrix
#

Apparently there is a 15 dollar Indian buffet on campus

quasi valley
#

how many indian restaurants r there

tender matrix
#

I wanna try it someday

tender matrix
quasi valley
tender matrix
#

Iirc Ive seen like 3?

tender matrix
#

It's the restaurants that have them

quasi valley
#

i hv heard some starts K which is pretty good

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the thing with buffet is the quality is not that good

tender matrix
#

Yep

quasi valley
#

but it is more affordable

tender matrix
#

That goes for all buffets I suppose

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Yea

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There is a place my Indian friends recommended

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I tried

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Himalayan chimney

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It's called

quasi valley
#

ohh

tender matrix
#

And it's off campus

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But super good

quasi valley
#

will def go

tender matrix
#

Ye it's super worth it imo

quasi valley
#

i think i m coming uiuc for sure

tender matrix
#

We have an Indian restaurant here that's like fusion cuisine

tender matrix
quasi valley
#

like the ppl i meet are actually pretty good. college fit seems real

tender matrix
tender matrix
quasi valley
#

WOw

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seems like i wont hv problem with food

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hopefully