University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) (2023-2024)

[charred grove]

is it possible to pursue dual degree in Grainger CE/EE if i do Math+CS LAS

[keen ether]

Hmmm not sure

You can def minor tho

EE + math/CS sounds like hell

[charred grove]

sweet

apparently cs+x is far more attainable so

im a bit less nervous ngl

@keen ether how is uiuc ling btw im rly interested in linguistics as well lmao

[keen ether]

It's cool we have some cool comp ling classes

But tbh some of the ling classes are ass

But it's not too bad

[hearty lily]

i have a lot of reqs that i have credit for already so i think a cs ee major is theoretically possible (still prolly wont do it)

[charred grove]

oh sweet

i know a lot of linguisrtics bc conlanging is a hobby of mine

[keen ether]

Oooo yea then itll be perfect

[charred grove]

how much of a disadvantage will applying as intl be for UIUC

is it like CMU where intls arent really too disadvantaged

[keen ether]

hmmmm I dont think its a massive one

but it wont be as easy as instate for sure

[charred grove]

im oos anyways

[turbid granite]

ling is my major this better only be some

[keen ether]

The core ling classes can suck

But some are really well taught

Very professor dependent

[fathom raft]

anyone applying on myillini know where we can report ap scores in our application?

[sullen valley]

why not commonapp?

[fathom raft]

higher character count for activities in myillini

[sullen valley]

dang wtf

thanks for letting me know

[fathom raft]

yeah fs

[hearty lily]

should i bother trying to put everything in myillini lmao

[maiden pasture]

i dont think they take them into consideration (? might be lying not sure)

[stoic bear]

wait no way 😭 my teachers already sent their lors thru commonapp

[astral stratus]

ur good uiuc doesnt take lors

[stoic bear]

o yea i forgot abt that

thx lol

[turbid granite]

finally submitted (i meant to do it on thursday)

had an epic kimchi jjigae last night in urbana that might be the best advertising i've ever had for u of i

[blissful orchid]

how early do i have to submit to do the srar/portal stuff by the deadline?

does that all have to be done by 11/1? wasnt getting a clear answer online

[turbid granite]

november 7 i believe

i think that's what a rep said when visiting my school

[smoky hornet]

Thought it was nov 1

Nov 7 is deadline for all required items

[turbid granite]

srar/portal stuff counts as required items deadline

only the application is due november 1

everything else is due 7th

[keen ether]

Yogi?

[sonic nebula]

Ik for ce it's not a disadvantage at all since 40% of the class is international

[keen ether]

Yea

[stable anchor]

interesting

i never knew it was that high

[sonic nebula]

Yeah they told us in the ece orientation ecent

[jade lake]

hi yall

[turbid granite]

bab plus

i did briefly consider yogi but i'd been to bab plus before and i didn't feel like trying new things

[keen ether]

oh yea love bab plus

[violet fossil]

hey y’all, any cs or grainger students willing to review my supps? 🙏

[stable anchor]

i can take a look

[violet fossil]

TY i’ll dm u

[turbid granite]

i'm not supposed to list dual enrollment in high school section of srar?? what if i got high school credit for dual enrollment

[jade lake]

is that on common app?

[turbid granite]

it's after you apply

in the portal thingy

[violet fossil]

yeah you put dual enrollment classes in the college section

[hearty lily]

i think ill have to do an EE minor

dual degree would take time and i dont think id be able to as statscs major

god i hate all these restrictions

[keen ether]

Lmao statcs is pretty tiring by itself

So I double minored instead of getting another major

Like you don't realize the classes will be a lot until you arrive here

[hearty lily]

i have a lot of my reqs fulfilled through dual enrollement

like calc 1-3

also taking dual credit english and have my foreign language req fulfilled due to a state test

could make other things more attainable

[keen ether]

Yea

The calc isn't hard

But the stat classes can get hella tough

[hearty lily]

fair

[keen ether]

Also statcs is quite busy during the years other CS +X's won't necessarily be

Same with mathcs

For a lot of majors, the +X classes are easier than the cs

But not the case for statcs

[hearty lily]

ig i just want some understanding of hardware incase i want to develop something in both hardware and software and ig the EE minor is enough

[hearty lily]

so is it fair to say statscs is more of a double major than the major minor most +x's are

[keen ether]

yea a minor in EE is def enough

[keen ether]

statcs takes both the full cs core

and the full stat core

[hearty lily]

ah

[keen ether]

the stat core is short tho, but thats even for the pure stat major

there are only 5 core stat classes

for both statcs and pure stat

so stats is kinda short

but like it gets tough

and you don't have much leeway

in the case of other CS+X

you can take the easier version of calc and lin alg

but you cannot do that for statcs

you have to take the harder versions

[hearty lily]

got it

are grainger certificates accessible for blended cs majors

https://advising.grainger.illinois.edu/degree-programs/certificates

these

looking at it i dont really see why not so its fine

though good to know about the statscs reqs, thanks

[keen ether]

lemme check

oh yea I think you can do these

[hearty lily]

alr

[keen ether]

altho im not 100% sure

cse has a minor so you can 100% do that

[charred grove]

yeah MathCS w EE minor is lowkey my plan too

i put a uiuc brochure in my prayer room so...

[distant spindle]

Is this thread only for current students or prospective as well?

[charred grove]

anyone

[distant spindle]

Alright I had a question about appeals, my top two choices were in Grainger but if I had a third choice in mind if I'm not accepted for my top two can I include that in my appeal?

[charred grove]

probably only for a non-competitive major

having both choices in grainger is ac insane tho

[distant spindle]

Yeah Im realizing it was a bad decision 😭

[deft sigil]

The only school that wish me happy birthday 😂

[stone marsh]

🌽

dreaming about corn biofuel

[keen ether]

You got this

[leaden meadow]

happy birthday!!

[deft sigil]

Thank you 😊

[spring berry]

do any of u guys know for the UIUC application portal if the essays maintain paragraphs when u submit?

[neat vine]

Do i still need to submit my transcript through an outside portal (e.g. naviance or parchment), or can i wait until I get the SRAR?

[stone marsh]

🙏

[distant spindle]

I reread the website like 10 times after I submitted my app because I was confused too, it seems like you don't need to submit your transcript anywhere you just need to make sure you fill out the srar

[neat vine]

Yep I talked to a friend who submitted her app a week ago. You don’t need to send a transcript, so wait until you get the SRAR

[distant spindle]

I submitted mine about last week

[hearty lily]

wednesday is november 1st dawg

gl

[distant spindle]

Are you finishing them on Wednesday because of a time constraint you have tomorrow? Because finishing them the day of could always end up going badly some terrible stroke of luck could cause your wifi to go out or something 😭

[charred grove]

UIUC doesn’t need rec letters

In fact I don’t think they even consider

[hearty lily]

they dont

[hearty lily]

submitted

[glacial cobalt]

for the uiuc srar, do I need to report outside courses like Precalc and Geometry since I took them online through BYU Independent Study?

[neat vine]

Do you have an official transcript from ur school that contains these courses?

[glacial cobalt]

yeah they're on my hs transcript and I've sent the transcript from BYU itself too

[neat vine]

yes then put it

[glacial cobalt]

oh ok

do i put it in my normal HS or as a separate college?

[neat vine]

i'd say put it on ur HS bc it appears on ur HS transcript

i did that for a geometry course i did online

[glacial cobalt]

Alr thanks

[violet fossil]

if you get college credit for those classes you need to submit it under the college

[glacial cobalt]

im pretty sure it was just for high school graduation requirements

and advancement

[vestal bloom]

is there difference between grainger physics and las physics

i didnt see las physics so i chose grainger physics and i submitted the application

is it harder to get into grainger?

[smoky hornet]

i think they only have one physics major and thats in the eng school

[jade lake]

is uiuc self report

[sturdy ibex]

Can i read anyone's supps? I'm just now starting mine 😭

[hearty lily]

yes

but no superscore

[distant spindle]

I can show you mine but to be honest when I wrote mine I was just about as lost as you are right now 😭

[sturdy ibex]

pls 🙏

I wouldnt say im lost I just dont know how to start and i also procrastinating hella

[hearty lily]

its about how uiuc will help you get there

so yes

nvm

selected first choice major

but id still talk about uiuc for atleast a tiny bit

[paper remnant]

does anyone have the time to read my supps? would greatly appreciate that

[spring berry]

ok

[fathom raft]

does uiuc accept for alternate major too

[boreal oasis]

yea

[charred grove]

@keen ether I saw ur admission file for UIUC on Reddit and they said that you taking AP Computer Science was important, but I cant take the class this year because of scheduling constraints, so I am instead taking the AP exam and equivalent classes at CC (not for HS credit), would that work?

[keen ether]

I think it would

[charred grove]

so i prolly wont be at a disadvantage if i take the exam and do cc classes

[keen ether]

yea

[charred grove]

plus other cs ecs (usaco, internship, making programming language, etc)

btw how's UIUC linguistics

[keen ether]

oh thats fine

[keen ether]

its good I think

it depends on what you want outta it

[charred grove]

hm

im not planning to do linguistics career

rly im j interested in linguistics

[keen ether]

thats fine

[paper remnant]

ur putting usaco as an ec wtf?

[charred grove]

?

[paper remnant]

its an award

[charred grove]

i dont strictly distinguihs between ECs and awards lol

[hearty lily]

ah shit

i took higher level calc instead of cs

its so over for me 💀

[jade lake]

just submitted for uiuc

jesus

[keen ether]

Gluck y'all

[charred grove]

same here 💀

[hearty lily]

calc 3?

[charred grove]

yeah

my counselor wouldnt let me take CS A becuase i came form a different district and we had a different CS prereq

i took the one in my old district and then when i came here it wasnt considered valid

which fucked me

[charred grove]

what's the math&cs acceptance rate? is it significantly higher than grainger cs?

[hearty lily]

higher probably

significantly higher def not

its one of the hardest blended majors

alongside stats and the new grainger ones

[storm smelt]

applied to math&cs

don't think imma get in tho

[distant spindle]

Ive only taken one engineering class during HS and it wasn't even an AP I'm not getting accepted 😭

[hearty lily]

my ECs will carry me

and everything else

besides like grades since covid year 🤓 👎

[sturdy ibex]

Anyone down to read one of my supp answers?

I feel like im being super straightforward but at the same time the question is simple asf

[dark palm]

damn just realized i had a comma splice in one of the supp essay

submitted it 2 weeks ago 💀

[boreal oasis]

does UIUC use an unique SRAR system?

or can I import my SRAR from another school

[last cloud]

yeah it’s their own system

[boreal oasis]

thank!

it's kinda tedious lol

[last cloud]

yeah but their portal isn’t as ancient as the SRAR

[turbid granite]

yeah it's actually way better and easier to use

[hearty lily]

waiting for srar

[smoky hornet]

bro it said deadline is passed when its 10pm in my local time

[sonic nebula]

Srar was so annoying lol

[sonic nebula]

They could easily automate but they choose not to fit some reason

[boreal oasis]

I'm procrastinating on my SRAR so hard rn lol

I'll probably do it later this week

[gritty basin]

would i not make cs + stats with a 3.77? Most of those B's are in stem classes.

[distant spindle]

Is there anyone here who got into Grainger BioE?and if so can you tell me your stats 😭

[sonic nebula]

You'll know on decision day. No one knows fs if youll get in. Just try to relax and enjoy your life before college starts

[jade lake]

what doe this mean

[hearty lily]

wait

[spring berry]

Wdym 💀

its a very straightforward email

[hearty lily]

wait for srar to open up

[jade lake]

yeah but idk why it sent to me

[hearty lily]

then grind the srar

easy

[spring berry]

because u submitted an application?

[jade lake]

what do I do now?

fill out the srar?

[spring berry]

Did u not read the email

[jade lake]

i did

i just wanted to make sure

[hearty lily]

kace did you apply here

[spring berry]

It says to wait for them to load ur info to the system

[spring berry]

no

[hearty lily]

ok i was gonna say

qb + harvard rea + publics?

sounds like a lot

[spring berry]

I did apply ea to umich and uw-m

[hearty lily]

madison?

fair

[jade lake]

oh ok

is there a deadline to do that

[spring berry]

for them?

[jade lake]

for me

[hearty lily]

i have trouble differentiating between washington and wisconsin (im applying to both)

[spring berry]

they will tell u if there is

[jade lake]

what do I do

[hearty lily]

i just call it wash vs wisc

[spring berry]

what

[jade lake]

i sent it

[spring berry]

Did they alrdy get u ur portal

[jade lake]

why dont they have it

[keen ether]

Hmmm very risky

[jade lake]

oh this is uva

[keen ether]

I had a 3.86 and I was the last admit

[hearty lily]

i have a 3.7 uw but its mostly cause covid

and stupid english

i think without covid id have a 3.8/3.9

yeah nah im coping im getting rejected 💀

[jade lake]

im def not getting in lol

3.88

but i didnt submit that

i submitted 4.77

[hearty lily]

maybe existing inside arbitrary borders will help

(it wont my life is so over)

[jade lake]

why is UIUIC complaining

[hearty lily]

the schedule i had over the past few years is unrealistic for everyone

i somehow got through it without ending up in a mental hospital so i hope they recognize that

[arctic mortar]

Yo

[keen ether]

It's hard to say

My one B in algebra 2 honors was bad

They said

Lol

[hearty lily]

my Bs are in mostly english and covid

only exception being calc bc second sem where teacher said she would round it up but didnt, and physics c (keep in mind i had zero physics knowledge before this)

and this year prolly calc 3 since my teacher sucks

[slim leaf]

why does the srar this. I put 4 years of english 💀

[hearty lily]

maybe it doesnt count middle school stuff

[slim leaf]

i didn’t put middle school

does it not count classes that are in progress?

[arctic mortar]

Shi I didnt know that could happen

Yo is anyone majoring in stat??

[slim leaf]

maybe i put it all in wrong

[arctic mortar]

Could be just look over it

[hearty lily]

yeah im doing statscs

[arctic mortar]

stat + cs? or just stat

[hearty lily]

stats cs

[arctic mortar]

Oh ok

[maiden pasture]

idk if i already asked this (i forgor) but would a 3.5 be an absolute dealbreaker for cs+ling, even if i had extenuating circumstances in freshman and sophomore year

i have pretty good ecs and i tied my whole app around culture and my relation to the multiple foreign languages in my life

idk i think im overthinking 💀💀

[maiden pasture]

and how i want to work w to help increase awareness for said languages thru computational linguistics

[turbid granite]

i think you're overthinking but i am not well versed in the epic highs and lows of uiuc cs applications

[charred grove]

ngl i shoudl apply ling bc ive actually been doing (unpublished) hisotircal linguistics research and conlanging for a long timne

[maiden pasture]

probably 💀💀 pov im insane

its ok

[spring merlin]

When is this self reporting grade thing due after u submit the early application?

[wet hedge]

Nov. 7th

[smoky hornet]

GUYS I forgot to self report my ap scores 💀

since the deadline for all materials is nov 7 how do i update uiuc with my ap scores?

[keen ether]

I mean I can't say anything for sure but it's not like you are gonna get auto rejected

[keen ether]

Your my illini portal

[distant spindle]

Seeing everyone say they're not going to get in with 3.77 uw when I had to submit 4.5 w because I have a 3.5 uw ☹️

[maiden pasture]

me

[maiden pasture]

real real

ty 🙏

[hearty lily]

how do i put summer courses on srar

also how would i put a class that is both an AP class and a dual credit class

[smoky hornet]

i used commonapp tho

[hearty lily]

yeah i cant report APs on the portal

[hearty ravine]

um so if my first choice major is astro + data science and second is astrophysics, would they consider them to be similar?

like could they not accept my second choice major

[distant spindle]

It took me about 20 minutes and moving at a pretty slow pace, not counting double checking it afterwards to make sure I didn't make any mistakes

[smoky hornet]

Can anyone tell me what exactly SRAR is?

Since I forgot to self report my AP Scores can I update them on the SRAR when they send it out?

I didn't get mine yet so I'm not exactly sure how it looks like

[violet fossil]

search up uiuc srar on youtube they have a tutorial video

[jolly fog]

what if i dont know my grade conversion/scale EXACTLY

[distant spindle]

How long has it been since you applied I got mine three days after I did

^

[jolly fog]

i got mine 3 days too

[arctic mortar]

Youll get it soon bru dw

[turbid granite]

i applied like oct 20 and i ain't seen that

[distant spindle]

Did you ever get an email about creating a my illini account?

[turbid granite]

wait i'm a dumbo

i got this megathread mixed up with a different one

ignore me

[near thistle]

how did y'all enter a college course you took in the summer on the srar

what do you put in the "year" section

is it the grade level you will be entering after that summer

[boreal oasis]

the year after

[paper remnant]

that means ur automatically rejected

sry bro

[jolly fog]

for the srar, do we just not enter any high school classes taken in middle school?

like algebra 1 and stuff

[dense crane]

does uiuc even look at ap scores?

i filled out the application using myillini and i dont think there was even a page for me to put them

[dense crane]

for me there was a selection called "pre-high school"

[jolly fog]

Oh I didn’t even see it

Thank you I appreciate that

[hearty lily]

havent gotten a response

i might just finish with my best gueses

[wet hedge]

why would you need to?

[jolly fog]

algebra 1 is a high school class

affected my gpa

but i took it in middle school

[boreal oasis]

if you don't know what it is then it's probably no

[boreal oasis]

4

no way they separated Chinese, Mandarin, and Zhongwen

AHAHAHHAHAHA

this is actually so funny

the person who made this is def bot Chinese

[paper remnant]

for srar, what if i dont have prehs transcript anymore

is it required or nah

[sonic nebula]

Chinese is actually kind of op in uiuc

Literally gives 20 credits

Or any other language like that

It will make your standing go up a full semester

So you get an earlier course selection time slot

[charred grove]

what about spanish?

[leaden meadow]

how do i know what documents are requested for srar?

[arctic mortar]

wym

[distant spindle]

I'm starting to get that post ea fear of getting rejected, I keep trying to find people online with similar stats to me from previous years but I never can and every time I do they're oos so I still can't really compare

[sonic nebula]

Spanish gives 10

Still a lot though

[leaden meadow]

wrong srar

[leaden meadow]

done with the srar! why was that so exhausting ugh

[arctic mortar]

Whatever happens, happens bro dont worry

Whatever was meant for you is gonna happen

[distant spindle]

Thank you 🙏🏿

[arctic mortar]

Np

I get nervous about the same stuff too sometimes

But its not in our hands once that app is submitted so don't stress

[smoky hornet]

Do I really have to re-enter my grades 36 times because 6 courses per semester * 6 semesters

Or am I missing smth

That’s just brutal

[jade lake]

what do I put if i took chinese in middle school?

and im taking 1 semester of spanish in the winter

[arctic mortar]

I doubt that middle school counts

[jade lake]

it's on my hs transcrip tho

it counts for credit

[arctic mortar]

Uh

Then I guess put it

But maybe just put 1 level

[jade lake]

what does repeat a course mean

i got a B in precalc and did it over the summer to get an A

does that count?

[arctic mortar]

Yeah

Repeating a course is exactly what it sounds like

If you did the course again then its a repeat

[sharp fern]

someone help me with the SRAR's

im a student from india

[distant spindle]

I made a pretty spur of the moment choice and just realized I probably should have researched it. I just changed my second choice major to chemistry over materials engineering in order to have a second choice that isn't in Grainger but I don't know if I'm actually going to improve my chances by doing that or not

[smoky hornet]

Does anyone else have this issue

[jade lake]

idk the original grade though

it doesnt' show on my transcript

@arctic mortar

[distant spindle]

Was there supposed to be a screenshot on this or is this in response to something?

[arctic mortar]

Mb I wasnt checking discord

[arctic mortar]

Uhh

If it doesnt show the original grade/that you took it twice then I guess you dont need to mark it as a repeat

But honestly I would just in case

[keen ether]

oh shit yall are class of 28?

crazy

[paper remnant]

@keen ether what software do you use for productivity, note taking, code editors etc?

[keen ether]

note taking - one note
code editor - vscode

I usually just use the inbuilt canvas stuff for hw

[fathom raft]

hows uiuc's dining hall food

[paper remnant]

lowkey i tried using notion bro but they made that shit way too over complicated

[keen ether]

yea I tried for a bit too, its just aint for me

also I wanna be able to write shit with a stylus

so ye one note is just better

[keen ether]

ngl its bad 💀

[fathom raft]

oh shoot rlly 😭 do yk if theres that many vegetarian options

[charred grove]

i lowk apologize for making u the unofficial uiuc answer guy 😭 but r math&cs/cs+x ppl allowed to pursue PhD at UIUC?

ik grainger gets 5yr bs/ms

[turbid granite]

i got a vegetarian friend there but i honestly have no idea because he just gets a bowl of cucumber for dinner like everyday

one time they were out of cucumber so he just kinda stood around like an idle sim

[fathom raft]

bowl of cucumber is crazy

[paper remnant]

honestly yeah onenote is more old school

idk why ppl r tryna be fancy

like using notion to schedule things like "call friend" or "start draft" like bro just do it when u want to

[keen ether]

uhhhh I think its a pain ngl 💀

[keen ether]

I mean phd yea

bs/ms is different than phd

[keen ether]

yea its simple and stuff

[hearty lily]

finished my app here

well i did 2 days ago

[charred grove]

i thought u did EA?

[hearty lily]

i finished srar 2 days ago

[charred grove]

ah

srar is pain

[hearty lily]

idk if i should have applied grainger cs instead of statscs

i would have done ml stuff anyways though

[little lodge]

congrats and good luck!!!

[hearty lily]

thanks!

honestly its a tossup whether i commit to this or GT if i get admit into both

im illinoisan so it should make sense to go here but damn GT looks like a dream

[little lodge]

are u applying cs to GT as well?

[hearty lily]

yeah

statscs here

[little lodge]

sickk what part of their program are u most excited about

[hearty lily]

threads mostly, but im more interesting in startup opportunities and internships in the immediate area

while uiuc isint simply a cornfield it isint a gigantic metro and tech hub

[little lodge]

keeping the illinois spirit alive🥲

[little lodge]

truee atlanta has so many benefits locationally

[leaden meadow]

i think i messed up the srar lol

[little lodge]

what happened

[hearty lily]

if uiuc gives me a department scholarship or something then it makes sense to commit here and ill do as such

[leaden meadow]

we have nation-wide exams for 10th but for 9th and 11th its just school exams
so in the "9-11" section, i filled out 9,10,11 but in the nation-wide shit i filled out 10 again and idk maybe i shouldn't have

[hearty lily]

honestly a fun part of going to uiuc is that you can hop on a train from urbana to union station for like 20 bucks

considering that i prolly wont have a car initially

[little lodge]

did u already submit ur app?

[leaden meadow]

both the app and the srar yes

i thought i did it right but then some other kid from my country in this server started asking a bunch of questions and now im second guessing everything

[little lodge]

chicago has such fire food

[hearty lily]

most i cant eat cause meat

literally walked into portillos with only one option that i could get

never again

[leaden meadow]

i was nonveg until like 6 months ago and now im wondering whether it was a good idea to become vegetarian right before moving to the us

[little lodge]

if u feel it is confusing, you could email or call the admissions office to clarify

[hearty lily]

vegetarian my whole life 🔥

idk i just cant make the choice to get it at this point

[little lodge]

valid

[leaden meadow]

i didnt wanna bother bcuz like i put the same thing twice and although that isn't right, it isnt such a big deal right? llike i didnt enter wrong grades or stuff i just entered 10th grades twice. do you think i should email?

[little lodge]

most places have vegetarian options, although the variety depends on the area ur in

[little lodge]

it doesn't sound like a huge deal to me!

[leaden meadow]

like an hour back a uiuc student in this channel said veg people at uiuc are severely disadvantaged 😭

[hearty lily]

hows the surrounding area though? like are there things to do or is it just dead

[little lodge]

oh my😭

[leaden meadow]

^

[little lodge]

what foods do u typically enjoy?

[little lodge]

https://blog.admissions.illinois.edu/things-to-do-in-champaign-urbana/

[hearty lily]

nice

ill check it out

[leaden meadow]

uh i mean i love fast food but whenever i go to mcd/subway i get egg and cheese and at burger king i just get the regular veg burger and at dominoes i get margherita. at taco bell my fav used to be naked chicken chalupa but i haven't visited taco bell since i converted vegetarian
i also LOVE asian food - chinese and thai especially (and indian obvi). like i love fried rice, different varities of bread, fried cauliflower, tofu, etc
idk i kinda like everything ig? except i dont like vegetables lol

[little lodge]

uiuc has mcdonald's and jimmy johns (subway alternative) within a five miniute walk off campus! lot of asian options including chinese and thai - under 15 minute walk!

[leaden meadow]

are these on campus or off?

also im assuming you do go to uiuc but just wanted to confirm since usually people mention it in their name 😭

[hearty lily]

calling jimmy johns a subway alternative is crazy ngl

[little lodge]

looks like they are on campus!

[little lodge]

i don't go to uiuc

[hearty lily]

jimmy johns is meant to be a lot quicker since its order off menu

subway has that but also make your own

idk im rambling

[little lodge]

i wasn't sure if smrithi is familiar with the chain since they're international

but yes that's true

[leaden meadow]

yeah i've never heard of jimmy johns

[hearty lily]

oh wait yeah sorry then

[leaden meadow]

oh alright.

[hearty lily]

which country?

[leaden meadow]

india

[hearty lily]

ik indian mcdonalds is NOTHING like american ones

[leaden meadow]

indian taco bells>>>> tbh

[hearty lily]

i cant find anything here

[charred grove]

def UIUC

all the way

[hearty lily]

but there are lots of options in india

[leaden meadow]

actually i love indian versions of american fast food chains

[charred grove]

bro indian taco bell gave me food poisoning twice

[hearty lily]

for cost reasons?

[charred grove]

regular taco bell never gave me food poisoning

[hearty lily]

cost justifies it enough

[charred grove]

and higher ranked cs/ece programs

its cheaper and better

[hearty lily]

ranking is negligible

[little lodge]

https://www.tripadvisor.com/RestaurantsNear-g36806-d4292224-University_of_Illinois_Main_Quad-Urbana_Champaign_Urbana_Illinois.html

[hearty lily]

im really more concerned about surrounding environments and internship/startup opportunities

[little lodge]

i lovee indian food

[hearty lily]

whats your favorite

[little lodge]

i haven't tried too many dishes

butter chicken is delicious tho

[charred grove]

for context my uncle is a oracle recruiter and he says like a significant portion of the recruits are UIUC grads while much fewer are GaTech (most r UT bc we're in Texas though)

[little lodge]

do u have recommendations?

[hearty lily]

mines mostly vegetarian stuff

dosas are pretty lit

[little lodge]

mmm i need

[leaden meadow]

lol sounds like a you problem /j

DOSAS

[hearty lily]

cant go wrong with paneer stuff too

[charred grove]

my mom cant make dosa

sadly

too soggy

never crispy

😭

[hearty lily]

ok well ill sleep, goodbye fighting illini

[keen ether]

There are a lot of Indian intl students here so there are Indian restaurants

With veg options

Some are hella good, and some seem to be mid

[keen ether]

Tbh recruiting gonna be similar across schools

Uiuc has a huge advantage for Chicago tho

[last cloud]

i feel you

soggy dosa is depressing

i remember when i visited green street, forgot the resturant but they had rlly good mango lassi

[little lodge]

mmm love mango lassi

[hearty lily]

i gotta get some of this when i go to the CU area

[arctic mortar]

This sounds really scary 😭

[hearty lily]

should i change my major to pure cs or nah

i dont think i can do that nvm

ig i just miss out on physics which doesnt matter

but a ton of elective slots

[little lodge]

are u read up on uiuc’s “cs + x” program?

[hearty lily]

i am i applied stats cs

mostly picked it for accept rate + fits goals more

but the electives are a LOT less than i thought, i thought it was only like 2ish less

[charred grove]

wdym

im planning on applying for math&cs next yr ngl

i alr finished all the lower div math reqs so

[hearty lily]

i finished a lot of credits so ig the elective diff wont matter

[radiant charm]

You cannot transfer (once admitted) into Grainger CS whatsoever. If you want to switch the major you applied to right now (meaning you have a pending application and would like to switch your first choice major) then you can do so in the myIllini portal which you access through the e-mail they sent to you. Go to Program/Term Change Form and then fill out the required questionnaire.

[idle schooner]

for my cs+x supp is it okay if my experience is centred around the x and not cs

[little lodge]

yes however try to connect ur cs and x choices!

[idle schooner]

oke thenks

[hearty lily]

eh idt its worth it then

ill just stick to my current course for now

[keen ether]

It doesn't really work like that

You can choose any elective

Only restricted by urself

You can choose as many CS or stat classes as you want, but you are required to do at least 2

[keen ether]

Yes and it might make u stand out even more

Most people that go for CS + x are way more CS focused

[keen ether]

You can choose whatever electives you want

Don't worry about it

You aren't in disadvantage to any other major

[keen ether]

Signature grill?

Or is it Naya

[hearty lily]

ah i was looking at the course map, prolly not all of them are required

[keen ether]

Yea it's not really like what the avg student does

Most take a bunch of electives

[hearty lily]

got it

thanks for the input

[last cloud]

yup

signature grill that was it

[distant spindle]

How big of a difference does being in state make for the less competitive majors (specifically animal sciences in this case)

[keen ether]

I mean for less competitive majors uiuc is generally a safety school

Being instate makes it easier

But being out state doesn't hurt you too mucj

[distant spindle]

Alright, thank you. My girlfriend is pretty worried about getting in as well because of her gpa we're both in state and she has some good ecs but it's still been kinda weighing on her

[charred grove]

yeah uiuc has like 60%ish acceptance overall in state iirc

[boreal oasis]

me when out of state

[paper remnant]

bro chill out u dont have to worry about your app anymore you'll see your results in feburary 💀

[turbid granite]

i know a bunch of instate people at u of i that don't have super amazing resumes, she'll be fine

[distant spindle]

Not having to worry about my app isn't gonna make me stop feeling anxious about the results 😭

[sonic nebula]

its not too bad since there is quite a bit of variety. try to eat our once or twice a week and you should be fine ngl.

[sonic nebula]

there is an entire vegitarian dining hall where my vegitarian friends go to every week day. its called field of greens at lar. it is still a pain as jhaoz said but it isnt the end of the world

[sonic nebula]

I highly reccomend eating out in the weekends bcs thats when it gets really bad

also the desserts here are next level

all of them taste so good

[little lodge]

love desserts

what are ur favorites that uiuc serves

[turbid granite]

oh yeah i forgot there's a vegetarian dining hall maybe i would've remembered that if my friend didn't only eat cucumber

[stable anchor]

I got in OSS, you got this

[boreal oasis]

EE student!!!

thank you for this encouragement

[hearty lily]

you got a good shot at EE even oos

[boreal oasis]

I got the stats and rigor

awards is where it's lacking

I hope they don't mind it too much

[stable anchor]

no problem

[stable anchor]

i only had one award and I got in
although it was easier when I applied, you should be fine

[hearty lily]

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you might be right actually but it looked really high at first glance

the average cs+x admit rate is around 24% but lets say instate bumps it up to 30-35%

[gritty basin]

yeah so OOS male for cs+stats is 24%.

[hearty lily]

i dont know the exact admit rates for the +x's individuall but stats is one of the most competitive afaik (alongside i think math and the new grainger ones, physics and bioe)

[gritty basin]

it might be a bit lower this yr tho

[hearty lily]

so my thought was it has to be lower than the avg admit rate

40% instate admit rate is crazy

even got to almost 50 in 2021?? though thats prolly due to covid

but youre right admit rates will probably go down

[gritty basin]

yeah

what ru applying as?

[hearty lily]

statscs

[gritty basin]

oh damn

gl

[hearty lily]

what about you

[gritty basin]

cs+ling

[hearty lily]

ah gl

[keen ether]

Apple pie not bad

[keen ether]

I will say

CS + X is very self selecting

The people that apply CS + X are usually pretty good since they did their research about the CS programs

But a lot of grainger CS applicants are not necessarily like this

So the acceptance rate is true

But some CS + x only admit like 20 people

So even if that percentage is high the actual amount of people that get in is small

[sonic nebula]

Carrot cake, fudge brownie, whatever the layered sweet was called, macadamia nut cookie

They also have ice cream stuff which is really good

[sonic nebula]

Lmao they have a lot of cool stuff like dragon fruit, star fruit etc

[hearty lily]

imma be at the cornfield tomorrow 🔥🔥

[keen ether]

Have fun

[late oxide]

why couldnt they do legacy

fml

[late oxide]

do they actually consider the secondary major

[distant spindle]

What exactly does the x in cs + x stand for?

[late oxide]

there are

various majors that are cs + something

like cs + statistics

so you do both

x just reperesents the various subjects

[distant spindle]

Ahh I see

Thank you for clarifying

Also great pfp

[late oxide]

yw

[distant spindle]

Love furina

[late oxide]

thanks

me too

[keen ether]

Ye

[paper remnant]

their common app doesnt allow you to pick anything including cs for secondary major

if your first major had cs

fuck them 💀

[hearty lily]

review of uiuc

university of illinois: under construction/10

but its very good

good bikability(???) pretty good public transport and it seemed the students were very friendly and collaborative with each other

also green street goes crazy kinda reminds me of the area i live in

it ends rather abruptly though

[boreal oasis]

?

[hearty lily]

the city

i should expect this but

being from a big city area its a lot different

[boreal oasis]

who goes to uiuc for the city

[hearty lily]

there are lots of things to do though for sure, you wont be bored

[turbid granite]

champaign's food scene is also pretty great

[hearty lily]

for sure

i went to one restaurant today, but i didnt try campus food

it looked good enough though

[idle schooner]

how is uiuc with scholarships for internationals 💀💀

i couldnt find clear enough information on their website

[hearty lily]

how are all the students dealing with move out day!!!!

(temporarily)

[boreal oasis]

basically nonexistent

for out of states

internationals are even less

[idle schooner]

[distant spindle]

How common are scholarships with in states? I don't mean to ask this directly after the previous scholarship question this is pure coincidence 😭

[turbid granite]

i have not heard very good things about instate aid

[hearty lily]

same here

i wish i didnt live here sometimes

[turbid granite]

yeah every other state flagship is crazy cheap instate compared to uiuc

[keen ether]

depends

illinois promise

[distant spindle]

Do you know of any for above the poverty level?

[keen ether]

I think its tough

[distant spindle]

Work study's gonna have to save me

[keen ether]

what major are you applying to btw

and ur in state right

[thick lotus]

IL kids

[hearty lily]

hello

[thick lotus]

Hola

[hearty lily]

Guten Morgen

[distant spindle]

BioE or Chemistry and I am in state

[keen ether]

hmmm ok

I think you are considered for a few scholarships at least

[distant spindle]

Are merit scholarships based on unweighted or weighted

[turbid granite]

hiya

[keen ether]

they recalculate ur gpa

[distant spindle]

Oh so they have their own system?

Because 3.7 unweighted being the cut off for majority of them seemed odd to me unless I'm misunderstanding

[keen ether]

Yea

What's ur gpa

[keen ether]

Ye all colleges do

[keen ether]

Ur good

Dw

Altho maybe the sat is a little low

Ur gpa is fine

[hearty lily]

i got a 3.7 uw too

yeah thats the thing

statscs

everything else is good though

34 composite

yeah

not exactly

i have other choices that are tossups rn

but its amongst the highest

yeah

what state you in

[boreal oasis]

stats chilling for global studies man

[hearty lily]

youll be chilling

[boreal oasis]

if you're engineering (me) you'd be kinda screwed

[hearty lily]

youre in MN too so i think wisc likes mn people more than other oos

[boreal oasis]

UIUC admits by major so...

I hope my stats hold since my essays are kinda mid 💀

[hearty lily]

EE got like a 50% admit rate youll be fine

[boreal oasis]

hell nah

for OOS???

no way

last time I checked it's sub 20%

[hearty lily]

https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/132fjeo/uiuc_engineering_acceptance_rates_by_major_and/

[boreal oasis]

my entire resume if engineering 💀

[hearty lily]

54%

[boreal oasis]

woah I'm chilling then

ty for that

I think my stats can push me in 💀

because I think more qualified OOS people apply

if you don't think you're qualified you wouldn't apply

[late oxide]

me when I apply to grainger with a 3.4 gpa oos

my mom went there but they don’t do legacy

[distant spindle]

Me with a lower uw GPA and sat

Nope

[boreal oasis]

Hopkins

guys I'll withdraw from UIUC I get in

so less competition

[late oxide]

I ED to Tufts yippee

[distant spindle]

Y'all think I'm fine for chemistry with a 3.57 uw 4.5 weighted with some good ecs in state 😭

[turbid granite]

i ed uchicago

[turbid granite]

sounds to me like you definitely got a chance

[boreal oasis]

in state is prob fine

[turbid granite]

you've been very paranoid

[distant spindle]

I got anxiety like real bad anxiety I had to get a therapy animal. U'm sorry for being irritating in this chat I worry too much😭

[turbid granite]

nah is okay

[late oxide]

can 1560 good essays and decent ecs offset my upward trend 3.4 w circumstances

[hearty lily]

nah

ED wasnt worth wih this school

yeah thats what i mean

with this school (and my other choices), applying ed anywhere else wasnt worth

[late oxide]

unweighted

[jaunty bridge]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/727850377403170819/1175943605534347314/caption.gif?ex=656d11d3&is=655a9cd3&hm=ffbe07ea65b18313a6a4d7c89c5a57aea6208554d31eb7c2641241eeef04eb3f&

[keen ether]

Hmmm ngl probably not

Uiuc is sadly quite stat focused

[keen ether]

Tbh doesn't work like that but good mindset regardless

[late oxide]

it’s ok surely legacy (I know they don’t consider it)

[boreal oasis]

legacy 🤯

1560 is pretty good though

and if your circumstances are within reason I think you're in good shape

[late oxide]

yeah I got diagnosed w adhd after freshman year and my grandpa died and improved after

[jolly fog]

uiuc is def stats based but someone at my school got in last yr with a 1490 so i have hope

and he was cs

oos also

[jolly fog]

true i dont really expect to get in, but it would be nice

[idle schooner]

man even if i get in i doubt id be able to pay

[jolly fog]

true true

i forget about that

getting in is the first step tbh

[idle schooner]

yee youre right

[sonic nebula]

there is def some bias happening here bcs all the ee majors ik are very smart

[quartz plover]

But you know how hard it is to stay in the major

[sonic nebula]

yeah

[boreal oasis]

how hard

Reddit makes the course 340 sound like hell

is that the weeder class for EE

[quartz plover]

It’s not easy

No it’s after the weed outs

Average gpa is like a 2.8 I remember hearing

[boreal oasis]

oh no what did I sign up for

2.8 is horrible 💀

[dark palm]

damn 😔

[keen ether]

Eh u'll live thru it

Most ppl get shit on in classes cause they don't go

Or don't use resources given

[surreal kindle]

if i get into uiuc i think ill be fine

but it might just be copium

[stable anchor]

In my opinion it's ECE 210

It's the first hard ECE class people take and a lot of EE people switch to CE after taking it

[boreal oasis]

omg signal processing

sounds so scary

is that where they abuse you with trig and fourier transforms

uiuc is a scary school man

survival of the fittest really applies here

or is that EE in general 💀

[keen ether]

Don't let imposter syndrome get to you

You'll realize not everyone is super cracked here either and most people are just average

[stable anchor]

EE anywhere is hard tbh
every college is going to have a few classes that are just nuts

[stable anchor]

my advice would be to focus on developing time management skills and good study habits
those two things will take you very far in college

[jolly fog]

backwarded 😭 im also average

[clear hill]

What's the con of applying uiuc in rd over ea?

[paper remnant]

less chance getting in

[clear hill]

Like approx by how much?

[jade lake]

should i take physics 2 at a cc so it transfers to uiuc?

or take it at uiuc

[jolly fog]

i dont think its out but its def lower idk

[keen ether]

For CS a huge amount

Uiuc fills most of their CS class in EA

[hearty lily]

EA

[lilac jackal]

Anyone here apply/go to UIUC for ChemE?

[surreal kindle]

I think he meant that

[clear hill]

You meant EA?

[hearty lily]

yes

[clear hill]

👍

[keen ether]

Ye

[magic granite]

Which would you guys estimate to have the highest acceptance rate - CS+Math, CS+Physics, or CS+Economics?

(OOS)

[paper remnant]

econ

[hearty lily]

agreed

[ashen schooner]

Which do you think is the easiest, Physics, Chemistry, Neuroscience or MechE?

（though knowing all of these are solid programs round here

[keen ether]

Uhhh chem

[stable anchor]

take it at cc

[surreal kindle]

take ohysics c

[late oxide]

what do u guys think the approximate acceptance rate for cs + bioengineering is

[jolly fog]

-27172828292929192938393747381192828273728373627%

[hearty lily]

there arent any numbers bc its a new major but i am assuming very low

not as low as pure cs, but id say 15-20 ish oos 25-30 ish instate

[late oxide]

ok but im legacy (this is joke I know they don’t consider legacy)

[jolly fog]

💀 LOLL now that ur legacy actually its 11110101010%

[late oxide]

so upset they dont take legacy

my dad's school takes it but its a bad school so like

[stable anchor]

CS+BioE is still very new so there aren't any concrete numbers for it

[stable anchor]

my dad's school (UNC) also does legacy somewhat but they dont have a college of engineering lol

[ashen schooner]

wait so if UNC doesn't have a school of engineering then what would it have for like ME or EE?

[stable anchor]

they don't offer EE or ME lol

[ashen schooner]

Wait they don't?

They only have biomed, environmental and...applied science minor

wow I didn't know that so thx ig

I guess I made the correct call to not apply there

[stable anchor]

most instate NC kids go to NC State to do engineering iirc

[quartz plover]

I’m breaking down man

The average on our last test was 68

I’m also the odd one out

Wanna switch to EE lmao

[stable anchor]

lmao

[quartz plover]

I’m in the wrong major fr

[stable anchor]

ive barely met anyone switching from CompE to EE lol

[quartz plover]

I’m not tryna backdoor CS

I like circuitry a lot

[stable anchor]

nice

me too

[quartz plover]

I wanna do silicon stuff

Yeah

[stable anchor]

very cool

[quartz plover]

I’m just pretty good at CS and I wanna take 391 so

[stable anchor]

i would never take 391 lol

[quartz plover]

It honestly depends how bad my anxiety is, if it’s too bad I might switch to 391 to be nicer on my gpa

[stable anchor]

i understand

[stable anchor]

there's a lot of cool stuff going on with silicon photonics right now

[quartz plover]

Do you do research?

[stable anchor]

not yet

hopefully soon

[quartz plover]

Ok wait where did you hear that from

And what’s everything you know about silicon photonics lol

[stable anchor]

this video lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29aTqLvRia8&t=156s

[quartz plover]

Cool thanks lmao

I might do research in this

Trying to anywags

[stable anchor]

Asianometry is a very cool channel
he has many videos about the semiconductor industry

[quartz plover]

Optoelectronics which is similar

[stable anchor]

nice

optics are super cool

[quartz plover]

Yeah I’m trying to learn everything I can to impress a prof

I cold emailed a bunch and only one gave me the light of day

[stable anchor]

dang

hopefully that goes well

[quartz plover]

Yeah fingers crossed

Good luck with your research as well

[stable anchor]

thanks

[quartz plover]

Finding research* I should say

Oh wait your pfp is straight up our department building lmao

[stable anchor]

yes lmao

[keen ether]

Bruh it's a public school 💀

It's good they don't take legacy

Or else everyone in first gen gets screwed over

[dark palm]

Lmao

[late oxide]

I’m talking about for me specifically bro obviously I don’t wish that public schools take it??? I’m just upset my chances are low cause I don’t live there anymore

[keen ether]

Intl students be like: no state school

[spring berry]

im tryna do ce

I wanna be the guy from the gn amd tour

[surreal kindle]

has uiuc released decision for non eng majors yet

[leaden meadow]

no lol

[surreal kindle]

my friend who applied health sciences say he got in

[leaden meadow]

they come out jan 26 for ea

[surreal kindle]

and i told him hes lying

[leaden meadow]

i applied journalism and haven't gotten anything

[surreal kindle]

i think bros a lil bit confused

[leaden meadow]

maybe its different for instate tho idk

im oos

[keen ether]

Nah nothing has come out

[turbid granite]

yeah nah instate ain't happenin til janary

very frustrating

[lusty crescent]

Ah, good ole UIUC

[surreal kindle]

They don’t even take rec letters

And have shirt essay

[hearty lily]

yeah

[keen ether]

I know 1

Lmao

[lilac jackal]

I can’t find the CSS for UIUC

[dark palm]

Cause they don’t have one

[lilac jackal]

Pardon my stupidity

[arctic mortar]

Isnt that only for private schools

[hearty lily]

no there are some publics that require css

[lilac jackal]

I’m really stupid guys I’m sorry 💀

[arctic mortar]

Damn none of mine did

[arctic mortar]

Its chill bro

[oak trail]

how much harder is it getting into uiuc RD

than EA

ig change in feeling but still

[stable anchor]

what major(s) are you applying for?

[oak trail]

Information and DS major

[stable anchor]

I think RD is going to harder but idk by how much

IS+DS is a very new major here

[pine gate]

How is the information science major at uiuc

Do you know anything about it

[arctic mortar]

I was considering it but I heard a lot of people say that DS + X isn't worth it

[hearty lily]

um actually its X + DS 🤓

[arctic mortar]

Oh mb lol

Ap credits dont satisfy the gen ed requirement right?

Also how many hours for gen ed

[hearty lily]

i think ap credits would satisfy gen eds

ik for cs majors though rhey dont take APCS at all

[arctic mortar]

Im not sending csa anyways

and not cs major 😂

[arctic mortar]

Aight cool

[stable anchor]

what are your career goals?

[pine gate]

I want to do ux/product design so I’m interested in the hci pathway

[stable anchor]

my gf is in IS and this is what she told me:
"The classes on ux in IS are more focused on human-computer-interaction and research as opposed to design.
If they want visual design they should major in graphic design or industrial
also its definitely a good idea to supplement ur classes with RSOs.
Yes the classes do give projects you can put in your portfolio, but RSOs are reaallly good for that"

[pine gate]

Ah I see

[pine gate]

How are the job opportunities?

Thanks for the info 👍

[stone marsh]

you'll be fine dw

UIUC is hard

it is what it is

[oak trail]

life ainting looking up chief

[stone marsh]

😨

how are UCs going

u will get one of those

im sure

UCI 🙏

[oak trail]

well i submitted, but i think this was by far my best one considering i did spend four monnhs

[oak trail]

same, being close to home is best

[stone marsh]

ye

[stable anchor]

you got this chief

you'll never know if you don't try

[sonic nebula]

love this guys vids

theres also the potato guy

[stable anchor]

Asianometry is very cool i agree
who's potato guy?

it's also 3:37 am right now

finals week is hitting hard

[sonic nebula]

techtechpotato

ah shoot i should ho to sleep

i need to ace the funal for my ece class to get an A

hopefully it works out

https://youtu.be/vszP-vMhei4?si=AhKW6dzCILPXr8N1

[stable anchor]

good luck

[sonic nebula]

to you as well

[stone marsh]

this is so cool

[oak trail]

can you only get the grainger scholarship through ea

or do they give it through rd as well

[stable anchor]

which specific scholarship?

[oak trail]

I think for Eng grainger that’s what I searched up

[stable anchor]

my guess is that the scholarship is for both ea and rd

i don't see why they wouldn't grant it for just ea

[oak trail]

well i expected it to be like usc where they give all scholarship and merit during ea