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

[stable anchor]

i see

[oak trail]

so im assuming the answer to my question is no they do provide scholarschips during rd as well

[stable anchor]

based on what the website says they don't really mention anything about RD or EA

so yeah

[arctic mortar]

bro you are my twin youre also applying here

what major you pick

[oak trail]

cs + ling most likely, all the other cs+x dont necessarily intrigue me

[stable anchor]

uiuc is pretty bad with aid tbh
gl getting anything as an OOS student

[arctic mortar]

tuff

you got dis

[oak trail]

ty but im rding which i regret a lot

[arctic mortar]

is it a big difference to rd

[oak trail]

wished i ea, and yes apparently its 30% more

[arctic mortar]

oh damn bru

youll be fine dw

[oak trail]

im only wishing i ea, so that my mom stops bothering me about college

[arctic mortar]

i can relate

[stable anchor]

you guys got this

[arctic mortar]

i got into my state school so my mom isnt bothering me too much

[turbid granite]

it's hard to get anything as an instate student 💀

[arctic mortar]

appreciate that

[stable anchor]

true

[arctic mortar]

yo bro do you know how the stat program is and stuff

[oak trail]

i am thankful im in cali lots of great schools and potential fianncail aids as well

[arctic mortar]

i applied stat first choice and math second choice

[turbid granite]

downside is living in cali

[stable anchor]

idk much about the stat program

[arctic mortar]

cali is lowk best place to be for college apps purposes

[arctic mortar]

oh aight

[oak trail]

ngl i love socal, but some hate it here

[stable anchor]

a lot of cali people are here at uiuc
there were 13 people on floor from california in my dorm

[oak trail]

aye thats awesome. hope i fall within those cali peeps

[hearty lily]

ok yeah for context uiuc sucks with instate aid too

idek why

i was getting zero aid through them last i checked

[stable anchor]

same

[hearty lily]

wish i lived in like georgia or some shit

tech has amazing instate tuition

[arctic mortar]

are there a decent amount of nj people at uiuc

[stable anchor]

im from georgia lol but I didn't get into tech rip

[turbid granite]

i have a friend who got barely anything but still went despite having a full ride to a safety because he managed to get a whole ton of scholarship money

[stable anchor]

yes actually
in my sophomore year both of my roommates were from nj

[hearty lily]

oh wow

[arctic mortar]

bett

[hearty lily]

how you liking CU

[stable anchor]

it's nice

altough, the cold is on another level compared to georgia lol

[hearty lily]

yeah thats fair

idk what im gonna do with summer heat if i go there its gonna kill me 💀

[stable anchor]

it's not that bad tbh
just wear a t-shirt and shorts
and drink a lot of water too

[turbid granite]

i've been to georgia in june it was so humid i felt like i was swimming through the air

[hearty lily]

ok yeah this is the number one thing i dont like

[stable anchor]

honestly the heat isn't the main issue it's the humidity

[hearty lily]

i made sure to not apply to any southern school EXCEPT tech because i hated the humidity

[turbid granite]

i ain't going any farther south than unc cause i think i would just straight up perish

[stable anchor]

lol

[hearty lily]

tech is my absolute hard limit

[turbid granite]

and unc already isn't much farther south than me

[hearty lily]

though ATL is on a slight hill no?

should make things a bit more comfortable

[stable anchor]

ATL isn't on a slight hill but it's more elevated than the costal plain
it's in the piedmont region which is much better than south georgia lol

south georgia feels like florida

[hearty lily]

still gonna be decent

[stable anchor]

atl during the winter is actually cold btw

[hearty lily]

cant be colder than here

[stable anchor]

yeah

[hearty lily]

polar vortex came in one time, high temp was like -15

[stable anchor]

yikes

was that in 2021 or 2022?

[hearty lily]

before covid

[stable anchor]

i think i was around for that lol

[hearty lily]

i think 2019

[stable anchor]

oh ok

[turbid granite]

scariest thing about uchicago for me

i say i like the cold but i haven't experienced true cold

[hearty lily]

thats the exception not the norm

[turbid granite]

illinois weather varies so much from north to south

[hearty lily]

it does yea

[stone marsh]

we have snow in california 😭

[turbid granite]

yeah but that year it probably got down to like -2 at the lowest here so average cold is much different

[hearty lily]

yeah in like lake tahoe and thats it

and the mountains

[stone marsh]

like 40% of the ppl i know go to the mountains when it snows like every winter

[hearty lily]

you cannot be saying you have snow if you live in socal

[stone marsh]

bro

[turbid granite]

rip to that one person who wrote in their stanford essay that they were looking forward to building snowmen

[stone marsh]

its not even an hour drive 😭

[hearty lily]

aint no way

cali just confuses me bro

#1 reason why i dont want to be there

[stone marsh]

we r too goated fr 💯

[stable anchor]

cali is nice
i went there this summer

[hearty lily]

cost to fill your gas tank: 2 million dollars

[stable anchor]

ive heard the housing prices and overall cost of living in California is nuts

[stone marsh]

yes

2b apartments where I live have like 3k in rent

it was 2.5k back a few years ago

now its like

insane

if ytou want like 3b it can get into the 4ks or 5ks

if you want a house its insane

some pockets of LA are getting better tho

[turbid granite]

i gotta say i would not pay very much to live in la

[stone marsh]

maybe LA the city sure

but a lot of the really expensive areas are insanely nice

[stable anchor]

yikes

[stone marsh]

although it is true that the not so nice areas are just way over the top in terms of price now

[keen ether]

What q u got

I'm uiuc stats

I'm in the stat dept at least

[oak trail]

does stats there feel like ap stats

[keen ether]

Uh no

Well a bit

But obviously a stat degree goes far deeper and stats at uiuc is very cs-y

Very computational

[oak trail]

ah ic. if i wrote an essay on data sci and applied as a cs +stats major do u think it would be fine

[keen ether]

Hmm I would not

[oak trail]

i just heard is + ds is the worst

[keen ether]

Cause uiuc offers data science degree

So you need to emphasize that you want CS and stats

And not data science

Even thought CS + stats is far more useful

For data science

[oak trail]

hmm ic. ok im stuck with uiuc. i want to do cs + ling, but i just dont kno how. would tie them together, seperately yes i think i can write soething but i just havent done anything that ties thm

[keen ether]

Hmm it's fine to sort of just speculate

Sorta be kike

I wanna do this

With CS and ling

[oak trail]

so future

got it

[keen ether]

Yah

[arctic mortar]

How competitive is it to get in? What are the classes like (a lot of people and are they hard)?

[keen ether]

stats? pretty easy

stats is not hard at uiuc, its pretty chill of a major if you got decent math background

I do know people that are heavily struggling in it though

[distant spindle]

How hard would it be to find a part time job to help pay for tuition near campus?

[keen ether]

there is a lot of part time stuff

you can work in the dining hall

they give you free food too

so that covers two thigns

[arctic mortar]

Ive taken calculus 1 but thats the highest, taking ap stat rn

[keen ether]

also you can become a course assistant in your first year at uiuc

[keen ether]

I mean are you comfortale with calculus

cause a lot of stat is calc unlike ap stats

[arctic mortar]

its pretty easy to me

like differentials integration feels easy

[distant spindle]

That sounds pretty decent

[arctic mortar]

Also would you say stat major cs minor is okay if i want to be a data engineer @keen ether

[keen ether]

then you should be ok

[keen ether]

yep

seems like a good idea

[arctic mortar]

Bet

Thanks

[keen ether]

there are a lot

of stat classes

in the upper level

[arctic mortar]

Yeah

[keen ether]

that will help you out

[hearty lily]

hope i get in statscs

[arctic mortar]

Cool

[hearty lily]

i think i should be fine

[keen ether]

stuff like survival analysis

and machine learning

[arctic mortar]

I applied LAS stat so I feel like i have a good chance of getting in

[keen ether]

yea it should be pretty easy

[hearty lily]

but theres always that uncertainty

[keen ether]

and trasnferrign into stat is easy

[arctic mortar]

At LAS they accept by major right

[keen ether]

but yea uiuc stats is super focused on the data side

[keen ether]

all majors

yea

not just las

[arctic mortar]

Also I put math second choice so hopefully thats a good idea

[keen ether]

yea

[arctic mortar]

Yeah nice

[keen ether]

a lot of people double stat and math anyway

[arctic mortar]

Yeah thats what im interested in

[keen ether]

cause stat is so easy

its so short

[arctic mortar]

Yeah

[keen ether]

its like 48 credit hours

[arctic mortar]

I wanna do stat econ and then cs minor

[keen ether]

only 5 required core classes

yea

[arctic mortar]

Something like that

[distant spindle]

I should also ask, for both of these options is there a way of telling how much I'd make per hour for it and is there also a way to may it go directly towards my tuition

[keen ether]

you should double in econometrics instead

[arctic mortar]

Yeah econometrics is underrated

[keen ether]

uhhh

I am not too sure about that

[hearty lily]

statcs just sounds like taking cs but locked into the higher level stat courses which i want to do anyways

like data mining or ML

UIUC just joined an AI group though so idk if ill be able to do it given its grainger and im in LAS

[keen ether]

yah

statcs

is truly like a double major

like everyone says cs+x isn't a double major

I feel like statcs really is kinda one

[arctic mortar]

Are there good rso's if you like stat/ds

[keen ether]

cause you literally finish up the whole stat core

and the whole cs core

[arctic mortar]

Also internships are like one of my biggest concerns at uiuc

[keen ether]

yep

[hearty lily]

yeah true double major

[keen ether]

you'll be fine

[arctic mortar]

Aight cool

[keen ether]

lots of people get internships here

[arctic mortar]

Yeah thats what ive heard

[keen ether]

I got one my freshmen year

[arctic mortar]

DAMN

Nice

[keen ether]

so did a lot of my friends

some RSOs that could be cool

is like

the data science club

they do a huge data project every year

and uh the illini statistics club

and ACM

[hearty lily]

should i choose uiuc over cornell

my thoughts were absolutely yes but

its a toss

[keen ether]

LOL

instate tuition is nice

[hearty lily]

assume the impossible that i get in

[hearty lily]

yeah thats true tuition is like half the price

the only thing about that is ivy name which doesnt matter

and it DOESNT EVNE HAVE CORN ON CAMPUS

WE THE TRUE CORN SCHOOL

[arctic mortar]

Yeah i wanna do stuff like that

[keen ether]

for tech companies

no matter at all

career fairs get pretty big here

4 floors of just companies for 2 days just for the engineering career fair

[arctic mortar]

Thats crazy

But makes sense for a state school

[keen ether]

ye

we sometimes have cool companies over

we had meta last year

lot of quant companies come over

[smoky hornet]

Do you work in quant?

[keen ether]

Uh

Not rly? But also kinda

The company I'm working at next summer deals with trading

I'm more software focused but software in the finance industry

[smoky hornet]

Ah I see

How is the wlb for those types of jobs ?

I hear a lot of people in fintech work insane hours

[keen ether]

Usually pretty bad

But I'll see

[arctic mortar]

Nice

[distant spindle]

Is there a limit to how many people are offered the presidents award per year, I got it at two other schools so I was assuming it's a thing that isnt based on school and is instead a country wide program

[surreal kindle]

bruh uiuc is my state school so im lowk fucked

[arctic mortar]

Bro you'll be chilling trust

[surreal kindle]

nah my grades suck

good sat good ecs bad grades

[arctic mortar]

Yeah thats lowk me too

Lets just hope for the best

[hearty lily]

same lmfaoo imma die

whats your gpa

[surreal kindle]

3.2uw /3.7w

[arctic mortar]

Mines like 3.6 uw/3.8w

My sat barely above 1400 though so not even that good

[hearty lily]

praying for yall

[lilac jackal]

3.8 w out of 4 w?

[arctic mortar]

Ye

[surreal kindle]

i got a 1460 with 800 math so i hope that helps my case

[arctic mortar]

Thats fire bro

Mines 700 math 💀 but 720 english

My ecs I feel are above average though

[surreal kindle]

my main ec is teaching coding projects to over 500college students

and then robotics team

[mossy ember]

@red halo

[hearty lily]

3.7 uw though most of my classes arent grade boosters and the teachers dont know what theyre talking about

[charred grove]

uiuc is llowk easy instate tbh

[hearty lily]

still a bit competitive

[stable anchor]

CS is competitive for instate

ive heard cases of people with great stats getting rejected

[charred grove]

ah rip

i mean UT is really competitive instate too

[stable anchor]

true

same with my state (GT)

[charred grove]

wait doesnt GaTech have like a 40% acceptance tho for EA 1 or smt

[stable anchor]

it's acutally 16% lmao

[charred grove]

in state???

[stable anchor]

nvm it's actually 32% in-state

[charred grove]

yeah

makes sense

[stable anchor]

it's still not easy to get into for engineering and CS instate

[charred grove]

UT is like sub 10% for instate

CS

[stable anchor]

dang

everybody wants to do CS nowadays lol

UIUC already got rid of transferring into grainger CS

I heard GT is doing the same due to overcrowding issues

[charred grove]

why doesnt UIUC just move the other cs majors into grainger or something

bc they have like 14 other majors for CS

[charred grove]

yeah they banned y1 transfers

[stable anchor]

CS+X makes money for LAS lol

[charred grove]

oh lol

[stable anchor]

it's the same reason as to why ChemE is still in LAS

[charred grove]

schools really need to expand their cs depts more 😭

[stable anchor]

the main issue is that there are not enough people willing to go into academia after doing a CS PhD

[charred grove]

ah rip

[stable anchor]

the salary in industry after doing a CS PhD is so much higher

[keen ether]

You always got isu

[median sparrow]

UVA can make a spot for you

[charred grove]

illinois tech 💀

[jaunty bridge]

intp?

i think thats uiuc's mbti

the cs'ers can be the logicians

[hearty ridge]

imma be real

the one thing that completely sold uiuc for me was that one froyo shop they have

i went there in the spring and before then the last time i had froyo was like 7 years ago

😭

[surreal kindle]

Is isu real

[keen ether]

Yah

[stable anchor]

are you talking about cocomero?

[hearty ridge]

yeah i think that's what it was

their cs program is super good too tho the froyo is just a side thing

[keen ether]

Yah fucking cocomero love that place

[stable anchor]

me too

[frozen compass]

Did everyone get the email asking you to apply for financial aid?

I choose “no need” in application

Why they still asking me to fill?

[oak trail]

Anyone from UIUC were u able to get into cs or stats with a B in calc

[midnight mango]

Hi

How hard is it to get into CS + X programs at UIUC?

[leaden meadow]

Check links in this channel someone posted acceptance rates for diff cs+x programs

[midnight mango]

I can't find anything concrete

guys pls tell me
CS + BIOE for male intl student how much chance
at UIUC

[midnight mango]

i am prolly better at Maths than an avg Kid here, but I didn't give your AP testss cuz they always clash with my final exams at school

[charred grove]

Chancing isn’t allowed

[keen ether]

The acceptance rate for that probably less than 20

[stone marsh]

today i withdraw 🫡

[lilac jackal]

Goodbye soldier

[subtle mango]

i'll take your spot thanks

[stone marsh]

continue the fight my valiant bretheren

[keen ether]

Grats on Cornell!

[surreal kindle]

I’m taking ur spot

[stone marsh]

😍 thank youuuu
I'm sure we will meet at a CS conference soon 🫡

[midnight mango]

guys

why is CS + BioE which just got launched is hard to get into??

[midnight mango]

In which do I have an higher chance: CS + Chem or CS + BioE

[lilac jackal]

okay but don't think abt chances lol

do what you want to do

[stable anchor]

Any CS+X degree is going to be hard to get into.

Doesn't matter if it is new or not.

[red halo]

prolly way les

like 5%

[keen ether]

Nah it won't be that low

CS + x programs are less competitive than Grainger CS

[red halo]

oh really

[keen ether]

Also considering most people don't know about CS + x actually

[red halo]

i thought a lot of people would be applying to the cs+ x since its a higher acceptance rate than normal cs

[keen ether]

A lot of grainger CS people I talk to wish they knew before they applied

[red halo]

thats why i assumed the acceptance rate would ber eally low

[keen ether]

Only a2c is like really familiar with cs + x

The average applicant doesn't do enough research

[red halo]

i see

i did cs+ economics

kinda regret it

i wish i idid cs+ math

[charred grove]

math&cs and stat&cs r different from the rest right?

[spring berry]

Bro uiuc shills cs+x so much

how do people not know about it

[hearty lily]

interally no

theyre all blended cs majors

[lilac jackal]

What major combination is the stinkiest do y’all think?

[hearty lily]

in terms of cs+x?

probably math/stats

but who knows maybe phys or bioe will take over

[lilac jackal]

CS + theoretical physics

[keen ether]

That's a good major

[keen ether]

Because most people arent as obsessed with college apps like y'all are

You guys are the minority 💀

[red halo]

I prefer math over economics

[keen ether]

Mmm technically

But not really

[red halo]

Ohh interesting

[keen ether]

You can switch super easily

[red halo]

My second major is math

[keen ether]

Take MATH 347 and you'll be able to switch in

[red halo]

So I was thinking maybe I can get into math and then I’ll apply to transfer into cs +math

[keen ether]

Nonono

That's way harder than transferring from CS math

[red halo]

Can’t you transfer into cs+x but not granger

[keen ether]

Once you are in any CS program it's easy to switch around but if you are outside the CS loop it's super hard

[keen ether]

Yea but you can switch from CS + x to another CS + x super easily

[red halo]

Is uiuc admissions major blind?

[keen ether]

But from pure math to CS - math is competitive

[keen ether]

Very much not

[hearty lily]

no not at all

[red halo]

I see

I think I could get in for math

But not cs + Econ

[hearty lily]

i mean theres a reason that CS is as difficult as ivies

[keen ether]

Mmm getting into CS + math from pure math is a challenge

You land anything below an A- and you ruin your chance forever

[hearty lily]

i put in statscs 1 and EE 2

[red halo]

Oh damn

[hearty lily]

but if i only get EE its unlikely i go

[red halo]

Does uiuc accept dual enrollment classes?

[keen ether]

But if you make the grade it's not too hard

[keen ether]

Depends on where

But usually yea

[red halo]

Cuz I’ve done calc 1/2 Lin alg discrete math and diff eq

[keen ether]

Oh then yea

[red halo]

So if they don’t accept them imma be pretty screwed

[keen ether]

But to get into CS + math you need to take math 347

[hearty lily]

ive done up to mvc

[red halo]

Not trynna retake Lin Alg😭

[keen ether]

Which is fundamental mathematics

[red halo]

What’s math 347

[hearty lily]

(mvc sucks rn)

[red halo]

Oh

What does fundamental math cover

[keen ether]

For sure definetly here lin alg is taught like shit

[keen ether]

Proofs mainky

It's more abstract math

[red halo]

I chose diff eq next semester instead of mvc

[keen ether]

Less calculating more like writing proofs

[red halo]

Is that like discrete math

[keen ether]

Induction

Yep

[red halo]

Ohh yeah

I’m taking that next semester

[hearty lily]

we only have mvc as a full year course 😭

[keen ether]

Sorta it goes deeper than discrete

[red halo]

Are you taking it as dual enrollment?

Or dot why offer at your hs

[hearty lily]

yea

[keen ether]

Just a warning just cause you are good at calc doesn't mean youll be good at fundamental math

Because it's very different

[red halo]

Ohh weird it’s full year

[keen ether]

And tests very different ability

[red halo]

How bad is diff eq?

[hearty lily]

i dont have the time nor energy to take classes at an actual cc

[keen ether]

At uiuc its easy

285 one of the chillest math classes

[red halo]

I’m taking data structures algorithms physics 2( ap equivalent ap physics c electricity) diff eq and discrete math

Next semester

So in a little worried about the workload

[keen ether]

Data structures most likely will not transfer in

[hearty lily]

hows the likelihood of statscs

its like around 20% yeah?

[keen ether]

Idk why but it's been tough for people to transfer data structures into uiuc

Most people end up retaking it

[red halo]

Are the cs +x significantly easier to get into?

[keen ether]

Mmm probably lower now

[keen ether]

Decently

6% vs 19%

[hearty lily]

fair

[keen ether]

I'd say stats CS could be a 15% rn

[red halo]

Praying I get in

How’s the city

[keen ether]

🙏

[red halo]

Of Urbana Champaign

[keen ether]

It's in the middle of nowhere but it's not necessarily boring

If you like drinking you'll love this place cause the "drinking age is 19"

The bars have power over the local govt so yeaa

[red halo]

That’s why I wanted to go to uwash over uiuc

[keen ether]

💀

[red halo]

Seattle must be fun to live in over Champaign

[keen ether]

Lol

[red halo]

Nahh I don’t drink😭

[keen ether]

Idk you party?

Lots of parties here 💀

[red halo]

Bro I’m taking like 70 college credits while in hs😭😭

I don’t leave the house

[keen ether]

But also a lot of serious ppl

[red halo]

But I’d like to have some fun in college

[keen ether]

You'll meet the full spectrum

[red halo]

Are you first year?

[hearty lily]

location is the #1 deterrant for me

[keen ether]

Sophomore

[hearty lily]

its why im simping for gatech

[red halo]

I think my best chances for like a good cs school is gatech

[keen ether]

Gatech is hard

Ngl

[hearty lily]

though i will say CU isint bad

[keen ether]

I didn't get in 😔

Deferred -> waitlist

[red halo]

I applied to umd uwash uiuc gatech nyu

[hearty lily]

ill prob be waitlisted too tbh

[keen ether]

Apply to CS is ass cause the acceptance rates are dogshut

[red halo]

What were your stats

[keen ether]

1510 sat and like 3.86 uw gpa

[hearty lily]

yeah they just restricted it

[keen ether]

Had like 5 intl awards tho 💀

[red halo]

That is crazy

[hearty lily]

to transfer

[red halo]

How do you get awards

[keen ether]

I got rejected by like 12 schools when I applied

[keen ether]

Competitions

[hearty lily]

ngl i shuold be expecting rejections except for uiuc

[red halo]

I think I’d be decent at like math Olympiad and integrations need and stuff

[hearty lily]

😭

[red halo]

But I never knew how to do that stuff

[keen ether]

Mmm yea

[red halo]

Where’d you apply

[hearty lily]

reaches
uiuc, gatech, udub, umich, cmu rd, corn rd

[keen ether]

I also wanted uwash but their CS acceptance rate for out of state is 2%

So I got in but not for CS

[red halo]

For what major

[hearty lily]

CS

im predicting the same for udub

[red halo]

What’s udub

[keen ether]

Uwash

[hearty lily]

uiuc is i think a lock

[keen ether]

It's another way of calling it

[red halo]

Ohh I see

[keen ether]

Udub for W

[red halo]

What major did you get in for?

At uwash

[keen ether]

Prescience

[hearty lily]

gatech/corn waitlisted at max

everything else is a reject probably

[keen ether]

Basically undeclared

[red halo]

Is it possible to transfer into cs at wash?

[keen ether]

Which sucks so yah

It's very hard

Not recommend

[hearty lily]

ngl if you dont get cs at udub dont go

if youre set on cs

[red halo]

I could be like a math major at udub

Minor in cs

You could prolly still get jobs in the industry with that right?

[keen ether]

Yep

[hearty lily]

my gpa is low as shit 💀

[keen ether]

Major actually doesn't matter too much for job hunting

[hearty lily]

for these top schools

[keen ether]

If you got the skills you got the skills

[red halo]

I wish I had a higher sat man

Mine was so bad

For top schools

[keen ether]

Don't submit

[red halo]

I didn’t even submit for uiuc

Cuz they don’t superscore

[keen ether]

Good

[hearty lily]

i wish either covid didnt exist or that covid got me dead

cause either way i wouldnt have to worry 💀

[keen ether]

I know a lot of grainger CS students with sub 1500 sats because they didn't submit

[red halo]

I had a 1450 super score

And then 1420 normal

[hearty lily]

im submitting a 34 to everything

[red halo]

It was so bad

[keen ether]

Mmm yea that's pretty low

Gatech gonna be really hard with that score

[red halo]

You think it hurts not submitting?

[hearty lily]

35 stem score 💀

[red halo]

Gtech median is like 1450

[keen ether]

I would not submit

That's Gatech median

But not Gatech CS median

[red halo]

Do they compare me with cs applicants or the median?

[keen ether]

CS applicants

[red halo]

Ohh damn I didn’t know

[keen ether]

There's too many CS applicants to compare with other people

[red halo]

I thought they were major blind in admissions

[keen ether]

They say but it's not like they can accept 20000 CS majors

[red halo]

Rough 😔

[hearty lily]

would a 34 be fine for gatech cs

[lilac jackal]

😐

Dude

Stop

Bffr

[keen ether]

Idk act that well

[red halo]

It’s out of 36

[hearty lily]

around 1520 idk

[lilac jackal]

Dude

[red halo]

34 is like 1500-1530

[lilac jackal]

I got a 32

You need to be fr

[hearty lily]

im also applying cs

😭

[keen ether]

Hm

[lilac jackal]

Okay? 😡

[keen ether]

1520 that's around my score when I applied

[hearty lily]

my thoughts are my score is only bad for cmu scs

[keen ether]

CS be like 10 times harder than other majors

[keen ether]

Don't submit

[lilac jackal]

I’m lucky I don’t have to deal with that 😭

[keen ether]

Cmu CS average sat is literally 1580

[hearty lily]

i think its fine for corn though

[keen ether]

Mmm yea

[hearty lily]

i might change major to undeclared coe for corn, though my eng problem is about algos 😭

[red halo]

Bro I’d be lucky to get in anywhere ngl😭😭

[keen ether]

Lol

Get a safety asap

Like apply to rolling as soon as you can

[red halo]

I’m gonna have my associates

[keen ether]

At least you'll be going to college

[red halo]

By this spring

[lilac jackal]

Y’all don’t have safeties?! 😭

[keen ether]

That's good graduate early from college

[red halo]

So I was planning on going back to community college for a semester and apply as a transfer

[red halo]

Nah I didn’t do any safeties

[keen ether]

Hm might be worth

[red halo]

I’d just go back to cc and apply as transfer

[lilac jackal]

😐

[hearty lily]

@keen ether if i change major at corn to undeclared should i rewrite my engineering problem supp

[lilac jackal]

Problem supp???

[hearty lily]

rn its about making an algorithm to solve students forgetting to bring shit back

[keen ether]

Uhhhh

I might u could

Up to u

[lilac jackal]

wtf is the problem supp

[hearty lily]

describe a problem and how youll fix it w engineering

[lilac jackal]

All I wrote was why cheme and what experience made u do cheme

wtf??

Did we have different supps????

[hearty lily]

corn

cornell

[lilac jackal]

OH

Ohhhhhhh

[spring berry]

corn = illinois

🙁

[keen ether]

Bruh

[lilac jackal]

I thought corn was a nickname for Illinois 😭

[keen ether]

Different prompts?

Ah

[lilac jackal]

Were u deferred???

[hearty lily]

yeah if i get rejected from cornell im roasting it live on vc

[hearty lily]

didnt apply

im applying rd

more so to not regret applying tbh

[red halo]

If you get rejected can you hear like feedback on your app?

[lilac jackal]

y’all is a 36 ACT good? 🤓🤓🤓

[hearty lily]

i have no shot of getting in and i know it

[keen ether]

No

[lilac jackal]

Should I apply Stanford RD with a 32 ACT/TO 😭 my ECs aren’t really that good

[red halo]

I saw some guy did a vid on like his Stanford app and the reviewer left comments

[keen ether]

Always worth a shot

[keen ether]

He probably got in

[red halo]

He did

[keen ether]

I saw my admissions file for uiuc cause I got in

[red halo]

Ohh what kinda comments did you get

[lilac jackal]

But I know I’ll get into at least one of my reaches 😭 also I don’t wanna pay that Stanford app fee

[keen ether]

Find my reddit post

Someone link it

[stable anchor]

are you thinking about switching into CompE if you get into EE

[hearty lily]

why would i willingly live in california

[keen ether]

I'm about to take off on a flight

[hearty lily]

yeah thats my plan

[red halo]

Are your full stats on Reddit?

[keen ether]

So might not be able to link the reddit

[hearty lily]

couldnt apply CE as a second choice

so EE to transfer into CE

[stable anchor]

lol
every CS reject in EE i met did that lol

[keen ether]

https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/s/U1IsA76JY6

Aight I'm flying gg

[hearty lily]

cya

[keen ether]

Read that those are my comments

[red halo]

Gonna check it out

[stable anchor]

i see

[red halo]

Bro one B making a difference 😭

In algebra 2

[hearty lily]

FUCK

[red halo]

What was your highest math class

[hearty lily]

yeah i got multiple Bs its so oveer daawg

i wish covid killed me

[lilac jackal]

The why major essay isn’t even supposed to be about UIUC’s curriculum 😭

[red halo]

Same

I got a B in algebra 2 calc 1 and calc 2

[lilac jackal]

Grade inflation at my school >>>>>> 😎

[hearty lily]

i had to DROP AP STATS TO TAKE A FUCKING ENGLISH COURSE

i hate everything

[lilac jackal]

Wait should I not stress since I’m cheme?

😭

[red halo]

Idk how hard that all is

App

[lilac jackal]

What is everyone’s predictions for their schools?

[red halo]

I think rejected for everything except umd

Maybe a waitlist for UIUC or gatech

Or a deferral

[lilac jackal]

What’s ur list

[red halo]

Umd uwash UIUC gatech northeastern nyu

[lilac jackal]

STRAP IN FOLKS WE’RE GETTING IN TO GATECH AND UIUC!!!!

[red halo]

Inshalalh

[lilac jackal]

INSHALLAH

[hearty lily]

im not as concerned about uiuc

considering i live here

but gatech oh boy

and not gonna start on the RDs

[red halo]

I’m oos too

[lilac jackal]

U were EA GaTech right???

[red halo]

Yup

Ea 2

Oos

[hearty lily]

yeah here too

[red halo]

What’s your earliest decision

Jan 26

Ea

[lilac jackal]

I think the order for mine is UIUC, UMich, GaTech, UW Madison

[hearty lily]

got iowa in like a day after i sumbit cause im an autoadmit

[red halo]

Ohh umich

I was considering applying

[hearty lily]

but actual one was PSU

got it in like a month or smth

[red halo]

What’s psu

[hearty lily]

penn state

the ivy

(real)

[red halo]

W

[lilac jackal]

UMich is W

Go blue

[hearty lily]

https://tenor.com/view/yurcich-penn-state-mike-yurcich-happy-birthday-griddy-gif-17364748342829824291

[charred grove]

blud lives in Iowa

[alpine bramble]

damnit sat took a while to submit so i got pushed to rd

[hearty lily]

no i live in il

its just that iowa doesnt admit holistically

[placid mesa]

yo yo yo

does uiuc always release decisions on jan 26th?

[stable anchor]

idk
but this year EA decisions are on the 26th of jan

[smoky hornet]

Does the +x major you apply for cs+x matter in terms of admission?

[spring berry]

yes

[smoky hornet]

Alr

[spring berry]

cs+x is kind of misleading imo it's closer to x+cs

[keen ether]

Calc bc

[red halo]

i see

[red halo]

oh really

[keen ether]

I disagree

More CS than the X

So makes sense to be CS + x

Cause no matter what CS + x you chose you take all the core CS classes that grianger cs takes

[red halo]

interesting

[keen ether]

I didn't talk about the curriculum they just thought my goals don't align with statistics and CS well

[red halo]

just praying i get into cs+econ

[keen ether]

🙏

The CS split with the X subject is like 70 / 30

[red halo]

how were your essays

[keen ether]

No my year it was February

[spring berry]

oh mb

[keen ether]

I thought they were good

But I guess not

Lol

[red halo]

admissions are brutal

[keen ether]

You might be getting it confused with X + DS

Where the X side actual is more classes than the DS side

Which is why they placed X Infront of DS rather than after

[smoky hornet]

Are the data from that reddit spreadsheet accurate?

Like the admit rates?

Cuz like some cs+x majors were like 50%+

[keen ether]

They are like two years old now

So yea

They are lower than that

[keen ether]

I suspect non competitive CS + x to be similar

[smoky hornet]

Yeah but then again the applicant pool is kinda small right

[keen ether]

Gets bigger each year

There are more CS + x applicants than pure cs now

But not by too much more

[smoky hornet]

Oh damn

[keen ether]

And CS + x I mean every CS + x

Also the applicant pool is small but there aren't many seats

Like CS + bioEng is like 20 seats

[lilac jackal]

Wait

In the common app

How were you able to select it?

I hope I didn’t accidentally dual major myself instead of second choice major

[hearty lily]

its second choice dw

[lilac jackal]

Is +X only for cs?

[red halo]

Holy fuck💀💀

That’s insane

[stable anchor]

dang
it's brand new so that's why i guess lol

[red halo]

i think cs + econ is like 20ish percent acceptance

dont know how many seats they have

is cs and math an option in the cs+ x

i dont see it listed on the website

[hazy vine]

did anyone else get that weird email with the pet rock and the kid trying to apply the college and the subject was, "In case you needed a little laugh"

genuinely what was the punchline because my and like 5 ppl i showed it to could not figure it out

[hearty lily]

yeah i ignored it

[keen ether]

Not in Grainger

Select LAS

And you'll have the options there

[keen ether]

Probably 50ish?

[keen ether]

No

There is also X + DS now

[red halo]

thats it?

[keen ether]

It's very new, second year

Mm yea

They accept more than 50 cause they know not everyone will come here though

I think it's 50 or 60 seats per year

For CS + econ

It was something like that for CS + stats as well

[red halo]

thats really low

i imagine thered be like 1000s of applicants

for only 50 seats

[keen ether]

Hmmm idk

Mmm yea my year we had 60 seats for CS + stats

And we are the biggest +X I believe

[red halo]

applicant pool only gets bigger i assume

[keen ether]

Yeeep

[midnight mango]

@red halo did u getinto UIUC?

[keen ether]

I don't think decisions are out

[turbid granite]

brah we still got a month left

[red halo]

no decisions lol

[frozen compass]

Did you guys get any email from Gtech? Heard some colleague may send out likely letter before admission?

[leaden gazelle]

Hello, where can I potentialy search courses and profesors at UIUC for why us essay?

[dark palm]

the website

[lilac jackal]

UIUC has a why us essay????

When I applied it was only about your major

[pallid hornet]

I submitted my app I don't remember writing one...

[lilac jackal]

Yeah he’s probably talking abt the why major essay but if you mention the UIUC curriculum it’s probably a bad look because you’re not following the prompt…

Also on the UIUC’s official blog post they made mock essays of the two supp prompts and neither of them mention curriculum/professors

[median slate]

If I remember right it was also super short so there wouldn’t be a lot of room for it

[little lodge]

i think there's just an essay that related to why u wanna study ur major(s) there

[red halo]

That’s what I remember

I did cs+ economics, but my problem is that the economics part of my essay was pretty tangential

I wrote about wanting to become a professor and teach cs and then having my students do research to use their knowledge in cs to create predictions of economic models

😭😭

[keen ether]

Hmmm

You want to balance X and CS in ur essay

My issue was not enough X in my essay

[hearty lily]

swear to god if i get rejected as an instate im gonna lose it

[stable anchor]

http://catalog.illinois.edu/courses-of-instruction/

[stable anchor]

gl bro

[hearty lily]

thanks

[karmic fiber]

I love corn

[hearty lily]

good we are THE corn school

fun fact: theres actually a cornfield ON campus and i think its near the agriculture college

and you can actually go to it if youre like an agricultural major

[keen ether]

And if you are not you get expelled

[hearty lily]

lmao

only if they find out

anyways guys im switching to cs and crop sciences no reason at all /s

[keen ether]

Lmao

John Deere is gonna love you

[karmic fiber]

guys is this school actually in the middle of nowhere

i thought it was a joke

[keen ether]

Uhhh kinsa

Lol

[karmic fiber]

is it more in the middle of nowhere than purdue?

[hearty lily]

ino theyre like the same

purdue is a bit closer to a big city though (Indianapolis)

[karmic fiber]

but uiuc is cooler logo so its ok right

[keen ether]

Less

It's more urban

Than Purdue

We have tall buildings

Purdue doesnt

Purdont

[karmic fiber]

puerdo and puerdont

[keen ether]

Yes, mostly the "don't"

[karmic fiber]

is purdue bad

[turbid granite]

all central illinois cities are in the middle of nowhere

it's kinda crazy looking at the map

[karmic fiber]

https://tenor.com/view/stewie-monster-energy-stewie-griffin-family-guy-gif-26340783

[keen ether]

Yes it's a shit college

[formal cedar]

why

[keen ether]

Cause Purdue sucks

[hearty lily]

purdont

[stable anchor]

poodoo

[hearty lily]

illinoisans are required to purdont

[stable anchor]

Purdue is where umich and uiuc rejects go

[ashen schooner]

bruh

how do you know

actually uh uh uh no

I applied to engineering so uh uh uh

I just realized I mis copy pasted the two purdue essays, the good old switcheroo, the second prompt in first and the first in second and I submitted it like that

yeah, prob gotta be rejected but good thing I didn't do the same for uiuc so thats good

[stable anchor]

It's just a joke lol

[ashen schooner]

the Bruh is for...because I actually ea'd umich and uiuc and rd'd purdue

[stable anchor]

oh ok

[leaden meadow]

lol i EA'd all three

wait no i didn't ea umich

[ashen schooner]

all three are good stem schools

well umich is good at basically everything, albeit not as good as ivy leagues, but uiuc is cracked at stem

[leaden meadow]

yeah but im not stem

[ashen schooner]

wait a minute I have seen you

ah nvm

well UIUC is just so good at a lot of things, idk why are they only 30~40

I hardly believe it isn't t30

[surreal kindle]

its next to the library

[leaden meadow]

uh what

[ashen schooner]

nvm

[keen ether]

Cause public schools get fucked in the rankings

If we are only considering publics uiuc is a t15

[hearty lily]

this

im assuming they got weighted towards class sizes

which public schools inherently suck at

small class size != objectively better

[fading kiln]

Most of the public schools inevitably have disadvantages when it comes to overall rankings. But just like uiuc, they can have departmental or college based control, which makes certain majors or college stand out. (eg: computer science or grainger)

[hearty lily]

and its not like private colleges dont do this either i think

there are certainly deparments colleges put more money into

[fading kiln]

CS 225 gang lol we will get fucked by CS/ECE 374

[fading kiln]

Certainly! Like NYU you can think of stern, Upenn Wharton

[hearty lily]

yeah

[keen ether]

True

[stable anchor]

gl yall

[keen ether]

Have u taken 374 fotor

[stable anchor]

nope
EEs aren't required to take 374

[keen ether]

Ah right

[sonic nebula]

ive been hearing 374 is a harder version of math 213

if so ill be avoiding that class like the plague

[keen ether]

Much much much much much harder than 213

They aren't the same material

It's very different material

[keen ether]

CE is required to take 374

But the ece prof is way nicer than the cs one and you guys get curved like 10%

For reference 213 covers discrete math like proving etc, while 374 is about algorithm analysis and models of computation like languages and state diagrams and the such

Also it's the class with the lowest average gpa in the CS core curriculum

[oak trail]

i kinda read this essay as why i want to pursue this career not necessarily why us

[fast pivot]

hello can someone look at my shitty essays

[fathom raft]

i kinda did why i want to pursue this major/career and how uiuc will help me do so

[leaden meadow]

sure

[fast pivot]

yippee

[stable anchor]

I can take a look

[sonic nebula]

thats why ill try my best to avoid it for as long as possible

[oak trail]

Maybe someone has an answer to this but does uiuc over stress senior yr grades

I think I might have choked on the calc final

I could only miss 5 but I already know I missed 3 so idk if I got an A on that final to keep my A

[jolly fog]

i dont think we send a midyr trancript

so maybe not too much?

[oak trail]

Nah I’m doing RD that’s why

[jolly fog]

i have no idea tbh

sry then\

[oak trail]

All gud. Ya no I’m pretty sure no one has the answer but if any of the uiuc people know or anyone know I just wanted to ask cuz senior yr grades seem to consist of few Bs for me

[jolly fog]

few Bs is prob not gonna break app imo anywhere tho

maybe a few Cs but not Bs

[oak trail]

One of the Bs is in stem which is a bit concerning to me

Which is ap calc

[jolly fog]

ah i see

at least its in ap and not like in a normal level class

[lilac jackal]

Okay but be fr a B is not bad 😭

If you’re rejected it’s not because of the B

[coral nest]

how bad is RD engineering compared to EA

[latent shore]

is 1500 a good enough scor for ece(ea)

[somber ridge]

can you just leave the selection for a second major blank if you dont intend to have a second option?

the commonapp is bugging

because it says to state the same major in the second choice as the first choice to not be considered for a second option

but I dont find computer science or computer engineering in it

[ashen schooner]

can you refresh it or smth

log out and log in

I had the same thing back then with cornell where I checked everything but the section's green checkmark would not appear like what is going on guys

[somber ridge]

i tried

it still does not show it

[lethal mesa]

does UIUC see my combined math + ebrw score or they see both score separately? and do they accept superscore? is it worth it superscoring from 1470 to 1480 ?

[jolly fog]

I don’t think they superstore

Superscore*

[stable anchor]

yeah they don't superscore

[mellow kindle]

Is double majoring hard in LAS

[stable anchor]

it is doable depending on the majors

i would ask the uiuc subreddit about it

[jolly fog]

What is las

[stable anchor]

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

[jolly fog]

Ohhh

Thank you

[stable anchor]

no problem

[mellow kindle]

Thanks

It wouldn’t be any CS

[jolly fog]

💀 real tho

[mellow kindle]

Wdym

[jolly fog]

A2c loves cs

[mellow kindle]

Oh 😭😭 true

[jolly fog]

💀💀

[dark palm]

They peeping my LinkedIn? 👀

[keen ether]

It's quite a bit harder

[keen ether]

Super easy

Unless it's a CS + x you wanna double with

Most LAS majors double anyway because las majors are supposed to be short and basically completable in 2 years

So it's super common to double

Especially with stuff like stats

[ashen schooner]

the fact uiuc is a company

lmao

[ashen schooner]

I do phys, which is somehow in the engineering college (what), is it even possible for me to do dub maj

[keen ether]

In LAS? You'll need a double degree

Dual degrees

[ashen schooner]

hold on let me take a look

why do they have phys in eng anyways

that's like the UK joining the american union

[stable anchor]

they used to have two separate physics majors, physics in LAS and engineering physics in Grainger

a few years ago, both were merged into a singular major within Grainger

[ashen schooner]

damn

[lilac jackal]

i hopped out the class at LAS
with a dream and a cardigan
welcome to the land of smelly sweats
am i gonna fit in?
jumped in the cab, here I am for the first time
look to my right and I see the corn field signs
this is all so crazy
everybody seems so nerdy

[stable anchor]

lol

[keen ether]

💀

That's crazy

[keen ether]

💀 😭

Phys is in eng cause I think it's more applied now

Also so all physics resource are in one place

[mellow kindle]

Thank you

[mellow kindle]

Is DS any trouble to switch into/ double major

I know it’s fairly new, but it’s kinda relates to CS

[keen ether]

There is no DS major

At uiuc

Only X + DS but I highly don't recommend them

Because they are not technical enough to find a data science position

If you wanna do data science do a double major in stat

Or double major in cs + stats

Or minor in cs and double in stats

Stats at uiuc is quite data science focused other than the fact that it's all in R

[jolly fog]

Does ds + stats not exist

[mellow kindle]

Is minoring in CS difficult?

[mellow kindle]

That’ll be impossible to go into CS. I want to mix humanities and stem

Do you have any thoughts on information science

[pine gate]

What are your thoughts on information science

[smoky hornet]

Can you add a double major in cs+x?

[fathom raft]

is it possible to transfer into cs + econ after being accepted for info & data science