#University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) (2023-2024)
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U can get better at cs without even majoring in it at all
How does uiuc weight gpa
Our school just takes the percentage % * 4
Yeah :/
Good enough 😞😞
The deal breaker is the city mane
I don’t wanna go from Midwest to Midwest
Frankly I'd take any amount of aid
still pretty tough lol
lol
I personally dont care where I am
so yea
also champaign housing is cheap af compared to everywhere else
false
you become proficient in coding in cs+x
you take the exact core that grainger cs does
and you have access to the same electives
cs+x coding skills will not lack compared to grainger cs
you can take graduate cs classes as cs+x too
this all just misinformation
I dont get the obsessions with grainger cs, I personally think cs+x is better in almost every way
its better to not specialize in one thing in the future market when we have AI competing with us
!Uiuc
i rock with this school too
How’s the night life scene?
bro trynna get down and dirty
very good
if u like partying then yea
this is the school for you
jhao going crazy at those frat parties
I'm personally not much a party guy, so yea if you aren't a party guy there is a lot you can do here too
lmao
I've yet to go to one
bros finding the shortest path to all the girls ‼️
I will try just so I can tick it off my checkbox
I have friends in frats so maybe I'll ask em for an invite
lmao
yea
I dont drink cause I got some genetic disease 💀
at least I dont drink a lot
but yea going would be p chill
but im more a hang out with friends type guy
eh not rly but also kinda
I have a heart disease I was born with
so gg to that
lmao
also i hate asian flush on my face
I totally agree with Jhao. We came into an era where everyone can literally code disregarding the major, I think it is valuable to consider other fields of study along with programming at this point. I see the CS+x programs to be a win or even CS minor.
How does that feel
Its definetly hard
damn
Does uiuc have any like yearly big Halloween party or anything or is it just random assorted parties
very hard lol
damnn
If you really think about it it isn't... Like at all.. it's no different than a frat party it's another excuse to party and get drunk
Ur a nerd ur not partying and ur not getting drunk
Thanks 👍🏿
i dont think schools do that typa thing
and if anythign i highly doubt
it would be at halloween lmfao
Lots do
halloween party is just sogoofy
Stanford does
for an all school thing
That sounds way goofier than the concept of a Halloween party to me but aight 😭
Idk I saw a video of a guy interviewing students
And they said some wild shit
💀
bro definitely got deferred froms tanford rea
“Full moon on the quad”
rip
Halloweekend is what they call it at uiuc apparently
We got like unofficial which is in march
so yall think i will get in with 3.46 and 1370 with a large amount of decent ecs
Depends on major
biology
EE at any top engineering program is gonna be hard
don't let it discourage you
yeah but is like the first year manageable
for sure
you'll be fine
good to know
if you learn how to manage your time and study hard then you will set yourself up well
yeah i kinda struggle a bit with time management but im sure ill figure it out
eventually
college is a fresh start
you'll have the ability to learn good time management as long as you commit to it
L take
Most of the time ur free electives are just dedicated to the x
Also learning cs through only school is not how most people learn
is this good enough for bio?
dijkstras secret algorithm 👀
yeah 😭 but it's the dream fr
Engineering is alwys gonna be hard
lol I kinda stopped caring about quant
fair
300k a year to get rid of ur life is not worth
still need to get married and shit someday lmao
depends where you work but potentially yea
eh I think a 6 fig salary is good enough to live comfortably for me
I dont need a mansion and stuff
yeah fair
dyk anyone who's trying it / interned there
ur doing +stat so I'd assume there's a lot of ppl
idk my main appeal for doing it is because it seems more secure than jobs in like faang
bro i made osu as an out-of-state but got deffered/waitlisted from penn state and njit 💀 ... I think your chances for uiuc have not changed and you should be fine.
recently I've been hearing about all these layoffs at big tech companies and now I'm scared
lol
finance companies wont stay on top forever either
but im riding the finance rn with my internships 💀
oh lmaoo
how much dyt AI is going to affect the jobs we're going to be able to get with a cs degree
you wanna find something for specialized
like full stack won't seem to cut it in the future imo
but dev ops
ML
stuff like that is worth investing into
bro ur gonna get golden handcuffed lmao
lmao
wait how hard is it to get into info sci + data sci
its supposedly decently hard rn
but I dont recommend coming to uiuc for that degree
lol
cause anything is+ds does, cs+stats does better in almost every case
ah, idk anything about this but are there swe's for like quantum computing
(except ethics, we take no ethics classes while is+ds does a shit ton of em)
oh 💀💀 do yk if it’s doable to transfer into cs + econ or cs + stats
yea its hard to get the grades if u slack though
oh maybe yea
that could be cool
it seems interesting to me but also I feel like it'l like require a PhD if it's like research
im curently like TAing for the DS classes
its pretty bad man
like they dont know how to code
yea I think so
oh rip 💀 what abt the stats major, does that have any coding involved
yea but not much
stats major + cs minor might be the way to go
if you want data science
but the data science classes at uiuc don't go into depth
its not all that much technical
ah yeah i def want smth technical
I'd recommend trying to switch to stats&cs
or go to another school
going to another school might be easier 💀
depends on your work habits
LOL yeah if i come to uiuc i’ll prob try switching into stats & cs or even cs + econ w a stats minor or smth
ohh idk i’d say my work ethic is decent to good ish just cuz i go to a competitive high school in the bay area
ah
good idea
then u shud be fine
but also remember luck plays a role
if u get sick during finals and bomb it
then its over for you basically
there is risk
i always fall sick around finals 💀💀💀
yikes yeah
wait is there like a minimum gpa you have to maintain to switch into stats&cs?
yea
3.67
but you need like A's in all cs and stats classes
ohhh how doable is getting all A’s in those classes
depends on background knowledge
and work ethic
will they let ppl transfer into cs + physics
also are there any computational physics jobs that u don't need a PhD for
I dont think so
I think its closed off
probably not..?
I think phd is a really important for any work in like pure physics
yeah that's what I thought
might be hard
truth
bro is everywhere
what can i say
im just a social beast
any of the ivy leagues
academic weapon
uhhh
time to go to those threads 😄
oh no
there are some more college threads i applied to that i need to get active in

no clue why im in the qb thread
i just leave once i get deferred or smth
i didnt apply georgetown or penn or harvard or brown or penn or stanford or chicago
rip usc, uchicago, mit, etc etc
LMAO
cornell guyss
ED rejection 😔
no clue why im there
no my 3 frends EDd there and none gt in
what are u applying FOR
that one stuck up ashole with legacy got in
yeah they like made ED harder I think
ece
yea they did
apparently they announced the ED cuttoff thing like
after the ED deadline 💀
someone told me that anyways
yea
ya it sucks I was planning on ED'ing to cornell
everyone got mad then proceeded to forget abt it
would it be any different if i added brain and cognitive science as my second major?
second major does not impact admission for your first
they're basically treated as separate apps for a major
first major is obviously considered first
@keen ether @fading kiln if my intended first choice major doesn't have a separate cs+x thing, i can separately do cs as a double major right? or is it only cs and cs+x
Ty bro
No
No
You cannot double major cs
Unless you are admitted for CS
You can double with a CS+x tho
damn why not
so that'd be like doing 3 majors?
Due to space constraints, 'NO' dual-degree petitions or major change requests to Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or Mechanical Engineering are permitted.
caues its banned
if people could just double major cs then they wouldn't need to transfer in
eh kinda
wait you can't transfer to ME anymore?
I thought that was still possible
I found this quote from “transfer handbook” please disregard the “major change request” part coz that only applies to transfer students, but the dual degree part I think applies to general campus or admissions
oh ok
yea unless you are already in the program
so if you started out as ME
you can dual with something
Yeapppp
If admitted to a major outside of Grainger you need to transfer to EU first before you can pick a specific major right
yes
ohhhh okay ty
would be a crazy loophole since you can’t otherwise transfer into cs
thought u could transfer into cs if u never applied cs to begin with?
For undeclared engineering, is there a restriction to what major you can choose within Grainger? For example, I would like to get either mechanical engineering or computer engineering.
Are you notified of merit scholarships with your admission letter?
Yes except CS. Also note: While we try to place each student in their first-choice major of interest, it is not guaranteed. (Engineering Undeclared: https://grainger.illinois.edu/academics/undergraduate/engineering-undeclared) under FAQs
oh nice
no
I dont think so, it might come later during RD I think
not sure though cause in my year RD and EA release dates were the same
we waited till the end of feb for our decisions
not even after 2nd year?
Dang
no
CS transfers are just completely banned
you cannot get into CS no matter what if you weren't admitted for it
even if you transfer out of CS major you cannot go back
its a one-way
💀
so people from other colleges can apply as a transfer to CS, but existing students in cs related majors cant 😭
it’s still a competitive process to transfer into cs from a different school
hmm makes sense
no lol jhao just outlined it clearly above, there is NO possible way to transfer into pure cs. no major, no college, no program can transfer into grainger CS
No. You can still transfer from different school to CS. “Internal transfer” is not permitted
There are ppls who also transfer from community college to CS major here
I have some friends who are from community college and transfer here for pure CS
You can select CS as your major in transfer guide
Yes
Well I didn't say college transfer 
But yea major switching to CS is not allowed
can u transfer from cs + education to cs + stats
But you can apply to transfer
Yes
But it will be harder cause you are not in LAS
how much harder
You need to ICT
ict?
oh ok
It's not as easy as if ur already in LAS
ok ty
Is a 2 step transfer doable (like from a random school to a major in las and then from there to cs+x)
Bc the ict website doesnt display certain cs+x majors
i meant ICT's for college in UIUC, like college of LAS, college of business etc
i meant ICT's for college in UIUC, like college of LAS, college of business etc
what are req's for LAS switch? say switching from CS+Phil. to CS+Stats?
Meet the X req
And then ur good
Ye
Wait I'm not 100% sure
I think you could directly ICT into CS+x?
It's just harder
Major differences between cs and information sciences+ data science?
yeah LOL
Does uiuc have a data sci program
yes
not a ONLY-DS major
The thing is the website didnt have an option for me to ict into the cs+x that i wanted (i assume bc its alr more competitive)
major differences
IS+DS is super different, and way more watered down, and I don't recommend coming here for it
stats&cs is the closest
This school's dating pool sucks
lmfao
Why is dating ass
I am in engineering thats probably why
damn bros got game?
Im the cs major stereotype
no dating for me

lmao I mean ECE isn't much better
I got game and nobody to spit it with
spit?
ye prob
I need to start getting into the game or imma end up a lonely cs major
😈
rizz
lmao
gotta hit up more humanities stuffs for that
yain't gonna find that much in eng
damn thats down bad
lmao
time to study in aces or smth
shhhh it was only once I've never been there before lol
oh yea
never been to one
I havent been to much actually
I should enjoy life more often
💀
I took a light schedule to enjoy life
Do you know DarthAV
uhh no?
damn
I'm the opposite
💀
I wanna grad early or smth
yeah
lmao 💀
wait I know a rohan
mutual friend
but his discord name is not DarthAV
huhhhh
aestivalskate?
yes
lmao
I have never seen his discord so yea
LMAO
honestly
this uni is so small
like so many students
but istg the max degree of seperation is like 3
yea
crazy
you'd think with what 40k students
it'd be harder to be like that
but nah
LMAO
im like acquainted with way too many people
but like people I actually know really well is very small
true thats very true
yeah its like our own community
yea
illini pride fr
if only that translated to our sports achievements
well football mostly

what does the first choice admit rate mean for uiuc? I dont remember there being early decision
im not 100% sure but i think that would refer to first choice major
oh, that makes sense, thanks
what time does uiuc come out? 4pm est?
that's why I'm applying cs+philosophy
strat of all time
Lmao dub
Cst
yoo what time are we expecting it to drop
Does the chance of getting departmental scholarships increase after freshman year
@keen ether If I get into Information Science can I switch to Information and Data Science
theyre in the same school
Yes
plus I still dont understand if its a seperate major or not
is there like a GPA requirement in first year or can I just mail them post admission?
You need a 3.67 gpa and grade cutoffs in some classes
Is your goal data science?
If that's the case I recommend the stats major lol
I say this super often but I really don't think our IS or X+DS program is built well for DS
If you wanna be a data analyst tho it should be more than fine
Just not really data science
IS is good if you wanna go down the design and UI/UX path though
Ohh okay
The thing is I’ve already filled in an application for IS and undeclared engineering and afaik stats is in a completely different college so can I switch to it?
Data science is something that I’d like to do
I’ve gotten Data science at purdue and ik it’s a really good college and course but the thing is I’ve wanted to attend UIUC since I’ve visited the campus
Yep you can switch to it
Id take Purdue ds over uiuc IS or X+DS anyday
Purdue ds is super similar to our stats&CS program
!uiuc
friday
Do people double major at UIUC
Goood
What time frame are the decisions predicted to come out on Friday?
is CS+x as good as CS
4 - 7pm
Thanksss
yes
employers don't really care about the difference
does anyone know the acceptance rate for cs + bioengineering
cs+x usually has around 20%
there used to be an excel
for 2023
for all cs+x majors
i heard a rumor somewhere it was only 25 spots thats cap then right
yea
wait
it says the first class is 25 students
that's class size tho so probably more accepted
25 is wild 💀
dang its over
unless you got insane stats
has anyone found the link lmao
all my hopes and dreams are pinned on uiuc
thx 😄
holy shit thats bleak
so a female from oos has a higher acceptance rate than a male instate?
yes
time is around 3ish right?
what
4 i think
nooo a whole extra hour
apparently its 9-10 am
really i've only heard afternoon for like always and forever
or idk actually but in the calendar they published, that's what its marked as
oh interesting
est?
It’s probably 4pm EST
4 cst makes the most cense
mine says friday 4pm est
!uiuc
Mine just says 4 pm lol
mine just says 4
i would heavily lean toward cst
if they don't specify a time i'd assume it's in the college's time zone
est centrism once again smh my head
cst >
is test optional bad
prob hurts
just got this: Your admission decision will be available this Friday, January 26 at 4:00 p.m.
Same
They said the dean
@everyone UIUC EA <t:1706306400:F> in your local time, or <t:1706306400:R>
ok no more attempts
!uiuc
UIUC EA decisions come out <t:1706306400:F> in your local time
1 day, 20 hours and 40 minutes until the decision date
i was too early 😔
!uiuc
i'm such a trendsetter
UIUC EA decisions come out <t:1706306400:F> in your local time
1 day, 20 hours and 40 minutes until the decision date
ahead of the game
2pm est?

loveeeee this is helpful for many people chole
yeah
5
oh
yippee
why ping
absolutely useless for me since its 70k/y oos 😋
o
You're just too stupid to adjust it
UIUC is 70k OOS? Goddamn
gl everyone
@jaunty bridge I took offense to this can u mute him
#📜-rules
Please respect all members of the community. Disruptive, aggressive, disrespectful, creepy, or otherwise obnoxious behavior is prohibited. Hate speech and slurs within the community, whether via server messages or profiles, are absolutely not tolerated.
Bro I already lost image perms
yup
its a good school, but i dont think its worth it at all
wow its like half instate
thats wild
i applied cs+stats too so its not like i get into grainger cs
cs stats is arts and sciences tho>
?
time to get rejected
UIUC EA decisions come out <t:1706306400:F> in your local time
1 day, 20 hours and 35 minutes until the decision date
im saying like even if i get in, its not their premier grainger cs
idk if cs stats is a&s
nono cs stats is grainger
its still really fuckin good
im doing cs econ
i think cs stats is like 20% oos
19% supposedly
ooh
i only dont want to go to UIUC bc anyone from my school with 3 braincells gets in
wait rlly
r u instate
unless you're super unlucky like my friend was last yr
yea
i mean shore for anything grainger its gonna be harder
theres so many people at that school you'll be fine if someone else from you school got in
are you instate?
you wont see them anyways
yeah
or at least hardly
what school? you wanna dm me it if not comfy here
im in state compe so im praying
THATS WHAT IM SAYIN
YUH
really? last time i ran it through their calc it was 70k
i think its 50 something
ill do it again
n
are you instate too?
also see dms i replied
Gluck people
cant wait for defer on friday
imagine getting deffered
im getting rjeceted
Who all applied to CS+Bioengineering?
yessss what school you go to?
im cs+stats
lol i'm not doxxing myself here but i'm up north near chicago
gl to your sister and everybody else here
guys im actually gonna get sad if i get rejected
same... i'll dm you mine
becuz my favorite sweatshirt is my uiuc sweatshirt
what's ur top school? i believe in you
you got this boss
uiuc
thats all
if i get in i go
if i dont i go to whatever safety gives the most aid
its that simple
i got rejected
so im scared the same things happening
grades
i have good ecs
decent sat
but mid grades
but like good rigor
so its honestly a coin toss
my top ec was teaching 1000 college students version control systems over 10 cohorts
i had like a 3.2 uw when i applied
so ig its fair
nah
wdym suffer
like cuz hard classes
cuddie was trollign mb
yes
i hope i wont be that fucked
you'll be fine
my friend who graduated told me that "if other people can do it, so can you"
lol true
I like my major but it's a pain at times
omg coming out 4pm this fri
🙂
btw in the email, is it 4pm illinois time or local time?
Local
i mean how hard is it cuz im taking a linear alegbra cours and a combatronics course rn
i think its centeral time
it is local time if you live in CST lol
Do they give good need based aid
nope
Chat why did I apply here as a low income oos
Local time is crazy
idk why
good luck getting any aid as an OOS student
Fuck OSU
why did i apply here as an instate who can pay but is v underqualified
Why not
guys
idk if this is weird of me
but id rather get rejected by a girl im in love with than uiuc
LOL
girls dont make my wallet fat
I would contact admissions about it
i did and they said its too late to change it
rip
well UIUC will be prob taking it away
just pray u get in
nah
bruh
True ur instate
thanks
honestly, we won't know until friday
my college fund is set up in a way that makes in state really adventagous
🫡
i basically have 5 semesters of in state tuition
but it becomes less if i take it oos
bro if i dont get into uiuc its over for m e
why
this is one the most A2C sentences ever lmao
i dont have enough safeties / targets
why not
my list is 90% reach i fucked up sooooo bad
GG
most safties are rolling
UIowa better anyways
bros tripping
5 years is crazy
🫡 good luck
average illinois varsity athlete that doesnt care abt his education answer
he another illinoisan?
I live in iowa 😭
oh
That’s wild
thats the reputation of uiowa in illinois thi
im so mad bruh
white people sports school 🔥 caitlin clark coopen dejean
test opt is going to be the end of me
Damn fr? Iowa is relevant outside of iowa?
its the one thing i didnt pay enough attention to now im fucked
me when I didn't till last year
caitlin Clark the goat
now tbf we're your next door neighbors
also my dad went to uiuc(as an architecture major) so i want to follow in his footsteps
Average iowa person
Fax
Yeah but u guys have chicago and wtf do we have
im from IL i dont associate with those corn farmers
Does legacy matter
no
hi
U guys got uchicago and northwestern
Unlucky
hey bbg
it is now
Yea no legacy
🥱🥱
act CANNOT call you that on here
does uiuc CS also come out fri?
all uiuc decisons come out friday
unless u get defered
am I getting in
Idk
say yes
Yes
yes
HOOORAY
am i getting rejected?
Nah
people still take calc?
Which is harder to get into cs or accounting
💀
did you take it?
all 3
does uiuc give scholarships to oos students
like a grand if ur lucky
ok so you werent fucking around when you said course rigor
zamn 😞
yea
i took calc bc junior
are you guys doing Lin Alg rn 2nd semester?
multiv first sem
samesies
lin alg rn
Don't stress it people
Yeah u are not under qualified wtf
yesssssss you us and evanston alike
Have a good night sleep
bad grades
Personally I recorded myself praying to a can of corn the night before
And I was the border admit
So it works
wtf is dragging it down that hard
?
humanities?
english
wdym
ss
wut is a technical gpa
like math and science and comp sci classes
nerd
got an 800 math
🥱🥱
but 660 reading
for uiuc regular decision do acceptances trickle out over time or am i tripping
rahhhhhh what the fuck is reading comprehension 🦅
no
👍
yea its not
No there is a set date
ok ty bcs for some reason last year i remember kids getting their acceptances in batches
also what do I call you on here bro my fingers are about to doxx everytime i touch the keyboard
probably heard wrong
Btw were you instate or oos
🌽
International
OH NAH what was tuition
think he said like 70
It's only like 6000 dollars more
70k per year is wild
But I'm billed as domestic
ic
interesting
maybe I should have applied to financially realistic schools for myself
💀
guys friday its either ubama or uiuc and im commiting by the end of friday
🤨
pay my fees
I can’t tell genuinely
oh u meant sewerside
waht if
Times are tough
on Friday
Understandable
gl bro don't die
^
I will try not to thank you
which schools
Calc will be over after first period luckily but I’m worried abt the test itself
gatech UIUC umd
guys i fixed the grade
but this was my lin alg grade after the first test
is this not a w grade
I feel like I fucked up by taking a dual credit math instead of AP calc
what math
in fact a w grade
im sad i have an 82 now
Math 140-141 😭
but like
what’s it abt tho
prolly calc 1 and 2
I see
It's like some weird mashup of calculus and some other stuff I couldn't tell you myself 😭
All I know is that completing it allows me to skip taking a pre req calc test for one of the colleges I got accepted to
I see
me in english tbh
guys im just gonna change jmy user name to end in ECE '28 cuz if i get rejected im leaving the discord serber
ap lit? preach
aight
taking acp was def the better choice for college credits but it's also so hard i get it 😭
im manifesting it
any other instater's here?
Yeah I just didn't feel like it 😭
i could've but instead i took a class thru indiana university...eng 131 and 202
Yes, fingers crossed I can actually get into Grainger (or accepted at all)
ohhhhh ic ic
gl!
Thank you! Good luck to you too 😸
bro uiuc is so expensive how’d i not realize when i applied
Gl! what school do you go to?
Idk if that's against the doxxing rule to say so I'm gonna just say a public one in Chicago 🫡
Literally what I'm realizing now
in state odds boost go
instate is a different story, although it is still expensive for illinois students
no
damn
friday 4pm your time apparently
dm
its not THAT bad for us
Wsg

