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

[timber hare]

its like an hour away by plane ahaha

[obsidian willow]

burj khalifa town

yea

[timber hare]

yea thats why we dont apply for fin aid on commonapp and dont need scholarships

[obsidian willow]

must be nice

[timber hare]

since college is covered plus a monthly salary of 4.5k

[obsidian willow]

bro what

they pay u to go to college

[timber hare]

yeaa people take it for granted tho and ridicule our goverment for not giving more lol

[obsidian willow]

4.5k us dollars??

[timber hare]

yea so its a full ride plus a monthly sallary of 4.5k dollars

unless u get into a t30 then its 6k dollars

[obsidian willow]

https://tenor.com/view/skull-explode-gif-25528415

[sudden anchor]

Feeling very Kuwaiti today

[obsidian hearth]

UIUC discord?

[vital gull]

born in the wrong country fr 💀

[stable anchor]

i can send you it if you want

[vapid veldt]

send m too pls

[obsidian hearth]

Please do

[ashen schooner]

does anyone have any thoughts regarding grainger physics

like from someone else I heard that the research funds are lacking

what do you guys think

[vestal bloom]

same i was accepted for physics

[meager sage]

f

anyone konw if cs + x programs r good

[sturdy lintel]

gouda u ugly mf

[meager sage]

excuse me?

[wary beacon]

is getting into uiuc las as an international student impressive💀

1480 sat 3.9 uw gpa(school doesnt do weighted)

[keen ether]

As good as the Grainger CS programs here

Here is almost no difference

Recruiting for jobs will be the same, research the same, etc

[keen ether]

I mean yea

Our acceptance rate dips each year

[wary beacon]

good to know, if i end up committing ill try my best to switch to math+cs even though its reallyy hard(that is if cs is where im ultimately interested)

[meager sage]

will i be takign cs classes not in grainger?

[sturdy lintel]

thats been ur plan the whole time lmao dont try to play it off

blud said "if tahts where im interested"

[keen ether]

No all CS classes are in Grainger lol

So you'll be taking all CS classes in Grainger

[keen ether]

It's not too hard

Get the grades and then ur pretty much good

People overstress it's difficulty

[sturdy lintel]

did they get rid of cs + stat

[keen ether]

No?

Where did you hear that from

[sturdy lintel]

idt its a cs + x program anymore

i think they made it like its own major

[keen ether]

It never was a CS + X

Math & CS is not a CS + X either

It's a separate program

Stats & CS and Math & CS are not formally grouped with cs + x but everyone kinda just does group them together

But when you apply it's clear that they aren't considered CS + X formally

That's because they were developed years before CS + X was a thing

In fact math & CS is the first CS major at uiuc

Older than Grainger cs

[sturdy lintel]

aight gng we get it

[keen ether]

And then after grianger cs came out stats & CS came out

In 2013 we developed the CS + X programs

[sturdy lintel]

who's we blud

[keen ether]

Uiuc

[sturdy lintel]

oh fs

[keen ether]

Ok bro

[meager sage]

they offered math and cs beofre actual cs?

[keen ether]

Yes

Math & CS is older than Grainger CS

[meager sage]

damn thats kinda weird

[keen ether]

No it's not

CS was usually a part of the math dept

Back in the day

[sturdy lintel]

wow 🤯

[keen ether]

Cause CS is applied math

[meager sage]

dyk if its ezy

to swithc into cs + math or cs + stat

[keen ether]

Bro is trying so hard lmao this funny af

[meager sage]

i got into cs + econ

[keen ether]

Yea it's easy

But idk do u wanna transfer

[meager sage]

dyt i shoudlnt

[keen ether]

Sometimes is worth it not to either

I mean depends on your goals

[meager sage]

maybe ill choose a bit after

[vital gull]

can u transfer from grainger to cs+ x programs?

[keen ether]

Yea

[vital gull]

if not then minor?

[meager sage]

its good that the option transfer is opent hot hats fye

?

[keen ether]

No minoring in CS + x but you can transfer into LAS

CS + X

[meager sage]

what is bro sayin 💀

[keen ether]

Thru ICT

[vital gull]

oo i see

[keen ether]

Nah lmao that MF just attention seeking

[meager sage]

ong 😭

[keen ether]

It's what happens when mf don't have a life

[vital gull]

idk if its worth it from grainger but lets see

[keen ether]

What major did you get in for Grainger

[vital gull]

neural engineering, its my fav major out of all unis i applied to but everyone saying its new so im sceptical

[keen ether]

Hmmm yea I can see that

Neural engineering is new but it looks cool

[vital gull]

like i really love all the courses they're insane

[keen ether]

You could minor in cs perhaps?

[vital gull]

do you think that'd give same opportunities tho

[wary beacon]

dude im serious

[keen ether]

As CS?

[wary beacon]

i may wanna get into finance

[keen ether]

Neural engineering is not really CS

[wary beacon]

theres a reason i still chose math

[keen ether]

But it'll probably land you good engineering opportunities

[keen ether]

Yo ignore him

[wary beacon]

its a reasonable thought but it isnt so

[keen ether]

He's just a desperate teen

Just ignore them

[wary beacon]

youre right it was just kinda off putting

[vital gull]

this might be specific cuz like i wanna go into stuff like hci and stuff like neuralink stuff which is both

[keen ether]

Yea just ignore

[keen ether]

Ahh hmmmmm

That's hard to say honestly, I'm not familiar with that

[wary beacon]

especially with so many a2cers having an insufferable superiority complex

[keen ether]

Uhh I think the best idea is to ask someone in that track and ask them for opinions

[vital gull]

thats fair its really niche, its just i dont want to close options you know

[keen ether]

I think you want to at least minor in cs though

We don't have much HCI classes in CS I think? I might be wrong cause I'm not all that much into it

[keen ether]

Mhm exactly

Just ignore them

[vital gull]

thats fair! are you planning to go into swe or ml/data sci roles

[keen ether]

Yep

Like 90% of other CS majors 😭

I was gonna go into CS education originally but yea I haven't really done anything in that

My schedule too cramped lol

[wary beacon]

relatable

but then math seemed cooler

[keen ether]

Yea math is nice

[meager sage]

didnts ee this thats acc hella fire

[mortal canyon]

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[meager sage]

so ill get grainger education w smth on the side too

[wary beacon]

someone on reddit said uiuc math is underrated lol so thats something

[keen ether]

Yep all CS classes are provided by grianger

[ivory gyro]

please be nice to each other thanks

[keen ether]

Mhm yep

[keen ether]

Yea probably

[meager sage]

thats too fye bruh

[keen ether]

I don't know too much about the math program

[meager sage]

hows cs + stat

[keen ether]

It's decent I think, a lot more CS classes than stats though lol

I have taken like 3 times as many CS classes as stats

[meager sage]

tbh thats fire

[wary beacon]

yeah its understandable, i did get in touch with a few math people at uiuc recently

[keen ether]

But some of my peers have taken equal amounts cause they really like stats

[meager sage]

ima be real with you I appleid cs + econ for the boost I would get acceptance rate wise

and it worked

[keen ether]

Ah yea

[keen ether]

Lmao that's fair

[wary beacon]

4 in calc ab wont earn me any credits will it?

[sturdy lintel]

congrats on ur acceptance

[keen ether]

CS + econ is similar, you'll take way more CS classes on average

[meager sage]

whatd you apply?

[keen ether]

In las it probably will?

I'm not 100% sure

[wary beacon]

and 3 in ap stats i assume is definitely not gonna

[wary beacon]

hope so

[keen ether]

Well technically we are supposed to take every AP with a 3 and above

[meager sage]

bros j yappin 😭

[wary beacon]

if i do get math+cs i got a 5 in ap csp ready👍

[keen ether]

You won't get past the class but you'll get the credit

[wary beacon]

maybe thatll do some

[wary beacon]

yeah ill most prolly wanna still take the class

[meager sage]

alr thats hella fire im tryna maximize the cs classes

[keen ether]

Yea so you'll need to retake the class but you'll get 3 credits of general credit

[wary beacon]

i crammed the last portion

cuz junior year

[keen ether]

Yea CS + econ is good in that regard in that you can basically finish all econ classes early

[wary beacon]

ap is expensive in india

[keen ether]

You can't necessarily do that with stats on a heavy CS course load cause stat is a bit slower in progression and harder

[keen ether]

Yea I see

[meager sage]

https://www.admissions.illinois.edu/apply/freshman/college-credit-ap you can see ap creidts there i think

[keen ether]

Mmm yea your advisor will talk to you about it

Try to ask your advisor to give you credit if you are on the border

Because they can do that

[meager sage]

hmm then ig cs + econ might just b ethe move for me

I wish Itook ap macro and micro this yr

so i could apc redit outta couple eocon classes

[meager sage]

damn what

if you just beg they can give credit wtaf 😭

thtas 2 fye

[wary beacon]

hmm 5 hours of math 220(not sure what it means but sounds good)

[keen ether]

You can prof out of it

Study micro macro and then prof out of it

[keen ether]

Well it's like if you got a 4 in bc

Technically they aren't supposed to give you credit I think

But if you convince them enough it should be fine lol

Same for language credit I think?

[wary beacon]

my counselor did recommend me to take the classes anyways

[meager sage]

igh im kinda dumb

can you tell me what proffing is 😭

[keen ether]

Proficiency exams

[meager sage]

on the webiste it says they give credit for 4 idk

[wary beacon]

also 3 hrs of comp 105 with 5 in csp

[meager sage]

oh is it like a test

[keen ether]

You take the micro and macro prof exams

Yes

And you get to skip them

[meager sage]

thats fire

maybe ills tudy a bit for that then

[keen ether]

For LAS, for Grainger you generally need a 5

[meager sage]

good thing I have the 5 then

oh how would ap credit work for cs + x

since its like a combination of grainger and LAS

[keen ether]

Yep there's practice tests on the net

You can just search them up I think

[meager sage]

fire

[vestal bloom]

can i transfer to cs+physics if i got into physocs

[keen ether]

No

The uni bans transfers into CS, CS + BioE, CS + Physics

[vapid veldt]

just curious, why is it allowed to go from CS+Econ --> CS+Math but not CS+Physics?

[keen ether]

Because CS + physics is Grainger

I think the idea is that in order to transfer into any major in grianger you must transfer to engineering undeclared

And cause this many people when transferring from CS + X programs to Grainger CS + X programs will lose their CS program

As in they will leave the CS program in order to transfer into any grianger major

And that makes it significantly harder to get back in

So the university probably doesn't want people doing that in case they get fucked and dont transfer back in

And also cause eng undeclared has some issues, I think that's why originally Grainger CS transfer were shut down

[midnight mango]

Wow I didn’t know this

[vapid veldt]

rip

[keen ether]

Yea also cause way too many people were trying to transfer into grainger cs

[vapid veldt]

they can't just specially allow cs + to easily transfer in huh

💀

[keen ether]

Like the acc rate for transfer was 2% or something

[keen ether]

Any major

They just shut the whole transfer idea down

[vapid veldt]

oh, so now people just try to transfer into cs + x

[midnight mango]

Why is CS so sort after in the whole world?

[keen ether]

I think mainly cause grianger needs engineering undeclared

[midnight mango]

Like in India also CS is the most popular major

[vapid veldt]

money

[keen ether]

You can only switch into non grianger CS + X now

[vapid veldt]

betchya

[midnight mango]

Can u switch from CS + Bioe to CS and stats?

[keen ether]

Idk if they'll ever lift that restriction

[keen ether]

Mm yep

[stable anchor]

SWE money

[vapid veldt]

I feel like everyone is trying to transfer from their CS + X to CS + Math/Stats

[keen ether]

It's a one way street though

[vapid veldt]

lmfaoooo

[keen ether]

You'll never will be able to get back into CS + bioE

[midnight mango]

What do you mean??

[keen ether]

Once you transfer out

[midnight mango]

Ohhh

[vapid veldt]

eng --> LAS, but not LAS --> eng

[midnight mango]

Can u switch within Grainger?

[keen ether]

Yea but also one way from CS + bioE

[midnight mango]

OOF

But fine

I want to take this challenge

[keen ether]

Cause you cannot transfer into CS + bioE

Mmm yea the program looks cool

Looks very worth it

[midnight mango]

Why are there only 25 seats in CS + Bioe

And CS + Phy

[keen ether]

Cause it's new

They need time to ramp up resources and access popularity

[midnight mango]

Next year will the seats increase?

[keen ether]

Probably

[midnight mango]

Ohh

Can international students apply for internships in the first year if they have the necessary skills?

[keen ether]

Uhhh they can for sure but it'll be hard to land any

Not that it's impossible

[midnight mango]

Thanks

[distant spindle]

Appealing my decision today, hopefully it actually does something 😭

[steep flare]

i am appealing data science + astronomy . will it be a good chance to get in for liberal arts and sciences

[stable anchor]

good luck

[distant spindle]

Thank you 😸

[stable anchor]

who knows, hopefully it works out

[distant spindle]

If you ask the counselor what they think you should apply for as a third choice they'll give you a recommendation

[spiral kite]

did the admissions counselor tell you why you got denied?

[distant spindle]

Not me personally although one of my friends got told that there was a potential mistake with some of the applications they reviewed (don't take that as like absolute fact though)

[steep flare]

yeah

[steep flare]

i had called the admissions office yesterday but due to large no. of applicants they told they'll connect me with a counselor before friday

but i'll surely ask them for some opinions based on my application

[distant spindle]

Yeah they're like really busy this year

[distant spindle]

Good luck 🤞🏿

[steep flare]

did u get connected to one

?

[distant spindle]

Yeah but it's probably because it was a call like right around when the office opened

[steep flare]

ohh nice. best of luck to u too !

[distant spindle]

Thank you!

[surreal kindle]

Can i appeal compe rejection with cs +education i think my profile fits it

[keen ether]

you can try

[forest brook]

do i just call admissions?

to appeal major or can i email them

[formal cedar]

anyone know when rd decisions come out

[astral stratus]

wait its only 25? where is this stat from

[fading kiln]

“Students should apply in the Fall of 2023 for admission the following year. The first class of approximately 25 students will begin in the Fall of 2024.”

https://cs.illinois.edu/news/groundbreaking-cs-x-degrees-expand-into-bioengineering-and-physics

[astral stratus]

interesting thanks

[tiny sentinel]

Still depressed over this school

[unique geode]

Yeah i got into undeclared eng with pretty bad stats for engineering

Not bad just mediocre

Apparently its 60% acceptance rate if its first choice

For in state at least

[somber ginkgo]

any current students at uiuc in cs+stats?

i had it as my first choice but got accepted for stats only (second choice)

which is still in LAS

is transferring into cs+stats realistic?

and if it isn't, i'm interested in data science which is why i picked cs+stats in the first place

any chances to do something related to that at uiuc?

whether its double major, minor, or something else

[proven haven]

@keen ether

[keen ether]

Hello

[keen ether]

Yea if ur on top of grades

Stats major CS minor is good for data science too

[summer cobalt]

can u send asw

[somber ginkgo]

but you have to submit some portfolio too? and i read that just having good grades and taking certain cs courses won't guarantee anything

[stable anchor]

sure

[somber ginkgo]

oh alright thank you!

[summer cobalt]

thx man

[somber ginkgo]

is that easy to enroll into?

stats major cs minor i mean

[keen ether]

Yep but that part just join some clubs do some projects

[keen ether]

Yep

[vapid veldt]

cs+physics sounds honestly pretty cool

would totally do that if they didn't have math/stats

[vapid veldt]

also just curious what are the main difference between cs + math & stats?

[fluid sky]

how about cs+astro 👀

astro is cooler physics imo

[formal cedar]

i wish more colleges did the cs+x thing

[regal bison]

(they arent rlly a cs school but i know washu has cs + econ)

[vapid veldt]

idk

I feel like physics is just more mathy

and computational

[vapid veldt]

astro could be cooler, as long as you do the right astro lol

[fluid sky]

wait

how in depth do these x courses go

[vapid veldt]

you can check the course catalog

[fluid sky]

like is cs+physics much less in depth than a physics major

[vapid veldt]

search us cs + physic srequirements

[fluid sky]

too lazy to look thru everything 😂

[keen ether]

Not much just the course work in the X

They take almost the same CS classes

[unique geode]

How is freshman housing

Should i commit now to get good housing i only have 1 more decision i would even consider going to over uiuc

[stable anchor]

first year students pick housing over the summer

you can wait until that final decision

[frozen holly]

you get a random slot for picking housing, might as well wait.

[somber ginkgo]

got it thank you so much!

do you know anything about data science+info science?

and transferring into that

i know it's a completely different school lol

but i was just wondering

[sonic nebula]

objective there are people from all around the world here

[keen ether]

Uhhhh

It's I think a similar transfer as CS + x in that you need a certain gpa

I think it's 3.67?

A lot of people transferred in

Although if your goal is to do data science I highly don't recommend IS + DS

It's a underdeveloped program to be an actual data scientist

[surreal kindle]

what are they

[unique geode]

Actually theyre not that bad thinking about it i was kinda bejng dramatic

I had a good profile but mid grades in math and physics

And no engineering related activities really

But i dont think i would have as much a chance if i chose mech and electrical

[somber ginkgo]

so for that you would recommend transferring to stats+cs or stats major cs minor, right

[keen ether]

Yes

IS + DS just isn't rigourous enough for data science

And they learn no deep stats

[somber ginkgo]

👍

[somber ginkgo]

do you know anything about masters programs in data science at uiuc?

[keen ether]

I know a bit about the MCS DS

I plan to do it

It looks like a CS masters with emphasis on data science

[tiny sentinel]

cs is pretty competitive so id assume its decent

bruh i genuinely think i got deferred from cs+stats cuz I didnt take ap stats

im seeing a lot of people with worse profiles than me who got in

[covert wedge]

when do they send out official acceptance letters in mail

[keen ether]

not bad

[keen ether]

thats me

LOL

I was the last admit into cs+stats and part of it was cause I did not take ap stats

[tiny sentinel]

So maybe there’s hope for me

[keen ether]

yea

what were ur stats

[forest brook]

can I email UIUC to appeal my major or do i need to call them?

[wary beacon]

almost wish i hadnt taken it cuz i got a 3 on it

but well oh well it did work out

[keen ether]

Ahh

That's good

[wary beacon]

i legitimately dont understand how i passed, i guessed on the last 13 questions cuz i had just run out of time

cuz i had like 20 days to do calc ab, stats, chem, physics c and csp lol and had not gone over the stats material very well at all

[magic wing]

at hwat ib score would uiuc rescind your offer?

for cs

[toxic rivet]

idk

does uiuc even ask for ib scores

if u score like shit cant u just not send

if they considered your predicted when admitting you, prob within 2 points of predicted

[past prawn]

do final ib transcripts even get sent??

Im gonna get ib results in july

And colleges start in august

by that time they already have your hs transcripts and all that so I doubt they even need the IB diploma

[graceful lagoon]

Ah somebody gotta convince me about UIUC it’s instate for me so cheaper plus I know rankings are higher but I got into umich for cs as well and I’ve always said I really don’t want to go to Illinois

Struggling to make the common sense decision

[summer cobalt]

well for starters umich oos is like 80k

idk if thats a concern for you

its also super cold there

and a bit dangerous

[vital gull]

is mich colder or illinois

[summer cobalt]

idk bout illinois given ive never been (will be visiting tho) but mich is mad cold

[summer cobalt]

but i also live in bright sunny socal so 50 degrees is cold for me

[vital gull]

socal weather the dream

[summer cobalt]

i love socal wanna stay here but its lookin like im gonna have to spend a year in maryland or illinois for now

[vital gull]

nah trust we get into uc's as well

[summer cobalt]

fax

[frozen holly]

mich is even further north so its prob a bit colder there

[summer cobalt]

hoping for ucla electrical eng

nd usc ece rd

[graceful lagoon]

Luckily parents have been saving for like 20 years and said they don’t want me to think ab money

But I can’t just ignore it yk

[summer cobalt]

goated

[graceful lagoon]

Ik im very fortunate

[summer cobalt]

im in the same boat grateful to not to have to worry about the cost but still im concerned about it at least

[tardy sundial]

thats irrelevant, you got into uiuc which is way cheaper so you should go

think about your parents

since they can now save 40k a year for your college tuition, they can retire more peacefully

just because they have the money doesn't mean you should waste it

if you want to go to umich, take a little bit from your parents and get a loan for the rest

wait they can save way more then 40k a year

[graceful lagoon]

yeah but they wont be taking on any debt and all the money is saved in a 529 college plan so im pretty sure the money is supposed to be for education anyways

[tardy sundial]

im not sure how a 529 college plan works

but if theres any way possible, please try to save your parents money

you want them to retire peacefully no?

[graceful lagoon]

no i dont think u understand the full situation

[tardy sundial]

they would save close to 60k a year

[graceful lagoon]

they have many different acounts that they have been setting money aside in for many years

[tardy sundial]

yeah wonderful, they don't need to spend that money now

i think you shoudl ask biggreen in #🌻-app-questions since hes an adult he would advice you the best

[graceful lagoon]

the 529 plan is an accoutn that they have been putting money in since before i was born specifically to use for college, its tax deductible if used for education and if not its 10% penalty plus taxes

[tardy sundial]

10% penalty plus taxes would still mean they save some money correct?

if you went to uiuc

[graceful lagoon]

well yeah there is no doubt they would save money

[tardy sundial]

then thats ideal since umich and uiuc are equivalent for cs

[turbid granite]

got admission package in mail

just a sheet of stickers and i have half the stickers anyway but still cool

[regal bison]

same

i like their stickers :p

[paper steppe]

i'm hella late but i got in oos cs somehow

but i live in cali so my parents want me to stay close bc they dont trust me to live myself 💀 so ima prolly take ucsd and ucla over

[summer cobalt]

yeah have to use your 529 for college otherwise there’s a tax penalty i think

[sterile sable]

goddam nice

thats like 6 percent acc rate

[paper steppe]

for male its like 2.8 i think HAHA

i have no idea

they missclicked me ong

[meager sage]

bro YOUR HIM 🫡

[lilac jackal]

Just got my UIUC stickers, love em 😍😍😍

[leaden meadow]

Do you plan on doing grad school?

[slender tendon]

[fast galleon]

this is so real

my parents think i can't handle the cold if i go to uiuc lol

[paper steppe]

[paper steppe]

what major ru doing?

[summer cobalt]

i can’t

[fast galleon]

cs & bioe

[stable anchor]

congrats

[paper steppe]

W

[keen ether]

its not that bad

manageable

tons of intl students from tropical areas manage fine

[fast galleon]

yea i think i'll be okay, prob just need to buy a new coat tho

[paper steppe]

bet

i have no idea how i got in

like after i applied everyone was telling me i shoulda done cs + x instead of cs

and i was like

well shit

[fast galleon]

nahh im sure u were rlly good

i mostly did cs+x cuz it worked well with my interests

[magic wing]

hello does anyone konw how the james scholar honors program works for incoming first years?

i am a bit confused as to when i should be applying and the requirements

[leaden meadow]

4/20 6:09 pm ymt ||/j||

[keen ether]

James scholars is given to you during admissions. So if you didn't get James scholars as part of your admissions decision, you'll have to apply for it after you get here

[magic wing]

Ooo got it thank you so much

[leaden meadow]

what's James scholars?

did anyone here get it!

[keen ether]

Like the uiuc honors program

It's kinda stupid tho

Not really useful

[leaden meadow]

ohhh

is it University wide or for a specific college?

[mystic delta]

i know it used to be like this but im pretty sure for the past few years it's come out closer to the rd decision date, even for ea ppl

[keen ether]

University wide

[keen ether]

Mmm yea but it comes out before you get here for sure

[mystic delta]

oh yeah def i just wanted to clarify that it hasnt actually come out for anyone yet

[keen ether]

Yea

Tbh getting it or not doesn't really matter most people drop out of James scholars cause there is almost no benefit

Especially as you progress on

[leaden meadow]

what does being in James mean

like do you just have extra classes or-?

[keen ether]

you have to take a certain amount of honors classes

think you need to do research as well

and maintain some gpa

[leaden meadow]

then why do you say there's no benefit

[keen ether]

thats no benefit lol

having to take honors classes is a pain

having to maintain a gpa is a pain too

[leaden meadow]

it'll be advanced stuff right

[keen ether]

no not always

honors classes here are not the traditional honors

they are just usually add ons that have nothing to do with the actual class it self, at least in CS

in math I know they have some honors classes that teach more, but taking those makes it harder to maintain gpa and stuff

the other honors program at uiuc is slightly better cause there is a small scholarship, but marginal benefits anyway

still need to do honors classes

[leaden meadow]

oh

what's the other honors

[spring berry]

when does uiuc deferred deicsions come out

[keen ether]

Campus honors

[hot sierra]

Just wondering, is it useful to get priority housing? Since ISR is so much closer than the others to the engineering buildings? Or does it not really matter

[stable anchor]

idk when but the website says early march

[frozen holly]

U can apply for an LLC if u want to get into ISR.

[vague granite]

do you know if you can enroll in courses earlier for either honors program

and then just softdrop it to register earlier

[paper steppe]

does it come out around the same time as merit scholarships?

im kinda confused abt the timeline

[bleak wing]

Is there an accepted students gc?

[keen ether]

Mmm yea

[keen ether]

Discord server yea

[bleak wing]

Can I have the link or something?

[keen ether]

Mhm

[fresh trellis]

can i also have it?

[visual notch]

+1

[stone dawn]

March 1 at 4 pm ct rd release

idk if it’s the same for everyone but I was deferred

[vivid forge]

lmao that email scared me

[vivid forge]

yeah should be i got 4pm too

[turbid granite]

+2

[stable anchor]

i can send it out as well

[tepid umbra]

My acceptance letter came in the mail

They sent a full sheet of stickers

[hot sierra]

received the mail today

[summer cobalt]

lemme check my mail

[royal gale]

Isn’t March 1st a bit early

How they’re gonna finish all apps?

[ripe ledge]

uiuc doesnt look at mid year right

so its irrelevant if my school sends it out at late ish feburary

[paper steppe]

correct

[snow musk]

wait really?

how the hell did i get in on my old grades

thats crazy man

[jaunty bridge]

!uiuc

[mortal canyon]

UIUC RD Date

UIUC RD decisions come out <t:1709330400:F> in your local time
24 days, 13 hours and 36 minutes until the decision date

ApplyingToCollege

[jaunty bridge]

someoen remind me to ping in the afternoon

its too late rn

[clever moon]

got an email saying RD decision on march 1. Why do people think that’s deferred? portal does not show deferred status.

[paper steppe]

Isn’t rd and deferred release date the same thing

[paper steppe]

haha ur him

[sonic nebula]

yeah rd and deferred should have the same release date

[summer cobalt]

yall get your sticker sheet?

my friend got theirs but ion see mine yet

[paper steppe]

I got no mail 😦

[lilac jackal]

Got mine few days ago

[paper steppe]

Ru alr committed to GT?

[lilac jackal]

Yuh

[summer cobalt]

still waiting

my friend got hers today

[tiny parcel]

CYBERPATRIOT MY LOVE

[paper steppe]

Like ur alr commited??

Dont u wanna wait for RDs n shi

[tepid umbra]

I got mine yesterday

[lilac jackal]

didnt apply RD

im lazy and i didnt do a lot of apps

[paper steppe]

lolol nice

GT is all u need fr

[lilac jackal]

fr

[vapid veldt]

chem E 💀

dude has a death wish

[light fjord]

bro got every college on his laptop

[summer cobalt]

i’m our schools cyberpatriot prez n founder lol

[summer cobalt]

this my hacker laptop

[tiny parcel]

W

i'm my school's pres

[summer cobalt]

sick

[leaden meadow]

bro that's fire i should do that

[summer cobalt]

FAX!

i also collect keychains

[leaden meadow]

like college keychains or just in general?

[summer cobalt]

just in general

i have like a single princeton keychain from when i visited though

[leaden meadow]

v cool

i collect trauma 💯

[summer cobalt]

😭

[nova torrent]

did anyone get scholarship with the decision?

[leaden meadow]

it comes later

[nova torrent]

that's what I thought. but read someone already got scholarship from UIUC EE.

[keen ether]

Probably external scholarship

Also uiuc barely gives scholarships

So don't count on it

[distant spindle]

What time do appeals usually get responses

[distant spindle]

If I do dgs is it possible to transfer into EU

[wary beacon]

is there a rough estimate of the number? the website just says variable but there would be a range right

[keen ether]

hmmm I don't really have one

but if your intl or oos, its gonna be supe rlow

[keen ether]

yea

[wary beacon]

yeah i know

[fluid sky]

i got in as a cs+x major but i got an email from grainger saying congrats? i thought cs+x is in lsa?

[stable anchor]

cs+x is in LAS

i guess the grainger email account sent an email to all CS+X and CS students saying congrats

[fluid sky]

oh

so do cs+x students take cs classes at grainger

[paper steppe]

ya i think so?

[frozen compass]

Got the email. Said the details will be sent 3/16

[stable anchor]

the cs department, which is in grainger, runs the CS courses, so the answer is yes

[fluid sky]

oh ok

[urban mist]

They sent me one today but didn’t say how much

Is it competitive

Also ee tho

[paper steppe]

Wait, they already sent scholarship emails?

[urban mist]

I got it

[summer cobalt]

blud they sent me two acceptance packages

[fluid sky]

yo

where my accep pakcage at

gotta sell it on ebay

[turbid granite]

got into honors??????? chat what the hell is this real

the imposter syndrome is so real rn

and chancellor's scholar??? what is that

[viscid prawn]

OFC U DID

Omg u got chancellor's????

HUGE CONGRATS U DESERVE THIS 💯 %

[summer cobalt]

they want me doubly so

[viscid prawn]

They like u 2x more than others 🔥

[summer cobalt]

fax!

another sticker for my laptop

[viscid prawn]

🔥🔥🔥

[keen ether]

yes

all cs classe are in grainger

[keen ether]

wait

did you get campus honors?

thats the harder one to get in than james scholar

and you get some scholarship with it

[leaden meadow]

omg pretty

where's mine 😔

[paper steppe]

fr

i didnt recieve anything 😦

[leaden meadow]

YOO CONGRATS

[leaden meadow]

i aspire to be this

[leaden meadow]

do both have your name on them

[summer cobalt]

yeah lol

[summer cobalt]

they should be coming soon for everyone

my friend got hers yesterday and i was seething over not getting mine

[leaden meadow]

lol fair

[turbid granite]

yeah

[dense bridge]

stupid question
If you got into ur 2nd place major for ea, is the 1st place still possible during rd or just waitlist

[turbid granite]

it's 1000/year which feels kinda low considering how selective they make it sound

[keen ether]

Awesome the ling classes in campus honors are really cool

There is a scriptures class I think?

They teach you how to carve that language in tablets I forgot what it was called

But it's open for honors only

[keen ether]

Yea only a few people get it

[viscid prawn]

u can flex

[stable anchor]

that sounds cool af

[keen ether]

yea its hella cool

I applied campus honors, and got rejected

[stable anchor]

rip

in middle school I did an art project with cuneiform lol

[keen ether]

ahhh YEA

thats the name

cuneiform

[turbid granite]

oh cuneiform class sounds like it goes so hard that's awesome

[keen ether]

ye its taught by a really good ling prof here

[spring berry]

uiuc is my dream school

got deferred

hope i get in

[frozen compass]

how rare is UIUC scholarship? Like percentage?

[stable anchor]

good luck

[spring berry]

thanks man, applied for ee

aswell

[paper steppe]

good luck!!!!

[paper steppe]

prob uiuc 28 LMAOO

im prob uiuc 28 unless i get into ucla or ucsd or usc type shit

parents want me to stay in state

and obv stanford but 💀

[keen ether]

gluck

[keen ether]

uiuc is great, lots of cali people here lol

[paper steppe]

😋

[leaden meadow]

wait you need to apply for campus honors?

[paper steppe]

if u dont get it as an incoming freshman i think u apply after a semester or smth

[lethal mesa]

hey guys, should I email UIUC admissions office for updates? can I also add additional details for one of my awards listed on my original app

[keen ether]

You can apply if you didn't get in freshmen year

[turbid granite]

oh that makes sense cause i did not remember applying

i'm at champaign train station rn

[leaden meadow]

that looks ancient

send campus pics if you go!

[turbid granite]

nah i'm on my way to chicago

the big apple

it's not really ancient just cloudy

[leaden meadow]

are you visiting unis or just going to the city

[leaden meadow]

isnt that ny 💀

[keen ether]

Ah the union

[last delta]

Do rd applicants need to submit mid year reports, if so how?

[turbid granite]

got a model un conference

[turbid granite]

i'm sure there are some fairly large apples somewhere in chicago

[paper steppe]

no they dont look at them for admission

[keen ether]

no they dont look at em

[slow niche]

Reminds me of Scranton PA

[vapid veldt]

wait

mid year as in first semester?

[paper steppe]

yes

[vapid veldt]

do they look at second semester or nah

[hot sierra]

i did hear a lot of people can get silicon valley jobs after graduating

[keen ether]

Yea at the end

[keen ether]

Yea you can if you want

And put in the work for it

[vapid veldt]

ugh

I just want to peacefully

fail all of my classes second sem

why are these colleges so toxic

[hot sierra]

that would certainly be the goal as a hardware engineer, i noticed that a lot of OOS is coming from that area

[vapid veldt]

jhao i'm so sad

uiuc doesn't give priority over credits

broke my heart

😭

[keen ether]

Yea you can apply to be one year above

[hot sierra]

i'm with you, just grinding my teeth at some of the courses i'm doing rn

[keen ether]

I see yea

[vapid veldt]

WAIT WHAT

wdym

I can pretend I am a sophmore even tho I enter college as a freshman???

[hot sierra]

@vapid veldt i'm grinding out biology even though i'm majoring in EE...

just not a good feeling to say the least

[vapid veldt]

LOL

its gonna be worth imo

biology is important

[hot sierra]

i swear differential equations are easier than this biology

[vapid veldt]

its a good class

[vapid veldt]

they are lol

diff eq is one of the most brain dead classes I have ever taken

its just plug and chug

[hot sierra]

in electrical engineering? i'm not planning on going into the bio side

[vapid veldt]

such a stupid class

[vapid veldt]

no I mean general knowledge uk

[hot sierra]

true

[vapid veldt]

you don't need A level knowledge

but c'mon at least B level knowledge haha

[hot sierra]

but i made a choice to accelerate my physics and chem

now i'm forced to do AP level

so this isn't pleasant

[vapid veldt]

ee at uiuc is gonna be so fire

[hot sierra]

i'm excited!

[vapid veldt]

I feel like uiuc could have been T1

if it wasn't in a cornfield

it was soooo close to achieve greatness

but alas

[hot sierra]

it's 2 hours away from all major cities

[vapid veldt]

2 hours is basically 10 hours lmao

[hot sierra]

as in like

chicago, indianapolis

and such

[vapid veldt]

who is gonna drive 4 hours tho just to chill at chicago

💀

[hot sierra]

well yeah my point was that it's a long distance

[vapid veldt]

lokey oliver

[hot sierra]

not short haha

[vapid veldt]

get a ferrari

and we drive together

flex on all of those chicago finanial bros

[hot sierra]

OOS tuition is already high as it is

[vapid veldt]

which is why we use the loans we get for OOS to buy a ferrari

c'mon Oliver think

[hot sierra]

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[vapid veldt]

would you rather drive a ferrari

or study

i mean think about it

[hot sierra]

i could... study so i can make a ton of money in the valley

then get a ferrari

easy

[vapid veldt]

use ferrari to drive to valley

and then make money

THINK ABOUT ILt

[hot sierra]

climate change hasn't gone that far yet

[vapid veldt]

LMFAO

[hot sierra]

still some decent flying machines out there

what is your major?

also EE?

[viscid prawn]

did anyone apply to gies

[keen ether]

Yes

You can change a cohort

Just need to apply

[vapid veldt]

dude that's actually fire

since I want to graduate in two years can I change my cohort to be Junior, or is that too far?

(and consequently get the enrollment privileges associated with it)

[keen ether]

That's prob too far

Just a year is about it

[vapid veldt]

aight bet - how do I do this? I couldn't find any info by searching up "uiuc cohort change"

[keen ether]

Yea it's new so you'll have to ask ur advisor

[vapid veldt]

oh bet

dude thanks so much

you have helped me in so many aspects regarding uiuc lol

[keen ether]

Lmao np

[hot sierra]

@vapid veldt graduating in 2 years?

[vapid veldt]

well graduating in 3 years

which tbh isn't that bad

[vapid veldt]

2 years undergrad and one year grad

[hot sierra]

how many credits are you going in with

[vapid veldt]

15 AP classes * 3 --> 45 credits
I have CC but they don't transfer, but i'm going to test out of every single math & cs class since I already know the content

[hot sierra]

CS major?

[vapid veldt]

so that is gonna be roughly 30 credits of testing out

[vapid veldt]

cs + econ --> gonna transfer to cs + math

math is just econ but pure 😉

[hot sierra]

that’s 75 credits

[vapid veldt]

mhm

[hot sierra]

Question number 2: are you human

[vapid veldt]

wait actually

i'm doing (hopefully) a class spring quarter at udub, math 394

so that is another 3 credits

and then uh if I enjoy it then i'm going to do another 6 credits during summer haha

84 credits transfered

[hot sierra]

(as a high school senior)

yeah this ain’t human

[vapid veldt]

its wierd tho

like uk your parents want you to be competitive

[hot sierra]

I’m going in with “only” 30 and I’m using all four years

[vapid veldt]

so like its wierd not to be

[vapid veldt]

that is good

IMO you should take your time

especially for engineering

[hot sierra]

since I heard electrical engineering is a bear

[vapid veldt]

cs is more flippy floppy you can self teach anything

especially math

[hot sierra]

so I’ll average 13 credits per semester or so

[vapid veldt]

probably the hardest major in the entirity of uiuc?

ee is death yeah

[hot sierra]

yeah that’s a yikes

gotta spread out the pain

[vapid veldt]

makes sense yeah

[vapid veldt]

honestly I might minor in ee

[hot sierra]

I’ll probably transfer calc trilogy, calc based physics 1 and 2, and a bunch of gen eds

[vapid veldt]

low level stuff is fun

[vapid veldt]

if you do decide to transfer the calc trilogy make sure that you have REALLY strong fundamentals

otherwise just redo it in college IMO

[hot sierra]

A UIUC alum professor taught me at community college

[vapid veldt]

lokey do diff eq

in cc

in diff eq I got a good number of EE problems LOL

[hot sierra]

I’m planning on doing diff eq and linear algebra

[vapid veldt]

that is really fire

linear algebra is fun

diff eq is slightly fun, depends

mostly boring

[hot sierra]

I’m good with boring if it gets me an A

[vapid veldt]

oh then you are set haha

[hot sierra]

better than exciting in terms of grade fluctuating

[vapid veldt]

yeah its the most brainless class tbh

[hot sierra]

I did get a B in linear algebra

[vapid veldt]

just plug and chug 20 formulas you memorize

[vapid veldt]

oh shit

uh just self study axlers

teehee

actually no

I don't think engineers even need it

[hot sierra]

some stuff ain’t making sense in there lol

isn’t EE all diff eq

[vapid veldt]

uh

some vector stuff probably

gives vector calc vibes

bro all of the people who want to do engineering and hate math is crazy

[hot sierra]

There’s some stuff in linear algebra that’s just hard to visualize

[vapid veldt]

like do they not know engineering is bsaically applied math?

[vapid veldt]

yeah you need to watch 3B1B linear algebra videos

helps a lot

[hot sierra]

Yeah I noticed, personally I’m chill with math and I’ll def learn anything I need to

In fact I liked physics a lot which played a role in my major choice

[vapid veldt]

yeah if you go into engineering having good math fundamentals you are set up really strongly

[vapid veldt]

lokey Oliver

I did a lot of quantum computing research and

quantum computing loves EE

not even phd students

just bachelors EE

[hot sierra]

I’m just… a bit worried about analog signal processing (210) since I plan on taking it in spring semester

[vapid veldt]

during freshman year?

[hot sierra]

yeah

[vapid veldt]

oof

forioer stuff no?

ugh I cna't spell

[hot sierra]

pretty much

gotta rely on diff eq

[vapid veldt]

fourier transformations

[hot sierra]

hopefully I’ll be fine

[vapid veldt]

for diff eq make sure to reference pausl notes

[vapid veldt]

wait but oliver you have to check out quantum computing

[hot sierra]

Paul’s notes are a lifesaver

[vapid veldt]

its gonna be the next ML thing I swear to god

and good EE are primed for quantum computing

[hot sierra]

I’m more interested in the hardware side tbh

[vapid veldt]

by quantum computing I mean the quantum computers

which is literally the hardware

[hot sierra]

Semiconductors?

oh yeah mb

[vapid veldt]

yeah not the math phd stuff lol

the issue with quantum computing now is that

the theory is soooooo far ahead

[hot sierra]

then that would be photonics and microelectronics

[vapid veldt]

even though we can't even get the hardware right haha

[hot sierra]

then why are hardware engineers being paid less than software 💀 plays a role in where the talent goes

[vapid veldt]

idk I just know that virtually all people who work on the computum computer hardware are mostly EE or Physics majors

[vapid veldt]

lokey software people make so much money its fucking stupid

like it doesn't make any sense

I have low intelletualy abilities

i'm pretty fucking stupid

but even I can do a for loop LOL

[hot sierra]

it’s so saturated, I’m wondering wth is going on that in the valley, a software engineer can make 200k a year doing nothing but a hardware engineer works his way up from like 130-150k

[vapid veldt]

tbh with GPU's hardware engineers can make hella money

[hot sierra]

press x to doubt

[vapid veldt]

like the OG Nividia people

are making BANK

chips are hella fire

[vapid veldt]

work on chips and you will make glorious money

[hot sierra]

If I’m gonna be using physics to make big bucks, I’m all for it

[vapid veldt]

I also feel like EE is more interesting

just cuz it is more mathy

[hot sierra]

UIUC nanofab lab FTW 444

[vapid veldt]

honestly the more mathy the subject the cooler it is

also philosophy

if I had to rank majors it would be something like

[hot sierra]

Honestly I suck at programming which is why I’m not doing CS even if I really could

[vapid veldt]

Philosophy >> Math >> EE/ChemEE >> Statistical Learning >> [Everything Else] >> CS

[hot sierra]

Or even CompE

[midnight notch]

do you think its worth it to take lin alg senior year?
or should I like. wait

[hot sierra]

if you have the time, sure go ahead

[vapid veldt]

matters

if you want credit transfer sure

if you just wanna learn it, then just buy a book IMO

[hot sierra]

Putting your own major at the bottom 🤔

[vapid veldt]

dude

for our cs class

we were all pitching "new and novel" cs ideas

and 1/3 of everyone said some form of "productivity app" lol

cs people are hacks 💀

[midnight notch]

fair tbh
I've looked at it a bit (had to learn some vector stuff because of math comps) but since next year is fairly clear I might as well just go and take it

[vapid veldt]

damn math comps require vector?

that's crazy

I've never heard of that before haha

did you compete in some sort of college level math comp?

[hot sierra]

@vapid veldt what state are you from?

[vapid veldt]

wa

unfortunately

actually no Wa is cool tbh

[hot sierra]

It’s late af for me in Virginia 💀

[vapid veldt]

bruh

uva?

I considered applying their for Cs

but decided no way I was getting in haha

[midnight notch]

yeah iirc its a college freshman level thing
its ran by EIU and like you need to do determinants and cross products and dot products and need to know like. basic properties and whatnot

[hot sierra]

Those baboons waitlisted me

[vapid veldt]

ah gotchya

[vapid veldt]

uiuc ee >> uva ee anyways

I mean in state tuition is nice

[hot sierra]

It’s not even close

I got into VT which has good in state tuition

but if I have a shot at the valley

[vapid veldt]

lots of people got rejected from Vt

[hot sierra]

I’ll take it

[vapid veldt]

fucking wild

[hot sierra]

and pay the delta later

[vapid veldt]

I thought VT would be like a saftey lol

[vapid veldt]

makes sense yeah

[hot sierra]

I only got in because I didn’t disclose my race

[vapid veldt]

?

[hot sierra]

and my last name is pretty ambiguous tbh

the way I knew:

[vapid veldt]

lokey my nickname is pretty white

should have changed my legal name to that ugh

[hot sierra]

they sent me an email explicitly stating so

💀

[vapid veldt]

honestly my philosophy is that race based admissions == good

the harder it is for me the better LOL

fight me colleges you little bish

[vapid veldt]

LOL

[hot sierra]

that’s one way of looking at it

but yeah I don’t think they want me for who I am

Literally everyone else I know doesn’t get in

[vapid veldt]

hmmm go to sleep Oliver

I need to study

💀

[hot sierra]

Oof

I’ll try

[vapid veldt]

😭

ily oliver but I need to ace my exam tmmw so my teacher will stop being annoying and let me live in peace

and I just started studying now

oops

[hot sierra]

I was about to sleep but I just got pinged by a Penguin

[vapid veldt]

SORRY

||block me it must be done||

[hot sierra]

Attempt #2 commencing

[stable anchor]

it's because hardware requires physical equipment to develop
which is more expensive

[stable anchor]

210 isn't that bad imo
It just goes very fast

if you can keep up you'll be fine

a lot of people complain about it because it's the first gut punch you recive as an ECE major

[rain surge]

does uiuc take awards updates?

[leaden meadow]

got into james scholars but yall have said it doesn't mean much so rip

[keen ether]

I mean still good

lol

[leaden meadow]

bruh there was an additional app for campus honors? i had no idea rip