#University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) (2023-2024)
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yay 20 hrs
yo does grainger send anything to admitted students?
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just the stickers lol
i only got regular uiuc sdstickers nothing grainger specific yet
i didn't get anything grainger specific
oh
oh well at least they sent me two sets of uiuc acceptance packages ill take that
Guys, im a bit confused on this... does that mean we have to submit our official sat scores, even before enrolling?
nope
it's saying that they will consider your score as long as you send it a week prior to the day when decisions are posted
what does "send" in this context mean?
like officially sending it through the collegeboard website?
or is it self reported?
idk
decisions are tomorrow so it doesn't matter anyways
I didn't do that
But ig if u didnt self report it u can send it officially a week before and its calm
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OMG
here we go deffered gang
Yes they take self reported
does a deferred applicant have better odds than rd applicant
And when you enroll you have to send them or they will rescind
btw did u ever access ur admissions file to find out why u got deferred?
Nah I didn't
If I'm not let in for CS + Linguistics I will be devastated. I've hyped myself up too much for UIUC...
all the best rd and deferred ea gang
GL ALL!!
does uiuc need my official ap scores
nah just self report
ah ok thanks!!
bruh
decisions won't be changed based on phone calls?
i feel like this sentence was so unnecessary π
some parents probably actually call in and are like "why did you reject my child? please accept my child"
there's no way
is this actually real???
umd is goated i might choose umd over uiuc rn
doing comp eng and i feel that theyre close enough in prestige and umd has a location that i really like
True
umd cs is also really good
I got into aces for umd so itβs one of my top choices rn
But id still rather go to a school like uiuc or gt
yeah i got college park scholars so im also really content with umd
im waiting on uc's and usc tho
Did they give u scholarship money
yeah they gave me 20k over 4 years
Same
Do any deferred applicants have their status say βComplete for Regular Decisionβ?
mine does
it changed to that pretty recently
That's what mine says, but I applied for RD. Judging by the text under it, I assume it just means you'll get your decision with those who applied RD since you were deferred.
yea but its weird that some deferred applicants still say deferred
mine changed from deferred to complete for rd i think a few days ago
I think you should masively overthink it for the next 17 hours 10 minutes.
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ooh mine says complete for rd too
I'm scared π°
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CS oos acceptance rate is so low π
its joever
real
i hyped myself up WAYY too much for UIUC
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i love computer science!!
nah ur a lock
good luck on rd today yall
as a huge foodie i genuinely love this place
soo many good eats around campus
a lil biased bc i'm from il but
uiuc >>> most other publics
plz share some ππΌππΌ esp ones that have vegetarian options
bangkok thai is rlly good
i also heard there are some good veggie burgers at schwarma joint and mia za's but i've never had it myself
ok this mightve moved it up a spot on my list
and soooo many bbt places π€
yeah cause cs is like 25%
so yeah idk what u were expecting
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me who applied to pure CS OOS and RD 
if u get in, ur insane
only person at my school that got in for that was cracked at math, URM + got into CMU SCS
brown and cmu are on a whole other level compared to uiuc
I did get flat out rejected from these two with no deferrals so Iβm unsure
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what was your second choice?
for cs brown is not on another level
not the program
if ur talking selectivity, oos acceptance rate for uiuc cs is 4.67%
- the fact that this is RD
so its extremeley lower
now if ur talking about computer engineering yea uiuc is a lot easier
oos 4.9 is badonkers
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and this is RD
π
priority deadliens are crazy
meaning they accepted regular
i mean early
and fill up a ton
for a major like cs i wonder how many spots are left for rd
when its a priority deadline
im js saying uiuc cs rd is crazy selective
Wait so
ngl if you really wanted uiuc cs applying ea is the way to go
or just some glitch
i didnt know what a priority deadline was, someone told me purdue had one so i applied there, and tbh if i did apply uiuc priority both essays woudlve been trash coz no time so i woudlve gotten rejected by both
so its whatever
no clue
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mine still shows deferred as well
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same
how are you guys feeling about this
Nervous as shit bro
what majors did you pick?
CS first choice and mathematics second choice
you've got this dude 
I think I'm cooked for CS but maybe I get into math
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Likewise
Cant go wrong with either major
Good luck G
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cuz people said deferral conversion rate is really high
please don't scare me rn π I'm rd international applicant
cs+phil
stats?
i don't really wanna share tbh, sorry :c
im not gatekeeping, i just dont wanna share
atleast SAT?
not the best tbh, 1350
yeah but international acceptance rate is also low- so like
its crazy hard regardless
but I read somewhere you still have to pass the cs department's evaluation right?
yea but its not as serious as grainger cs would be evaluated ig
52% is high imo
could be because low no of applicants tho
but are you actually interested in phil like does your profile demonstrate that
i heard thats what they look for, not for people just tryna get to cs thru cs +x
i just read some reddit posts where its like, regardless of whether youre pure cs or cs+x, you still pass some similar evaluations to cs applicants
oo
nah
it wont be as strict as they evaluate for grainger cs
i mean sure some min reqs maybe cuz cs +x is not easy as well
since ur female you might even have a higher chance ngl
i worked on like two research papers and very cool projects so i wrote abt those in my essays. I actually applied to cs in ed but then i moved to cs+phil cuz I like phil a lot and read a ton abt that and its really interesting to me
π
no like deadass
the acceptance rates for females is almost 3x to 4x
of males at UIUC
they have a shortage of females probably π
man if i get, I'm coming straight to your dms spamming abt it istg π
lmao
i honestly didnt know this
but it could be because the no of female applicants are low
i thought it was like 50 50 ish
but the no of seats are same
nahh
look at this
i mean its CS because theres not enough stats for phil
but they still have the same amt of reserved seats
probably the female applicants are really low so the acc rates are higher
i'm so damn hyped abt getting uiuc, its been the one school i think too much abt since 9th grade π
true
could be yeah
ive always wanted to go to uiuc
yea thats good ig
demonstrating some interests in phil is impo
otherwise they're gonna reject
yeaa
cuz they know that people just do cs + x since its easier to get cs
i believe grainger evaluates first and then it goes to the other college for evaluation
one of the project was sorta phil related so i have that boost
yeah
grainger is deadly

its better for intl than oos
are you oos?
i dont stay in usa but im oos
oh thats nice
pure cs no way bruh its like 2.84%
i bet this num is lower they deffo have more applicants this year
oh god, it dropped so much already
fr, most unis got a ton of applicants these cycle
can you share that? what's the rate for intl computer engineering
oh that's just cs
much less than CS
thank god π
its so weird that oos is less that internationals
more money
i assumed it would be opposite
thats why
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Is it normal if Iβm nervous
30% still kinda bad tbf π
30% is reasonable
does uiuc get a ton of underqualified applicants?
Any international here?
i am
well
heree
i doubt so
yikes
Sameee
which country
Ayy
some people apply thinking that the overall acc rate is same as CS
Guys can decisions be earlier
India 
but thats a minority so I doubt there would be many people that are underqualified
Hello mates!!
maybe like an hour or half dude
not a huge diff
yeah
in EA
28 mins to go i guess
How was it like last RD
they deferred me
aw ;-; hope you get in for rd
for what
its 3:32 in india
Yeah acc to my time zone they said it will be out at 4pm IST
ye
its not ist
its supposed to be 3;30am ist
on 2nd march
waiittt it comes out at 4 in my timezone?
Whatttt
!uiuc
ye its 330 am for us bud
no
2 am for me
Amrabattttt
uae no?
Messiiiiiiiiiiii
nice
Accepted by UT Austin
i got rejected from gt too
Yeah bro
cs?
gt is hard, idk what crack i was on when i applied
crazyy
Idk how but itβs the truth
woah
im waiting on UTA too for rd-
yea
umd cs is insane
nah its not that competitive
maryland?
Got into penn state, ASU, UIC
i thought it is-
ye
o
im waiting on umd, ut austin, purdue
not gonna attend tho
University of Illinois at Chicago
uic is easy
nah its not
tution
why didnt u do EA
unless you qualify for in state
i forgot EA for ut austin they had a lot of essays
I was rejected from UChicago Early Decision
i dont think austin as ea for internationals- thats what my counselors told me atleast
i wasn't really prepared, thats on me tbh. Was hella occupied with my research papers
oh ok
i did umd with ea tho
wait lemme check
did it get delayed π
im confusing something here
u said u ED'd
im drunk
umd delayed alot of decisions
I EDed UChicago
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had my upenn interview today
I was defer red by Princeton early action
4 international awards
yea nvm
4 nationals
u got ut austin
ut austin is amazing
lord
yea
and you'll prolly get some more
yea

ye
are you gonna attend osu
im not really sure yet
if i get into uiuc, i'm not gonna look at anything else π
im pretty sure you'll get uiuc since the research papers
i hope so too, I worked hella hard on those. The second one is under review to be published
the only thing i'd have to look into would be scholarships from external sources
since uiuc isnt cheap for internationals
yeaah
worth it imo
I was considering student loan but im trying for external scholarships tbh, i think i'll get some for sure. Just have a few interviews coming up for those
Are there ways to arrange from external sources?
I'm not sure but I have connections with some state officials and I'll be having lke a meeting with them to request scholarships from government or some. Theres barely any scholarships for undergrad here in my state, most are for grad or phd students wanting to study abroad
are you from south or north
south
oh nice
India?
yea
ye
scholarships are mad rare in the south tho
exactly
whos gonna fund undergrad abroad
i'm gonna guilt trip the government π
which state youre from if you dun mind me asking?
AP
im not really asking for 100% funding, I'm looking for atleast like 50% tho, which is still hard but worth a try
oohhh
im from goa π
chill place
yea its a pretty small state
yeah
but if youre from AP, how come youre not international?
also brb, gotta do some work, I'll catch you later
37 for bio e but Iβm in the appeal pile π dang this sucks
I rlly messed up by choosing CS
Any intl students here rn??
oos rd cs is prolly the worst combination no offense
nah i know
Bruv any international student here????
i didnt know uiuc had a priority deadline or whaever
me
i like priority deadlines coz it helps u get into a school, but i dont like them bc if u dont apply ur cooke dregulr
Tell me when are the decisions coming out for South Asian students
mfs who are not gonna attend uiuc need to just withdraw to reduce the competition for us
bro it doesnt matter if ur south asian or north asian its the same for everyone
how so, the email said 4:00 pm est though
im in india
ppl listen to kanye wes in india?!?!?
chicago bro
yea
i didnt knwo that
I receive this mail
4 PM CST
central standard
yea
oh shoot, I completely forgot that CST exists π
Ooh kk
im nottoo bummed if i get rejected by uiuc, but : )
eh
uiuc basketball SUCKS!!!!!
I am hoping for UIUC W though
ru cs ?
CS and math
no debate
is that cs + x or cs + in grainger
isnt cs and math more like mathh and cs
it's neither actually
oh
CS and Math is a totally different program
idk how hard cs + math is then
oh
it's not counted as a CS + X major
dude ngl yall pfps messing me up
yea
yea but tbh at least it has the cs in it
kinda, and i don't mind it since i intend to pursue a PhD in math anyway
yea
i heard uiuc likes intl applicants
yes
money
ching ching money
so does CMU to an extent
because intls are full pay to cmu
every private loves intls
public schools love instate so much
what do you mean by
like i didnt know these differences were that crazy
decently high
UW in state is 25 vs oos 2 thas so weird man π
like in the ~30 to 40% range
they could make it a BIT more balanced
tru
no way forreal?!?!?!?!?
2% is fucking wild
like they took "university of washington" too seriously
fr
its literally just "University for Washington"
ahh yeh 29.50%
tbh idk how the cs + stuff works
2021 CS and Math OOS was 49%
i was too lazy to yap up new essays so i appleid grainger
ngl for cs its crayz how anything between 10-20 isnt even that selective π
oos
coz for some of these schools it dips like crazy
uw 2%
ucla 2%
ucb 2-4%
man....
yeah and the oos applications are probably better on average than in state as well
some of these schools admit more in state just to weed them out π
ONG
i would withdraw but i alr got in ea
in uiuc?
oh no i asked cuz their name says cal cs so- I'm not sure if they are comitting to uiuc or cal for cs
i think what kanye wanted to say was people who arent comitting, withdraw their apps lol, unless Im wrong
Is it possible to find the acceptance rate for cs in arts vs cs in engineering somewhere?
yuppp that was what she's replying to, if im not mistaken
she isn't committing, so she would withdraw to reduce competition BUT she got in ea so atp it wouldn't help
same case w me
oh? I assumed even withdrawing from the ea pool would free seats which could be given to some deferred or rd applicants
A university normally has an approximate no of acceptances they want to give for each cycle. Unless a huge number withdraws from ea, the university won't reconsider this
ohh makes sense
ATB to all for today's decisions
all the best to everyone today!
yeah, all the best to everyone!! ya'll got this fr
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did anyone else apply for cs + music here lol
Good luck y'all
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how much debt is it worth taking on for UIUC?
Gl cs majors π«‘
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Where my fellow gies at
Good luck yall!!
wb for the cs + x majors
Good luck for all Deferrals and RDs!!
Any engineering majors
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itll be so devastating bruh π
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MechE and EE secondary
Is there a way to check early
Reminder, no portal astrology
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is UIUC very competivive?
for anything CS related? yeah
its like moderately selective for others
I assume a couple of engineering majors may also be competitive
Admit Rates, Undergraduate Admissions, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
yea its above 30~40% so I guess its not that competitive..?
are you OOS/Intl?
then i wouldn't assume anything to be easy to get in if u r intl
out of state
will decisions on waitlisted for first major be out today as well
if i got my second major in EA
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i'd say grainger is tbh
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!!!!
They might but I donβt think thereβs any guarantee
Admittances for waitlisted people can come out over time rather than all in the same day
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ea more apps
Uh huh didn't know that
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nah they were prolly lazy
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four hours guys
Letβs limit how often we use the command in here lmfao
#π€-bot-commands better
are y'all ready
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most publics fill their class ea
umich uiuc purdue
so most ppl ea
because even if you do ed/rea there's no restriction on applying ea to publics
plus idk about uiuc but I think for Purdue you need to apply early for scholarship/honors consideration
me neither
why do they even have rd atp
publics should either have one round or just be rolling π
Not everyone can do ea
Yield
Or at least just ease of applicants if that makes sense
If a kid applies ED somewhere and EA at UIUC and then gets in ED thatβs a guaranteed lost applicant
So may as well give them the chance to see what happens to their ED and then apply RD where theyβre more likely to commit if ED didnβt turn out originally
I know some people then go βwell ED requires withdrawal so they shouldnβt have to worry about an ED kid getting inβ but an easy check on r/a2c will show you many people either do not care to do this or just plainly donβt know theyβre supposed to
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4 hours guys
Once again while I appreciate the enthusiasm for the commands unless itβs relevant to the convo please please use #π€-bot-commands
bro what
meow
the megathreads are for this
Anyone here have any experience with parkland pathway
It's a program at the community college next to UIUC that guarantees admission into UIUC after two years
Just a cheaper option for attending it seems
eh fair
but i guess that's an argument in favor of just eliminating EA from state schools and just doing RD
except maybe for in-state ppl having their own round or sth
For appeals is it possible to receive a decision on the 15th or do they not start reviewing them at all until then
me
ion see anywhere that says otherwise
u get more money if u get accepted through ea
an AO visited our school to talk about their ea process
this is also true
Y'all are cool people, praying that everyone on this thread gets a positive decision π
^^^
anyone oos has to expect full pay
and thats why i didnt apply cs
ima get cooked
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aint no way they decline more americans
thats uic
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GL
yes guys lets keep spamming the command
look at curry man so inspirational
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iβm in calc rn ima go reread my whole application brbππ
so real
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so i thought i cooked with my essays
turns out i didnβt
theyβre bad lwk
π€©π€©
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me
ππ
they'll be able to feel the essence of a try hard dumbass teenager through it
oh yea decisions come out today yah?
good luck yall
hope to see some of you on campus
if its meant to be
falalala
lol what did yall apply to
MechE and EE 2nd choice
plain cs???
there is hope
damn good luck
which +X
economics
cool major
ty
there is no hope..
Im a oos student but I used to live in champaign for my middle school and even attended uni high
ahhh dang so you know this place well then
ye
they could've rejected u but cs + eco is one of the more competitive cs + x iirc
nah bros tryna make me feel better
besides im still very confused
if i should even do cs + econ
Did common app give you the option of selecting a cs + x major or could you only select cs
Thatβs kinda soon
I dont remember
i applied cs + music and it is literally perfect for me
yooo
yea just pray
why not
I ended up doing cs + math
yes given the chocie
coool
im interested in cs and finance
but i feel like math is better
for cs
ah finance then maybe stats is best
Imagine if I get in lmfao
but then math + cs is just core maths
econ is not actually that good for finance
i dont want core maths
if i get in how hard is it to switch
for some reason, i only get interview at finance companies lol
even though i absolutely hate econ and did none of it in college
not hard
pretty easy
most cs+econ majors I see dont even end up in finance
but a huge portion of cs+stats majors end up in finance
Is switching from CS + X_n to CS + X_k hard
Does it exactly come out at that time
It's around 3 am in my time zone so I'd rather sleep if it would be late
yes but my only concern is
that its core stats nd not cs anymore
my goal is not to end up in finance but im just really interested in it so would be open to those oppurtunities as well
for sure
usually earlier
I expect it to relase at 3 pm
not really
Test optional really messed me up
wait what
but stats is a diff course no?
the electives are lessened
stats and cs
Is cs stats good at uiuc
yah
Is math and cs good
in cs+stats, you actually do more cs core classes than cs+econ
Iβm most likely going to UIUC for cs stats
did you get in
yea
Yes
all cs+x is good
EA
cool
why do people call it cs + stats
But idk how the job prospects r like
eh its easier
when they say its not a cs + x
like at this point
Can u do AI/ML
oh ok
we just considered it a cs+x
so is transferring simple ig?
word
for all intents and purposes, cs+stats, is a CS+X
if i get in i'll think about that
just not officially
yea i know but i heard the only diff is the way the course reqs are
or quant
math or stat?
yea
whats the pay
its what we are really known for
idk probably 300k or smth
do they do stats or maths + cs
wild 300k for a undergrad
my friend as a sophomore cs+stats got into a quant firm for an internship
yea
quant money is crazy
yea
Isn't the work life a killer
so many dudes ready to replace you
worth it
imo
well not really
you get about 5 hours sleep a day
all you do is look at sheets throughout the day
its a pretty dead and boring life
Do u guys think there is an disadvantage doing cs + x compared to straight cs
but the pay are fat stacks
depends
do you like ur X
Stats yes
then no
