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

[keen ether]

then 5 my next sem

I think

[spring berry]

was it stressful

[keen ether]

second sem yea

but im way more stressed now

comparatively

[stable anchor]

please skip calc 1 and calc 2 here

[slow niche]

What good careers for cs+stats or cs+econ

Other than quant obviously

[ivory magnet]

How much will the CS classes kick my ass if I'm doing CS + Linguistics and have no CS background?

[keen ether]

traditional software development

[keen ether]

I'd take a sem or two first, if it gets too much, you could always switch into pure linguistics

[keen ether]

biotech healthcare stuff

data science

mostly for cs+stats

I dont really know for cs+econ

cs+econ isnt even a good major for quant actually

[slow niche]

I think I have a better shot for CS econ cuz i have better ecs and awards for it

But not sure where i would go with it

[keen ether]

what do you wanna work in

thats how u would decide ur major

[slow niche]

Its like robotics or data science @keen ether

[fading kiln]

Then go for CS & Stats degree with minor in EE

If you want robotics, computer engineering is the go to, but if u really want data science, CS & Stats is the best choice

So really depends on what ur stronger interest is:
If Robotics > data science:
then Compe with Stats minor
else:
then CS & Stats with EE minor or CE minor

[slow niche]

Yea i think it would be best for cs +stats thend

Data science is the move

Wouldnt the additional ee minor be extremely difficult

[fading kiln]

Yea EE minor is a busy work especially classes like ECE 210 has 4 lectures per week

Alternatively, you can also just join the uiuc robotics club, or just take interesting robotics classes

Finishing the minor is not required

[paper steppe]

shoot what if i cant skip calc 2

[slow niche]

Ok but regardless i gotta get into cs+stats first

And then ill worry about getting robotics into my schedule

[keen ether]

I agree with JJ

[keen ether]

its fine, its not the worst

I made it through calc 2 just fine

[keen ether]

if you dont wanna do an EE minor, you could just take some EE classes you like

[stable anchor]

do it at CC or just take it here

[paper steppe]

is calc 3 a lot easier?

bc if i do at cc arent i screwed for calc 3

[stable anchor]

calc 3 is mostly an extension of calc 1 topics

[paper steppe]

ohhh ok

i shall think abt doing at cc

will it transfer easily?

[stable anchor]

check Transferology.com

to see if it will transfer

[paper steppe]

ok it gives me credit for math 231

didnt know that website existed, seems like my econ and psych give me some weird temporary / transfer credit and the rest are a maybe

[tiny parcel]

wait how do minors/double majors work here

[keen ether]

double major you might need to apply

minor just do the classes

and declare

[vital gull]

can you double major at grainger

[pearl venture]

Wait actually? 😭😭

[vital gull]

oo apparently you can

[pearl venture]

Is stats anything like ap stats

In general

[keen ether]

I never took ap stats

but the stats classes will get very mathy

[vital gull]

i wonder if you can double major neural engineering with cs or bioengineering

[keen ether]

like im in a stat class rn and its all double integrals

[pearl venture]

Okk

[keen ether]

and linear algebra

[vital gull]

💀

[pearl venture]

Not the double integrals in stats

I thought it was mostly probability

[vital gull]

jhao is undergrad research encouraged at uiuc

[pearl venture]

Ap stats was very easy

Bc there wasn’t a lot of math

[keen ether]

ye and there are a lot of programs for it

[keen ether]

yea thats why I never took it

[pearl venture]

Stats

Wait does ap stats count toward any credit

[keen ether]

no

not any you can use

at least

but yea AP stats doesn't really represent stats from what I hear

stats is a lot of calculus

[pearl venture]

Aw man

[keen ether]

lots of linear algebra

[pearl venture]

I’d never thought it was that mathy

Is 241 hard

[ivory magnet]

Now I'm kinda excited for taking a stats class...

[keen ether]

not for me

[ivory magnet]

My high school's AP stats class is notoriously bad

[keen ether]

lol yea AP stats is way too easy

the actual subject is very difficult

when you get into it

especially theoretical stats, which undergrads dont even take here

[pearl venture]

Ok

[keen ether]

cause you need real analysis

[ivory magnet]

Our AP stats class is apparently weirdly hard because the teacher is terrible

[keen ether]

loll

[pearl venture]

I’m taking calc 3 on some weird netmath thing

And u need to code for some reason

[ivory magnet]

Like, averages of 50% on tests somehow

[keen ether]

yea idk how ap stats works, but im doing a lot of double integrals rn

lol

and they are all nasty ones too

[pearl venture]

Ap stats was not even any calc at all

[keen ether]

yea real stats has a lot of calc

[pearl venture]

The most mathy stuff was like easy probability

[keen ether]

like I assume ap stats is all discrete

discrete distributions and stuff

[ivory magnet]

AP stats at my high school is more like an english class than a math class...

[keen ether]

stats at college level is all continous

[ivory magnet]

STEM kids hate the writing, non stem kids hate having to do the little math there is

[keen ether]

ah yea I have never had to write anything in stats LOL

all of it was calculating

[ivory magnet]

Thank god

Double integrals are doable

[pearl venture]

Does ap stats at least count for gen ed

[candid seal]

Did you do IB classes Jhao

[keen ether]

nah

[pearl venture]

I want to knock out some of the gen eds so bad

[keen ether]

cause you'll do em anyway

[pearl venture]

Nooo

[keen ether]

mmm no

[ivory magnet]

I'm so sad my 5 on ap music theory doesn't net me ANY gen ed credits

[keen ether]

yea gen eds are a little bit scuffed

I did all my gen eds through the linguistics dept

[candid seal]

Ok i was wondering cause im worried about maintaining a good gpa judt a little bit

[keen ether]

almost all

[keen ether]

tbh maintaining a good gpa in college isn't too important if you aren't going grad

[candid seal]

But History HL (Allegedly hardest IB class) gives me 3 credit hours i cant use for gen ed 😭

[ivory magnet]

I was looking through some of the gen ed class options, and MUS 209 seemed fun

[pearl venture]

How does that work

[keen ether]

some ling classes cover gen eds

I did those

cause im minoring in linguistics

[ivory magnet]

Linguistics moment

[pearl venture]

Ohh ok

[ivory magnet]

Best major

[candid seal]

I wanna do a music minor

[ivory magnet]

That sounds really cool, but I do not play an instrument or otherwise really engage in music

I just decided to take AP theory for some reason...

[candid seal]

CS+music would be sick but i dont like cs that much

[keen ether]

Yea CS + music is one of the coolest majors here

[ivory magnet]

Which has only really been rivaled in difficulty by my linear algebra class

[candid seal]

I dont even pkay an instrument i just produce on my computer

[keen ether]

They got a whole sequence of audio computing classes they gotta take

Audio computing lab and stuff

Should really be called CS + audio engineering if they didn't have any of the music instrument thing requirements

[ivory magnet]

I'm really excited for LING 446 since I find audio signal procesing super cool

I mean, I made a singing synthesizer out of my own voice

[keen ether]

Ah yea im gonna take it someday

[candid seal]

Gonna do CS+music and recreate all the plugins that cost like $200 for no reason

[keen ether]

Either that or corpus

[ivory magnet]

Hopefully I can take both

CS + Linguistics moment

Honestly, all the 400 level computational linguistics classes seem super cool

I just gotta get through the CS classes first...

[keen ether]

Loll

Yea I'm prob gonna do ling 406

I'm taking basically the same ling classes a CS + ling major would take

[grim path]

wait does it matter what x you take do employers care about the cs part more

[pearl venture]

They see UIUC cs I think

Idk if they take that deep of a dive into what ur x is

Ur taking the same cs core classes

[keen ether]

Nah x doesn't really matter for the avg swe job

[grim path]

ohh okay

[ivory magnet]

Any idea how I can tell in advance how I'll handle the CS classes?

Does enjoying Factorio mean anything?

[fading kiln]

You should be fine. According to the grade disparity published, 80.3% of the students get As in CS 124, 76.5% get As in CS 128. Also CS 225 has a full letter grade worth of extra credit so as long as you put in the effort, you should be fine

https://waf.cs.illinois.edu/discovery/grade_disparity_between_sections_at_uiuc/

[keen ether]

If you put in the work you'll be fine

But yea you might wanna try cs50 by harvard

[fading kiln]

But some of the classes (especially the CS theory classes) can be a struggle. One of it is CS 374, which is known to be one of the hardest class (it was the class Jhao and I were talking about few hrs ago). I also see some people struggle in CS 173 (discrete Structures)

[keen ether]

Just to get a feel

[quartz plover]

I am switching majors for context because compE required two of hardest CS classes

And my reward for that is like the hardest EE class 💀

[stable anchor]

The avg for ECE 340 is 2.6 💀

[fading kiln]

☠️☠️☠️☠️

[fading kiln]

☠️☠️☠️☠️

[quartz plover]

I just finished studying for Lin alg

I’m toast

[royal gale]

I actually found it too funny to get rejected from UIUC idk

[fading kiln]

Compe gang late night study 🥲

[quartz plover]

Wdym

[quartz plover]

Whatchu up for

[fading kiln]

I was doing my 313 and 374 hw 🥲 it is never ending. I also have 210 hw as well ☠️

[quartz plover]

210 374 AND 313?

Jesus

[fading kiln]

🥲

[quartz plover]

How did you feel about the first midterm

For 210

[fading kiln]

are you in 210 alsooo

[quartz plover]

Yep

[fading kiln]

Yeaaa first midterm was not bad but I heard midterm 2 and 3 are brutal af

[quartz plover]

So I’m retaking the class

MT1 was meh, MT2 was my easiest

MT3…. Good luck

[fading kiln]

☠️☠️

[quartz plover]

I mean like

I didn’t study for the second quiz and got a pretty good grade

[fading kiln]

I think in ECE there are always traditions

like 120 was famous for midterm 3

210 is famous for midterm 3

idk it is all midterm 3s at this point

i know 374 the midterm 3 is brutal

[quartz plover]

It’s cause it’s the build up of all material

Also the hw averages this semester are insane for some odd reason

Just dubmittrd a regret they keep fucking grading my homework wrong

I got marked off 1% cause I said “w = 4 rads”
Answer: “w= 4rad/s”

[royal gale]

Idk I didn’t expect UIUC to reject me lmao

Like UIUC?

Idk

[quartz plover]

Another 2%:
Me: “0-j1”
Answer: “-j”

[quartz plover]

But WHY

[royal gale]

I wouldn’t have attended anyways

So it’s chill

[quartz plover]

What major, what stats, OS, or IS?

This sounds like major copium rn

[royal gale]

International

And uh

CS + X

[royal gale]

Trust me it isn’t lol

I would take Purdue aerospace any day over this

[quartz plover]

I mean CS+X isn’t easy to get into, esp for@jnternstional

But Purdue aero is nice yeah

[royal gale]

What’s the admit rate

[quartz plover]

Low

Lemme see

Which X

[royal gale]

Math

RD

[quartz plover]

Oh bro

lol you’re cooked

Like 2% probably

Lemme see

[royal gale]

wtf

Are you fr

[quartz plover]

Male too

Yep

One sec

[royal gale]

Why does that matter 💀

Whatt

Nah that’s crazy man

[quartz plover]

Cause it’s lower

[quartz plover]

Under 15% acceptance rate

120 applied, UNDER 20 got in

Meaning at MOST 15% of international males for accepted,

Most likely lower

Found the exact number, 2022: 14.38%

[royal gale]

So it’s not 2

%

[quartz plover]

Normal CS is

[royal gale]

So I wasn’t selected from the 15%

[quartz plover]

But 14% is still super low it’s not a safety for anyone

[royal gale]

I see

[quartz plover]

No like

You weren’t accepted out of the 150~ that applied

[royal gale]

How will Cornell admit me

[quartz plover]

Only 21 was

[royal gale]

If UIUC rejected me

There’s no chance

It’s over

[quartz plover]

22/153 international males were accepted into CS + math in 2022

[royal gale]

I also didn’t submit my sat scores

Maybe they’re heavy on that

[lethal mesa]

How many are waitlisted 😭

[high ingot]

got waitlisted for uiuc pure cs as an indian male 💀 idk if it's possible to have a worse demographic tbh

[vital knoll]

just pirate fl studio for that

[vital gull]

na buy garage band

[stable anchor]

It went well for me

[candid seal]

I already have fl its the plugins that are expensive

And you cant pirate every plugin

[little lodge]

the way i rq my transcript 2 weeks in advance and it shows as downloaded on parchment but the portal says they haven't received my transcripts meaning i didn't make the priority deadline😭

and i'm down $50 bc my counselor didn't rlly wanna submit my fee waiver form

[vital knoll]

charge him/her $50

[quartz plover]

email uiuc

a lot of schools are receptive when its out of your control my sister did this for OSU and got accepted EA

[little lodge]

oh rlly?

hm i need to come up w what to say

[candid seal]

Can I take classes at community college over summer to get some gen eds out of the way?

[quartz plover]

Yeah

What major?

Chem (102/103), Physics (212/211), and core math classes are ones you should take

I fucking failed my linear algebra test

[stable anchor]

rip

[fading kiln]

🥲

[stone dawn]

Has anyone here ever been admitted 2nd choice then accepted off the 1st choice waitlist

[candid seal]

Im undeclared eng, most likely doing mechanical

[fading kiln]

Depends on the major. One of my friend got accepted to his 2nd choice food science but got accepted to chem 1st choice right before uni started

[tiny parcel]

which ap scores do they take

will they take 4s on physics c

[stable anchor]

they require 5s for physics c

[tiny parcel]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/861013396677591050.gif?size=60&quality=lossless

time to kms

[stable anchor]

https://www.admissions.illinois.edu/apply/freshman/college-credit-ap

here's the full ap credit chart

[keen ether]

Yes it's happened

[uneven cloak]

does anyone know what the waitlist to accept ratio

for Division of General Studies

and also would it make a difference if i appealed and added a poli sci major

cus rn im doing undeclared

[keen ether]

hmm

[toxic rivet]

If u can explain convincingly why maybe it'd help?

[keen ether]

none of us know about the WL ratio

but if you wanna appeal, go for it

[toxic rivet]

Yeah it can't hurt lol

[uneven cloak]

well i have no idea if it would help or not 😭

[toxic rivet]

Huh

[uneven cloak]

the only way i could see is if their poli sci department is small

and not a lot of ppl apply

[toxic rivet]

I'm saying if u can explain well and compelling why you want poli sci

Then it'd prob help

[uneven cloak]

ohhhhh

[toxic rivet]

Ye lol

[uneven cloak]

sorry misunderstood that

[toxic rivet]

No you're good 😭 my wording was wack too

[tiny parcel]

is compe here actually competitive or good

[spring berry]

guys

does anybody know if math and cs is a hard major to transferinto at uiuc

from liek another school

[tiny parcel]

i feel like if they took me they aren't as good

[candid seal]

Yea i think you have to transfer to engineering undecided first

[spring berry]

no not the grainger one

that one where its math and cs, its not a cS + x major

[stable anchor]

yes

getting into CompE here is a great accomplishment

[quartz plover]

lol

Hard, too

Fuck CS225

Shouldn’t have waited until the last day for MP_mosaics tbf

[fading kiln]

KD_Tree 🤩🤩🤩

I still remember last time I took CS 225, I made my custom 9 argument recursive function for MP_Mosaics 🤩

Algorithm was also super fast 🤩

[quartz plover]

This is so funny

Mine is only 5, but I need to do…. Find neighbor

[hallow rapids]

How do i check my merit scholarship offer ?

Can’t find it anywhere or mayb i j didnt get it?

[forest brook]

what do you guys think the acceptance ratewas this year

[regal bison]

similar to last year

[tiny sentinel]

Cs+stats and cs+math definitely dropped in acceptance rate

[vital knoll]

Fr

cooked

[wary beacon]

Yeah i think I made the right decision to get into las first then decide if I wanna transfer

Wouldn't wanna risk getting in

[distant spindle]

The uiuc pathway program and my appeal are my last hope for this school

I want to go so bad 😭

[vital knoll]

appeal for what

[wary beacon]

Manifesting for you my guy

[distant spindle]

I appealed to DGS as a third major

[vital knoll]

whats that

[distant spindle]

Thank you I've been trying to manifest it

[distant spindle]

Division of general studies

Undeclared major basically

[vital knoll]

oh

appeals are gonna be really tough

below 1% probably

[distant spindle]

Yeah I'm not holding out hope as much for the appeal as I am for the pathway program

Although if I get into that I'll have to take an extra semester to graduate so that's not the best either

[vital knoll]

pathway is first year transfer?

[distant spindle]

The one im applying to is third year transfer but I live at and take a few courses at uiuc for the first two years as well

Basically I would be taking gen eds at a cc and a few engineering courses at uiuc and then in junior year I'd be taking all my classes at uiuc

[vital knoll]

wait you got in

?

oh mb

[distant spindle]

All good my phrasing was probably a little confusing 😭

[vital knoll]

yea

i didnt understand shi if im being real

[distant spindle]

https://www.admissions.illinois.edu/apply/pathways/parkland

[vital knoll]

so third year transfer from a cc?

how would you take courses at uiuc

in ur first two years

if ur at cc

[distant spindle]

The cc is in the same town as uiuc

Basically I'd be living on campus at uiuc and taking classes at both

[vital knoll]

wow

thats good

[keen ether]

Ah parkland

[distant spindle]

Good or bad ah? 😭

[keen ether]

It's a really good cc

Lol

[distant spindle]

Alright that's reassuring

[spring berry]

bro Parkland is ass compared to the Grainger Engineering Pathways

it guarantees you CS

[distant spindle]

I'm not trying to go into cs

[spring berry]

oh ok

then idk

[quartz plover]

Fuck yeah MP mosaics done

If you are in CompE and don’t like CS switch out

[stable anchor]

I know someone else who is switching out of CompE because they don't like programming lol

[quartz plover]

They’re so real for that

[stable anchor]

yep

[fathom raft]

does uiuc have a 4+1 program for cs+x majors

[stable anchor]

@keen ether

[keen ether]

You usually have one for the +X side but if you get a 3.2 gpa or above you get auto admission into the online mcs

[vital knoll]

bro

i just got off the call with the uiuc undergrad admissions

she told my first essay was more math oriented and not econ 😭

i fucking knew it bro i shoulda picked cs + stats

[fathom raft]

wait did you just get admitted

how do you find this out

[vital knoll]

no I called admissions and asked

I got waitlisted

[pearl lantern]

yeah she said the same to me but with cs and bioengineering

she said it was more bioe

so i appealed

[stable phoenix]

can you appeal a waitlist?

[vital knoll]

You already appealed?

[pearl lantern]

no i got rejected EA

[pearl lantern]

i got rejected EA

[vital knoll]

Ye

She said appeal is unlikely anyway

Prolly below 1%

[pearl lantern]

bruh

[vital knoll]

What

[pearl lantern]

nah im just sad cuz i appealed

its over 😭😭😭

[vital knoll]

It's over bro

[pearl lantern]

nah cuz idek how i got rejected

[vital knoll]

Did u cook on the appeal essay

[pearl lantern]

some kid from my school got in cs + stats and he had a slightly higher gpa but my ECs were smmm more comp sci and at a higher level

[pearl lantern]

yessir

[vital knoll]

then don't worry

1-2%

You never know

[pearl lantern]

i think my mistake was applying plain cs

oos

[vital knoll]

Oh

Yea plain cs is too hard

[pearl lantern]

now i appealed bioe

just bioe

[vital knoll]

Dw you'll get in

[pearl lantern]

so i hope it works out

id go to northeastern anyways lmfao

[vital knoll]

Dangg

[lethal mesa]

Your first essay was the difference between admit and waitlist?

[vital knoll]

yea

[lethal mesa]

Wtfff

[vital knoll]

i fucking knew bro

.

[lethal mesa]

I also got waitlist CS+Math

Maybe its my essay

[vital knoll]

😭

call them and ask

[lethal mesa]

Yea im plannig to do that

[vital knoll]

call today

they gon call back tmrw

[lethal mesa]

Do they ask what time the next day?

[vital knoll]

no

its like 4 am for me

i got a call

[lethal mesa]

Its almost 6 am here for me

[vital knoll]

💀

i think its closed already

[lethal mesa]

Ah okay

I’ll call at night my time

Did you appeal to new major?

[vital knoll]

i will

but its very very unlikely

[lethal mesa]

If you appeal will you automatically lose your waitlist spot or no?

[vital knoll]

i dont think so

besides who tf cares about a waitlist spot bruh

[formal cedar]

what did u ask

[vital knoll]

why i got waitlisted

[lethal mesa]

Is getting off the waitlist for CS+X impossible, did anyone even got admitted after waitlist for CS+X programs?

[vital knoll]

in 2021 0 students got off the waitlist bro

waitlist is just a soft reject

[fathom raft]

ohhh

i’m tryna see what they liked abt my app

[vital knoll]

call em

[formal cedar]

…do you just call the admissions office?

[vital knoll]

yes bro

yall trippin

[formal cedar]

ok bcuz this is pretty unorthodox

i’ve never heard of anyone doing this

could we do this for other universities aswell??

[vital knoll]

only uiuc does it

afaik

[dire smelt]

.

[tiny parcel]

do they allow this

i lowk wanna find out

i also wanna ask what the ar for compe was this year

[fathom raft]

ik you can req to see your admissions file but thats only if you enroll 😭

[vapid veldt]

wait who did you call

[vital knoll]

admissions

my bad

[vital gull]

Hi, I'm a high school senior. I was accepted to my first choice major in Computer Science but I don't think I should have gotten in. Can I still get rejected if I fill out the appeal decision form?

My stats:

3.0 GPA

1400 SAT

No AP credits or extracurricular leadership activities

What are my chances of getting my admittance rescinded? How long should I expect to wait to hear back???

[ivory arch]

did u wrote some false informations?

[frozen holly]

why would you appeal if u got in 😭 if u don't want to go just decline ur offer of admission

[leaden meadow]

bro is probs trolling

[vital gull]

..?

[limpid ore]

exactly...

[vital gull]

https://www.reddit.com/r/UIUC/comments/1b7asx5/uiuc_decision_appeal/

[lethal mesa]

hi, how did you make the international phone call to the uiuc admissions office and did they just called you while you were asleep and you woke up?

[vital knoll]

yea

i have a us phone no

[lethal mesa]

the first time you called them did they ask anything?

before they called you back

[vital knoll]

nah just my name ph no and UID

[lethal mesa]

hmmmm okay, but I don't have a US phone number

[vital knoll]

you dont have intl calling?

[lethal mesa]

i'll try to find a way

thanks

[vital knoll]

np

[lethal mesa]

hi @vital knoll , how long did your call lasted with the AO and did you ask things like "do you think my common app essays helped my application" or "did you think my testing (SAT scores/Test optional) helped my app / hurted it?"

[vital knoll]

nah bro

i spoke like 5 minutes

it was like 3 am

she jus said my stats and commonapp essay was all fine

just the 1st essay was not econ oriented more maths and stat

[lethal mesa]

its better for me to have the questions ready by now right

[vital knoll]

bro its not that deep

💀

you not writing a song or smth

[little lodge]

did u check pinned messages in #💋-interviews ?

[lethal mesa]

yeah ik just want to make use of the chance

[vital knoll]

its not an interview

😭

[little lodge]

ohh sorry😭

[vital knoll]

hes calling admissions on why he got rejected or WL

[little lodge]

ahh

[vital knoll]

just ask in general why you got rejected or WL

and where they think you fell short

and if appealing is worth it or not

[little lodge]

omg they tell u that info?

[lethal mesa]

yea uiuc tell us

[little lodge]

wowww

[lethal mesa]

if you call them

[last delta]

wait do we just contact them and ask why we got rehected

[leaden meadow]

do they also tell you why you got accepted

[lethal mesa]

okay

[vital knoll]

💀

[little lodge]

omg did u get accepted

[leaden meadow]

yes!

ea tho not rd

[little lodge]

congrats!!!!

[leaden meadow]

im curious😭

[leaden meadow]

thank you!!!

[little lodge]

u could view ur admissions file

[leaden meadow]

how's college season going for you Jess

[little lodge]

once ur enrolled i believe

[leaden meadow]

no i mean im not going to uiuc

[little lodge]

it's goood

[leaden meadow]

but i wanna know

[little lodge]

i actually applied to transfer to uiuc

[little lodge]

ohh i see

[leaden meadow]

wait are you not a hs senior

[little lodge]

did u commit somewhere yet

[little lodge]

no😭

[leaden meadow]

oh! when do you hear back for that

[little lodge]

college freshman

[leaden meadow]

BUT YOU WERE ASKING ABOUT DUAL ENROLLMENT

[leaden meadow]

ah!

[little lodge]

april probably

[leaden meadow]

figuratively to Berkeley, literally nowhere yet

[leaden meadow]

glll

Why are you transferring bte

[little lodge]

yes i did it in hs lol

uiuc requires a stats course

[leaden meadow]

oh

[little lodge]

which i got de credit for

rather than from my current university

[leaden meadow]

makes sense

[little lodge]

oooh

berkeley is nice

[leaden meadow]

right

[little lodge]

do u have an intended major

[leaden meadow]

tbh nothing tops it for me

[little lodge]

thank u<3

[little lodge]

impeccable psych program!

[leaden meadow]

bcuz I'd probably prefer stanford/uchicago/ivies/UCLA but everything except UCLA is expensive and UCLA is far

[little lodge]

and i want to study away from home

[leaden meadow]

media studies!

and hopefully a data science double major but idk if they'll give it to me

[little lodge]

samee

in a rich world, we'd be ucla girls

[leaden meadow]

berkeley is also great for psych🤭

but oos cost is insane yeah don't sell your soul to come here

[little lodge]

ooooh

smart gal

[leaden meadow]

ahhh fair

[leaden meadow]

<3

[little lodge]

i've readdd

but that cali tuition😭

[leaden meadow]

yep😭

im paying instate thankfully

[little lodge]

omg yay!!!!

[leaden meadow]

so UCLA is probs cheaper but i have very close family in North bay

and im not sure whether the benefits of UCLA outweigh that feeling of family

plus berkeley's academics is more appealing to me

i really love UCLA's vibe and student life and safety tho

so we'll see

it'll be a hard decision

if i get in

[gloomy widget]

What number did u call

Cuz I called and the lady said Uiuc doesn’t do that

[vital knoll]

[phone]

[gloomy widget]

Yea I called the same number just now and the lady said she can’t do that

Bruh

[vital knoll]

they did it for me bro idk

[gloomy widget]

Mine was a student worker tho

[vital knoll]

maybe she just got something against u

💀

[gloomy widget]

Maybe

What time u call

[vital knoll]

idk bro

it was like a few days ago

[gloomy widget]

Welp

[vital knoll]

idk maybe they got too many calls

regarding this

[gloomy widget]

Prolly

[vital knoll]

so they just stopped

telling ppl

[formal cedar]

LITERALLY i just did this rn

[gloomy widget]

What happened

[formal cedar]

wait

[gloomy widget]

Did the lady tell u abt ur application

[formal cedar]

they just called me back

[gloomy widget]

Ok

[formal cedar]

no so she said she cpuldnt do that and i would be put on a “waiting list”

and they called me back in like a few minutes which was weird…?

[slow holly]

Yo question, whats UID and how do I get the phone number to call? 💀

[formal cedar]

honestly, it wasnt really helpful LOL

she was just like “yeah everything was great but competitive applicants this year blah blah blah”

but just call the number, and the uid is on your myilini application

they will walk you through it

[slow holly]

Dang thats disappointing :/

[slow holly]

Ight thanks man

[gloomy widget]

What did u ask

[slow holly]

Ill give it a try

[formal cedar]

feedback on why i didnt get into my first choice major (cs+education)

[gloomy widget]

The lady straight up told me Uiuc doesn’t do that so idk

Ight I’ll try again after school

[formal cedar]

and she told me that my essays and ecs were “above average”, but my low grades in math held me back

idk i think she was just bullshitting

[vital knoll]

probably

[open remnant]

if someone pays the enrollment deposit

but cant attend due to a better offer elsewhere

can they choose to go for a different uni

[vital knoll]

yea

i think so

[candid seal]

Yea enrollment deposit is just to incentivize you to not change schools but you still can

[royal gale]

Is it true that u call UIUC admissions to know why u got rejected wtf??

[leaden meadow]

yeah

[royal gale]

Is it like a UIUC thing?

Only UIUC thing

Ngl it sounds so weird 😭

[leaden meadow]

i guess so

[royal gale]

Do u think it hurts to call

[leaden meadow]

why would it

[royal gale]

My app to other unis

Idk maybe they’ll tell Cornell

[leaden meadow]

lol nah they won't

[royal gale]

Hey this kid called us asking about why he got rejected

[leaden meadow]

It'll give you an idea of where your app stands

[royal gale]

Then Cornell be like eww

[leaden meadow]

Bunch of kids call

Just don't be disrespectful in the call

[royal gale]

Yeah for sure

But should I be direct

[leaden meadow]

idk i didn't call

[royal gale]

Like after the greetings: may I please learn more about my app from your perspective if possible? I’d like to know where I made a mistake

Smt like that?

Works

[leaden meadow]

Yeah works

[tiny parcel]

does anyone have pics of the acceptance package

[hallow rapids]

Do they send acceptance packages to international students

[pallid hornet]

Nah unfortunately no 😦

[fast ridge]

have they sent out acceptance packages to rd acceptences?

[fair plinth]

did Grainger sent out honors emails?

[distant spindle]

Do appeals that were submitted right after the ea denials get decisions starting next Friday or are they just not reviewed until then

[vital knoll]

not reviewed

[distant spindle]

Damnit

[fast pivot]

Y’all what’s in the acceptance packages

[pearl venture]

Nothing much, it’s just ur acceptance letter and stickers

[fast pivot]

Oh damn

[formal cedar]

when do they send the packages

do u have to commit

[tiny parcel]

wdym have to

no an acceptance is an acceptance

it doesn't mean they're going to drag you onto campus

[tepid umbra]

1 week or 2 after you get in

You don't have to commit if you don't want to

[formal cedar]

no i meant like do you have to commit to get the package lmfao

[tiny parcel]

no its an acceptance package

i dont think they send anything once you commit 💀 idk who a current student in this thread might know

[night roost]

How is cognitive science at uiuc?

[keen ether]

it seems like a decent program

we do have a very strong pysch program

i know that for sure

[quartz plover]

all my homies in psych love it here

[high ingot]

wait you can call and ask why you got waitlisted 💀

so i just call this number: [phone]

and ask 'em why i got waitlisted?

please @ me if you respond 🙏

[vital knoll]

Yea

[fathom raft]

can you ask them why you got accepted lmao

[little lodge]

i intended to apply priority deadline to uiuc

and had my counselor send a fee waiver form

but he sent it in the wrong format

so i paid the fee 2 days after the deadline

when i got my portal:(

[stable pagoda]

Do they give packages for intl?

[little lodge]

is there anything i can do or do i just pray

[little lodge]

wait it says they do accept over email on the fee waiver form

but not in the portal??

[spring berry]

wiat you can do that

wth

i kinda want to know why they accepted me

[fast ridge]

Anyone know when UIUC sends acceptance packages

[summer cobalt]

they sent mine soon after i got in ea

around a week or so?

looks like these

[fast ridge]

Oh bet I’ll check my mail

I got in rd and I kinda forgot when thebdecision was lol

Thanks

[fathom raft]

same

tryna see what they liked in my app

[fast ridge]

Cuz ur qualified smart people trust

[ivory magnet]

I got my acceptance package yesterday, but it may have been faster than average since I live in Illinois. Expect them soon.

[open remnant]

does UIUC send acceptance package to intls

[fading kiln]

Nope, us international students dont get any 🥲

[little lodge]

omg cooll

congrats!

is that a usc bedsheet lol

[summer cobalt]

yeahh. lmfaoo

[grizzled sierra]

when do you get your netid?

[vital gull]

which guitar is that

[leaden meadow]

bro just has this photo favorited

[little lodge]

very cool

[summer cobalt]

uh ibanez somethn im too sleepy to check what model but its a hollow body with two humbuckers

i also got a yamaha pacifica 112v

[summer cobalt]

lmfaoooo

[leaden meadow]

im not wrong am i

[summer cobalt]

ur not m@dao

lmfaoo

[tiny parcel]

can someone convince me to look forward to being in the cornfields for the next 4 years (high possibility)

[fast ridge]

My friend said there’s a really good balance of social life and academics

• the campus looks beautiful

[keen ether]

I thought I'd hate it too but I actually really like it

For some reason, it's a bit soothing to be in the cornfields

[fast ridge]

How’s the social life

Like what yall do

[keen ether]

I personally ain't much a drinker

[fast ridge]

I didnt do much social stuff in hs 💀

[fast ridge]

Same

[keen ether]

But I like playing sports

Watching movies

[fast ridge]

Oh bet

[fast ridge]

Is the Muay Thai club dead I couldn’t find anything on it 💀😭

[keen ether]

Yea I don't know anything either 💀

[fast ridge]

😭

[fathom raft]

so like how much corn is served in the dining hall

[keen ether]

Probably not more than the average dining hall

Most corn here is not for human consumption

[wary beacon]

this corn convo is lowkey wild

[willow lichen]

bruh someone give thoughts on UIUC ECE vs UT Austin ECE

im so confused idk what to do

[leaden meadow]

ngl if I got into both I'd just go to wherever the weather would suit me more

[fast ridge]

i would go to the better campus

ngl i feel like campus plays a big part for me

if i got into ucsd i would still go over uiuc since im in state but if cost was the same uiucs campus would push it over sd for me

[leaden meadow]

yeah uiuc campus is GORGEOUS

but for me personally i can't do cold weather or snow which is why I'd take uc Berkeley over uchicago even if they were the same cost

so i meant in terms of that for weather

[fast ridge]

fair fair

[wary beacon]

im prepared for hell in terms of weather

cuz summer here is like easy consistent 40+ degrees(100+ in fahrenheit ig)

[vernal walrus]

how much chance do i have getting off the waitlist 🥹

[little lodge]

help what do i do😭

[leaden meadow]

wait

if you submitted it before the deadline they probably will consider it

[leaden meadow]

i think this refers to people who sent it in like an hour or two late and stuff yk?

[little lodge]

yeah but idk if they had issues w processing it

i paid the fee late

even tho i sent in a fee waiver i should have gotten

[little lodge]

could be

i explained my circumstances tho😭

[leaden meadow]

ahhhh

whats the disadvantage of not submitting before priority deadline?

[little lodge]

priority gets higher consideration

for acceptance

[leaden meadow]

oh

[little lodge]

okay i think this

is optimal

[leaden meadow]

yep that works

gl jess!

[little lodge]

thank u!

[little lodge]

okay they said check next week

this is promising

[ivory dust]

Late response but I got mine for EE

Few weeks ago

[nova torrent]

does UIUC have an acceptance letter? Can't find it in the portal. Only the web page congratulating.

[leaden meadow]

You have to search for it a bit and it only updates like about a week after decisions are out

On the freshman admitted checklist go to additional information, notice of admission letter

[nova torrent]

ty. found it.

[fast ridge]

Does the acceptance letter say anything extra?

Besides “ur in”

[split haven]

mine said
“Dear Quinn,
Congratulations! This letter serves to formally offer you admission to the University of Illinois Urbana- Champaign. We officially welcome you into the Theatre program in the College of Fine and Applied Arts for the Fall 2024 semester.
We're very impressed by you and all of your accomplishments. You're full of talent and even more potential, and we think you'd be a wonderful fit at Illinois. I hope you choose to join us.
Our university upholds a tradition of excellence, with a long reputation as a world-class leader of innovation and impact. Here you’ll discover a global community rooted in a spirit of equity and openness, along with meaningful resources to support you. Your most creative ideas will be encouraged and your most ambitious goals realized. Through the power of an Illinois degree, you'll move forward prepared to create positive, long-lasting change.
Important details about your offer are located on the other side of this letter. Before beginning your Illinois experience, you need to complete your Admitted Student Checklist, found in myIllini at myillini.illinois.edu. Make sure to review everything carefully, as this will help you make a smooth transition. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to reach out to us at [email protected] or 217-333-0302.
Welcome to the Illinois family!”

the application portal also has confetti and plays the fight song

[fast ridge]

Yeah that was so cool lol

[fast ridge]

Thanks

I’m assuming there’s a physical letter since it said other side of the letter

[split haven]

it was just the terms of admission (official transcripts, commitment deadlines, etc)

i did get a physical acceptance packet with a letter and some stickers but it wasn’t until about a week later

i also got in EA so the physical letter may take longer bc of the number of people they have to send it to

[fast ridge]

Makes sense

Yeah I checked I think yesterday and it wasn’t there yet

[wary beacon]

how did i not know this bruh ive been for over a month and a half and i thought they just dont do acceptance letters or sum

[pearl lantern]

Anyone else appeal from EA?

Those are supposed to come on the 15th right did anyone get confirmation

[distant spindle]

Yeah

[distant spindle]

I don't remember getting a confirmation but when I go to the portal and click appeal form it tells me I have already submitted one

Wait I entirely misunderstood what you were asking

Someone said that they're only going to begin reviewing appeals on the 15th not releasing them but I can't verify the legitimacy of that

[pearl lantern]

i thought they said no decision will be made before 15th

this is so mean lol ur telling me i gotta wait until like april 1st to know ??

i submitted on feb 13th

[distant spindle]

I'm hoping that isn't the case but I'm not certain, I submitted mine around the same date and I'm hoping they'll at the very least give decisions by next week for people who did it around that time

I appealed for a new major instead of my original one so I'm not sure if that affects it either but I'm starting to get antsy over it

[pearl lantern]

SAME the lady on the phone literally said i had a strong profile for the other major

i meant to pick it as my second choice and just didnt smh

[distant spindle]

RIP I hope they let you in for the new one

The counselor I talked to told me to apply DGS because I had a c in my pre calc class and it made me look pretty bad I did have a good reason for why I had it but I didn't think to put that on my original application

[pearl lantern]

ohhh

mine also said smth about my ap calc bc grade

i took the hardest class and ended with a b+

and this year im doing multivariable calc and have an A

[distant spindle]

Ive been kinda slacking on what courses I'm choosing I'm doing a dual enrollment math class at a community college and it doesn't look nearly as good as just taking a calc course

I think that played at least a partial part in my applications 😭

[pearl lantern]

mine was prob just bad essays

or she said they were too comp bio focused instead of just comp sci

[distant spindle]

Ah I could see how that may have caused a problem

From what I could tell my essays were pretty decent but not good enough to carry me

[pearl lantern]

Yep

It is what it is but I wish they didn’t have appeal

I have false hope for nothing

[distant spindle]

I'm doing everything possible to see if I can get accepted I'm even signing up for pathway programs 😭

[pearl lantern]

Good luck!! I hope it works out for u

[mighty robin]

could anyone tell me if there's a possibility of scholarships or aid for an international student

the major I'm looking at is astrophysics rn

[stable anchor]

If you are international you probably aren't going to get anything
Uiuc is terrible with aid

[open remnant]

No scholarships either?

[keen ether]

Yes scholarships are rare

[wet plover]

I mean it’s a state school so yes aid is shit

[twin wedge]

what's up with the chancellor's scholar for the campus honors program? is that really big?

[tiny parcel]

is it good

i got it rn

they say only 125 sooo

[twin wedge]

YEAH LOL

it's 1000 merit and i feel special but idk...my friend who got into mit didn't get the email so i'm not sure if it's based off ur college?

i'm in the arts and sciences one

[tiny parcel]

im in grainger (engineering)

[tiny parcel]

its 1k merit but...still hella expensive 😔

[twin wedge]

ohhhh ok that's weird

[twin wedge]

IKR LOL 1/50 of my tuition down ig

[tiny parcel]

fr 😭

but if we go we're special i guess

it's a sub-1% (since uiuc gets like 65k applications and only 125 get it) acceptance rate tho so i guess its special

[twin wedge]

are you is or oos btw? i'm is

ohhh i see

[twin wedge]

YEAH

[tiny parcel]

did you get in rd or ea?

[twin wedge]

rd

[visual notch]

Wait UIUC actually tells you why you got rejected?

[leaden meadow]

If you call them yeah

[visual notch]

Woah

That’s fresh

[distant spindle]

I need my appeal decision as soon as possible

I hope they actually start doing them by the start of next week

[tiny parcel]

can any current students tell me abt the chancellor's scholar thingy

[keen ether]

its p cool

I wanted to get in

got rejected lol

but its a small program

cool classes

and you get a small shack

with free snacks apparently

[distant spindle]

Appeal denied things are looking rough for me

[alpine bramble]

is uiuc a safety

[regal bison]

depends on major and residency

[split haven]

it’s a 50% acceptance rate

that is not a safety lol

[alpine bramble]

my school too nerdy

they said its easy to get into

sheesh

[split haven]

a safety is a school that you know you’ll get into no matter what

[spring berry]

No it isn’t

It’s more of a target or reach for people

[stable anchor]

Depends

[keen ether]

oh are appeals out

[keen ether]

During my CS orientation here, CS administration was bragging how we have ivy league acceptance rates for CS here

So no

Not a safety

[pearl lantern]

Rejected UIUC appeal 😭 frick them

[leaden snow]

guys I got in like a couple months ago, but is this school good for biology

[rocky oyster]

UIUC isn't really known for bio but I wouldn't say they're bad either

[hallow arch]

I got in for Aerospace engineering, is it a good choice to futher my studies here for this major?

[rocky oyster]

Idk what your other options are but all engineering majors at UIUC are pretty solid, so it'll probably come down to other factors

[hallow arch]

the next solid option would be Mechanical engineering at Purdue

[rocky oyster]

Purdue and UIUC are both pretty similar tbh

would you rather do aero or mech

[formal cedar]

if u wanna go aero i would say purdue is better though

[hallow arch]

Is there anything UIUC boasts that purdue doesn't? Maybe internship opportunities or other research opportunities?

[keen ether]

We have more corn

[formal cedar]

they like 10x more nobel prize winners or smth like that

like i’m p sure uiuc has produced 30 nobel prize winners

compared to purdue’s 2

[gray crow]

how hard is it to switch majors within grainger?

is it worth?

[stable anchor]

depends on what you want to switch into

[gray crow]

systems engineering to mechanical eng

looking at the courses, they seem pretty similar for first year atleast

[stable anchor]

it's doable
it's easier to switch within grainger than switch into grainger

[gray crow]

cool, and do you know if systems eng is a good major anyway in case i wanted to keep it

[stable anchor]

idk

[thin jay]

Was anybody waitlisted computer engineering

Like before

[stable anchor]

i can send you the uiuc engineering server

you can ask over there if you want

[gray crow]

oh yeah can you send

[real tree]

hello, please share with me as well

I'm an engineering mechanics student

[stable anchor]

sure

[real tree]

Thank you

[cold stone]

is there a server related to/containing cs+ling info?

[ivory magnet]

Are you also cs+ling? Let me know if you find anything

[cold stone]

yeah! and will do

[spring berry]

cs+ling seems hype

[quartz plover]

UIUC TO B10 CHAMPS RAAAH

[keen ether]

Lmao we made it

[stable anchor]

let's gooo

[tepid umbra]

Does anyone know when uiuc orientation is?

[dark palm]

Women college basketball >

[quartz plover]

Straight cap

[dark palm]

I literally cannot name 5 men college basketball players

I could name 10 women college basketball players

[keen ether]

mid to late aug

registering for classes happens in summer though

[tepid umbra]

I'm assuming classes start soon after orientation

[keen ether]

yes

[tepid umbra]

Sounds good

[keen ether]

almost immediately

oreientation is super fun

its like a whole week of just chilling

[tepid umbra]

Nice

[keen ether]

theres like

events

all over the place

lots of merch and stuff

[dusty talon]

what about within the more competitive ones like aero and mech

like if im admitted into aero and want mech is that relatively easy

[stable anchor]

not easy but it's doable

[dusty talon]

alright ty

do you know anyone who's done that?

(switching within grainger)

[stable anchor]

not to ME specifically

i know a person who switched into EE from physics

[quartz plover]

B10 CHAMPS RIGHT HERE

TSJ AND DOMASK

[dense bridge]

anyone know how the waitlist for ppl who got in w their 2nd major works?

[violet fossil]

did james scholar decisions come out for grainger yet?

[tiny parcel]

i havent heard

[little lodge]

is it worth debating

[leaden meadow]

How much harder is it

[little lodge]

idk

nowhere says:(

[leaden meadow]

I'd ask them why you didn't meet the deadline

[little lodge]

it's bc of the late fee

[thin jay]

Do second sem grades matter if ur on waitlist for first choice

[wanton tree]

yep

[thin jay]

No way

But I haven’t received anything asking for grades

[prisma prism]

pretty sure its just first sem

[distant spindle]

I just got an email informing me that I received a decision on my appeal but I received the decision last Friday at 9 am is that normal?

[vestal hornet]

Do you know how easy it is to switch into Grainger from chem engineering? (since chem engineering is in a diff college)

[blissful orchid]

when did you submit the appeal? tryna get an idea for how long im gonna have to wait

[pearl lantern]

Feb 12th or smth

Mid Feb

[topaz mortar]

What was the Computer Engineering acceptance rate

[empty cipher]

Hey is there a uiuc accepted students gc/server or anything?

[stable anchor]

unfortunately you are still going to be treated as an LAS student so it's going to be hard

[stable anchor]

i can send

[vestal hornet]

can u send me too, thx

[stable anchor]

sure

[empty cipher]

Yes please do!

[stable anchor]

sent

[topaz mortar]

send to me as wel please

[stable anchor]

sent

[blazing hearth]

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[vestal pier]

guys

can i still send in my appeal

[keen ether]

Probably

[willow lichen]

@ ppl currently studying at UIUC, what are your thoughts on UIUC ECE vs UT Austin ECE?

[leaden meadow]

might wanna make a #954425230896545792 post

[willow lichen]

i did but all people who replied were current hs seniors ):

i also want some perspective from ppl who acc go to school at either UIUC or UT so i can make a more informed decision

[leaden meadow]

oh rip 😭

i would instead just send the link to that post here