University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) (2024-2025)

[mint marsh]

fr kelley is very nice

uiuc is good for like

accounting

💀

boring asf

[quiet salmon]

kelley is top tier in finance

[mint marsh]

yuh

[static kindle]

ok but who wants to live in indiana

[quiet salmon]

but super competitive

me

[mint marsh]

i wish i could afford it lmfao

[visual heron]

yeah bro frl

who wants to live in illonios

im going to go live on mars

[quiet salmon]

ok mango stop coping

[static kindle]

bro illinois is great

i love illinois

[quiet salmon]

we get it

[deft nexus]

dw UC Berkeley and UCLA have lower acceptance rate for OOS students
and those are the ones that matter

[quiet salmon]

😭

[mint marsh]

ong urbana chamoaign sucks

[neat cairn]

Accounting does make the money.

[rancid quarry]

[quiet salmon]

shat up u got in

[mint marsh]

its boring as fuck

[visual heron]

i know

[quick trellis]

lets go ILLINI

[quiet salmon]

u cant hate on the school after u got in

[visual heron]

id be happy with uc davis and uc irvine too bro

[regal shard]

I GOT IN!!

[mint marsh]

yes im joining the hate

[regal shard]

omg im so happy

[mint marsh]

yes i can

[regal shard]

my first acceptance

[crisp quest]

Whoaa! Nice job!

[mint marsh]

congratsss

[deft nexus]

ucsd?

[neat cairn]

W

[quiet salmon]

im going to steal ur acceptance

[mint marsh]

ok

:((

[lone ginkgo]

uc merced

[crisp quest]

NICEEE!!

[quiet salmon]

@regal shard alright buddy hand over the acceptance

[visual heron]

YES

[lone ginkgo]

isnt that the worst one

[quiet salmon]

🤓

[visual heron]

I WANT UCSD SO BADLY

its my fav uc school bro

and then uci

[quiet salmon]

i want uc merced 🔥

[visual heron]

then ucsb

[quiet salmon]

what

[mint marsh]

ucm = cum

[crisp quest]

?!?

[quiet salmon]

negative aura

[mint marsh]

bro why wa sthat DELETD

[lone ginkgo]

aren't in state students like almost guarenteed a UC

[mint marsh]

WTF

1948

1984

[lone ginkgo]

like above a certain gpa

or no

[visual heron]

fucking merced

lmao

[deft nexus]

one of them's bound to accept you, whether it be UCSD, UCI, UCSB, UCD
I mean you literally have so many options
the numbers are in your favor

[visual heron]

merced is horrible

[static kindle]

isnt ucsd right on the mexican border

[visual heron]

well id be happy

[neat cairn]

Penn State >

[static kindle]

i thought you werent about that

[visual heron]

trump secured it so

[subtle venture]

YEA FUCK URBANA CHAMPAIGN

LAME ASS TOWN

[visual heron]

and ucsd is not located directly in san diego

[rancid quarry]

UCSD is tough

[subtle venture]

MIDDLE OF CORNFIELDS

[visual heron]

ucsd is a bit north of downtown san diego

[deft nexus]

and you didn't really wanna go there anyway

[neat cairn]

[lone ginkgo]

UCLA and UC Berkley might be a different issue but the others are defo a possibility

[subtle venture]

yea ong (cope)

[glass root]

Rejected for math

[dark plaza]

does anybody know pure math acceptance rate

[visual heron]

twin

[subtle venture]

1%

[craggy hazel]

cope

[glass root]

Well I didn't get in

[deft nexus]

calculate it using pure math

[quiet salmon]

💀

[quiet salmon]

average math major

[crisp quest]

Darn. Good luck with the rest of your colleges!!

[rancid quarry]

UCSD is around Austin, Uiuc, and gt levels right

[visual heron]

no

way higher

[lone ginkgo]

no

[neat cairn]

💀

[glass root]

Just 3 left for me NC State ,Texas a&m and ur Austin

[visual heron]

UCLA is prolly around those levels

[neat cairn]

it’s way lower lmao

[lone ginkgo]

UCLA and Berk are that level

[rancid quarry]

???

[visual heron]

yeah

[craggy hazel]

CS wise I think UCSD is catching up quick

[visual heron]

ucsd is compeititive for pre med majors

i believe

[lone ginkgo]

UCSD and UCI are like slightly below

[neat cairn]

UC rankings are insanely artificially inflated

[visual heron]

cause their bio major is very top

[hardy geyser]

What about ai wise :D (they just got an ai major)

[rancid quarry]

idk if I’m trolling I don’t think ucla is anywhere near Austin and whatnot

[visual heron]

yes

[quiet salmon]

UCI ABG HEAVEN

[rancid quarry]

It’s t20

[quiet salmon]

🔥

[neat cairn]

You’re in aero right?

[rancid quarry]

💀

[hardy geyser]

Yeah they’re in entirely different states

[craggy hazel]

especially ai

[quiet salmon]

YAYYYYYYYYY

[rancid quarry]

In terms of ranking 😭 my geo ain’t that shit

[craggy hazel]

ucb is a league ahead of UIUC / UCSD ai/cs wise

[hardy geyser]

Yeah ik lmao

[static peak]

yoo 🐐

I applied AI to at UCSD

[visual heron]

yes

[static peak]

❤️

[visual heron]

aero isnt that bad at ucsd

[neat cairn]

AI gotta be around equal

[hardy geyser]

Ayeeeeeeeeeee

[visual heron]

aero is hard at ucla to

[hardy geyser]

Hell yeahhhh

[static peak]

AI at purdue too

[hardy geyser]

Lemme know how it goes

[static peak]

❤️

🙏

same

I'll probably get UCSD

[mint marsh]

ONG

[hardy geyser]

ea?

[static peak]

cause it's way easier than UIUC CS

[rancid quarry]

UCSD is way lower than Uiuc and gt?

[static peak]

yes

[hardy geyser]

Hell yeah

[static peak]

yes

[craggy hazel]

nah not really

[mint marsh]

bro they call thsemlesv a big food town when its barely anything

[static peak]

AI bros making it out ❤️

[mint marsh]

urbana champaign lame asf

[hardy geyser]

Wait like tell u my decisions?

[craggy hazel]

but it all depend on your skillset

[rancid quarry]

‼️

[craggy hazel]

ucb is great but it's very competitive

[static peak]

wdym

[craggy hazel]

so is ucsd

[hardy geyser]

Nvm nvm

[craggy hazel]

you're much less likely to get opportunities as an undergrad

[hardy geyser]

No like ucsd has an ai major, uiuc and Berkeley don’t have one

[neat cairn]

shush

[hardy geyser]

So like ucsd immediately superior for ai through technicality

But for like research and grad school, Berkeley is insane for ai

[craggy hazel]

not really

[neat cairn]

AI is embedded into the CS school

[static peak]

UCB has insane aura

[spiral cipher]

ucsd is chill

[craggy hazel]

i think the idea of an ai major is kinda funny

[static peak]

🙏

[deep bay]

cant tell if this is fr

[neat cairn]

yeah it’s fr lol

[spiral cipher]

it feels a little hyper-specific to me as an undergrad major

[craggy hazel]

yeah

[deep bay]

do you go to uiuc? lowkey not sure about what campus life is like

[hardy geyser]

I mean I’m fs doing grad school, so i rly like my major

[static peak]

I just wanna make agi 😔

[spiral cipher]

ah yeah, fair enough

[static peak]

@hardy geyser did you apply UPenn BSAI ?

[neat cairn]

Yes I do. I like it here personally

[split knoll]

upvoting this

[static peak]

I really hope I get it

[hardy geyser]

Pleaseeee hire me anyone 🙏

[static peak]

🙏

[static peak]

please altman 🙏

[dusky python]

FUCK YOU UIUC

[lone ginkgo]

I mean isn’t CS + Ling at UIUC badically an AI major

[dusky python]

HELLO GEORGIA TECH

[static peak]

GTECHH GOOATTTTED

[craggy hazel]

there are alot, and I mean alot, of fundemental CS and math you need

[static peak]

!!!!!

[craggy hazel]

before you think about doing AI

[neat cairn]

did you get in?

[hardy geyser]

NoooOOOOOOO
AI IS NOT CHATGPT THERE IS A LOT LOT MORE TO AI THAN CHATGPT

[dusky python]

YES

[craggy hazel]

this is like trying to do quant as a middleschooler

[neat cairn]

have fun!

[visual heron]

bro

[dusky python]

Purdude I’m sorry :(

[visual heron]

im so cooked

4 tests

[dusky python]

I said I would come to Purdue

[visual heron]

monday and tuesday

what thea ctual fuck

[craggy hazel]

nope, Ling at this point is increasingly irrelevant to direct AI

[spiral cipher]

im lowkey

super torn between uiuc and gtech

[dusky python]

BUR RHEY WAITLISTED ME FROM JOHN MARTINSON

[hardy geyser]

Nahhhh congrats!!!!!!!!!

[hardy geyser]

Ehhh honors college isn’t that major anyways

[lone ginkgo]

Major?

[hardy geyser]

It’s meh

[dusky python]

Mmm

[spiral cipher]

at uiuc i was accepted CS+Education, GT is CE

[neat cairn]

depends on what you like more, that’s all that matters

[spiral cipher]

yeah

[lone ginkgo]

Oh hmm that’s a toughie, if you really want to do only CS then I’d recommend UIUC but if you don’t care that much then CE is amazing

[spiral cipher]

no yea im applying CE almost everywhere

[craggy hazel]

gatech is better for CE

[spiral cipher]

it's my first-choice major

UIUC was the only exception

[lone ginkgo]

Yeah g tech CE is crazy good

[neat cairn]

No.

[spiral cipher]

only school i applied CS because i really loved the +Education bit

[neat cairn]

But if CE is your thing then go to GT.

[spiral cipher]

word?

[static peak]

ong 😭

Computer vision exists

[spiral cipher]

interesting

[craggy hazel]

and it's irrlevant at this point

literally

[spiral cipher]

welp let's see what RD decisions look like

[craggy hazel]

I use CV as the example of why you shouldn't do CS + Ling

[mint marsh]

yes can u lmk if u find this

[hardy geyser]

My entire field of ai+music has absolutely nothing to do with linguistics

[neat cairn]

Ai + music?

[hardy geyser]

Yeah

[craggy hazel]

CV researchers propsing the nth version of CNN

[neat cairn]

This is offensive

[spiral cipher]

woa

[hardy geyser]

It’s super cool

[craggy hazel]

gets destroyed by random transformers

[hardy geyser]

What :(

[neat cairn]

AI music makes me choke

[static peak]

dawg 😭

[hardy geyser]

No not ai generated music

[static peak]

Tesla self driving is CV

[hardy geyser]

That’s another lab

[static peak]

goated

[hardy geyser]

But i do think that is cool

[static peak]

@hardy geyser did you apply UPenn btw

[neat cairn]

I’m just playing lol

[static peak]

they have a BS AI

[craggy hazel]

using transformers and RL in general, CV isn't actually the focus

[spiral cipher]

i lowkey feel like i should have applied purdue

[hardy geyser]

The ai major wasn’t available for my year 😔
Just like ucsd they released it this year

[static peak]

dawg vision transformers a re computer vision

wdym

[static peak]

wait wdym

you are applying this year right

[hardy geyser]

Like ucsd came out with ai major this year, so yall are the first to be able to apply to it
Same with Penn

[static peak]

oh yeah

[hardy geyser]

co28 couldn’t 😔

[static peak]

😔

I hope CMU accepts me

[craggy hazel]

I mean there isn't alot of "CV" in it, in terms of valuable research etc, yes they use CV but it's refined to a point where the main focus is on improving the RL part

[static peak]

so I can do BSAI

[hardy geyser]

Hell yeah gl!!

[craggy hazel]

If you know about what CV refers to in the academic field it's easier to explain

CNN was stuff I did in middleschool

[static peak]

you still can't say it's a dead field

[spiral cipher]

cmu seems like a chill school

[static peak]

yolo and stuff exists

[tired basin]

like a resume?

[static peak]

deferal > accept

[craggy hazel]

yolo is dead bro that's middle school stuff

[static peak]

[spiral cipher]

no, computer vision

[static peak]

wdym it's dead bro it's used irl

💀

it has its uses

CVPR is not a dead conference

[mint marsh]

oh okkk

ya do u know when aid is released

[craggy hazel]

bro I submitted CVPR papers before

it's "CVPR" but rarely any cv papers

which is kinda funny

same with ICCV/ECCV

[static peak]

I agree pure CV is not doing good but saying CV is dead is wrong imo

[mint marsh]

umm wtf

😰

lame

[craggy hazel]

just because there is a conference called CVPR doesn't mean it's CV

just look at the papers in CVPR 2024

[mint marsh]

NO YEA

omg i’m excited for my official letter

[craggy hazel]

the official letter is kinda lame

it looks like an ad

ngl

[mint marsh]

iog what is it

wtf

[craggy hazel]

let me find it

[mint marsh]

did u get the acc package what’s in it

[craggy hazel]

nah uiuc don't do those

the acceptance rate is too high

[mint marsh]

no noo dont they give stickers

😞😞

[neat cairn]

https://tenor.com/view/fake-news-trump-gif-22804577

they do give out a package

[neat cairn]

and it's pretty decent

[craggy hazel]

including a phone number in the letter makes it look like an ad

you could download the pdf on some very niche page on the website

and print it out

i just hate the last paragraph

infintely better if they removed it

[tired basin]

do they send a paper letter?

[craggy hazel]

no i don't think so

might be wrong

[deft nexus]

yo which one of ya'll have become professionals at recognizing rejection letters?

1. no confetti
2. short letter
3. gloomy atmosphere
   REJECTED! 💣

[quiet salmon]

what

[tired basin]

i've gotten 2 deferrals i thought were rejections

one started with "at this time" and i still thought it was a rejection

[deft nexus]

deferrals do kinda look like rejections

[quiet salmon]

i thought georgia tech would defer me and uiuc would reject

actually wait georgia tech business is lower % rate nvm

[deft nexus]

Uiuc was the best
straight out
Status: DENIED

[neat cairn]

i never got any.

[ocean crypt]

lol i got deferred

[deft nexus]

the thing with deferrals is that there are multiple wordings they can use

like um the UT Austin mass deferrals um

[mint marsh]

wtf

at least the confetti makes up for it!!!

[supple cipher]

uiuc deferred how we feeling

[crisp quest]

Yeah, I mainly just don't see a "Congratulations!" in the first line and presume that it's a deferral-

[craggy hazel]

this is a pdf you can download

[neat cairn]

The acceptance message is awesome indeed.

[mint marsh]

okkayyy

[craggy hazel]

honestly I would prefer it to be more "formal"

like a letter + confetti

[mint marsh]

bro i been playing the confetti sh

sm

[neat cairn]

• fight song

[mint marsh]

and the fight song KMFAOAOO

[craggy hazel]

and it's more crazy with the denial

[mint marsh]

it’s so good oml

[craggy hazel]

status: denied

this funny ngl

they should keep this one

[quiet salmon]

status denied

at least glaze the person

[crisp quest]

Whoa, is UIUC's rejection letter really like that-?

[craggy hazel]

You are wonderful and one of the brightest and smartest students we've seen but unfortunately we just can't accept you

[craggy hazel]

not even a letter

just two words

lmao

[ocean crypt]

lowkey hopeless ngl

[supple cipher]

nahhh trust a decent ampunt of people got rejected we still got a chance

[crisp quest]

Ooofff, that might be one of the worst ones I've seen yet-

[ocean crypt]

hopefully

[supple cipher]

atleast it isnt like usc or umich where they defer evrryone

[ocean crypt]

true

I also gave up on ut austin

[deft nexus]

Here you go, an authentic document, a primary source

[supple cipher]

oh yeah forgot abt that lmao

[ocean crypt]

wth happened bruh, they mass deferred

[supple cipher]

Pretty sure it was a extension i thought

they needed more time

[ocean crypt]

yeah, same thing i feel like

[crisp quest]

Yeah, I remember everybody was going crazy about that-

[ocean crypt]

bcuz there rd also comes out feb 15

[supple cipher]

which is crazy cus that was literally a oct deadline

[ocean crypt]

yeah fr

[quiet salmon]

deferred is actually a good chance

uiuc doesnt defer a lot

im happy they didnt reject at least

[supple cipher]

deferred cs+x

lookin for blessing

[ocean crypt]

thanks! Hopefully!

[craggy hazel]

I think we are seeing alot more deferral this year

[ocean crypt]

im deffered CE

[craggy hazel]

if you check the vote that's like 17%

crazy

[deft nexus]

Dear UT Austin,
This year I received a record number of college options—almost 100—and I have been working diligently to ensure all college options receive a comprehensive review. I know that receiving my application for your university, UT AUSTIN, is an important and much-anticipated moment.
So I want to take this opportunity to let you guys know that you can expect my application via COMMONAPP by May 1

Signed,
your favorite applicant

[ocean crypt]

lol

what if we all troll and we all send them that

[lone ginkgo]

It’s a lot more deferrals this year for sure, both UIUC and Purdue need to cut down on the amount of people accepted

But UIUC is mass deferring or anything

[deep bay]

when does UIUC's notice of admissions letter go out?

[lone ginkgo]

I’d say in the grand scheme of things 10-15% of people got deferred

[lone ginkgo]

Like for RD?

[crisp quest]

Same here, hoping for the best for both of us!

[lone ginkgo]

Should be Feb 28th but the decision says early March so idk

[supple cipher]

why does uiuc not take first sem senior grades

[deep bay]

no like I got my admissions decision but the actual letter isnt out

[lone ginkgo]

Ohhhhh

Prob later

[quiet salmon]

omg im special

😊

[craggy hazel]

just use mine and put your name on top

[visual heron]

NO

ON

NO

im getting revenge

[craggy hazel]

cope

[deep bay]

oh jeez you got yours already?

hate how bad the portal is for uiuc

[craggy hazel]

check my name

[deep bay]

oh

[lone ginkgo]

Yeah a2c is skewed it’s not actually 17% deferred with every applicant

[deep bay]

im dumb

[craggy hazel]

if I remember correctly it's a file you can download

[lone ginkgo]

Bring it down a bit

[static peak]

what was the CS AR for intl this year ?

2022 was 6%

[quiet salmon]

is anyone hear a business enthusiast

[craggy hazel]

less than 6%

[static peak]

will it be lower

[static peak]

💀

cooked

that's insane

[craggy hazel]

everyone and their mom is applying to CS

[deep bay]

dy know what it was for nuclear engineering?

[static peak]

it's a lottery atp, they don't even take LORs

[quiet salmon]

its fair ig

[craggy hazel]

that's not a real major right

[tired basin]

anyone know # of ea applicants

[quiet salmon]

1000000000000000000

👍

[deep bay]

thats actually wild

[craggy hazel]

oh you mean this?

[deep bay]

ye

[lone ginkgo]

90k between both rd and ea

I think

Or something like that

[craggy hazel]

probably easy relative to grainger

[tired basin]

i think 73k total

but ea idk

[lone ginkgo]

I think that was last yesr

Let me find the article

[tired basin]

no

from jan 15 25

[craggy hazel]

40%

[lone ginkgo]

It’s probably 50k applicants EA with 10-15% deferred

[deep bay]

makes sense

[deep bay]

for intls?

[craggy hazel]

same

uiuc doesn't discriminate intl

for all they care intl > oos

[deep bay]

😭

[craggy hazel]

more money

[lone ginkgo]

So somewhere in between 5k to 7.5k deferred for 1.5k to 2k

[craggy hazel]

$$$

[tired basin]

around 20%

min

[craggy hazel]

just checkout how many supercars we have on campus

[tired basin]

60% max maybe

[lone ginkgo]

I’d say take the middles

So 35-45 ish

[tired basin]

do you think it's higher instate?

or for female still?

[craggy hazel]

if you are illinois resident

you'll get in if you have a brain

there are also like guaranteed transfer paths or smth

but we have nw and uchi and smart people go there

[tired basin]

math cs is competitive idk

[craggy hazel]

if you have 3.9+ GPA it's very very easy

[tired basin]

not even close

[craggy hazel]

welp

pray then

you could do the pathways

for backup

[tired basin]

i mean if they deferred me it can't be that bad

[craggy hazel]

if you are in-state yeah you have a chance

[static peak]

wait is the 6% ar for male/female together ?

I think male is lower

[craggy hazel]

yes lower for male

by 2% on average

there's statistics on that but too lazy to pull it up

[static peak]

wtf

💀

[craggy hazel]

i think UIUC will see overall acceptance rate drop by 5%

[tired basin]

this for cs?

[craggy hazel]

hopefully 10%

[craggy hazel]

yeah

[tired basin]

isn't it like 75% male

so its expected that female ar is higher

also the women that apply are more qualified on average

[craggy hazel]

they control the ratio so there's exactly 50/50 ratio

i think you can infer the rest

[paper cloud]

so why'd i get rejected as an instate girl for cs😅

[tired basin]

its not 100%

[craggy hazel]

i think instate is like

[tired basin]

?

[craggy hazel]

15%

[tired basin]

13 maybe

[static peak]

what are your stats

[neat cairn]

in state and out of state cs are pretty similar i'm sure

in terms of applicant quality

[craggy hazel]

fine I'll go pull the stats on that

[dusky python]

yeah yeah fuck u uiuc smd smd smd !!

[paper cloud]

36 act 3.8 uw 4.9 w and decent ECs idk

[dusky python]

im kidding all love!

[static peak]

insane wtf

[dusky python]

holy fuck howd u get rejected

[neat cairn]

yet you're still in here

[crisp quest]

Darn, and we could really use some more girls in CS too-

[dusky python]

im kidding all love!

[paper cloud]

i think my essays

[paper cloud]

must've been ass

[dusky python]

actually no love to u commanders fan

us eagles r better

[paper cloud]

because i have gotten deferred like everywhere and then rejected uiuc and purdue🫠

[crisp quest]

Aww, nooo-

[dusky python]

purdue has had a housing crisis im p sure

[neat cairn]

oh hell nah

[crisp quest]

Wishing you the best of luck with the RD round!!

[hardy geyser]

yea

[dusky python]

so their acc rates gona be a lot lower

[paper cloud]

thank you🫶🫶🫶

[craggy hazel]

housing crisis uiuc too

[dusky python]

i prolly only got into purdue bc i was like

1 of 3 ppl who applied to ai

[hardy geyser]

ai hell yeah

[craggy hazel]

a bed and 4 walls is considered a dorm here

[hardy geyser]

great choice

[neat cairn]

both purdue and uiuc seem to be experiencing one

[paper cloud]

i applied ai

[drowsy galleon]

i was like holy moly then i realized the rate is on a scale from 0 to 1

[tired basin]

how bad

[dusky python]

oh damn

ur essays maybe?

or ur ecs

[craggy hazel]

it's solved now

they rescinded hundreds

[dusky python]

my stats are not as good as urs at all except for my gpa so i cant think of anything else

[craggy hazel]

and paid grad students 2000 to leave dorms

don't fail senior

[neat cairn]

they did lol

[paper cloud]

i think so yeah

[dusky python]

youll be fine

[paper cloud]

my parents are like crashing out

[dusky python]

tehres so many kids that get deferred and rejected from like a lot of colleges

and then theres that one insane college they just

get into

ive been on a deferral streak basically since purdue 😭

[paper cloud]

im manifesting this

[drowsy galleon]

did my shotgun have enough bullets?

[paper cloud]

u of i broke my deferral streak

[dusky python]

cornell deferred, uiuc reject, umich defer uw madison defer, ut austin defer

[paper cloud]

current state

[dusky python]

youll get into case

they yield prot

also a georgia tech defer is amazing

they dont usually defer oos kids iirc

[craggy hazel]

it looks incredibly likely to me that ur getting into one of those deferred schools

[dusky python]

yeah

[drowsy galleon]

too many locis :p

[paper cloud]

i rly rly RLYY hope so😭

[craggy hazel]

ur female and cs?

[dusky python]

i got uw madison deferral too

what do they even want lol

[paper cloud]

yepp

[dusky python]

😔

[craggy hazel]

yeah then I wouldn't worry much

[dusky python]

im male cs currymuncher 💀

[craggy hazel]

i feel like cmu is likely they don't defer people as much as

umich or gatech

[dusky python]

well for gt im comp eng tho

[visual heron]

I feel u bro

[visual heron]

we are twins

u got umd tho

[paper cloud]

hey twins minus the gender

[visual heron]

GTECH DEFER

[craggy hazel]

i have this weird idea like could I just say I'm female when applying

[visual heron]

UR IN BRO

GTECH DEFER

dude

[dusky python]

gtech hardly deferes anyone

[visual heron]

gtech rarley defers

[dusky python]

youll get in if u keep up ur grades

[visual heron]

@paper cloud thats good bro

[dusky python]

and idk if they take locis

[craggy hazel]

nah bro I got deferred -> waitlisted -> nothing for CS

[paper cloud]

i really hope ts is true😭 but the purdue and uiuc when im INSTATE is scaring me so bad

[dusky python]

well did u try to get off the wl?

[visual heron]

dude. hv nothing

like literally nothing

brp

i hv. nothing good

[crisp quest]

I mean, at least it's better than a rejection . . .

[craggy hazel]

how do you "try get off"

[dusky python]

youll be fine college decisions are random

[visual heron]

and biased

[dusky python]

isnt there usually something u can liek write

yeah

its a fuckin lottery

[craggy hazel]

nah Gatech was quite explicit about not writing those

[visual heron]

i hope my admission officers pillow for gtech are warm

[craggy hazel]

on their blog etc

[dusky python]

o

[paper cloud]

those UCs got you trust

[visual heron]

thx bro u too

ur cs rite

[dusky python]

like come on

[craggy hazel]

I would've picked gatech at the time but honestly UIUC has been better

[dusky python]

uw madison deferral but gtech acceptance?

that screams lottery

[paper cloud]

yepp i wish i wasn't

[neat cairn]

any acceptances?

[craggy hazel]

I have access to Nvidia A100 clusters for AI

[visual heron]

just be like womaninstem on ur uc apps and ur in

[paper cloud]

ohio state and umd

[craggy hazel]

gatech don't have those lol

[dusky python]

imagine being so cracked u get to choose betwen two insane schools 😭

[neat cairn]

umd cs is good

[dusky python]

oh yeah i got into umd today too

[visual heron]

umd cs is good

congrats

[dusky python]

what the hell is the FIRE program

[neat cairn]

i can't believe uiuc cs straight up was like

[visual heron]

sweats

[neat cairn]

that is suprising

[dusky python]

wait

i lowk wanna know how selective the umd fire program is

[lone ginkgo]

Twin

[craggy hazel]

except I didn't lmao, it was UIUC vs NYU

[lone ginkgo]

That’s what I have so far

[visual heron]

deffered and rejected

[dusky python]

oh yeah nyu sucks of courseeee

[lone ginkgo]

And deferral Mich, UT Austin, Purdue, and UIUC🔥

[dusky python]

😭

[visual heron]

imma go crashoit more now guys

bye

[dusky python]

i mainly have to choose between gtech and umd now

[craggy hazel]

gatech no cap

[dusky python]

but gtechs gonna be a clear winner by far unless national merit clutches up and gives me a good umd scholarship

[visual heron]

is ts a queston br

IS THIS A FUCKING QS

[craggy hazel]

ur gonna make all the money back

[lone ginkgo]

Wait do I get national merit money at UMD??

I lowkey did not use the fee waiver

[paper cloud]

ok so national merit better clutch up for me 😭

[dusky python]

i forgot to do the fee waiver too 😭

but national merit finalist can get u a schoalrhsip o think

[lone ginkgo]

Oh betttt

[dusky python]

the fee waiver thing was a process and a half anyway

my fruiend did it for case western and he had to like mail them and stuff

its never explicitly stated :\

[neat cairn]

what kind of question is that

[paper cloud]

tbf two years ago we had

[dusky python]

i got into some FIRE program at umd

im trying to figure out if that is good or not

also umds a lot closer

to home

[plain portal]

same

most of my friends got college park scholars

anyone know which is better?

[dusky python]

nah iunno

im tryna figure out too 😭

[lone ginkgo]

Oh I just got into the school

Oh well

[dusky python]

what what i saw online they take like around 400 people for wtv the FIRE thing is

[novel stirrup]

uiuc cs + ggis clutched up 🙏

[neat cairn]

i think i received an inv to fire

[subtle venture]

"admission status: denied"

[uncut pasture]

i might have fucked uo

fuck

fuck

[static peak]

CMU defer same

😔

[paper cloud]

💔💔💔i have alr taken the school out of my brain bank its not happening

[woeful trail]

chat

[static peak]

ikr

[woeful trail]

we aint make gatech

but we got uiuc

[slate socket]

My friend got in

[woeful trail]

so we're up 🔥

[slate socket]

It’s pretty good

I think it’s below honors college

[static peak]

🔥

which major

[slate socket]

And college park scholars

[dusky python]

this is the wrong thread lol

[woeful trail]

meche

[dusky python]

oh zamn

[woeful trail]

my friend got in intl cs

[static peak]

🔥

[dusky python]

yeah it sucks

[static peak]

same

🔥

[dusky python]

probably

its called "first year"

[static peak]

@woeful trail IPCH making it out

[woeful trail]

real 😭

[static peak]

insane pedigree

UIUC CS

[woeful trail]

actually bro
did you make gatech?

[static peak]

did not apply

I did RD

but I'll go to UIUC CS

so I don't see the point now 💀

[woeful trail]

oh alr

[woeful trail]

dont you have a cmu deferral to wait for

[static peak]

yeah I mean I'll go to UIUC CS over gatech

[woeful trail]

valid

[static peak]

I'll only go to Harvard,Pton,Penn,Cornell,Stanford,UCB,Duke,CMU

over UIUC

wasted money by applying to umich yesterday 💀

[neat cairn]

in CS?

[subtle venture]

what does the deferred page look like

[static peak]

yeah I'm CS

[neat cairn]

i'd definitely take uiuc, gtech or ucb over harvard, princeston or upenn

[static peak]

💀

dawg what

[neat cairn]

it's not particularly close

[static peak]

harvard over any uni is insane

same for pton

UPenn has BSAI

[neat cairn]

depends on the major

[static peak]

I really like it

[neat cairn]

for my major, i deliberately did not apply to those schools

i'm not going to them if uiuc or gtech takes me

[static peak]

💀

dawg what

[neat cairn]

it's not even close when it comes to major strength

since you're talking about CS

[subtle venture]

damn

[tired basin]

deferred isn't bad though right

they didn't hate me

at the very least

[quiet salmon]

deferred rate is pretty good

[tired basin]

i thought my app was bad so im happy

[coarse roost]

Are there any undeclared engineering peeps out here 🤠

[mint marsh]

frankie luvu spirit animal what majo are you

[craggy hazel]

every school should put the decision first on their results page

[craggy hazel]

man no

this will be your greatest regret

ngl but UIUC CS for undergrads have limited advantage besides the prestige of the program

but if you compare it to the prestige of harvard / princeton

not even the same tier(s)

i'd understand if someone chose uiuc cs for their phd over harvard

but man, not undergrad

[mint marsh]

so upfront

[lone ginkgo]

Not as bad a g tech rejection letter

No ounce of care at all imo

[jolly geyser]

When will we learn about scholarships

[woeful trail]

they aint write shit bro just 'ok bro you aint make it'

[mint marsh]

TANMAN DID U GET IN

SEE U IN URBANA CHAMPAIGNN

[jolly geyser]

YEAHHH CS+CHEM

[mint marsh]

OK GOATT

[jolly geyser]

but I’m premed 😭

[mint marsh]

oh

😭

brutal wth

[jolly geyser]

I might do cs instead of premed I’m not sure

[mint marsh]

interesting

wait r u in sttae

[opaque birch]

i got in

[jolly geyser]

Yeah

[mint marsh]

ohh yayayya

see u on campus 😛

bro i wanna know schollys

[coarse roost]

I’m sending this to my dad instead of the rejection letter

[visual heron]

only scholarship im getting

is a massive letter

saying

[woeful trail]

https://tenor.com/view/ninja-fortnite-reaction-ninja-low-taper-fade-gif-1784137995500051652

[visual heron]

"hahahah your fucked dumbitch"

[lone ginkgo]

LMAO

I would’ve taken that over what they gave me

[woeful trail]

do you wanna see the one i made for mit and stanford

[lone ginkgo]

Yeah lemme see it

[craggy hazel]

died of cringe 😂

[lone ginkgo]

Lmao

They would’ve said this if I applied to Stanford or MIT

[woeful trail]

real

(i applied to stanny cause im delulu)

[neat cairn]

applied as electrical engineering, jumping to physics

[neat cairn]

wasn’t worth the cost delta

also I haven’t a clue if I would get in but the concern was if I did, as I had no desire to attend anyway

talk to industry professionals in the bay and they’d take a Purdue grad over a Harvard grad

an employer wants to know how much hell you went through in college

[craggy hazel]

i mean if the goal was to get a normal 150K job i guess yeah won't matter so much

[ruby kindle]

y

[craggy hazel]

perhaps depends on what you want but

I won't say that one is def better than the other

[supple relic]

Its alr

Middle of the pack

[fierce portal]

is cs-less stats a bad idea

💀

[supple relic]

Yea

Do a cs minor or smth

Stats at uiuc lowkey

[fierce portal]

i only applied regular stats

[supple relic]

Idk i don't like it that much

Its not very comprehensive

A lot of formula memorization for no reason

[fierce portal]

oh wtf

[supple relic]

They don't go too much into theory cause you don't have the relevant math classes for it

[fierce portal]

ok ngl thats the main reason im doing math i suck at memorization

[supple relic]

But I love stat theory

[fierce portal]

oh what that sucks

[craggy hazel]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSnYyb7FtIlpuyfOv9tuGH55D19Qto0QLuZjwX8a2Hm0xRYxI3A-sUNfQsTM493qg/pubhtml

[supple relic]

Not rly memorization

[craggy hazel]

this for cs and cs +x

[supple relic]

You'll never memorize anything

[craggy hazel]

if anyone wants to know

[supple relic]

But it's just a lot of formula dumping

You get cheat sheets on exams

[fierce portal]

ah

[supple relic]

But yea my favorite stat class at uiuc was the theoretical stats class

[fierce portal]

so basically ap stats for 4 years

[supple relic]

Uhhh not rly

More applied

But it's in R 💀

[fierce portal]

oh my

[supple relic]

Ita a chill major you can finish in 2 years tho

So most people double major

Stats + econ

[fierce portal]

fr?? thats so good

[supple relic]

Or stats + cs

[fierce portal]

yeah i was thinkinf about econ

[supple relic]

Actually most las majors are built like this

You are supposed to be able to double major relatively easy

In the las school

[fierce portal]

i talked about stats + intl relations in my essay 💀 but im not getting a job w that combo

[supple relic]

Stats + Math is a good combo

Lol

Do stats + cs minor

[craggy hazel]

pentagon

cia

[supple relic]

Or even switch to cs + stats

[fierce portal]

not american citizen 💔💔 yet

[craggy hazel]

ngl CIA actually did an on-campus recruiting this year

[fierce portal]

wtf really

[craggy hazel]

internship*

[supple relic]

I never go to those

Would never work for the govt

[fierce portal]

i keep on getting cia data analyst notifcations on glassdoor

[supple relic]

Ngl I didn't even go to the career fair this year

[fierce portal]

im just tryna look for barista jobs dawg

[supple relic]

I got smth better without it

Lol

[craggy hazel]

yeah I don't think career fairs at uiuc are exactly good

[supple relic]

They are if you know what ur doing

[fierce portal]

i heard you guys have cracked recruiters tho?

[supple relic]

I got 3 offers from it last year

But my standards rose

[fierce portal]

holy

is the stats job market cooked or nah

[supple relic]

Yea for cs I've been drowning in interviews that I've been canceling them

Idk bout stats

But for cs anyone that can't get a job is just skill issued

The only job stats has helped me with is the one I work part time rn

[fierce portal]

dude my dad works finance and gets hella cs major resumes begging for internships its so scary

[supple relic]

As a machine learning engineer

[supple relic]

Skill issue

[fierce portal]

gonna be me in 4 years

💯💯

[supple relic]

You just gotta get good

[fierce portal]

thats so cool

[supple relic]

And they come crawling to you

[fierce portal]

do you have any interesting research opportunities there

[ruby kindle]

can we get a sneak peak of the resume 🙏🏽

[supple relic]

Yep but I didn't do much

I didn't like it

[supple relic]

Lol we'll see

[craggy hazel]

a good thing with uiuc is you can work with alot of the grad / phd students for research

[fierce portal]

oo

[supple relic]

By the time I grad ill have 4 internship experiences

[rare badger]

I agree with Jhao, companies these days are even cutting off mid level swe engineers

[craggy hazel]

and we got a hell load of computer power from the NCSA

[ruby kindle]

how’d u lock in interviews

[rare badger]

One of my Grad student that I work with in research interned at amazon last summer

[supple relic]

Grinded for reputation and then they started reaching out to me

[ruby kindle]

shud i start doing hella leetcode/coding comps or building random shit

[supple relic]

Yep build

And try to do as many internships as possible

[rare badger]

and she told me she was in a specific team that creates ML solutions to replace 20,000 swe engineers in amazon

[supple relic]

Research park at uiuc is great for this

[ruby kindle]

nah to get the internships

[fierce portal]

is coding that important

[supple relic]

Ye you need internships to get internships

[ruby kindle]

what-

[supple relic]

Pretty important

The best engineers are those that can use AI to increase productivity

[fierce portal]

like im lowkey struggling with java i suck at remembering syntax

[ruby kindle]

like on campus internships?

[supple relic]

Ya

[supple relic]

Lol more practice and you'll be fine

[ruby kindle]

i see, more like research and making on campus apps?

[fierce portal]

i hope 🙏

[craggy hazel]

i mean you don't 100% need on campus internship to get internships

[supple relic]

Yea that works

[supple relic]

It helps

[craggy hazel]

I got internship from Tiktok as freshman

[supple relic]

Any work experience helps

[ruby kindle]

cool i wanna do more IOT stuff in college

[supple relic]

Damn how is that gonna work out

With them being sold and stuff

[fierce portal]

wait who did they actually get sold to

[craggy hazel]

sold not disbanded I think not a big issue

[supple relic]

Or is it in another country?

[fierce portal]

meta??? no idea

[craggy hazel]

no like hq in silicon valley

[supple relic]

Not sold yet

[supple relic]

Ah huh

Interesting

[craggy hazel]

as long as they don't cancel my internship i think it's good

if ms bought it, technically I interned at ms?

lmao but please no Mr.Beast

[supple relic]

Yea id look for a backup just in case

[craggy hazel]

I ain't putting that s on my resume

[supple relic]

Lmao

[fierce portal]

autoreject

[rare badger]

lolll

[craggy hazel]

my only one

[rare badger]

hey at least Mr.Beast can randomly hand u six figures in cash

[fierce portal]

is the food there good tho important question

[craggy hazel]

oh yeah that's not bad

[supple relic]

Keep grinding 😈

[fierce portal]

i asked my penn interveiwer that he laughed

[craggy hazel]

"Giving my interns 1 million in cash"

[supple relic]

Dorm food is nasty

[fierce portal]

its joever

💔💔💔

[supple relic]

I got sick of it after 2 weeks

It's like ok for the first 2 weeks

Isr is nasty asf

Everywhere else is alr I guess

Mid

At best

[craggy hazel]

altged dq

[supple relic]

Edible

[rare badger]

^^^^^^

[ruby kindle]

i think UIUC has some of the best quantum information science research programs in the world tho

they’re acc so peak

[supple relic]

But not great

[craggy hazel]

there's a quantum park uiuc is building but that's in chicago i think

[ruby kindle]

dang

[craggy hazel]

but now trump cut NSF funding

[ruby kindle]

if only i could afford

[supple relic]

I ate a lot of ice cream and dessert freshmen year cause I didn't like anything else and gained 30 pounds

[craggy hazel]

we can't even request more gpu hours

[rare badger]

Yea quantum in UIUC is big

[supple relic]

I was fucked

[fierce portal]

💀💀💀

real tho

my friend goes there and shes constantly sick

[supple relic]

Dude i got sick every 2 weeks

Frehsmen year

First is frat flu

[craggy hazel]

some dorms are moldy

[supple relic]

And everyone is always coughing

[craggy hazel]

it weakens your immune system

that's what I was hearing

[fierce portal]

thats gonna be so bad

[rare badger]

I lived in Allen hall, I had no AC ...

[supple relic]

Also the food is raw sometimes

[craggy hazel]

no ac is crazy

• no elev

[supple relic]

Got food poisoning more than once

[fierce portal]

i already get sick 1x a week at home im gonna explode in dorms

[supple relic]

Get a big stash of medicine on you

[rare badger]

University Housing is just a scam department they need to hire better people

[craggy hazel]

housing is cash grab

[rare badger]

I know it coz I worked for them as an RA and really I hated it

[fierce portal]

the worst dorms ive ever seen are northwestern dorms

so scary small

[rare badger]

Though I think the best dorm in uiuc is either wassaja or nugent

it's like hotel

[fierce portal]

man why are these decisions so spread out

i was told to sign up for housing early otherwise id miss out on the nice ones

gotta wait another 2 months

[rare badger]

YEA u better

or else u will be living in a shithole for a year

[craggy hazel]

i wanna go to northwestern

[fierce portal]

i visited both over thanksgiving its So cold at nu bc of the lake

[craggy hazel]

i love water

[fierce portal]

like uiuc was tshirt weather on the same day

as 4 jackets at nu

they have a tunnel connecting dorms(?) to the engineering building tho

so engineering majors dont have to go outaide

🙏

[rare badger]

We got the boneyard creek 🤣

[craggy hazel]

hell bro

[supple relic]

No..?

[crude violet]

https://tenor.com/view/creek-river-water-gif-3579982

boneyard creek at uiuc /s

[fierce portal]

ok i may be wrong its been a while but there was a tunnel at nu

[torn plinth]

Bro you...got......into......stanford.....

[novel trout]

just email them smh

[quiet salmon]

stressed?

💀

[novel trout]

you're in stanford a lot of people would kill to be in your position x_x

Just email them

It's an easy fix