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

[charred gate]

I think I did too

[uneven raven]

Purdue please

[charred gate]

Cause i put it as second option and didn't get in

[floral gull]

waiting for my purdue decision now, hopefully they give me my first choice🫡

[uneven raven]

Ima put the fries in the bag

I should’ve applied EA

🥲

[floral gull]

@hardy geyser bless me

[floral gull]

whats done is done

[hardy geyser]

goood luck!!!

[hardy geyser]

🙏

when do results come?

[uneven raven]

Transfer apps incoming if Purdue don’t want me

[charred gate]

But if you did financial aid that's different

[uneven raven]

Late March prolly

[uneven raven]

I’m OOS

[floral gull]

rolling out

[charred gate]

Oh you're not international

[uneven raven]

They roll out??

[floral gull]

ig

[charred gate]

So are they need blind or smth

[floral gull]

in waves

yes

[uneven raven]

Bro I somehow didn’t get the first wave for stony

This is tragic

Every one of my friends got the first wave for stony

[fallen cliff]

nah trust its just advanced yield protection

[ocean crypt]

guys i got deferred and then waitlisted. How rare is that?

[viral osprey]

hmc 🔥

[uneven raven]

HMC 🙏

[hardy geyser]

hmc my beloved

[viral osprey]

i’m local hmc

[uneven raven]

I cried writing my essay

[hardy geyser]

i looooove harvey mudd

[viral osprey]

i applied to hmc pomona and scripps 😭

for diff majors too

[uneven raven]

Cuz shit pulled out so many good memories

[viral osprey]

bro ur essays must’ve been fire

[uneven raven]

For HMC yes

[viral osprey]

idk if everyone gets the same essays

but i had to write about like

how my background makes me wanna study my major or smth

[floral gull]

can I appeal for my first choice? is it worth it

uiuc is quite expensive to consider going for second choice

🥲

do appeals work

[viral osprey]

u could try but

if ur majors r in the same department

and ur first choice isn’t cs/ce

[floral gull]

they arent

[viral osprey]

u prolly could just transfer

[floral gull]

different colleges

[viral osprey]

after going

sorry not department i meant college

what were the two majors

like for example if ur like mech e and u wanna be aero or smth u could just transfer

inside

[floral gull]

lot of people say transferring is hard asf

I dont want to spend 60k+ knowing I wont get in my major

[viral osprey]

i think it is if ur tryna transfer into like

cs

or from out of grainger into grainger

what were ur 2 majors if ur comfortable sharing?

oh

what’s aces

you could prolly transfer

i mean

which college did u get accepted into

[floral gull]

yeah lets see, gotta wait for other schools

now

[viral osprey]

most of the not hyper competitive majors (like cs or smth) u can transfer

[uneven raven]

I had two ideas for essays for HMC

[floral gull]

I already hv good scholarships and stuff in other places

[viral osprey]

oh bet

yeah scholarships r great

[uneven raven]

Waiting on that full ride scholarship

[viral osprey]

from?

[uneven raven]

Cambridge

[cobalt hazel]

me too

[viral osprey]

i’m waiting on usc’s merit decision rn

[viral osprey]

oh sheesh 🔥

[uneven raven]

Did you get in USC

[viral osprey]

yea + merit scholarship

but idk how much it is

[uneven raven]

Ooo nice

What about UIUC?

[viral osprey]

until prolly close to rd decisions

[viral osprey]

yee for material engineering

[uneven raven]

Noice

[viral osprey]

got into usc for physics/cs (joint major)

[rancid quarry]

@uneven raven I have a friend that landed in the same position as you, oos math too but for ea

[uneven raven]

😔

High stats, comp math, etc?

[viral osprey]

i’m a writer at heart tho so i’m hoping to get into a school for literature 🙏 🥹

[uneven raven]

UIUC did me dirty

[viral osprey]

what were ur stats

if ur ok with sharing obv

[uneven raven]

HMC liberal arts curriculum

[rancid quarry]

1520 sat, straight As about 10 aps iirc

I’m not sure if he did any comp math

[uneven raven]

1520 math 3.9 GPA

[fiery compass]

my friend and i foia'd it

[uneven raven]

Bs were in freshman year

[viral osprey]

YESSS omg bro my answer to that question

[rancid quarry]

I did cs and math for EA

[viral osprey]

cos i’m a poet

[fiery compass]

i only have cs, cs+x, mech and ee sorry

[viral osprey]

sheesh

[muted lava]

ah sorry man

[uneven raven]

HL: Math AI (no AA offered), Chem, History (forced HL)
SL: English, Latin, Biology

IB school

[fiery compass]

wtf

[viral osprey]

ohh i see

[fiery compass]

ur school doesnt offer AA

[uneven raven]

AIME Qual 2x

[muted lava]

uiuc is not like a stats/awards school tho right

[fallen cliff]

1520 on the math section is insane

[uneven raven]

Nope

[viral osprey]

wait same!

[rancid quarry]

Oh damn

[muted lava]

it seems thehy prefer to be more holistic

[uneven raven]

Oh lol

[supple cipher]

Rejected cs + advertising 👎👎👎❌

[fiery compass]

every public is a stats school

[uneven raven]

I meant 720/800

[viral osprey]

fellow amc kid 🙏

[muted lava]

really

none of my camper friends have gotten in

[fiery compass]

2024 rd

[uneven raven]

I almost qualed USAMO

lmao

[viral osprey]

WHOA ur the goat

[supple cipher]

WTF

[fallen cliff]

wtf????

[viral osprey]

i got close freshman yr

[rancid quarry]

wtf yooo

[uneven raven]

Missed it because 384 vs 385

[muted lava]

😭

[rancid quarry]

Yeah I have 0 academic contest

[viral osprey]

and then quit comp math

[uneven raven]

Last year AIME

[muted lava]

damn thats unlucky

[viral osprey]

HOLY SHIT

THATS FUCKING INSANE

IM BOWING DOWN TO U RN 😭

[fiery compass]

if ur gonna apply to the smaller cs+x majors make sure u do it ea cuz rd is fucking cooked

[supple cipher]

0 for rd ? Is it always like that

[viral osprey]

did u like report ur specific amc/aime scores to uiuc

[muted lava]

tbf i only know like 6-7 campers that applied including me

[uneven raven]

Submitted my score to CMU

[muted lava]

but no one has gotten in haha

[fiery compass]

the spots fill up quickl

[uneven raven]

No place to report

[fiery compass]

there are very few spots

[viral osprey]

i’d be pissed if they don’t accept bruh

[rancid quarry]

@uneven raven is cs&math or math more competitive?

[uneven raven]

CMU is nice enough to look at my scores

[fallen cliff]

i assume they accepted slots for residents

[viral osprey]

in honors/awards?

[muted lava]

yeah gl for this

[supple cipher]

fuck brooo why is there even a defer 😭😭😭

[muted lava]

u got it 🔥

[uneven raven]

CS+Math

[rancid quarry]

Good luck good luck

[rancid quarry]

Oh wow

[uneven raven]

I reported AIME qual 2x

Probably a mistake

CS + Math always more competitive

[rancid quarry]

💀

[frail oar]

bro how hard/easy is it to get into ischool ☠️

i got deferred am i cooked for the rest of my schools

[uneven raven]

Should’ve reported Index > 230

[fallen cliff]

depends on residency and major

[viral osprey]

WAIT I JUST REALIZED I WAS INSANELY CLOSE TO USAJMO AS A FEEDHMAN 💀 💀 💀

i thought i was so bad

[uneven raven]

LMAO

[fiery compass]

im getting depressed i need a decent rd w i dont wanna go to penn state

[rancid quarry]

I know someone from my school who got denied from cs and math with a 1580 and similar academic stats as yours

[viral osprey]

that i never checked cutoffs

until now

LMFAOOO

[muted lava]

i think uiuc idoesnt value oly

[frail oar]

im oos and i did is+ds

[viral osprey]

I GOT A 173.5 CUTOFF 182

[muted lava]

too much

[viral osprey]

IN 2022

[uneven raven]

CS+Math is disgustingly hard

[viral osprey]

LMFAOOO

WHAT RHE HEXK

[uneven raven]

LMAO

Last year index was so disgusting

[frail oar]

bruh i was never near usamo ☠️

[muted lava]

😭 🫂

[uneven raven]

245 AMC 12A AIME I

[frail oar]

im aime qual 3x tho

[viral osprey]

no the craziest part is i barely aime qualed that year 💀 💀 💀

[uneven raven]

LMAO

[viral osprey]

i got a 103.5 or smth on the 10b

[uneven raven]

you’ll be great at math

[fiery compass]

cs+math slightly easier than cs in ea but impossible in rd for oos

[viral osprey]

and a 70 on the aime

cos aime was so much easier for me 😭 😭 😭

[uneven raven]

You just need testing time

Yeah speed was the issue

[muted lava]

damnn unlucky

[uneven raven]

USAMTS ftw

[viral osprey]

DUDE WHY DIDNT I DO AMC WTF 😭

i quit after that year

LOL

[fallen cliff]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[uneven raven]

Don’t worry

[viral osprey]

cos i became an english major

oh man

[rancid quarry]

I don’t think that it matters that much with your award though to get in

[viral osprey]

😭

[frail oar]

😦

[uneven raven]

Prolly true

[rancid quarry]

I think uiuc cares more about how you package yourself

[muted lava]

yes

[uneven raven]

Or RD just cooked lmao

[viral osprey]

oh yeah do yall think uiuc essays mattered

[fiery compass]

all rd acceptance rates from last year

[muted lava]

all the usaco campers who applied ea got rejected

i think its cooked for oly

[rancid quarry]

Uiuc isn’t looking for people with the most merit

[muted lava]

in general

[fallen cliff]

you got chem e?

[fiery compass]

no

[muted lava]

yar

[fiery compass]

only cs, cs+x, mech, and ee

[fallen cliff]

</3

[muted lava]

i imagine this is the case

[hardy geyser]

the speculation is insane

[fiery compass]

they sent me that

it's not speculation

[uneven raven]

Fax

[hardy geyser]

nono not the data

but like tryna gauge admission criteria

[uneven raven]

My bad for not applying EA

[fiery compass]

bro fr every public just cares mostly about stats except like UCs and GT and shit

[uneven raven]

GT will eat me alive

[quiet salmon]

Gt def cares

[uneven raven]

Stats is a prerequisite for GT

It’s already hard to get in

Anyhow ima go laugh maniacally

[muted lava]

🫂

youll cook rd sir

🔥

[fiery compass]

the rest of ur shit only becomes a serious consideration at publics when the spaces are extremely constrained

[fallen cliff]

it'll all work out trust

[muted lava]

i think if ur a robot they wont admit u

[fiery compass]

uiuc ea they probably didn't care about stats all that much

[uneven raven]

Yknow what would make the world for me

[muted lava]

in spite of stats

[fiery compass]

ofc not but they dont care that much if ur application is decent

[uneven raven]

If Cambridge gave me some money

[muted lava]

really

[uneven raven]

Yeah

[fiery compass]

just dont submit some rly cooked shit in ea

[uneven raven]

The cost of going is pretty fucking expensive

[fiery compass]

unless ur applying to cs u can probably get into uiuc ea based on just stats if the rest of ur stuff is half decent

[muted lava]

oh maybe

i meatn for cs tho haha

[uneven raven]

I’ll transfer if need be

[fiery compass]

cs is cooked

[muted lava]

cs is cooked indeed

[uneven raven]

CS is making me mad

They’re taking my math spots at CMU 🥸

[fiery compass]

just never apply rd

anywhere

[uneven raven]

Except probates!

Privates!

[muted lava]

🗿

[uneven raven]

They do the same thing

[fiery compass]

dont fuck up g11 sem 2 grades

and apply ea

[uneven raven]

CS then backup major

Math

[uneven raven]

Lesson learned

[fiery compass]

is that what happened to u

damn

[uneven raven]

Got rejected for math

[muted lava]

😔

[uneven raven]

And Mech Eng

But more disheartened by math rejection

[muted lava]

their loss

sorry mate

[uneven raven]

The reason why I applied RD was cause of 2 contests in November

PuMaC and AMC

[fiery compass]

if u have a near perfect gpa with the highest rigor and 1550+ sat theres no way uiuc is rejecting u for a non-cs major in ea as long as ur ec list isnt like watching reels 168 hrs/week

y couldnt they just split ea and rd evenly like last year wtf man

make them equally cooked

it's better for their ranking asw

actually wait im stupid

nvm

[uneven raven]

I felt like my ECs were trash

Then I took a good look at them again

Not trash!

[fiery compass]

if u applied ea u would've gotten in

fs

[uneven raven]

Yea it’s alright

I hope Purdue is nice RD

[muted lava]

True

good luck!

[uneven raven]

but Purdue math is so questionable

[fiery compass]

im cooked i submitted my loci today

[uneven raven]

So I chose FYE

Better late than never

[muted lava]

yeah

good lluck with that

🔥

[fiery compass]

purdue is so cooked rd

no way

after this

[uneven raven]

Same housing crisis

[muted lava]

[uneven raven]

I hope they deal with it differently

[fiery compass]

purdue is worse man

uiuc never had barracks

😭

purdue is way worse

[uneven raven]

Harvey Mudd and CMU?!?

[fiery compass]

i've given up on purdue

my only hope is uw madison

[floral gull]

I mean yeah they took in like 11k last yr

[uneven raven]

UW Madison is so fking expensive

[floral gull]

thats 1700 more than they expected

housing is cooked

[muted lava]

good luck :]

😔

[charred gate]

Which one cares most for that stuff

[muted lava]

MIT 🗿

[charred gate]

If I have really good math comps like which one is it most of an advantage for

[charred gate]

Other than that

[muted lava]

I am not sure

i have the same question

[sullen dagger]

#5 and #9 isn’t a huge gap to notice a difference at all. I’d say just go whichever is cheaper then.

[muted lava]

but not math comp

usaco main 💀

[uneven raven]

CMU

CMU AMC score report

[strange tartan]

BRO WHY THE FUCK DID I GET WAITLISTED FROM A DEFER

[uneven raven]

🗿

[sullen dagger]

xd

[muted lava]

🫂

[sullen dagger]

Which school (department)?

[strange tartan]

UIUC CE

[charred gate]

But cmu cares about sat a lot and I didn't have time to do them

[charred gate]

What about like cornell/Princeton/Columbia

[uneven raven]

They hopefully don’t have to worry too hard about my 720 English right? 😓

[uneven raven]

They care if you qualed AIME or not

[charred gate]

Idk they care a lot about them

[uneven raven]

Other than that

To bridge the gap, just have other math comps

CEMC Euclid for example

[muted lava]

i think the norm is that a school doesnt care too much about the award, but it helps your application ofc

[charred gate]

I'm international but without doxing myself I'd have gotten around top 250 in the us ( adjusting for population )

[muted lava]

good luck with whever you are hoping for though, you got this :]

[uneven raven]

CMU would appreciate that

[muted lava]

[charred gate]

But my cmu essays are garbage lol

[muted lava]

me too 🫂

[charred gate]

And they said for school of computing sat is highly recommended

And i didn't do them

[uneven raven]

Me personally

Mellon school of science

But math major might be cooked

Cuz Po Shen Loh

[charred gate]

Idk cmu is crazy competitive in general

I kinda just hope for cornell or smth lol

[uneven raven]

CMU SCS dropping that acceptance rate

And I guess the one for drama

[charred gate]

Yeah that's the one I'm applying for though lol

So I'm cooked

[uneven raven]

other schools have about 20% acceptance rate

I think math is a pretty cooked major

[charred gate]

I literally submit like 30m before the deadline

[uneven raven]

Cuz CMU Math is amazing

[charred gate]

I did Stanford 15m before

Lol

[muted lava]

damn XD

[charred gate]

Yeah but you already got Cambridge you said right?

[uneven raven]

Yeah but expensive

I’m low-mid income

[charred gate]

Also please

Don't underestimate STEP

I think most people don't pass it

Or a significant portion

[uneven raven]

STEP?

[charred gate]

So it's not like us

[crude violet]

Congrats to those who got in

[muted lava]

true 🔥

[uneven raven]

So true

[charred gate]

Math offers for Cambridge almost always have a step requirement I think

Like the admitions test

[uneven raven]

Yeah

Well it’s more like

I took the TMUA

[charred gate]

Yeah but don't you also need step?

Cause it's math

[uneven raven]

Lemme check again

[charred gate]

It should be like 1,1

[uneven raven]

Yup

Seems like this is a thing

[floral gull]

Accepted

[muted lava]

yayy congrats!

[floral gull]

Oos chem engineering

[wide spoke]

can i appeal my waitlist decision

and send in grades?

bro what is wrong with uiuc

why dont they look at 7th semester grades at ALL

like thats crazy

[maiden oasis]

no, if you even attempt to you die

[charred gate]

If you're considering going there you should look into it it's a really hard math test

[rancid quarry]

Yep

If you mean stats as in not necessarily academic

[wintry field]

is there a letter

[green trellis]

if ur waitlisted/rejected no

[wintry field]

what if ur accepted?

[green trellis]

there is confetti

[compact pond]

i tried looking for it but it doesnt work or smth

[green trellis]

and a big ass screen

or smthin

[wintry field]

does it say it’s coming soon?

[compact pond]

let me check again

[wintry field]

screnshot if dms if possible chz im tryna help my buddy

[ocean crypt]

oof sad for both of us

[thick bobcat]

anyone got waitlisted?

[wide spoke]

me

[gilded lynx]

can you appeal if you were waitlisted?

or is that only for rejected students

[wintry field]

How do u appeal in general?

[lone ginkgo]

If you have something that would completely change your application or if you wanna be considered for another major you can appeal

Starting March 3rd

But I wouldn’t expect more than 10 appeals to actually be granted unless you cured cancer or smth

[thick bobcat]

how many students are typically gonna be accepted after being waitlisted?

[green trellis]

check uiuc's cds

[lucid moss]

how do u find this?

[teal palm]

yippee!!!

howd rd go yall

[uneven raven]

terrible

ima go cry now

[frail oar]

do i need to write a loci for uiuc waitlist

[wild zealot]

me too

[candid dew]

nuclear engineering?

[frail oar]

im gonna have a mango level crashout over this

[uneven raven]

💀

[quiet salmon]

ggs

[frosty shoal]

guys one of my friends got in here with a 3.2 weighted and 1210 sat for computer engineering

proccess is broken

he filed out 6/10 activity slots 😭

[hearty falcon]

in state?

[frosty shoal]

nope we from florida

my mind is boggled

[hearty falcon]

heh, congrats to him!

[frosty shoal]

fr

[hearty falcon]

though oos is mostly just for tuition farming

[frosty shoal]

maybe i shoulda applied

[fiery compass]

rd?

[thick bobcat]

what major did u guys choose

I didnt have a second major choice declared and I got waitlisted

[frosty shoal]

whatever came out today at 5

i think RD because he said he missed EA

deadline

[fiery compass]

u say this like oos is easier

when oos is cooked af

instate uiuc is much easier

[quiet salmon]

yo wtf

💀

THERES NO WAY YO WTF

😭

they must have gotten all the points from non academics

ts (this) is insane

[fiery compass]

uiuc rd was like 100x more cooked this year

[steady adder]

did u get in for that?

[hearty falcon]

well yeah, our school (illinois) has an 82% uiuc acceptance rate, i would say in state is a lot easier LMAO

[frosty shoal]

dawg idek what to say hes just the goat

[hearty falcon]

but to be expected though

[frosty shoal]

he only did 6/10 slots for the activities list

[fiery compass]

unironically

they made a mistake

pressed wrong button

[quiet salmon]

dawg wtf

[fiery compass]

were they like good ecs

because idt most universities even care about the later ones unless ur a goat with like 10 good ecs

most ppl have 5-6 good ones and then rest are just filler stuff

[gilded lynx]

Why the hell are they only admitting double digit for CS? Huh?????

[fiery compass]

go check uiuc cs ranking

what did u expect

[gilded lynx]

Doesn’t the school have 30k students?

[candid dew]

yea :D

[steady adder]

what stats

[fiery compass]

uiuc cs is like t5 best cs programs in the country

the ar is heavily inflated by other shit

[quiet salmon]

yo wtf

[fiery compass]

uiuc cs is as competitive as mit

in rd especially

cs+x is a lot easier

[frosty shoal]

sorry guys, his SAT is 1360 and GPA is 3.6 weighted (for our school its hard to get less than a 4)

[grand needle]

did he get rej?

[candid dew]

1540 sat (780 math 760 english)
4.50 weighted cum, 3.96 uw
12 aps, 5 5s and 1 4
vrc states, cosmos, mun (chairing and international awards), did smth with this nuclear organization but i don't want to get doxxed so i'll keep it at that, mit bwsi, other things that i can't remember rn

[fiery compass]

bro got in

[grand needle]

ZAMN

what major

[fiery compass]

CE

[frosty shoal]

comp eng

[fiery compass]

why is my luck so bad man wtf

[grand needle]

HOLY SHIT WOW

bro lowk college admissions

is all a gamble

😔

[quiet salmon]

honestly

thats what ive been saying

ppl cope way too hard

[frosty shoal]

if u got rejected dont feel bad lmfao

[quiet salmon]

college admissions are a joke

exactly

💀

[gilded lynx]

Yeah but wouldn’t that mean they invest more money into it and would mean they have more space?

[quiet salmon]

admissions are wonky

grad school is more important

just go to a good fit school

[candid dew]

WAIT ARE YOU INTERESTED IN NUCLEAR

[quiet salmon]

GRAD SCHOOL > UNDERGRAD

[fiery compass]

i think the ceiling is too low for us admissions after a certain standard the applicants r all the same and that's too easy to meet u cant distinguish between top end and like barely meeting the standard

idk how to describe it but that's why it's very random

[hearty falcon]

being human is very important

[quiet salmon]

yes

i was human

:((

[hearty falcon]

beep boop

[steady adder]

nooo i got in aswell and i just wanted to know like stats of ppl who also got in

[fiery compass]

u wont ever find someone surprised by their oxbridge decision ngl it always makes sense

their ceiling is very high so they can easily distinguish who should get in

[candid dew]

wait for what major?

[hearty falcon]

at the end of the day it's not all about stats lel

[candid dew]

can i know your stats?

if you don't mind ofc!

[steady adder]

nuclear which was my second choice

[candid dew]

(i got in ea btw)

[hearty falcon]

or you'd have all caltechy kids, and the huge sports stadium will sit empty

[candid dew]

oh my goshhh

waittttt so do you like nuclear?

[fiery compass]

unironically they should add some cs/math entrance test for cs majors that everyone has to take and submit alongside the rest of their application like the tmua cracked ppl wont randomly get rejected then

[steady adder]

i mean yeah but tbh i didnt do too much research on it

[fiery compass]

bro im sry this is insanely wrong, uiuc has more than enough cracked kids with personality applying

[steady adder]

ohh i thought u were rd

[fiery compass]

if someone with stats that low gets in it's just randomness

[quiet salmon]

fr

[hearty falcon]

shit happens for a reason heh

[fiery compass]

there are almost certainly ppl more qualified that are equally as interesting

[hearty falcon]

admitting dropouts isnt very beneficial for the school

[fiery compass]

in their pool

[hearty falcon]

i'm sure whoever it is that got in deserved it

[steady adder]

test optional
gpa unweighted 95 (100 scale)
top 10%
ecs were like a 2/5 ngl
essays mid

[candid dew]

nwww =D stats perchance?

uiuc has a pretty aight nuclear program

they're building a new microreactor i believe

[quiet salmon]

purdue looking more sexy every day

these schools be accepting the most random people

😭

[candid dew]

you applied to 60 schools 🧍‍♂️

[quiet salmon]

no 84

just a bit more

[steady adder]

did u get accepted anywhere else?

[grand needle]

💀

[quiet salmon]

💀

!sigma

[daring jungle]

https://i.imgur.com/JnMhKpU.png

[quiet salmon]

I LOVE THIS

[hearty falcon]

i need this

[candid dew]

check ur dms =3

[meager verge]

UIUC ain’t sigma 😔

[floral gull]

Congratulations for everyone getting into UIUC!!!! I hope to see you this fall. I got into uiuc too from EA but I made a mistake on my common apps, I put bio as my first choice and not my 2nd choice and bioeng as my 2nd not my first choice. I really wanted to be the other way around ;-;. It's fine tho going to do bio and hopefully do a dual degree with bioeng later in soph year. I already chose it as I withdrew from two schools I got deferred: UChicago and Northwestern and declined my offer at UMICH.b

If anyone wants to chat about uiuc w me lmk. If you are out of state, I can show you around Chicago if we can!

[hearty falcon]

you can switch hopefully! or just do dual too! congratulations on your acceptance, i hope to see you on campus!

[rancid quarry]

How’s it going exo, I remember seeing you in the act discord

[floral gull]

Yeah thx. I hope I can do research and presented as I did for bio as state runner up and bioeng in an international conference at MIT for Bioengineering w publications. Going to try to do research compete2tions for graduates do as an undergrad.

[hearty falcon]

its been good! heh cant believe im popular on the act discord

[rancid quarry]

Idk if you’re popular, I just remember your pfp because it’s so cute 😭

Maybe that’s the reason you’re popular fr

[hearty falcon]

https://tenor.com/view/hsr-cat-cake-caelus-stelle-trailblazer-gif-11885509383332516604

[rancid quarry]

Any colleges you bagged?

[hearty falcon]

damn

[hearty falcon]

uiuc so far, i did a lot of rd and waiting on thise mostly

[floral gull]

Which ones?

[rancid quarry]

Ah, uiuc cs?

[hearty falcon]

yee

[rancid quarry]

Or other

Oooh big w

[floral gull]

Ooohhh w

[rancid quarry]

Oos?

[hearty falcon]

is a lot 😭 cant write them out rn but if u wanna know i'll dm u later

[floral gull]

Okie

[hearty falcon]

i did 35 rd ish

[floral gull]

Wait I gotta be Cinderella for another hour brb

[viral osprey]

yeah idk why

the letter doesn’t work 😭

[hearty falcon]

good luck!!

[rancid quarry]

Also did you do like gt, Austin, Unc, or usc

[hearty falcon]

didnt getinto austin, deferred usc, waiting on georgia tech

you?

do u have da good news

[rancid quarry]

Yeah I got deferred usc too

I did cs & math for uiuc

Got in for there

[viral osprey]

oh usc cs lowk competitive af if u guys did that

[hearty falcon]

congrats!!!!

[viral osprey]

my friend who got into berkeley eecs early (regents) got deferred for usc ea

for cs

[rancid quarry]

I did informatics for Austin

Got rejected gt computational media

[hearty falcon]

awh

are you in state for uiuc?

[rancid quarry]

Idk how competitive Unc is there year

I got into there gen admit

But I talked about cs

[rancid quarry]

I’m from Cali

I’m oos for every ea I did

[hearty falcon]

ah

u apply for ur state schools?

[rancid quarry]

Nope

[hearty falcon]

dang no ucs?

[viral osprey]

omg same!

[rancid quarry]

Oh I meant no csu

I did ucs

[hearty falcon]

ohh

[rancid quarry]

I’m going oos though

Cornell I got deferred

[hearty falcon]

cali hater

[rancid quarry]

So I’m waiting on that with other ivies on 3/27

[hearty falcon]

i'm from illinois and man what'd i'd give to live in san francisco

[rancid quarry]

Ah you’re in state for uiuc

I didn’t apply uiuc cs on purpose cus

I knew it was basically impossible

For oos uiuc cs

so I did cs and math

[hearty falcon]

cs+math is cool!!

[rancid quarry]

It is much more interesting than pure cs imo

Since it has the best of both worlds

[hearty falcon]

idk sometimes the cs+x is harder than normal cs

[rancid quarry]

It’s much diff from cs + x program btw

[hearty falcon]

i have a friend who didnt get into cs+physics and his stats were way better than mine

[rancid quarry]

It’s in a completely different category

Cs+x treats cs as a minor

Cs and math is almost a double major

[hearty falcon]

and our school feeds HARD into uiuc so it's strange

[rancid quarry]

Uiuc cares a lot about story

[hearty falcon]

ah

[rancid quarry]

Much less merit

[rancid quarry]

Twinning !

[hearty falcon]

uiuc cs is very good i heard but man urbana-champaign sucks geographically

[rancid quarry]

It does 💀

Uiuc cs is berk level

Very good

[steep ravine]

Hey im just curious, what does it mean to be waitlisted from the first choice major? ( i got waitlist for cs+bioeng) second choice was statistics. What does it mean for the second choice

[rancid quarry]

I may end up choosing Unc

If I don’t get into anywhere else this coming march

[muted lava]

oh nice

good luck with those decisions then

but unc is also quite pog

you got it 🔥

[rancid quarry]

It’s hard to get into but once you’re in it’s easy to kinda do what you want

[hearty falcon]

yeah 😭

my biggest pull rn to uiuc is to be with my gf

but besides that i dont like the location and size

[muted lava]

i see

[rancid quarry]

Wait did you get into Purdue

Or UF @hearty falcon

[craggy hazel]

they will waitlist your first choice but I don't think your second choice will be considered

[muted lava]

good luck w your other decisions then! :] once they come in u can make a decision

[craggy hazel]

statistically pure cs is harder to be admitted and maybe they will have higher bars when looking at your stats

but the two programs have little difference in terms of the things you could receive

[hearty falcon]

i got into purdue

[craggy hazel]

that's not correct

[hearty falcon]

i didnt apply for uf

[muted lava]

o nice, congrats

[hearty falcon]

yay! thank you! good luck to you too, i hope you get only acceptances

[rancid quarry]

WOO

[rancid quarry]

At least there’s very bare bones cs stuff

[hearty falcon]

i know!!!

[rancid quarry]

And not that much else

[rancid quarry]

The good old boiler

[hearty falcon]

and i love how when i get in colleges spam me with emails

[rancid quarry]

[hearty falcon]

it's very nice to be reminded that you're in

[craggy hazel]

could you elaborate on that

seems like a very uneducated claim

[hearty falcon]

in most schools cs is quite literally cs lel

not software development which is what most people think of

[craggy hazel]

if you expect to learn software dev at college

probably think twice

[hearty falcon]

yah

[craggy hazel]

alot of UIUC cs folks I see think they are good at coding cuz they write some CSS

get's a B- in CS 173

[hearty falcon]

eventually some get filtered out, but cs is pretty overinflated rn

like med kinda

i think 20% of med students dropout

[craggy hazel]

uiuc cs is good if ur good

and it doesn't matter if that's pure cs, cs + x or cs + y or cs + z

[hearty falcon]

the upside of these big schools is that theres more class options

and more people heh

[craggy hazel]

if you want to find a job the courses aren't gonna help

and if you want to do research, courses are the least of things you should care for

[hearty falcon]

nothing but respect for the cs researchers !

they are the true innovators of the field

[rancid quarry]

Cs and math has more things like this

If I didn’t miss anything cs and math has this as well that cs + x doesn’t have

[rancid quarry]

Cs + physics for instance

http://catalog.illinois.edu/undergraduate/engineering/computer-science-physics-bs/#degreerequirementstext

cs and math
http://catalog.illinois.edu/undergraduate/engineering/computer-science-physics-bs/#degreerequirementstext

Programming languages and compiler…numerical analysis

[hearty falcon]

oh well cs behind the scenes is just math lol

[shadow sun]

Did anyone get in with 1k4 SAT?

[craggy hazel]

you are right that these are minimum requirements for graduation

that doesn't really say anything

you could still take (waste time on) these classes regardless of your cs program

rule of thumb is if you want to work in silicon valley, just do leetcode and projects

if you want to do research just try to get the minimum requirements out of the way and not spend time on them

[hearty falcon]

my codeforces comeback is so real

[craggy hazel]

300-400 level courses are very mixed, because usually these are professors who primarily do research and teach a few classes just because of the job

[rancid quarry]

I see

[forest walrus]

ya'll know how is ds plus astro

[muted lava]

omg uu do it?

🔥

wait wots ur handle

[craggy hazel]

if you are really interested in any particular topic of a class it's always more efficient to self learn it

if you want to be the top 20% of smth

[rancid quarry]

In general it’s a more stacked program though, more people are going to be going through the gulag fs

[craggy hazel]

but some people struggle and they need help yeah but that's not really a formula for success

[rancid quarry]

💀

[hearty falcon]

ah it has my real name on it haha

[rancid quarry]

I have never touched anything

[muted lava]

aww ic

[rancid quarry]

Leetcode code forces

Whatever

I have never done usamo usaco or aime

[hearty falcon]

i'm still workign on getting my rating up

heh

but college and scholarship apps are killing me

[rancid quarry]

I don’t have a single lick of merit going for me LOL

[muted lava]

hahah ci ic

[rancid quarry]

I’m gonna have to lock in if I want to pursue cs

[muted lava]

mine has been stagnant now xd

i became red a while ago but i think ive droppped to purple skill now

💀

[hearty falcon]

you dont need to! most cs'ers arent high school grinders liek that

[hearty falcon]

woah congrats on red!!

[rancid quarry]

I just see a lot of folks with the leetcode or whatever going on

[hearty falcon]

i'm still at expert heh

[muted lava]

yooo 🔥

purple soon

[rancid quarry]

I think uiuc just rlly liked my 36

On math

Lol

Bc calc kinda making me sweat though

[hearty falcon]

i pray for these days

[rancid quarry]

53% raw

On rotations

It’s joever

[muted lava]

you got it

[rancid quarry]

Curve is big but still

[craggy hazel]

don't take calc 2 at uiuc

prof it if you can

it's the first B most grainger students get

[rancid quarry]

How about calc 3 bro

[craggy hazel]

easier than calc 2

[rancid quarry]

Is Lin alg any better

[craggy hazel]

funny

[rancid quarry]

Than calc 2

What the fuck

[craggy hazel]

it's just the way it is

but there may be some bias since, most people took calc 3 after they survive calc 2 so they are quite ready

[rancid quarry]

Is calc 2 harder than Lin at uiuc??

[muted lava]

what does it mean haha?

[craggy hazel]

proficiency test

[rancid quarry]

I see

[muted lava]

ohh hicic

[craggy hazel]

so you take a test and get credits to skip the course

[muted lava]

nice

[hearty falcon]

ap calc bc takes u out of calc 2 no?

[craggy hazel]

you can prof a few cs courses + math

[rancid quarry]

I should be fine I went through the cram for ap chem

Self study because I’m stupid and didn’t choose anything better to self study

Bruh why did I choose ap chem out of anything else

[hearty falcon]

ap chem is a great self study! i did it too

[craggy hazel]

it satisifes gen ed requirment ( i think

[rancid quarry]

Nah but it was kinda torture

I really don’t like chem

[hearty falcon]

unit 2 was bad (kinda like a first bump) and then some of the later units

[rancid quarry]

Dude no

Unit 8 is horrible

[marsh oxide]

Anyone get into ee or mse stats

[rancid quarry]

With the fucking titration

And acids and bases

That sucked

Everything else was fine

U5 was a breath of fresh air

[hearty falcon]

oh yeah acid base

pka and stuff

[rancid quarry]

Bruh I already forgot everything

💀

[hearty falcon]

me2

maaaann

same for a lot of things tbh

taking classes is more like mental weightlifting than actual learning

[wild zealot]

Uiuc is like leading me on

[steep ravine]

just curious why would they choose to waitlist someone for their first choice instead of also take a look at their second if they felt that there wasn't enough space

[craggy hazel]

actually I do think waitlists consider 2nd choices

[steep ravine]

so then what would that mean -- did they also waitlist me for the second choice/did they have enough space for me in the second choice? Im kinda confused

[craggy hazel]

they waitlist you for the first choice

but it's also like a second-choice waitlist, so they might somehow accept your second choice through the waitlist

waitlists aren't really standardized like normal apps work

so we don't know how they'd do it but

it's possible to be admitted to your 1st / 2nd choice through the waitlist

[steep ravine]

i see

[marsh oxide]

Any deferral acceptances

[coarse grove]

no that’s only for ea

[uneven raven]

i think they mean Deferred EA -> Accepted RD

[marsh oxide]

Yeah

People thought half of deferreds would get in 💀

[uneven raven]

RD is so COOKED

[marsh oxide]

Did anyone get in MSE in granger

[muted lava]

😭 🫂

[fresh night]

Is it hard (due to full classes or restrictions) to take CS courses/obtain a CS minor as IS DS?

[hallow vale]

got in after deferral somehow

anyone knows cs+eco acceptance rate?

[craggy hazel]

15%

rough guess

[craggy hazel]

you should read this

https://www.reddit.com/r/UIUC/comments/1ie7y3i/avoid_isds_explained_for_those_admitted_today/

[viral osprey]

yuh!!

why

i saw online the acceptance rate oos is like 80% and i’m no longer impressed LOL

[marsh oxide]

i havent actually checked yet lmao i was trying to see people stats because worried that i didnt get in

[viral osprey]

for mse?

^ based on actual doc from uiuc admissions

[marsh oxide]

theres no way it can be that high

unless the pool is only qualified people

[viral osprey]

no it’s cos

only like

100 ppl even apply to mse lol

see only 49 ppl applied 💀 💀

it’s more rare to apply to mse

than to get admitted to cs

[hallow vale]

for oos?

[viral osprey]

if u think abt it

[marsh oxide]

thats crazy

i added it as a 2nd choice on the 12th

originally got deferred from EE

[viral osprey]

ohh i see

it was my top, second aero

bc

idk

i applied to most places for mse

i don’t rlly remember why i applied to uiuc

esp as a californian 😭

[quiet salmon]

?

whats wrong w that

[marsh oxide]

i still dont wanna check lmao

[quiet salmon]

uiuc has a lot of cali applicants

💀

[viral osprey]

no i mean like

[quiet salmon]

didnt u apply for ur bf

[viral osprey]

oh ur right

that is why

LOL

[quiet salmon]

🤓

[viral osprey]

well

moreso for uw

[quiet salmon]

did he get in

[viral osprey]

uh no 😭

[quiet salmon]

thats wild

💀

[viral osprey]

yeah

[lone ginkgo]

Oh damn 😭

[quiet salmon]

thats what he gets for insulting ap students

jk

bro applied for someone and that person didnt get in

rip

[viral osprey]

it’s fine he did a more competitive major than me lol

[quiet salmon]

tru

[viral osprey]

uh

i also applied to uw bc of him

[quiet salmon]

yar

[ancient dove]

i got in!!!

[lone ginkgo]

I mean both uiuc and uw are great schools so 🤷‍♂️

[ancient dove]

*last year

[viral osprey]

they are great schools! i just didn’t necessary want to go to them for my major

and i have a cheaper and (imo) nicer option nearby

but yeah i applied bc they’re good schools + bf

[lone ginkgo]

Well I hope you get into your nicer option! Unless you already got in

[viral osprey]

yea i did that’s what i meant lol

but i have 24 more non-safeties

so i’m mostly still waiting

[lone ginkgo]

Good luck

[viral osprey]

ty!!

[lone ginkgo]

What’s your major

[viral osprey]

good luck with everything too

[viral osprey]

i got into usc for physics/cs (joint major) + merit

but

uiuc was mse

[lone ginkgo]

Oh damn USC 😭

[viral osprey]

and i did get into a few safeties, like ee @calpolypomona and mse at ucm

[lone ginkgo]

You got a good shot at the other non safeties

[viral osprey]

idk why i typed that so weirdly

lol

[viral osprey]

hope so! fingers crossed but also to be noted

i’m actually a literature major

at most of my non safeties 😭

so i’m a bit excited like

to see if i get in ig

bc i haven’t gotten any decisions back outside of stem yet

[solid oar]

was literature like a saftey major?

[viral osprey]

no

i’m a creative writer

[solid oar]

ohhh

[viral osprey]

physics/engineering was my safety major

LOL

[solid oar]

WHAT?

[lone ginkgo]

If it’s the ivies then lit is not a safety major

[viral osprey]

LMFAO

[quiet salmon]

vivi is a nerd dw

shes a d1 nerd

[solid oar]

ohh

[ancient dove]

bruh

[quiet salmon]

nerd of the nerdiest

[solid oar]

still though

[quiet salmon]

top nerd

💀

[solid oar]

eng is cooked

like competitive

everywhere

[lone ginkgo]

I could only hope for engineering to be my safety major 😭

[viral osprey]

most of my ecs r for arts and humanities

[solid oar]

ohh

[viral osprey]

but my parents like engineering

[solid oar]

ah yes

[viral osprey]

so i have like barely 2 science ecs

[solid oar]

but u want to do lit?

[viral osprey]

and pulled tgt a stem app

[viral osprey]

yea i wanna double major in english and physics

i have a whole lot more mse and physics decisions left (UCs, gatech, hmc, cmu), and like 10 ish lit ones left

[mellow edge]

You can prof any cs course you want

They have to make a test for you if you want to prof

[deep lodge]

where can u find the full list>

[viral osprey]

reddit

like if u google acceptance rates by major

[marsh oxide]

why is uiuc admission so random

[cold plume]

Not random

Calculated to fit their class needs

Seems random to us, people with perfect stats getting rejected and all

[timber dune]

I GOT INTO UIUC LETS FUCKING GOOO

[cold plume]

But to them they’ve calculated everything

They’re 2 steps ahead

Always 2 steps ahead…

[tardy stirrup]

Anyone got in for cs or cs+x as rd (not deferral)

[cold plume]

😈

[marsh oxide]

did deferrals just get waitlisted

like most

[quiet salmon]

i did

[lucid moss]

where do you find this?

[viral osprey]

reddit

taken from uiuc stats i believe

[rancid quarry]

i believe they have a certain quota to fill or look for

they wont accept the same type of student too many times

[quiet salmon]

YAY TWINS

[rancid quarry]

rip

[quiet salmon]

idk yet

[marsh oxide]

deferral -> waitlist

seems like literally everyone got that

[quiet salmon]

i wonder whats the acceptance for deferral students

[marsh oxide]

it cant be over 15% for eng

[timber dune]

did anyone else get accepted?

[fallen cliff]

check pins

[wide spoke]

what material do u have to give when u appeal

[boreal bluff]

i got into uiuc aero and if i didn't i would've 100% chosen UMD its pretty solid

[visual dune]

is it bard to change majors into engineering at uiuc

[torn plinth]

yes

what college to grainger?

[fallen cliff]

would this also apply to chem e? it's in LAC

[visual dune]

im a pure math major

[hallow vale]

i got in after deferral somehow

dk anyone else

[torn plinth]

What do you want to transfer to?

Cs + math will be super difficult but if i remember the cs + x admission depends on the x department

so im guessing if you do well in your first semester you'll have a strong shot

you can always take a cs minor

[timber dune]

not worth ig

also

question