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

[hearty falcon]

is firefly super break still good

havent played since like

[swift mica]

idk i dont have her

[hearty falcon]

august

ah

[swift mica]

i think so

[viral osprey]

we lost another soldier

[floral gull]

What the heck is gacha fames adventurin?

And what's penacony?

I live under a rock.

[hearty falcon]

it's about a game called honkai star rail

adventurine is a character, penacony is a location in that game

gacha game is basically a type of game where u have to like gamble for characters and other stuff

[wide spoke]

can i appeal from waitlist at cs + math

to cs + bio

i have bio awards and ecs

do yall tihn kit would work

[hearty falcon]

probably not

[floral gull]

Talk to your counselor about that

[hearty falcon]

doesnt hurt to but prob not

[floral gull]

There is a possibility about that but I won't recommend unless your counselor tells you it's fine.

If it's fine with your counselor that won't decrease your chances, I can give you a link where you might find it or you can find it online. Only do it if your counselor tells you it's fine.

[wide spoke]

yo that would be great

do u know how to find my uiuc counselor

[floral gull]

I mean HS counselor

High school*

They are the best to know about this.

[deep reef]

how many CS+Bioengineering folks are here

I heard from a Bioengineering department info session that they only have 35 students doing CS+Bioengineering in class of 2028

[hearty falcon]

yes, this is somewhat true

9 freshman, 19 sophomores, 9 juniors in fall 2024

but, there are no seniors because the junior class was the inaugural class

so the real number is around 46-56

source: uiuc census

hope this helps!

[torn pulsar]

bro did i js get like no aid at all 💀

[torn pulsar]

they calculated need but didn't give anything idk

😀

[novel stirrup]

did any oos kids get money

[hybrid wraith]

whale
haven't touched those gacha games in like a month cause i been living life
but i do have like a top 10% furina i think? prob not

[sharp niche]

does uiuc not give much merit or something?

4.0 unweighted for nothing

[hybrid wraith]

they gave me 10k

oos

[sharp niche]

im in-state

[hybrid wraith]

dang

maybe they have less for is because lower cost? idk

[sharp niche]

uc riverside gave me a bunch of money tho so now the coa are looking comparable 👀

yeah they prolly give more money to oos since coa in the end will be similar to in-state

[chrome cove]

When will regular decision come

For uiuc

[sharp niche]

it already did

[chrome cove]

What

When

[static kindle]

feb 28th

[hybrid wraith]

coa of my state school, purdue, gt, and uiuc respectively
after 7k from my state school, 10k from purdue and uiuc, and 3k in aid from uiuc

atrocious for a school ranked like 130

[sharp niche]

ouch 😬

loyola chicago is $19,617 for me if i live off campus, uiuc for me is $42,198, riverside is looking like $55,000-ish

[hybrid wraith]

dang
still waiting on decisions or you planning on committing somewhere rn

[sullen lagoon]

uiuc is a t30 school

[glossy thicket]

It's T5 for CS 💀

What's ur major?

[lone ginkgo]

Yeah wait what uiuc is a top 30 ish school

Top 10 for engineering, top 5 for cs

[hybrid wraith]

i'm talking about my state school

[hybrid wraith]

applied for compe

[steady adder]

how do i check financial grant?

mine just says “no info is avaliable for this aid year”

[rancid quarry]

when will financial aid come for uiuc?

[rancid quarry]

33 to be specific

[hearty falcon]

did u apply early?

[sullen lagoon]

ahh fair enough

[hybrid wraith]

should be out already if you applied early, not sure about rd

[hybrid wraith]

should be in the ui service under financial aid notfication
check all the tabs i forgor

[hybrid wraith]

it's goated for vgd, entrepreneurship, and pre-med, but that's about it
so expensive for no reason
all these californians moving in destroying the housing market

[sharp niche]

im waiting on some ucs and northwestern cuz i applied for funsies with a fee waiver

but im leaning towards uiuc cuz i dont wanna drive to loyola everyday 😞

[hybrid wraith]

fair

[hearty falcon]

whats your total scholarships amount from uiuc?

[sharp niche]

nothing

[hearty falcon]

ouch!

are you sure you're in state?

maybe your county is one of the ones that wants to secede from illinois?

[sharp niche]

chicago 😭

and there are counties seceding?

[subtle venture]

such is the state of the american healthcare system

[hearty falcon]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation_referendums_in_Illinois

heh

[sharp niche]

not new illinois

[hearty falcon]

im just kidding. but it's really odd how you didnt get anything. maybe it's worth emailing

[hearty falcon]

see, you get it

[sharp niche]

tbf they probably haven’t released department scholarships yet

i don’t feel as bad paying 42k after seeing davis’s 84k tho 🤠

[hearty falcon]

yeh

[floral gull]

Same 💀

Do appeall

For Loyola Chicago I do need to pay 30k a year tho

Same with UMICH

But UIUC and most likely UIC will be like below 5k

After I gave some forms for some waivers

[floral gull]

lol npc was 14k

Other schools are like 3k on npc..

💀

[deep reef]

I got full pell grant then nothing

[deep reef]

check under the financial planning tab

[steady adder]

r u ea

[deep reef]

yep

[hybrid wraith]

greater idaho type shi

[hybrid wraith]

this is why i didn't apply to any ucs

[sharp niche]

my parents yearn for california cuz all my family lives there, but they’re gonna have me pay for the loans they take out if i become a doctor in 12 years 🌝

[hybrid wraith]

oof

[hearty falcon]

12 years oos would put most families into generational debt 😭

[hybrid wraith]

debt until the ends of the earth
but don't you become a resident after a year

[sharp niche]

yes then it would be 1 year oos and 3 years in-state, cuz we would move there permanently

but then med school 🤡

[forest walrus]

Will that work?

[mellow edge]

Really struggling between here and another place for cs

[forest walrus]

For some schools apparently it’s harder to switch from out-of-state to in-state

Even if you move

[sharp niche]

yes i worry they’re gonna reject my residency status change and tell me to cough up another 80k 😔

my school is a uiuc feeder school anyway so if i go there i’ll have tons of company 🥰

[deep reef]

Davis only gives me max Pell Grant, the all of the rest is loan

[sly mesa]

im fairly certain that you have to have at least two years of residency for in-state tuition at public schools

https://www.ucop.edu/residency/residency-requirements.html

[sharp niche]

but isn’t it 366 days?

a year and a day

[sly mesa]

your family would have to move there and establish residency within the next five months for you to get in-state tuition for next the 26-27 school year

[sharp niche]

AHHHHH honestly i should just be an illini and save myself the pain

[hasty spear]

was gies more selective than grainger this year?

[floral gull]

Gies.os generally more selective that grainger

Gies is*

Selective programs in order I think: CS + something, CS, business or information sciences, engineering, and then everything else

Actually information sciences is a bit more selective than business

But Gies is always more selective than engineering each year by a small margin.

[hearty falcon]

cs is more selective than cs+x

generally

[opal shell]

https://www.admissions.illinois.edu/apply/freshman/admit-rate

It should be more or less similar to last year’s

[quiet salmon]

people cant use their brain

!biggreen

[daring jungle]

https://i.imgur.com/v0Wc3XA.png

[quiet salmon]

ts pmo icl

[harsh osprey]

real shit no misinformation pls

[uncut pasture]

lol so illinois without most of its relevance and gdp

turning IL into Indiana

[hearty falcon]

pretty much

those counties forget that they're a net drain on state funding, they use more money than they generate

[uncut pasture]

my hot take is that state boundaries are kinda stupid and we should govern by metro areas

[glacial merlin]

this is funny as shit why are they doing that 😭😭😭

[hearty falcon]

don't let facts get in the way of a good story

[teal palm]

B1G WIN TODAY RAAAAAH @hardy geyser

[hardy geyser]

ok

[quiet salmon]

average sweat

[compact pond]

dude for a second i thought this was football 💀

[quiet salmon]

casual 88 points to 80 points

[coarse roost]

Illinois fighting illini sounds like they’re fighting themselves 😭

[quiet salmon]

Yes

[crude violet]

💀

[subtle venture]

checks out

oregon wants to do the same thing

the maga counties made a referendum to join idaho

[hearty falcon]

i cant tell if this is a political statement

[subtle venture]

theres a trend of red counties wanting to separate from blue states is what im trying to say

because barely anyone lives there and the blue counties dominate in politics bc a lot of people live there

[hearty falcon]

there is also a trend of blue states wanting to separate from red states

though the parties switched up around the civil rights movement so the blues are now red and vice versa

[hearty falcon]

yeah, thats the nonpartisan reason pretty much

being mad about not getting a say in things despite paying taxes is... the american way

[white jetty]

How do you even get here

[floral gull]

Yeah. As someone is the blue. Exo is right. (And I tried to search up the info and only looked at the AI pop up, so sorry was wrong about for majors).

[white jetty]

Is there anything besides the applicant portal

Where do I see scholarship

[floral gull]

I can help

[hearty falcon]

in the applicant portal

u hit view status on ur app

and go to checklist

[floral gull]

On the admitted check list, click on the financial aid part

[hearty falcon]

then theres finaid

[floral gull]

Yes

[hearty falcon]

and u have a link to ui integrate self serve

[floral gull]

Ye

It should take you right there

Press on financial aid notification

[white jetty]

Oh I didn’t submit need based

[floral gull]

FAFSA?

[white jetty]

Yep

Didn’t do that

[floral gull]

You should go do it.

[white jetty]

Oh

[floral gull]

Just in case

[hearty falcon]

if you didnt do the fafsa you wont be eligible for scholarships or financial aid

[white jetty]

Erm

Whoopsie

It’s way too late no

W

[floral gull]

You can still do that. Go to eh FAFSA website and do the form with your parents it took me like 30 minutss

Wdym? You can still do it tho?

[white jetty]

I won’t get any need based aid and scholarships are decided

I’m guessing

Merit based ones

So no point

[floral gull]

Are you in state or oos

[white jetty]

Oos

[floral gull]

I see. You should still try tho to see if you get a bit and to get a comprehensive plan on how much you need to pay directly to the university

Ik someone but instate who didn't need any need aid got 8k a year of aid

Ik it's not oos but just make sure. You might be one of the lucky ones and get aid

[white jetty]

My Sai was like way above the total cost

[floral gull]

It's your choice tho.

[white jetty]

Also I have in state for ut Austin

[floral gull]

Ooh nice

[hearty falcon]

well, if ur not gonna commit to uiuc

[white jetty]

I just got the honors program for gies so I was considering it

[hearty falcon]

no point

otherwise

if u are

then i recommend doing it

[floral gull]

Yes

Wait exo?

If there sj a scholarships thin and it says from your school. Is that my hs or uiuc

If there is a scholarship thing of 9.9k a year*

And is it already put into financial aid part or no?

[hearty falcon]

from uiuc probably!

take a look at ur financial aid notification

[floral gull]

when did u get this

am i cooked if i didnt get tis

[hearty falcon]

no

arent u in

[floral gull]

Yes

😭

[hearty falcon]

it's just for james scholar which is some honor program

[white jetty]

theres also gies honors but i attended the info session and it didnt seem all that good

[hearty falcon]

u can also apply during ur first year

[white jetty]

Compared to just normal gies

[hearty falcon]

i mean u can get into james as long as u have a gpa of 3.5

from what i remember

[deep reef]

Will they send out James Scholar invite to incoming class

[hearty falcon]

yes

[deep reef]

do you know mostly when

[hearty falcon]

i've not heard about it from grainger yet

[deep reef]

me too

[floral gull]

All scholarships should be notified to you by April 1 at uiuc

[floral gull]

Are we cooked if we didn't get a scholarship.

Why is this school soooo expensive

[hearty falcon]

are u oos?

ah no, ur not

15k a year is not that bad

but im guessing since ur -1500 SAI, you're a questbridge kid, it would be a lot better to go on the questbridge route if you got matched

[crude violet]

the counties that want to leave Illinois would be broke if they left

chicago funds everything downstate of them

[subtle venture]

real

[sly mesa]

do you know how questbridge works lmao

[hearty falcon]

kind of, but please explain

[sly mesa]

you have to go through several cycles of an application to be matched

if you get matched its binding

not every low income student is questbridge

and uiuc is not a questbridge school

[hearty falcon]

yes

theres some pilot programs for qb

where u can get nonbinding offers

believe it's this year

[sly mesa]

uiuc still isnt a questbridge school

and they never mentioned being questbridge

[hearty falcon]

well yeah, im not saying u go to uiuc

i apologize if it seemed that way

i just mean to go to whatever college is the most affordable

(from my understanding, if questbridge extends the pilot, that costs will be generally covered)

[sly mesa]

what does questbridge have to do with that tho lol

[sly mesa]

im not understanding why questbridge was even brought up though

[hearty falcon]

thats the best program i can think of to have college paid for completely

[sly mesa]

but thats not how questbridge works lol

the deadline was months ago

and being low income doesnt mean youre a questbridge student

please make sure you know what youre talking about before you try to offer advice to people

[hearty falcon]

i apologize! it was a poor presumption, i wasnt trying to act in bad faith, and yeah not all low income students apply through questbridge

but if you did apply to questbridge or another program and you did get some kind of match or offer, it's a better route to go down versus a school thats inaffordable

or otherwise if another school offers better value then same for that

[floral gull]

yeahh QB is like a 33% rate too

[rancid quarry]

QB boosts your chances much higher

[floral gull]

no getting into QB is 33% acceptance rate

but not all QB admits match i believe unfortunately

is there any way intls can get the acceptance package stuff from uiuc

I am getting stuff from UCR

nah it’s super annoying

wait

like

the actual stickers

or financial aid

I am not talking about fin aid

sorry I was talking about merch and stuff

the acceptance package

🥲

i believe they may not ship internationally

[woeful trail]

nobody ships intl

[floral gull]

I got an email from UCR that I can opt to get physical admission packet via courier

[woeful trail]

i have 6 acceptances and nothing to show for it

i want a davis cow goddammit

[floral gull]

wait maybe davis might send stuff

if ucr is doing it

[woeful trail]

fr??

[floral gull]

I got rejected from davis so idk

[floral gull]

but this

so idk about other UCs

[subtle venture]

print out your acceptance letters and frame em

[hearty falcon]

yeah, though i believe the acceptance rate (from qb in general) is higher than applying regularly

especially considering that qbers usually wouldnt have the same level of access to ECs and other things as a rich bay area kid

anyways, illinois aid is pretty bad imo for low income students

they have like illinois promise (which is full ride) but the income threshold is really really low

and illinois commitment (the full tuition) has higher income thresholds

Your total family income must be $82,500 or less (effective fall 2025).
Your total family assets must be $75,000 or less (effective fall 2025).

but the problem w/ that is that it's only tuition and ur still on the hook for housing and books and stuff

from the friends i've spoken to so far the rough lower bound of CoA is like around the neighborhood of 15k/year ish

(this is only my opinion, and should not be interpreted as factual statements or advice. i am not an expert on the subject of uiuc financial aid.)

[floral gull]

why does the uiuc rd thread (reddit) this year hv such less interactions

compared to previous years

[boreal locust]

nobody wants to go here i killed the vibes

[little haven]

All of the threads do

The Davis thread has like 5 comments

And then some random person made one day of that got closer to 100

I think part of it is the Reddit mods haven’t been nearly as strict as previous years with removing offshoot threads so it’s not as centralized

And part of it may be that people are migrating to our discord threads bc the format works better

[hallow vale]

if uiuc is my top choice atm but I still have some decisions yet to come, is there any benefit to paying the deposit now itself housing wise?

[opal shell]

Depends

If you want a good housing like at a private dorm hall might be a good idea to deposit now

[fresh night]

Is housing not FCFS? What if a ton of people submit the deposit right now, and they all fill up an entire hall? Is that not how the "priority" housing works

[glad shard]

Is there a uiuc discord

[floral gull]

Yes!!

There is a uiuc discord

[sullen lagoon]

apparently

and this is apparently

the earlier you submit your housing agreement the more likely youll get it (heard from uiuc reddit)

[mint mural]

link?

[sullen lagoon]

even though they say it doesnt matter when you submit it

[floral gull]

Trying it keeps deleting

This is one

I think

[sullen lagoon]

https://www.reddit.com/r/UIUC/comments/1iepy42/if_you_get_in_today_and_want_to_go_here_fill_out/

[craggy hazel]

note for PCH it is first come first serve

[sullen lagoon]

is pch or dorms usually preferred

by the general student population

[woeful trail]

this is only for pch

but i dont know anything about pch vs dorms other than that

[opal shell]

Private housing like Newman is filling up

They’re different from public

Public is like a lottery system

[opal shell]

It is FCFS for private housing

But public is different

[fresh night]

Oh okay thanks

[opal shell]

Location is much better plus there’s no reason not to

Some dorms are also better than others

[floral gull]

Yeah you can only eat at your specific private dining hall if you choose pch

[quiet pollen]

diy acceptance package LMAO

[floral gull]

Finally enrolled and might choose a dorm today or tomorrow

[glacial merlin]

no aid 😢

should i just withdraw i prob won't enroll

[acoustic glacier]

got alternative?

[glacial merlin]

purdue is also pretty good (im cheme) and like 30k cheaper

but hopefully i bag one of my rds

[glacial merlin]

good point

[timber dune]

are scholarships out yet?

[torn pulsar]

same

[floral gull]

They should be all be out by April 1!

[hearty falcon]

some are

not all iirc

[visual scaffold]

does UIUC send acceptance packages

[opal shell]

I think

[wide spoke]

bruh what should i do about wiatlist

do i just wai yt

do i have to ifll anything out

[quiet pollen]

write LOCI if ure interested in the uni

[fallen cliff]

they don't take LOCI: https://www.admissions.illinois.edu/faq/wait-list

[quiet pollen]

wait where does it aay

[north osprey]

hello ilinilis

[quiet pollen]

ahh thanks for the clarification thenn

i didnt know that

[north osprey]

hello from purdue

[rancid quarry]

hows purdue

[hardy geyser]

yes

[visual scaffold]

r they nice

[hardy geyser]

theyre like a letter a pamphlet and some stickers

so like ur usual acceptance package

[visual scaffold]

ive been making a sticker collage on my laptop lol

that will be helpful

[visual scaffold]

did u get it already?

or r u a previous yr

[visual scaffold]

I’m talking about uiuc

I did cs + Econ

So prob whichever school that is in

Idk

I can check the acceptance letter rq

Cs +x is always in the other one

[quick trellis]

does uiuc give decent aid

[sharp niche]

yes if ur poor

my friend’s sister and my friend’s brother are basically going for free

[viral osprey]

i randomly got emailed

for a grainger scholarship

dunno if yall got this

(i’m oos)

4k/yr

[hearty falcon]

congrats!

[viral osprey]

idek

it just said

they’re pleased to offer me a scholarship

oh yeah that

yup

[steady adder]

r u ea or rd

[uneven raven]

@hardy geyser I GOT IN PURDUE LMFAO

Rejected from UIUC to go to Purdue insyead

[hardy geyser]

HELL YEAHHHH CONGRATS!!!

what major

[uneven raven]

FYE

[hardy geyser]

Hellll yeahhhh congrats

[sullen dagger]

Purdue is better anyways

[high snow]

uiuc can smfd

i got waitlisted

today i cry

[high snow]

me 2

[honest trench]

same

[uneven raven]

outright rejected

[honest trench]

im finna deny ts rn

[uneven raven]

whaddup other UIUC -> Purdue pipeline student

[honest trench]

wdym

[uneven raven]

im assuming you got in purdue?

[wide spoke]

is there a chance of getting off uiuc cs and math

waitlist

[honest trench]

nah i got deferred ea there as well

[uneven raven]

tragic

[honest trench]

plus even if i get in im not gonna go

[uneven raven]

you got better offer?

[honest trench]

the only oos im planning to go to is gtech if i get it

[honest trench]

A&M for engineering, its instate for me

[uneven raven]

GT would be nice

[uneven raven]

thats good

budget friendly

[honest trench]

idk about that just cuz i have like no money from em

but i mean its rly good

[uneven raven]

Would you go if high scholarship?

[honest trench]

i used to be a die-hard ut fan until they didnt give me my major and put me in liberal arts 😭

[honest trench]

im gonna go to a&m either way if i dont get gtech

[uneven raven]

oh hn 💔

[honest trench]

i dont qualify for financial aid and i dont think a&m will give merit scholarships if ur not mational merit semi+

which pisses me off bc i missed the semifinalist cutoff by like one correct answer, and my friend who was a semifinalist got 40k for a&m

[sly mesa]

v late to this but they actually send stickers to put on the i on your keyboard lol

[visual scaffold]

oh tuff

[sly mesa]

would def be cool but probably a copyright infringement lol

[north osprey]

thats if u get caught

[torn plinth]

chat uiuc or uva

[hardy geyser]

https://discord.com/channels/786557653924708373/954425230896545792

[quick plume]

major dependent

[woeful trail]

either engineering physics or meche, i can't remember which

@quick plume ^

alr bet
theyre on similar levels?

bet i'll let him know

[quick plume]

UIUC Better and UVA is WAYY TOO EXPENSIVE BRO

holy shit I DID NOT KNOW UVA WAS that expensive

i thought UIUC was expensive

i’m also committed to UIUC so slight bias @woeful trail

[torn plinth]

engineering but with a very heavy lean towards biz/econ

[torn plinth]

Yeah I saw this

[boreal locust]

t&m isnt guaranteed

[viscid night]

Guys

I got engineering undeclared

How does transferring to electrical engineering work?

[cold plume]

Saw u on Reddit

I’d choose UIUC if the cost isn’t an issue

[cold plume]

Transferring is guaranteed as long as you have a certain gpa, and for EE it’s pretty light to transfer after the first year if you have a 3.5 or something after the first year at UIUC

[little haven]

Oh look it’s you!

We’re running a tournament with prizes in #🏀-march-madness with our bracket groups pinned you should totally join and not put Creighton

[floral gull]

Probably even less

engineering undeclared can get most majors with a 3.5

if not all

ee might be like a 3.0

if you’re exploratory though it’s nearly impossible

[crude violet]

This is not true at all.

[crude violet]

EE needs a 3.5 if not more.

EE is a competitive major to transfer into

[crude violet]

I wouldn't say EE is light to transfer into.
You need high grades in hard classes to transfer in.

[crude violet]

I don't know all of the details but I think you apply to switch after you've met all of the course reqs.

As I've said above you'll need a high GPA to get in.

[floral gull]

from engineering undeclared?

from exploratory studies sure

[cold plume]

Engineering undeclared to EE is easy though? Because you’re given 3 options and you’re guaranteed into one so say you put down AE, ME, and EE

You’re more than likely to get into EE they have to let you in

Transferring from a random major to EE is rly hard though

But engineering undeclared you’re already in the Grainger college of engineering

[crude violet]

Yes

[crude violet]

If you want to transfer to any engineering major you need to transfer to engineering undeclared first.

[crude violet]

Depends on how easy getting a 3.5 is to someone.

Most of the spots in the major are filled so you need a high GPA to get in, if that makes sense.

[rare badger]

Fotor is correct ^

Application Contents
Specify three majors of interest, in ranked preference. Only two majors can be competitive majors. Competitive majors are: Aerospace Engineering, Bioengineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Neural Engineering. Indicating more than two competitive majors will have a negative impact on an application.

While we try to place each student in their first-choice major of interest, it is not guaranteed. Placement depends on the holistic review of a student’s application to their majors of interest and capacity in individual majors. Major capacity may change from semester to semester. Students placed into their third-choice majors will be encouraged to speak to an EU advisor to discuss their options.

Check: https://grainger.illinois.edu/academics/undergraduate/engineering-undeclared

EE is considered competitive selection for EU based on the website

and it looks like even for EU first-choice major is not guaranteed transfer

prob engineering majors that is not specified under competitive is guaranteed

Yeaaa EU is lowkey a new program, grainger had a thing called pre-engineering back in the day

and it was even more pain to transfer to engineering pre-covid i heard

coz if you didnt get into a major no major ☠️

[coarse roost]

Ye that’s why out of the 3 u select in EU , at least one has to be a less competitive or non-competitive major

But transferring to EE isn’t like extremely hard as I’ve heard

[limber parcel]

Can you Guys if yall r Davis or UIUC alumni help me with my comparisom between the two

It’s in the college x v. College y question forum on here

[lone ginkgo]

im so cooked for this appeal

[lone ginkgo]

I've heard any engineering transfer is insanely hard

[uncut pasture]

my friend managed to change from CompE WL -> EE accept thru an appt with the AOs

[lone ginkgo]

To be fair I got straight rejected so

Idk why I’m even appealing atp

Deferred to rejected to rejected again probably

[fallen cliff]

hey it’s always worth a shot

like what’s the worst thing that’ll happen

[lone ginkgo]

true

[lone ginkgo]

Was going to appeal for engineering mechanics

Will probably still submit but I know it’s a rejection

My majors while applying were aerospace and electrical(idk why I put EE as second major)

[lone ginkgo]

Hopefully

[wide spoke]

if anyone has experience with appeals

pls dm me

im trying to appeal to a new major

[hollow gale]

does anyone know if/when regular decision scholarships come out

in got my financial aid offer lke 2 days after the decision came out but havent received any info on merit scholarships yet

applied EA Cs+econ deferred->accepted instate

[timber dune]

they said it will be out by first week of april

[hearty falcon]

did anyone else have their net cost go up after finaid package?

my shit just went up like 600usd or smtn

map grant got reduced ig

before and after, if you're in the same boat as me

[fallen cliff]

maybe contact admissions office

[rancid quarry]

IT CAME OUT ?!

[hearty falcon]

map grant got reduced this year apparently so it is what it is

https://osfa.illinois.edu/types-of-aid/grants/monetary-award-program-map-grant/

says the max this year is $8064

[steady adder]

granted 5k

nvm 0

[rancid quarry]

Do they email you if you got any scholarship

[mint mural]

Yes I got emailed about merit scholarship and honors college

[hearty falcon]

yeah

what he/she said

[rancid quarry]

does this include fafsa aid

It said total financial aid is 5,500

But no grants

Does that mean the 5.5k is all just loans

[sly mesa]

yes

$5,500 is the amount of a federal direct unsubsidized loan

[hearty falcon]

yeah

[raven quartz]

i’m sorry bro 😭✌️

[hearty falcon]

[floral gull]

it's the same for me too

all out of pocket

are u gonna pay for it?

[rancid quarry]

yep ive been hit with the same thing for unc, austin

and all the others

💀

[rancid quarry]

💔

[rancid quarry]

yeah, what else could i do atp

[floral gull]

😭 fair

so you’re going to uiuc? or

[rancid quarry]

ill probably be picking unc

most likely

[floral gull]

for what major again?

[rancid quarry]

if nothing changes

CS

& math

[floral gull]

see like

here’s the thing

for you it’ll matter

like in cs

the university names help a lot

i have no idea if it’ll help me

[rancid quarry]

i dont even wanna do CS that bad bruh

its a cooked field

[floral gull]

oh 😭

[rancid quarry]

i can just choose unc and do premed or smthing

or even something else entirely

[floral gull]

i mean if you go to any of those schools you’ll be fine

[rancid quarry]

cuz you dont actually finally pick until junior year

[floral gull]

at unc?

[rancid quarry]

yes

i could do austin but i would have to double major or smthing

[floral gull]

yeah makes sense

[rancid quarry]

i got in through informatics

[floral gull]

as of now i’m still waiting for purdue but

besides that i’m deciding between uiuc and tennessee

[floral gull]

informatics??

[rancid quarry]

Yeah

[viscid night]

So should i choose uwmadison where i got ee directly or uiuc

[steady adder]

i have the same exact choices too lmao

admitted ee uw madison but 2nd choice uiuc

[lone ginkgo]

You’re not going to be able to swap majors very easily at UIUC

If you’re very content with your second major then UIUC but if not go to UW Madison

[viscid night]

Lmfao im so confused on what to choose

Both r pretty good schools but my best friend is going to uiuc

💀

[crude violet]

imo, I would go to madison, it's not worth risking it
madison has a good EE program so it's not much of a downgrade

[steady adder]

same bro

[lone ginkgo]

What’s your second major?

[steady adder]

nuclear eng

[lone ginkgo]

Oh that is pretty far removed from electrical engineering

[viscid night]

Alright cool thats what ill kost likely do

[viscid night]

I chose engineering undeclared as my second major

[crude violet]

another point I would like to make is that transferring into EE is going to be very stressful
I had friends in engineering undeclared who had to constantly worry about every assignment and exam while everyone else was chilling

[viscid night]

😭

[lone ginkgo]

Yeah for both of you I’d say UW madison

Unless you’re still waiting on other schools too

[viscid night]

Nah not rlly

Northeastern too expensiven

💀

[steady adder]

i got purdue gtech left for eng programs but those r pretty tuff

[viscid night]

U might get purdue if u got into uwmadison idk im jus guessing

[lone ginkgo]

Id pick either one of those over UW Madison and second choice uiuc personally

[steady adder]

did u apply to purdue?

[lone ginkgo]

To be fair I’m still waiting on Purdue deferral too

[viscid night]

I did but i was rejected im pretty sure i did something stupid in the essay

Or maybe they just didnt fw me

[steady adder]

idkk

i applied rd which was a mistake

[viscid night]

Purdue over uwmadison?

[lone ginkgo]

Just personal bias

I know ppl who go to Purdue and stuff

[viscid night]

Ah

Fair enough

[lone ginkgo]

Plus I’m aerospace and purdues really high up there so

[steady adder]

is nuclear to ee that hard at uiuc?

[viscid night]

The thing is

I dont understand how we will get our desired major at the end of the second yr

Like wouldnt ppl alr be doin that major for 1.5 yrs before us

[lone ginkgo]

Every major switch is that difficult

[viscid night]

One of my cousins switched for industrial to compE

He maintained 3.8

[lone ginkgo]

You need a very high GPA and great ecs

[boreal locust]

nuclear to ee is doable but nuclear is cool : )

[floral gull]

they said it was hard

i asked the npre advisor

at illinois

i’m also admitted to nuclear

like just keept above a 3.5 gpa and you’d be good

[rancid quarry]

uiuc is notoriously famous for being super hard to transfer

[floral gull]

but that’s a lot easier said than done

like even low demand majors

in engineering

like civil

for current engineering majors to switch to them

you have to do super well and show a clear interest and shit

[steady adder]

damn

[floral gull]

i mean i just

like if you know for sure you wanna do EE and you aren’t in EE maybe go somewhere else

unless you’re totally confident you could get the gpa requirement and stuff

[rare badger]

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

you guys can also check this website, shows GPA disparity of each UIUC classes

Overall and technical GPA
Grainger Engineering generally expects applicants to have a minimum of 3.00 overall GPA (A=4.00), but admission to specific majors may be significantly more competitive during any given admission cycle. In the fall of 2022, the average transfer GPA for admitted students was 3.86, with the middle 50% of GPAs ranging from 3.78–4.00. 

Applicants should demonstrate mastery of subject matter by earning a B or better (3.00–4.00) in all prerequisite courses.

This is for transfer admissions tho but I believe that transferring majors will be something similar. But if you are within the same college (grainger) should be a bit more lenient.

https://grainger.illinois.edu/admissions/undergraduate/transfer#:~:text=Overall and technical GPA,4.00)%20in%20all%20prerequisite%20courses.

[rare badger]

Adding on to what Moon said, if you are willing to sacrifice your freshman year or some of your sophomore year to build up on your GPA for transfer, you may attend UIUC, else if your goal is to enjoy freshman year then better to look for other university

Ironically I am constantly worrying about my GPA coz i am applying for grad school 🤣🤣 this is my last year 🤣🤣

[floral gull]

do you happen to know about transferring to a low demand engineering major

i’m already in nuclear but i wanna switch to civil

[rare badger]

hmmm I cannot say much for civil coz I do not have many civil friends

but in general if your current major is closely related to the major you wish to transfer it makes it easier

for instance

Case 1 (Very Hard):
Current Major: History
Transfer Major: Computer Engineering

Case 2 (Hard):
Current Major: Systems Engineering
Transfer Major: Computer Engineering

Case 3(Medium):
Current Major: Mechanical Engineering
Transfer Major: Computer Engineering

Case 4(Easy):
Current Major: Electrical Engineering
Transfer Major: Computer Engineering

Similar goes to other competitive majors like CS + X, transferring from other majors will be hard but if you are in one of the CS + X, switching to other CS + X is easy etc

Notice the pattern above

if you are within the same college it makes the transfer easier

if you are within the same department it makes the transfer easier as well

and if you are within the same program of competitiveness like Meche to Compe , it also makes transferring slightly easier

[floral gull]

It’d probably a medium then

i know it’s hard to quantify, but what would the gpa requirement be for “medium”

Or anything else that isn’t just the classes

[timber dune]

when does UIUC's merit scholarship for intl come out?

[remote bay]

is uiuc worth it for psych?

[hollow saddle]

Really depends on what your other options are

[rare badger]

I would say 3.5 ~ 3.7 would be good, to be absolutely safe, I would get above 3.7 or even 3.8

[floral gull]

That seems a little high but makes sense

[timber dune]

bro im cooked i got systems engineering 💀

i dont wanna be doing that

i want CE

should i even try for UIUC or like give up on it?

idk what you would consider other good options

i have Penn state and Umass as my top options rn

same

thats exactly

whaat i told my parents

their arguement is that if i do amazing and work hard then transfer is basically guranteed

💀

WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO SAY TO THAT

[swift mica]

bro same i applied matsci because i wanted to do it but now my parents are like oh u should do electrical and shit

and like "oh u can get good gpa and transfer"

and legit based off reddit and uiuc's own website i think change of major, esp to ee ce or whatever else is nearly impossibl

[rare badger]

I would choose UIUC if you guys are absolutely sure that you will grind af and take whatever to get into the major u guys want

[timber dune]

but transfer isn't guranteed even if we do grind

[rare badger]

and give up all the fun during your first year

[timber dune]

first year is like

the basis of ur social life in uni no?

[rare badger]

you see after you transfer successfully to computer engineering you won't have life .... idk if it is my work ethic but I come home at like 5am everyday after studying 😭

I do a lot of extra curricular tho

i do ML research and course staff for two classes

[rare badger]

You should join Compe/ECE/CS related clubs

[rare badger]

What major did you get in for those

[timber dune]

CE and CS respectively

[rare badger]

I know it is very early to ask, but what fields of computing are you mostly interested

[timber dune]

idk, i liked quantum computing and i included that in my essays and ECs so thats a highly regarded field for me

[rare badger]

Yeaaaa I would choose university that you got in with CE. It will provide you with strong physics foundation. I would also take a physics minor with your degree as well.

You can also explore various subjects under CE such as parallel programming (NVIDIA CUDA), operating systems (RISC-V, QEMU, C), FPGA (System Verilog), and machine learning (Tensorflow, PyTorch)

There is a major called CS + Phys in uiuc but it is closed for transfer

[floral gull]

My grant amount and scholarships changed, they all increased by my aid is till the same with 5k a year I have to only pay but my federal grant is gone rn 😭

[hearty falcon]

oh no

wtf!!

they reduced the MAP grant this year btw

if thats what ur wondering

but is ur federal grant entirely gone? @floral gull

[floral gull]

Yeah

My Map grant is the same tho

But they increase my university tuition grant for 1k

And it's still the same aid?

[floral gull]

Well the university tuition grant is merit-based I think

[hearty falcon]

yeh interesting

so ur efc is the exact same?

[floral gull]

Yeah?

I don't have the B4 photo

[hearty falcon]

i see

oh wait wtf

my aid is back

[floral gull]

But the scholarships on the merit award section increased as much there was as the federal pell grant wass

[hearty falcon]

my like aid went up then back down

[floral gull]

My aid is not changing but I guess my merit scholarships have increased the same amount as the federal pell grant possibly

[hearty falcon]

yeah think so

[floral gull]

Have you committed to uiuc?

[hearty falcon]

nah, just waiting for my other schools haha

maybe one of the ivies will be merciful

but if not i'll go to this amazing school

[floral gull]

Okie!

But make sure you have a home

Bc of the Uiuc form shortage

Dorm*

[hearty falcon]

yep

i think as long as u like

enroll by the priority deadline which is may 8 i think

ur in the same spot

[floral gull]

I am actually going to the UIUC the first time in my life to see campus the first time

[hearty falcon]

:D

[floral gull]

I heard from my old wrestling friend at UIUC that the may 8 deadline is not great

Bc the amount of people want to enroll increase per year

And they don't much earlier and it goes over the amount of students they expect

[hearty falcon]

yep

well if u do it by may 8 it's random

thats what they say

at least for on campus

[floral gull]

And the people who didn't get dorms and needed apartments are those who did the contract at the end of April and beginning of may

But I am sure you will do it before the school's decisions come out somewhere mid-April right?

So it before bc the*

And I am sure you will get into the ivy

You got this!

[hearty falcon]

ty!!

are u waiting for any?

[hearty falcon]

yeah,i should know by apr 1 where im going

[floral gull]

No I am done I only applied to 5 schools

In early action

I couldn't afford a t20 school so I am going to uiuc

It's UMICH 😢

[hearty falcon]

mhm

[floral gull]

But you got this!

[hearty falcon]

i see!

i hope to see u on campus haha

[slate socket]

Oh I also couldn’t afford umich lol

[floral gull]

😭😭😭😭😭

Also I was finally on UIUC for the first time

Just today!!

And I will be here until Tuesday!!

[slate socket]

Neat!

I gotta visit

[floral gull]

And then I go back up north around Chicago

[slate socket]

I’ll visit after this week probably

Just waiting on ridiculously selective RDs that I have no chance at

[floral gull]

For me it's very weird bc it's more south and all

You got this!!!

I am used to cities but here scares me

But at least campus at UIUC is much peaceful

And good

[slate socket]

yeah chicago is a little scary

[floral gull]

No for me it's the opposite

Around campus it's scary bc it's different

Like I am not used to spacious wierd suburb that have very small houses and trailers

I go to a suburb around Chicago where there are like 3 floor houses and a big backyard like mansion size some for them

Some w pools

But here is much different..

But on campus is very good, better than the university in Chicago tho

Universities**

[rustic aspen]

lol

[woeful trail]

LOL real

😭

[teal palm]

its so joever

[rancid quarry]

💀

[hollow saddle]

💔

[quick trellis]

decomitting fro illinois after that atrocity

[sly mesa]

9 points is not that bad for march madness lol

especially since they were a significantly lower seed

[quick trellis]

it was worse before

they were supposed to win

kentucky isnt good

[sly mesa]

kentucky is the #3 seed lol

[quick trellis]

yeah they never led at one point

if i went there they have to have the potential of a 16 to 1 upset

[sly mesa]

what

[amber nimbus]

Hey I’m also from a Chicago suburb!

Are you going to admitted illinifest?

[hardy geyser]

Lost on ur second game

Couldn’t be us

[ruby wolf]

i gotta choose between uiuc, ut austin and pennstate+honors

[lone ginkgo]

Major?

[ruby wolf]

physics

[lone ginkgo]

Also are you in state for any of them

[ruby wolf]

nope, OOS for all

[lone ginkgo]

Ohh then it’s tough

[ruby wolf]

indeed

leaning towards pennstate

cuz of the honors thing

[lone ginkgo]

Idk how good Penn state physics is but Isn’t the honors very selective?

[ruby wolf]

yup, 300 students a year

somehow, I managed to get in so it's making the decision hard

[lone ginkgo]

All are very great options, if Penn states honors program gives you a bunch of benefits that might be the play tho

[ruby wolf]

indeed, a lot of perks over there

[boreal locust]

physics here is really good

[viscid night]

Guys

Im boutta pay the enrolment fee for uiuc for engineering undeclared

Any tips for getting into electrical engineering later on?

[timber dune]

study well

[viscid night]

nice

[crude violet]

I have a few points of advice I would like to make:

1. Show up to class. It's super easy to get into the habit of missing class in college.
2. Start your homework the day it's assigned. I had to learn the hard way that starting assignments right before the due date wasn't going to fly in college like it did in high school.
3. Go to office hours. If you start your assignments early you can go to office hours when they are less crowded.
4. Read the textbook and lecture notes before the lecture. You will understand lectures better and get more out of them.

[crude violet]

yes

idk
the environment

as someone who lives in a big city, it's nice to spend some time in a small college town

[boreal locust]

^i havent been to diff eq in like a month+ and i regret it

go to class

[wide spoke]

tips on uiuc waitlist or appealing to a new major?

[bitter barn]

its nice sometimes

[bitter barn]

285?

its easy u can catch up ig

[blissful thicket]

what's the chance i get off the waitlist (cs + physics)?

[crude violet]

not likely

anything CS from UIUC is in high demand

[blissful thicket]

does the +x part help in any way? in getting off the waitlist

like even a few fractions of a %

[crude violet]

no idea

[static peak]

pretty low

[lone ginkgo]

Getting off the waitlist is impossible here

[boreal locust]

Ye

[glad shard]

how hard is is to transfer majors at uiuc

[hollow gale]

physics is at grainger so its still pretty competitive

its really contigent on the yield rate for that major this year

[ruby wolf]

ikr, im split between so many options rn

[restive spoke]

Hi All. Anyone who is doing CS in UIUC : can you please offer your opinion on pros and cons of choosing UIUC CS vs UCLA CS. I have to make this decision in a few days. I am OOS for both.

[ruby wolf]

UIUC

it's like 15 grand cheaper and is T10 for CS

campus is pretty good too

Classes are somewhat smaller than UCLA

[restive spoke]

And is it relatively easier here to get into big tech after graduation?

[ruby wolf]

I suppose

UCLA could be better in that aspect

wait are you OOS for both schools?

[hollow saddle]

I’d make a post in #954425230896545792

[floral gull]

A bunch of UIUC cs grads get into big tech

[gilded lynx]

does uiuc accept a letter of continued interest for waitlisted students

[wintry coral]

wow coldspare

fancy seeing you here

i cam here for funsies and found you

[wintry coral]

^^^

[floral gull]

also curious about this

[boreal locust]

the nicest you'd get is in PCH but that's usually more expensive and you eat in separate dining halls

[hollow saddle]

None of the dorms are like phenomenal or anything, but ISR is pretty well-regarded amongst university housing (especially if you're in STEM)

[boreal locust]

all of the dorms with AC are fine. avoid dorms with no AC at all costs

[hollow saddle]

PAR is pretty decent too

[boreal locust]

PAR/ISR have individual use bathrooms so there's no stalls, instead there's a few full bathrooms on each floor

if you can get a room in wassaja/nugent do that but it's mostly upperclassmen

ISR prolly just the best because it's so close to the engineering buildings. par is very uh inconvenient

[hollow saddle]

nahh it's not like that bad

As long as you're fine going on the buses

[boreal locust]

im in par

[hollow saddle]

same 😭

[boreal locust]

lol

im fine with using the buses

just at isr u could walk in the same time

[hollow saddle]

oh yeah that's def true

[boreal locust]

+theyre always overcrowded

[hollow saddle]

but it's hard to get into ISR given how quickly the rooms get filled up

[boreal locust]

yea

[floral gull]

what’s good for engineering

Public dorm

or university dorm, not the private

[floral gull]

nvm, i see this now

any others that are good for stem?

like a second best

[boreal locust]

for all of the other ones, you'll prob want to take the bus

busey evans and the ikenberry dorms are closer than par/far though

ur basically guaranteed isr with james scholar/chancellors scholar

[mint mural]

Yay

[floral gull]

i’m gonna apply to llcs in isr

to tru to get it

if it doesn’t work out then i’ll find something else but

[floral gull]

even for freshman year engineering classes? or

like are those still housed by the engineering stuff

[mint mural]

Oh nvm

[boreal locust]

yeah it’s also close to like the main quad too, esp the chem building

so if u dont have ap credit for that, super nice

the worst lecture hall on campus is closer to ike and i have my diffeq there but everything else basically is closer to isr

[floral gull]

gotcha

[floral gull]

I got a merit scholarship from uiuc but I haven't gotten an email on what it is and stuff like that

😭

[timber dune]

where can u view it?

[floral gull]

On your college financing plan there is a merit scholarship section

[timber dune]

Oh u committed?

[floral gull]

There I was given 10k a year but it's going up a few 100 dollars now and then

Yeah I only have to pay 5k a year in total with needs

[floral gull]

And yes I am committed

[timber dune]

ah makes sense

so unless i commit i won't be able to view any scholarships?

its either that or i didn't get any

[floral gull]

No I was able to still see them before I enrolled?

It just went up a few times for some reason

But like a few 50-100 bucks a week for some reason for me

Bc before I enrolled it was like closer to ok but then it jumped now a bit more closer to 11k

9k**

Idk why

I ain't complaining

[timber dune]

ok question, where is this

[quick trellis]

whats the weeders classes like

[restive spoke]

Is the weather too cold from October to March? How do students manage?

[hollow saddle]

Proper clothing goes a long way

[floral gull]

Nooe

Nope*

[floral gull]

I live more in the north and in the Midwest. Maybe get a rain jacket a coat when it's cold and then a much warmer coat when it's colder.

That's my recommendation as a first gen American in the Midwest where my parents were born in a different and much warmer country.

[floral gull]

On your admitted checklist there is space under financial aid where it's says UI self integrative or something and click on that and log in with your net ID and password (if you have committed) or it will take you straight there (if you haven't yet) and go to either financial aid notification or scroll all the way to the right and click on college financial planning on the same row where financial aid notification header is.

I hope it helps!

[timber dune]

nop

wait so if i didn't apply for finaid i won't receive any merit scholarship??

[peak wedge]

hey is it possible to guarantee being on the same floor as someone else? i have a friend from hs of the opposite gender that i obviously don't want to room with but want to be on the same floor/dorm

is there any way to ensure we both get the same room selection time?

[peak wedge]

(other than being in the same llc, which in itself is not a guarantee given that most llcs have multiple floors)

[quick trellis]

where can i find th

[peak wedge]

could you send a link? thanks!

[boreal locust]

i think weeder culture here is less bad than other places by a lot

that being said calc 2 is just a Hard class

i had credit but i hear bad things

[quick trellis]

ive testd out tho

[boreal locust]

phys classes can be bad as well

but like no horrible engineering geneds

[peak wedge]

honestly the weeders create a rly strong sense of community

[crude violet]

imo the intro phys sequence here is kinda overhated

[regal shard]

is getting the specialized curriculum just a matter of choosing your classes to fit the requirement

[floral gull]

How can you comment that you have committed on the committed channel?

[regal shard]

I think u have to be verified or something

[hollow saddle]

Wdym by specialized curriculum?

[main pendant]

is anyone here in info sci? i saw many reddit posts complaining abt the program but they seemed to be talking about is+ds and not ux design so im trying to get more opinions on the ux design concentration

[regal shard]

Theres a specialized curriculum in chemistry for getting a BS

[hollow saddle]

ahh I wouldn't know anything about chemistry

[regal shard]

Oh ok

[lone ginkgo]

Just submitted my appeal, time to get rejected in two weeks

[rancid quarry]

wish you the best of luck 🙏

[restive spoke]

How many students are enrolled in CS undergrad every year?

[wide spoke]

when do appeals come out

i submitted yesterday

[lone ginkgo]

The website literally says 2-4 weeks 😭😭

[lone ginkgo]

Just a quick question had your portal updated at all after submitting your appeal

Or does it still say denied

[wide spoke]

it sayus wailist

[lone ginkgo]

That was your original decision right

[wide spoke]

yea

[peak wedge]

good luck to yall! manifesting to see you on campus this fall

[ruby mountain]

wsg people

[ruby mountain]

ive been getting for both actually

and all the grainger ones say agricultural and biological engineering even though that obviously isnt what i applied or got in for

[peak wedge]

cheme is technically cals but also somewhat affiliated with granger

[ruby mountain]

ok so its not out of the ordinary to have received mails from both right

[woeful trail]

chat am i cooked for good housing if i havent committed yet

[swift mica]

i heard it was lottery based but i'm not sure

[woeful trail]

PCH is first come first serve

and i've been hearing pch is better

[swift mica]

oh private certified housing

idk lol if u do want pch i guess maybe you can try getting on the list or something

but i'm just gonna go with dorms

residence halls

and hope i dont get a terrible one

i did get james scholar so i think that boosts my chances of getting isr?

[unique axle]

Yes it is lottery based

[unique axle]

Depends on the pch

Some are pretty good some are mid or on the same level as like the dorms

[hallow vale]

can you get rescinded just based on pre-final grades?

my board results only come out in august

[rancid quarry]

If you fail your classes mb

[uncut pasture]

@rancid quarry i didn’t see ur comment earlier but if you got INFO at UT Austin, just take UIUC

if ur trying to do anything technical or SW/quant related, informatics is dogshit at UT

[rancid quarry]

I’m giving up my cs & math admission at uiuc for a chance at premed at Unc chapel hill

I feel like I’m in the wrong direction and ch will give me a chance to turn things around