University of Illinois Urbana Champaign (UIUC) (2025-2026)

[charred parcel]

im kidding it's not wonderful

real

i am a very different person than i was 6 months ago

is that gramatically correct

yayy

gen did i tell you i got into uiuc too

[coarse stone]

whats yield?

[charred parcel]

i wrote my why major essay over the wrong major

lmfao

i wrote it for bioengineering and got in for neural engineering

bruh

i realized bio engineering was just farming stuff so i switched last minute

lmaoo

ofc u didn't

I DID THE SAME

i misread it and didn't realize until right before i submitted

[coarse stone]

huh 😭

ohh

😭

[charred parcel]

i think i put a mix of 3s or something

LMFOA

wait let me check

[coarse stone]

does it matter?

[charred parcel]

actually no

im not touching common app

for my own mental health

cooked

[coarse stone]

like the how likely are you to continue doing 😭
does it matter?

cooked

[charred parcel]

i lied

i checked

nah

you will get into vandy ed 2

i believe in you

[charred parcel]

prob not

[coarse stone]

🥀

[charred parcel]

there's so many other aspects to your application that are muchmore improtant

nashville's such a pretty city

[coarse stone]

i mean its harvard anyways (applied as a joke 🥀)

[charred parcel]

same

[stray totem]

almost 50% a2c acceptance rate lol

[winter flax]

thats insane

[gusty spire]

you possible cant tell me that a 3.4 GPA app is better than a 3.9 GPA app

[lofty gull]

holy cope

[grand trellis]

So chat any ideas why uiuc deferrals come out before rd?

[outer stone]

what do you mean by this

deferred student results come out in the regular decision

[grand trellis]

Deferred applicants get there decision on feb 28th, rd decisions come out march 5th

[grand trellis]

no...

it says so on the portal

yeahh

[outer stone]

are you in a special program or something? I don't see anything that supports this

[grand trellis]

DUDE

what

THEY CHANGED THE date from feb 28th to MARCH 6TH?

THIS IS what it was earlier

look

DUDEEEE WHAT THE HELL

[potent snow]

now i think most deferrals were because they didnt have the time to review all the apps

[grand trellis]

Could be tbh

[edgy silo]

is the acceptance rate in the college of enginnering different for each major

[lofty gull]

yes

[dreamy quartz]

is engineering undeclared a weird one to apply to?

[lofty gull]

eh, if you really are undecided

if you already know you want to do x major, theyll just make you spend a bunch of time exploring different engineering classes

[twin lantern]

can confirm yeah

[dreamy quartz]

maybe im just salty about a deferral but im assuming its aroudn the same levle of competitiveness as like a normal discipline

[lofty gull]

hard to tell

theres a couple confounding factors beyond just the admission rate for that major as well

i dont think it's a backdoor though, plus you arent guaranteed your top major choice when you declare

[fossil seal]

Does anyone know why UIUC doesn't consider LORs?

[lofty gull]

rec letters are kinda pointless

UCs dont take em either for the most part

[fossil seal]

was kinda happy they didn't tbh 🙈

I go to a competitive school so mine aren't all too crazy in the context of my school

[twin lantern]

do they even take them?

[fossil seal]

nah

[twin lantern]

yeah lol they're barely gonna read the essays

but yeah now I got no hope that defers come out on the same day as rd

[fossil seal]

idk I'm pretty sure my essays are what got me in my stats aren't allat as an OOS student gunning for CS

js catered them hard to UIUC/grainger

[dreamy quartz]

im not saying its a backdoor, Ive just heard transferrign engineering to engineering discipline at uiuc is very difficult

so i wanted to keep options open

[lofty gull]

ehhh

not really i guess

[dreamy quartz]

oh

[lofty gull]

if you're in engineering already

from like another school to engineering may be tough

[dreamy quartz]

welp just gotta pray in RD

[grand trellis]

Dude ur alr in GT leave us something

Look at my track record

I NEEEEEED THIS

[dreamy quartz]

just saying, as long as you didn't apply to the same major as me I'm not really taking anything away from you

having optoins is good, im a little uncertain about gt

[grand trellis]

What major r u

compE or EE?

[dreamy quartz]

engineering undeclared

so no

[grand trellis]

So yep

Wym no

[dreamy quartz]

i think compE is a capped major

[dreamy quartz]

engineering undelcared is in the engineering school ig, but i'm not in your discipline

you are in a different applicant pool than I am

[grand trellis]

We r in the same school for all schools that accept into schools and not majors

So purdue

Uw mad

[lime gulch]

Do we have to apply for llcs or honors or anything?

[dreamy quartz]

at UIUC specifically

[grand trellis]

Dude why r u arguing on this

Jus agree

W me

[fresh nymph]

guys a&m is 32k ish in state and uiuc i pay around 72k what do i go to if i get no other college?

[dreamy quartz]

?

i dont even know what you are arguing

ok cool, we are both applying to the same schools 👍

agreed

[fresh nymph]

@dreamy quartz wait what state r u from?

[dreamy quartz]

Washington

[fresh nymph]

u waiting on udub

[dreamy quartz]

yuh

[fresh nymph]

nicee

[fossil seal]

when does udub come out

[fresh nymph]

would u take udub over gt if u get in?

[dreamy quartz]

probably

[fresh nymph]

yea that makes sense

[dreamy quartz]

march

[fossil seal]

damn

[fresh nymph]

oh thats p late

[fossil seal]

Wish they offered EA

[fresh nymph]

is UT gonna let me in gng..

[dreamy quartz]

i hope UT lets you in gng

[fossil seal]

when does UT come out

Feb 15?

[dreamy quartz]

in a week or so

by feb 15th

[fresh nymph]

yea

prob this week using last year trends tho

i lowkey need it to come a bit earlier cause i dont wanna stress on WIO while i wait

u got defered rt?

were u oos?

yea it was baddd this year

8% or sumn

ce had no interational acceptances 😭

i see

i am intl for gt

so its kinda fried

i got defered to so ig we will wait and see

BRO

UT WONT LET ME IN, I AM FROM TEXAS 😭

mb

i am acc crashing so hard cause of what UT did

u apply there or nah?

[dreamy quartz]

thank god i didn't do engineering

[fresh nymph]

yea engineering itself was bad this year

like i am supposed to be in state and no one in my school got in

to ece

we had 1 ME that got pushed from rd to ea

which.. idk man that js feels wrong

[fossil seal]

It's holistic

It's not js GPA or js ECs or js test scores

[fresh nymph]

very doubtful

esp a state school to

[foggy hinge]

ik i was being sarcastic

[whole field]

No they yield protect trust

https://tenor.com/view/miwa-kasumi-miwa-jujutsu-kaisen-cope-bone-zone-gif-24126975

[jovial citrus]

Quit coping bro 😭

[slate cargo]

chat I aint even coping for myself

[merry viper]

he prob had good ecs tho

[slate cargo]

my gpas like 2.8

[slate cargo]

def not better ecs than the other guy

yessir

[merry viper]

nah but tbh in my school we had person 1 with 3x aime qual, calc bc/multi/diffeq, math team pres, research get deferred and person 2 with3.7 uw gpa with no math ecs get in (mathematics oos)

[slate cargo]

im so fast they call me speed

i mean maybe everyone with 3.7 uw js cured cancer

and we dont know about it

but all the people with 4.0 js have 0 ecs at all

and wrote nothing in their essays

[merry viper]

nah ik this guy hes an unemployed chud bro

[slate cargo]

and also slimed their LOR teachers

[merry viper]

and somehow he has better acceptances than our entire class top 10

yea and hes prob not even going to uiuc either

he got umich engineering somehow

[hollow raptor]

dude you've been at this since decisions came out. there are so many other factors, why would a top 5 cs school yield protect??

the data which is you getting peoples stats and going "wow! you should've gotten in!" ?

[foggy hinge]

??

[hollow raptor]

UIUC is a reach school, and rightfully so, its hard to get into man

its like getting a pokemon card graded at PSA and the grader had a flat tire on his way to work that day

[foggy hinge]

sarcasm

[lime gulch]

They don't yield they compare you to your high school

So if you have a 34 act and your school avg is a 31 it's gonna look different than if your school avg is a 25

Same with gpa

[whole field]

I need to cope vro

I had pretty damn good stats and my essays were decent 😩😩😩

flat reject 🥀

[slate cargo]

deffer or reject

oh damn reject

what were ur stats

[whole field]

Georgia tech aerospace + stamp btw 😩😭

Caltech admit btw ✌️😭

[slate cargo]

dw bro the cope is real

trust

[slate cargo]

o actually?

damn

[whole field]

Can’t even get into uiuc

😩😭😭😭

[dreamy quartz]

Damn I got GT but no stamp finalist you’re cracked wtf

I got defer UIUC too

[whole field]

This is why they got beat by 60

[dreamy quartz]

Lmaooo

My UW beat UIUC last year 😄

[slate cargo]

Lol 😭

[whole field]

You’d think this score was a basketball game bu no it was football

[slate cargo]

ts is why their mean sat is so low

[whole field]

I’m kidding I love UIUC please don’t flame me

[lime gulch]

If you got into uiuc and gt for compE which would you choose

Assuming oos for both

[hollow raptor]

gt

[dreamy quartz]

Tbf it’s Indiana

[slate cargo]

same lol

[winter flax]

Nah no way this true

[dreamy quartz]

It can be true

[winter flax]

Bro people w way higher stats r getting deferred or rejected ?

[dreamy quartz]

Maybe they aren’t a good fit

There’s always something you don’t know

[winter flax]

My stats r 1440 + 3.8 UW but I applied RD so I’ve to wait 😭

My stats similar to his

[dreamy quartz]

That’s good

[winter flax]

Let’s hope

[slate cargo]

ur getting in gng

no worries man

idk

prob making them the best fit they can be

[jovial citrus]

You got it bro be ready

[shy python]

feb 28th WE are getting in

[grand trellis]

March 6th

They changed dates

[shy python]

oh shoot

[grand trellis]

Check ur portal, ull c

[shy python]

4 days before my bday its a sign fr 🥺

[summer snow]

So far I got Purdue CS which I’m pretty happy with

[grand trellis]

Ts crazy

Avg sal 103,222 with a 88% placement rate

Shi

[shy python]

thsi is such a confusing way to phrase it lmao 😭

but true

[twin lantern]

only cs student would get it lmao so thematic

[potent snow]

they are pretty much the same, theres no point in proving one is better than the other

[grand trellis]

Lmao

Valid

[shy python]

yeah both are like best of the best anyways

[twin lantern]

fs but uiuc has better industry connects than gte
both programs are good for specific things
but yeah peak vs peak

[summer snow]

Honestly the difference is so small

That I really don’t think it matters that much tbh

[twin lantern]

Only one difference is finance thats literally it
but apart from that legit same

[hollow raptor]

GT or UIUC?

[shy python]

lwk gt is probably better option unless ur is bc its a decent amount cheaper

[twin lantern]

Yeah and weather and city tbh
But thats preference shit

[potent snow]

slightly yea, as its been on top for quite a few years now and uiuc has more majors in which its significantly better than gatech so people from non-tech backgrounds find uiuc more popular than gatech

but if you are talking about the tech-industry, specifically cs, both of them are well known in the industry

[grand trellis]

Uiuc

[twin lantern]

ofc the only difference is computational finance
Which is mainly a uiuc thing over ga

[potent snow]

if oos for both, gatech, cheaper and better location

[shy python]

did they release numbers for ea?

(wondering how many ppl got deferred)

[gilded wigeon]

did u get deffered too?

[grand trellis]

half the population got deferred gng

[lost horizon]

R there any merit scholarships for UIUC intl students?

[gilded wigeon]

believe so

thats js need based

[proud condor]

I got into Gies with essays written in 20 minutes

I was literally half asleep writing lmao

[lofty gull]

?

[gilded wigeon]

lol

[limber bramble]

and btw no only a select few private institutions who are overshadowed yield

[limber bramble]

this isnt how it works btw

everyone could be getting into harvard if it was that easy to "be the best fit they could be" and get in

[chilly apex]

anyone gotten their actual letter yet

[jovial citrus]

Alani and Red Bull are the energy drinks of performative people

[lament moth]

I have banned the main coper

[hasty crest]

no

[lament moth]

If anyone else continues please use the /report command

[hasty crest]

they said may be around a week

[lofty gull]

you are so beautiful bud 🥹

copium shutdown

[gilded wigeon]

they moved deffered date to march 6

are we fr

😭

[gusty spire]

yeah, idk why they did that

[winter flax]

lol good for RD people

[olive dagger]

lmao

[north condor]

so i applied Math + CS, no second major, but they accepted me into Grainger pure CS, the hell do I do now? do i just transfer into CSX when I go or what chat am i cooked

[lofty gull]

are you sure u applied mathcs 💀

but yes the process to transfer is easy

[atomic swallow]

Is transfer from ce to cs + x possible

[lofty gull]

for non grainger cs+x

[small tendon]

lmaooo bro was just too good

[north condor]

GENUINELY

THATS WHATS EVERYONE TELLING ME

[north condor]

yeah i did

deadahh just said "we can't take you for ts but try this alternate major"

lo and behold grainger

soooo any advice

its so weird none of my friends had this
ofc they just applied csx

[worn grove]

does uiuc ce yield protect

[potent snow]

No

[worn grove]

ok i just wanted to confirm

many people at my school are saying it is

[valid frost]

What were your primary and secondary choices?

[outer stone]

.

[north condor]

first choice math cs in las

no second choice

i'll welcome any advice

[rapid dune]

if you want to change it back to cs + math, you could try to email the admissions office

[gilded wigeon]

eh not cs

But I think maybe other majors

[gilded wigeon]

how do u even apply csx lol

for my second major I wanted to do cs x statistics

but all I found was statistics

💀

[north condor]

what was your first

[gilded wigeon]

js hoping thats right xd

eng

[north condor]

idk then

you just do it

[gilded wigeon]

ok might be hot take here

but I feel like hella people at my school treat uiuc like a saftey even though its like t5

is it cuz of its nat ranking

idk

[proud condor]

Everyone that submit sat scores in our school got into uiuc

And everyone that went optional got rejected

Crazy

[gilded wigeon]

oh damn

I submitted a pretty good score but got deffered lol

[gilded wigeon]

what was the avg sat score acceptance for ur school

[north condor]

it's just the novelty bro my parents have been harping it since freshman year year

and i'm instate
and im a sucker for overall prestige

[proud condor]

Submitted scores were all above 1430

I dunno bout average tho

[gilded wigeon]

xd

u get in?

[gilded wigeon]

ok ok

[valid frost]

Oh cool!

I’m physics first, I was going to do math second but decided not too bc of the extra essays… 😅

[rapid dune]

iirc, most cs + x majors are only available as first choice majors, stats + cs is one of them

[fresh nymph]

is there a uiuc ce or uiuc class of 30 discord? or do i gotta commit for first

[foggy hinge]

dm i have the inv

[gilded wigeon]

oh lol

wait bruh then im just applying straight statistics

😭

bro what

[sacred shoal]

anyone get a merit aid offer on their notice of admission

[fossil seal]

they sya on their website that merit scholarships come in april or so

[placid pine]

I…don’t think this happens?

[north condor]

iiiiiii think you're wrong

hold on

[placid pine]

I have literally never heard of this happening before

[north condor]

well theres a first ig

didn't apply for 2nd choice

[placid pine]

💀 did they fuck up

Wtf

[north condor]

I DONT KNOW

[placid pine]

Maybe this is what happens

[north condor]

maybe

but i'm genuinely pissed

[placid pine]

I didn’t apply for a second choice major either

But I got my first choice

[north condor]

im not the only one i know another guy at my school who applied math cs
no alternate
and got cs grainger

[north condor]

if only

[placid pine]

Eh you can probably transfer

Shouldn’t be a problem I think

[north condor]

yeah what else am i gonna do

[placid pine]

Just take math 314 your first sem

Do well

Apply for transfer

I’d be surprised if they didn’t take you

[north condor]

well besides beg them to switch me out ✌️

[north condor]

what's that

so far i've done 257 and 241 dual enrollment

[placid pine]

It’s like the intro higher math course

[north condor]

ah

[placid pine]

Yeah that’s next ig

[north condor]

yeah i think i'm scheduled to take that

[placid pine]

I would take 416 as well the sem after that

That’s the abs linalg course

I’m taking that rn

[north condor]

241 is lin alg no?

but with comp applications

[placid pine]

Only reason you shouldn’t take it first sem is cause it’s like banned for first sem freshmen to take it

That’s 257

[north condor]

oh thats what i meant

[placid pine]

Also if you want a stronger grounding in proofs I’d take 416

257 doesn’t count as a prereq for a lot of the upper div math courses

[north condor]

ahhh ok

[placid pine]

And you get credit for both if you take both

It’s not like one or the other

So

[north condor]

I see

[placid pine]

No harm I think

Another good class for cs math is math 441

That’s the harder diffeq course here

I’m also taking that rn

[placid pine]

Did you come in with like

Phys credit

Or are you going to

[north condor]

ye most likely

[placid pine]

Alr good

[north condor]

ap physics mechanics and e and m

manifesting 2 5s

[placid pine]

Yeah that’s helpful I came in with that

Made it easier for me to go through the course curriculum faster

[north condor]

i'm like a junior with the credits i have lol

[placid pine]

yeah so was I

a lot of people are here

Not unusual

[north condor]

yeah lol

[placid pine]

actually I’d go as far as saying like

[north condor]

sigh i shoulda done cs + econ or smthn

[placid pine]

It’s common among competitive majors like CS and CE

[north condor]

my friends who applied that got in

[north condor]

i can imagine haha

[placid pine]

You’re grainger cs

Honestly

Like

I think you’re fine

[north condor]

i guess

[placid pine]

Cs econ is buns anyways

Easy ass major

[north condor]

not really looking to do pure CS though

[placid pine]

You could be braindead and pass it

[placid pine]

Yeah fair switch to cs math then

Cs stat isn’t a bad choice either

[north condor]

like i REALLY dont wanna do pure cs haha

which is why i'm so confused

[placid pine]

I think instate at this point CS math and cs are the same level of competitiveness

At this point

[north condor]

my essays were mostly abt like my math team stuff too i think i talked more math than CS

and my ECs line up more with that too

[placid pine]

Even though out of state they’re still pretty drastically different

[north condor]

yeah i checked the official acceptance rates

[placid pine]

Are you sure you don’t want to email them and ask if they made a mistake

[north condor]

im instate

but yeah

[north condor]

oh im going to

[placid pine]

Alr good

[north condor]

i just need like a contingency plan if it doesn't work out

[placid pine]

Consider CE as well we do some good shit too

[north condor]

possibly

[rapid dune]

you can transfer into stats + cs https://stat.illinois.edu/system/files/2021-05/Stat%26CS transfer guide.pdf

[placid pine]

What job do u wanna do

[north condor]

not tryna be an engineer no offense

[placid pine]

Nah ce majors do anything

Icl

[north condor]

hm

[placid pine]

We have some quant some engineering some swe

It’s pretty varied

[north condor]

honestly at this point if I can't switch math CS

uiuc falls waaaay down my list

[placid pine]

There’s a guy I know here who’s CE who interned at citadel as a QR last summer

[north condor]

🤯

[placid pine]

So like

[north condor]

damn

[placid pine]

As long as you’re a computer adjacent major

[north condor]

but fr do you think they acc made a mistake????

[placid pine]

It’s basically the same

Probably

I’ll ask around but

I haven’t heard of this happening before

[north condor]

becuz i know cs grainger is like ridic competitive

[placid pine]

Not instate

Instate it’s like 18%

At least last year

[north condor]

huh

the more i talk with other people

the more i realize my parents are lowk buns at this stuff

[placid pine]

CS grainger OOS is like

5%

That’s a different story

[north condor]

welp good thing im not

I'll send that email tho but i seriously doubt they screwed up that bad

esp cuz it happened to another kid

sm said maybe it cuz they're dissolving math cs? def wrong though

[lofty gull]

you can switch into csmath

it wont be a problem

pure cs is the more competitive program anyways

[north condor]

but i got declined...

and i don't rlly wanna wait a year to do so

what if I ask like really nicely

[lofty gull]

ICT is different

also your first year literally doesnt matter

cuz you'll be taking intro classes anyways

[grand trellis]

R u compE or civil

[north condor]

i know i know

theres lot of overlap between grainger and math cs courses no

[placid pine]

CompE

[lofty gull]

wdym

cs and csmath have to take the exact same cs core

[grand trellis]

Are u class of 2030?

[lofty gull]

just that for cs, after that you take CS technical electives whereas for csmath you complete a math core

[placid pine]

2029

I’m a freshman there rn

[placid pine]

I forgot which one you are lol

[lofty gull]

also you can switch from cs to csmath but not csmath to cs

[lofty gull]

cs lol

math is... not for me

[north condor]

yeah thats what i meant

[lofty gull]

yeah

um

yeah you'll be fine

[grand trellis]

Would u recommend CompE at UIUC to an incoming class of 2030

I applied for compE first major and after cmu it's my top pick

I got deferred in the EA round

I'm an intl for reference

How r the placements, research opportunities and jus ur experience in general for compE

[proven vale]

OMG

I JUST LEARNED

I CAN TRANSFER TO CE FROM ANY GRAINGER

CompE*

This changes everything

I was reading the transfer students policy lol

[lofty gull]

uiuc computer engineering is top tier

[grand trellis]

Yes but u get Purdue which is top tier for ECE too for half price

[lofty gull]

if price is a big deal to you go to purdue

[gilded wigeon]

half price?

[lofty gull]

but (in my opinion) uiuc offers a stronger CE program

[gilded wigeon]

oh nvm

huh it is more expensive

crazy

[gilded wigeon]

nooo gng

i think its like

still around 20

[lofty gull]

........no?

3 years ago the admit rate oos was 3.5% for males

[uneven yoke]

deadas??

holy

😭

making me feel better abt my rejection

ty

[gilded wigeon]

wait rly?

oh damnnn

thats hell ahard then

where u get that data

oh wait

enginereing is ltierally like

20x easier

tf

mb like

10x easier

[lofty gull]

https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/132fjeo/uiuc_engineering_acceptance_rates_by_major_and/

[gilded wigeon]

its hella hard tho lol

why is electircal engineering like 50% lol

[winter flax]

is it easy to transfer from one engineering to another?

[fossil seal]

4% wtf how the hell did I get in 😭 my essays were some booty

[placid pine]

I would

I mean I'm a freshman

[placid pine]

this is old

and outdated

EE was 20% OOS this year

compe was like 12%

[lofty gull]

yaya

[placid pine]

but imo they offer some really good resources here

[lofty gull]

cs is not 20% tho oos

[placid pine]

instate CS went up a decent amount

so like

I think that's where the diff was made up

[placid pine]

347 kicked your ass bro?💀

[lofty gull]

more than i'd like to admit

[placid pine]

Are u in 416 rn

or 257

[lofty gull]

nope

im in 374

[placid pine]

I mean for math buddy

💀

[lofty gull]

im not in any math

[placid pine]

Ah

[lofty gull]

💀

[placid pine]

you're done

💀

[fossil seal]

cs was 7.4% last yr in total

[lofty gull]

yeah

im not taking math again

[placid pine]

I'm in 416 rn

it's pretty calm

[fossil seal]

public schools usually release lots of admission stats

[lofty gull]

oh alr alr

i'll take it next sem

[placid pine]

I mean you'll be taking linalg again

just proofs

up to u if that's what u want

[placid pine]

yeah

instate drags that up

OOS is insanely selective

[fossil seal]

what do they even look for

their essays are super short & aren't too informative so

[placid pine]

uh

[fossil seal]

idk how they choose with such a selective OOS AR

& no LORd

[placid pine]

lowkey I think they just admit on

[fossil seal]

LOTs

[placid pine]

raw aura

💀

Like they look for big achievements and shit

they don't care much about essays

[fossil seal]

I have no crazy awards on my ECs tho so idk

app*

[placid pine]

Some people align really well with the major too

so

They're pretty good at discerning that

[fossil seal]

guess I'll find out if I commit

[placid pine]

even from the short essays that you have to do

[grand trellis]

Any idea about the placements and research opportunities for compE, i wanna get into SLAM if yk what is

[fossil seal]

saw some Reddit post when I was applying that they really value societal impact/demonstrated societal goals

lowk mayb the reason I got in

[placid pine]

lowkey idk anything about this but I will say for damn near anything if you want to do research or learn about something

this is the place for it

like there's hella offerings

for everything

there's some wild ass classes fs

and there's people doing research on like almost any topic you can think of

since the CS/ECE departments here are so strong

[grand trellis]

What about summer research programs and outreach into that

[placid pine]

that being said the teaching itself isn't anything to write home about

[placid pine]

I mean mainly u just cold email

[grand trellis]

Ic

[placid pine]

but like

if you get in here I'd recommend coming

Even OOS

[grand trellis]

I'm intl

[placid pine]

It's cheaper than most other schools of the same caliber

same thing then

[grand trellis]

The pricepoint isn't an issue tbh but I got deferred for CompE, so I jus have to wait another month ig

[placid pine]

lmk if you get in RD

[grand trellis]

Id take EE or CompE, jus the acceptance awaits

[grand trellis]

Yup

[placid pine]

Did you put like

EE as second choice

or something

[grand trellis]

Yes i did

CompE first EE second

[placid pine]

are u still being considered for compe

I wasn't deferred so idk how it works

[gilded wigeon]

bro i feel so stupid

for getting deffered bio e

[grand trellis]

I think they reconsider for both majors

[gilded wigeon]

the acceptance rate is so high bro

[grand trellis]

So yea

[placid pine]

that's old info

might be harder now

[gilded wigeon]

also i messed up man

i put regular statistics

[placid pine]

I didn't check the bioe acceptance rates when I FOIAed it though

[gilded wigeon]

as my second major

instead of cs + satsticis

[grand trellis]

I have a 1500SAT(790math cuz I know they consider math more)
140 DET decent grades

[gilded wigeon]

What det

[placid pine]

If you get in for EE it's really easy to transfer to CE

[grand trellis]

English test

[placid pine]

if you want to do that

[gilded wigeon]

intl?

[grand trellis]

Yeah If I get in EE I'll def be transferring to CE

[grand trellis]

Ye

[placid pine]

like those majors are very easy to switch between because they share so many courses

yeah it's easy you'll be fine

[gilded wigeon]

ima start tweaking if uiuc admits me to regular statistics

xd

[placid pine]

yeah that's doomed

I wouldn't come here

[gilded wigeon]

i mean its # 22 but

[placid pine]

yeah but like

idk

are u instate

if ur instate maybe it's worth

OOS def not

[gilded wigeon]

outstate xd

[placid pine]

yeah then like

[gilded wigeon]

can i email em

[grand trellis]

Is the campus and getting to classes and all good?

[gilded wigeon]

to switch that

[placid pine]

no

[gilded wigeon]

or

[placid pine]

just go to your state school for stats in that case

[placid pine]

campus is good

[gilded wigeon]

💀 pray i get in my first major lol

[placid pine]

I thought it'd be worse

it's actually pretty nice

plenty to do

[gilded wigeon]

i got 790 e 790 m

[grand trellis]

Do they have good food there?

[gilded wigeon]

probally idk

[grand trellis]

I like food if u can't tell

[placid pine]

yes

def

the food is fantastic

Well

the dining hall food is ass

[grand trellis]

Icic nice

[placid pine]

the shit on green street is fantastic

[fossil seal]

switching into CS + X isn't that hard from what I've heard

[gilded wigeon]

can I guess which country u from

[placid pine]

cs+stats and

cs+math

[grand trellis]

Sure

[placid pine]

are very hard

and cs+physics and cs+bioe are banned

so like

[gilded wigeon]

I feel like chinese people say ICIC a lot so id guess China

[fossil seal]

dafuq

[grand trellis]

No lol

[gilded wigeon]

Dang

which one

[fossil seal]

@placid pine is location as bad as ppl make it out to be

[grand trellis]

It'll stay a mistery

[fossil seal]

that's the main thing turning me away

[gilded wigeon]

why lol

[gilded wigeon]

nah locations prob fine

[gilded wigeon]

oh wait

but I wont get in my second major unless

I get rejected from my first right

in that case I prob woudln't go anyway so its fine

[grand trellis]

@placid pine I finished my abstract for my independent research but i wasn't able to submit it in the EA round cuz it wasn't done by then, and now I'm not allowed to submit anything additional

Do u think i should send a mail even though they said no additional info except initial app?

[gilded wigeon]

no

do not

cuz they literally told u no so

i mean

it doesnt look good

[placid pine]

probably not

I'm not really good for deferral questions since I got in EA

[gilded wigeon]

type

[shy python]

Noo😭

Dont do this

Will just annoy aos

But acc do it cuz I also got deferred n I wanna get in 🙂

[stray totem]

how did they take u in a more competitive major wtf

[gilded wigeon]

💀

how come straight cs is harder than cs

• x

[polar jewel]

Wait does UIUC no take LOCI and all?

oh wait i'm blind, i didn't see the top stuff

i can't both read and comprehend at the same time

[gilded wigeon]

wait

do they?

I thought they dont

[polar jewel]

they don't lol

well, ig another thing not to worry about lmao

[north condor]

they want me

bad

[dreamy quartz]

Wait did you get into M and C at UIUC?

[stray totem]

yea

i dont wanna do pure cs anyways

[lofty gull]

m and c 🥀

they probably reached headcount for the math+cs major, thats all

since theres only a limited number of seats for that specific major

[stray totem]

if they give them cs grainger admission

[lofty gull]

he is qualified?

[stray totem]

idk

[lofty gull]

thats why they admitted him

?

[stray totem]

how does one get admitted to cs and not cs+x

[lofty gull]

it's something new this cycle it seems

[fresh nymph]

Uiuc intl or a&m in state? Just wondering if paying double the price is worth it if I cannot make UT.

[north condor]

i guess i am

and it isn't really cs + it's diff

ts pmo

[hollow raptor]

letters came out yesterday

[fresh nymph]

uh guys

does anyone know intl cost of attedenance for next sem

i wanted to get a rough number before i accept/decline.

are they really increasing tution by 6k next fall?

[rapid dune]

https://cost.illinois.edu/
https://www.admissions.illinois.edu/invest/tuition

here are two links you can look at, one is a cost calculator

[fresh nymph]

Total: $58,616-$68,966

[rapid dune]

i'm not sure where you got this number tho

[fresh nymph]

what does the range mean?

[fresh nymph]

it says 44k for fall 2026 but i saw it say 38k in other places

[rapid dune]

your estimated cost of attendance would be in between $58,616 and $68,966

[rapid dune]

do you have a link

[fresh nymph]

us news said 38k out of state

[rapid dune]

us news probs isn't as reliable as uiuc's own website

[fresh nymph]

thats fair

is it worth paying this much..

[rapid dune]

i think that's a discussion you should have with your parents, not us lol

[fresh nymph]

yea thats fair lol

i will wait for UT and decide ig

they are increasing tution by 3k for fall 2026 tho

[rapid dune]

you can look into the annual reports released by uiuc each year to estimate the salary you'd get after graduating

[fresh nymph]

checked fall 2025 and fal 2026

[fresh nymph]

they stopped after 22-23 right?

[rapid dune]

um, i know that there are reports from 2021-2024

i don't think the one for 2024-2025 came out yet

[rapid dune]

this seems fair

i haven't looked much into UT, but you can also check if they've also released graduate employment data, and then compare it to uiuc's

https://illinisuccess.illinois.edu/annual-reports @fresh nymph

[fresh nymph]

i count as instate for UT so its 1/2 the price

[fresh nymph]

thx

[rapid dune]

mhm

[rapid dune]

lol, probably a better return on investment then

[fresh nymph]

yuh lol

[lament moth]

Should I ping about this bc we pinned the march date 2 months ago

I assumed that was known

[shy python]

Yes

I had no idea until someone told me here lmao

[small tendon]

on the sporatl is deadass says feb 28

[lament moth]

UIUC RD is not Friday Feb 27th it is Friday March 6th see attached pin bc many of you have said the Feb date @everyone

[lament moth]

That is a Saturday

[opal jewel]

Who da hell is saying its on feb 27?? 😭

[lament moth]

Apparently many people

[balmy raven]

chlo

[lament moth]

?

[valid frost]

This is what I’m wondering 🥀

Literally on their website 😭

[balmy raven]

is it fine if i dm you, its about a server-related question

[lament moth]

I was told to ping bc like 5 of you were shocked abt the march date

[valid frost]

lol

[lost hull]

why did i have to be reminded about this

[lament moth]

Why can’t it be modmailed

[valid frost]

well thank you anyway Chloe :)

[balmy raven]

oh yeah i can do that

how you do that again

[opal jewel]

uiuc isnt even nice enough to release decisons earlier, they reject more and more townies every year while simultaneously saying they want more students from here 🥀

[valid frost]

I’m glad it’s only a month wait for my next decision instead of two months

[sterile badger]

yea they changed the date i think

[gilded wigeon]

ye sure

[gilded wigeon]

xd

[jovial citrus]

My portal said that

[summer tree]

did uiuc announce financial aid or scholarships or anything like that yet

[lofty gull]

march

[summer tree]

oh icic

[shy python]

it showed 28th on the portal originally

they changed it

for ppl who got deferred

[olive dagger]

When do scholarships come out

[silk fox]

wait so people who applied rd will get before people who got deferred?

[rapid dune]

march

[rapid dune]

march 6th is the date when both rd applicants and deferred ea applicants get to see their decisions

[gilded wigeon]

it used to

but they changed it

[limber bramble]

lol what it's always been sub-10%

it's literally like 3 or 4% this year 💀

maybe 20% in the 1980's lmlfao

[limber bramble]

don't include in-staters

actual acceptance rate is like 3-4

[limber bramble]

nah my best thing was 2x aime and i got in

they look for ec cohesiveness and if your essays tie them together well or not

so if u do ee then do ee-related ec's, if u do cs then do cs-related ec's, etc. and then tie them tgt using ur essays

[limber bramble]

oly friends applied for less comp majors and still got deferred

[limber bramble]

agree w this

[placid pine]

Lowkey though

Like I had only one CE related EC

[gilded wigeon]

ye i mispoke xd

i was thinking of cs x majors

[gilded wigeon]

only 2x aime

oh noooooo

lol thats hella cracked

[olive dagger]

I see

[grand trellis]

I have 6 and got deferrred

Dang

[placid pine]

all my other shit was like cs and math

lmao

I think my raw stats carried as well

I did have a big engineering award too

[dreamy quartz]

Nothing engineering in my profile

Just stats/ds

So that’s probably why I got defer

Cuz 4.0 1560 should clear academic bar

[gusty spire]

Guys, my school counsellor told me to send an LOCI to UIUC

But idk if i have to

like everyone says dont send it i am not sure

[grand trellis]

They clearly state on their FAQ, that any additional info other than initial application will not be considered but if u wanna go ahead and lower my comp for me

Go ahead

[gilded wigeon]

I agree with fortnite enjoyer

feel free lol, I would recommend against it tho

Maybe consider firing ur counsler icl 😭

L comms

[tacit peak]

Send it

Don’t listen to two seniors saying otherwise cuz the school counselor isn’t the school counselor for no reason

[outer stone]

"To ensure a consistent and fair review process, we don't consider any additional information other than what was provided in your initial application."

https://www.admissions.illinois.edu/faq/deferred-freshman

It's just a waste of time, work on it for schools that actually accept LOCI

[outer stone]

Most schools will consider a LOCI, so the counselor probably just mistakenly assumed that UIUC does as well.

[tacit peak]

Yeah after looking at that you’re right

But I was thinking that if you have the time then it can’t hurt to send one even if they don’t consider it

[gilded wigeon]

Bro wants an easier admission

😭

[fresh nymph]

Yo Bob

Is UIUC worth the 36k premium per year?

[outer stone]

compared to what

[fresh nymph]

A&M

[outer stone]

what major exactly?

[fresh nymph]

Comp engineering

[outer stone]

probably not tbh

36k per year is a lot

and tamu is pretty solid for CompE i've heard

[fresh nymph]

Yes I am stuck to

If I get UT defo would be a easy decision but idk if I am really into a&m

[outer stone]

why not

would you be taking out loans at all for that 144k (assuming 4 year graduation)

[fresh nymph]

Lowkey campus when I went felt way to big, and there is so many people and I heard some weird things about social life there

[fresh nymph]

I am not sure yet, like uncle said he can pay for me and I pay him back or sumn tryna figure it out

[outer stone]

according to google, uiuc's campus is bigger lol

[fresh nymph]

Dawg what

That’s crazy

Alr I will try to visits before I make a decision

[outer stone]

Unless money is flowing like that, I would probably consider tamu more

[fresh nymph]

A&M is a college town so I taught it was crazy big

[fresh nymph]

Got it

[outer stone]

urbana-champaign is a college town

[fresh nymph]

I hate being international 😭

[fresh nymph]

Oh I c, lowkey my friend and doctor glazed so hard I applied to it

Is the social life and clubs there chill or a lot of toxicity?

[outer stone]

don't get me wrong, uiuc is def top tier for engineering

but it's hard to justify 36k per year

[fresh nymph]

Yea fs

[outer stone]

very chill i would say, overall collaborative environment

[fresh nymph]

If it was closer to 10-20k I would have defo done uiuc

[fresh nymph]

That’s good to hear

[outer stone]

classes don't curve down and no grade deflation so students aren't trying to gatekeep or whatever

[fresh nymph]

Do they give scholarships or some sort of financial aid to internationals or does it just not do that

[fresh nymph]

That’s amazing

[outer stone]

very unlikely i believe

for most engineering degrees, prestige is less relevant for finding a job, especially after the first one. and tamu is well regarded for engineering so it shouldn't be an issue, especially not a $144k issue

it's worth having a conversation with whoever would be funding your education, but yeah lmk if you have any other questions about the school, and I'll try to answer them

for your major specifically, you should ask the CompE guy here

[fresh nymph]

Alr thx a lot

[fresh nymph]

Got it

[lofty gull]

tamu is like the largest uni or smtn in the usa

[fresh nymph]

Yea he said uiuc is bigger so I am bigger

[fallow rampart]

oh wrong person

[fallow rampart]

Are you trying to do swe or hardware

[shy python]

W sabotage😭😭

[fresh nymph]

I am not sure yet

Prob hardware, I wanna kinda do something making nanotech

But idk if I can undergrad specifically

[limber bramble]

cooked

[limber bramble]

o yeah thats true

[limber bramble]

idk a camper got deferred from gt so 2x aime isnt auto admit ykwim

[placid pine]

I know more people who got into SCS and not GT last cycle than the other way around

They’re all OOS though

I knew a guy who was 3x AMO who got WL

[placid pine]

Yeah I had some big engineering shit but not solely compe stuff fs

It was calm though

[placid pine]

Well you’re obviously not ECE😂

[placid pine]

IMO, CompE is like the only engineering major where prestige actually matters💀

[fresh nymph]

Oh I see

[placid pine]

Because a lot of compes end up doing software jobs

👍

[fresh nymph]

Got it

[placid pine]

So like

[sterile badger]

is uiuc eng > purdue

[placid pine]

Yeah for ECE we gap

[sterile badger]

in terms of campus life too not jsut eng

[placid pine]

Purdue is dead

[fossil seal]

heard uiuc has a great campus life

[placid pine]

Like for halloweekend they come here

[fossil seal]

how's the food situation lik

[placid pine]

It’s solid

[fossil seal]

I heard green street is great

[placid pine]

It is

Dining hall food is mid though

[sterile badger]

wait whats that one ramen place

i went there when i visited

it was really good

[fossil seal]

I've heard sm good things abt the ramen restaurants on green street

[sterile badger]

oozu

it was peak

[placid pine]

All the food is peak bro

icl

On green

[sterile badger]

it says its on 6th st

where is green

[placid pine]

It’s probably not far

It’s like the main food street

Yeah it’s like right behind the chipotle on green

So same shit

[dreamy quartz]

Alch!!!!

[pale urchin]

if they defer u, u clear the academic bar for contention right

[sacred shoal]

they wouldn't have deferred you if you did not have a shot in rd

[dreamy quartz]

I got defer 😭

[sullen pike]

with room and board, it comes out to 67k a year for me, and i'm grainger international with one of the more expensive rooms, so this should be the upper bound

keep in mind that illinois freezes tuition based on when you arrive

so for me 67k is constant for all 4 years

other schools typically don't have this type of thing (https://www.uaps.uillinois.edu/student_programs/guaranteed_tuition)

they're raising tuition by 3k next year, so you'd likely be paying 70k for all 4 years

also illinois is VERY generous with test credit, if you did ap/ib you could graduate in 3

i can graduate in 2 because of it

[fresh nymph]

got it

[limber bramble]

fair

same

[limber bramble]

icic

yeah it's js the general narrative it seems

[tacit peak]

how is it a sabotage if they say it’s not considered 🤨 im js saying in general it’s better to listen to a counselor over a student

Also I personally know someone who sent loci and was admitted rd in a previous year idk if that helped or not

[lofty gull]

i mean it's just not gonna be read lol thats all

if your time means nothing, you can still send it without any downside risk

just like how you could also profess your love for chaewon in this thread but everyone knows she wont see it