A message for applicants waiting for decision

krbarrett77
Tue, 17 Oct 2006 20:39:09 +0000

i’m “guarding” the posters from hunches that i (and at least 2 others) don’t feel to be completely accurate, cause i know if i was back in their position i’d be ****ed about essentially being told I didn’t have to worry about my ACT score or rank or essays when my GPA was high.

According to what you have said I should have been in both times I applied to this school. The first time my GPA was right in the middle for admission. My ACT was low but not completely out of range for back in 2002-3, and my rank was poor, barely top 25%. I wrote some ****ty essays too. I was denied.

Second time was a transfer. My GPA was above the suggested 3.0 (3.4). My classes were all set to transfer because I called them and they told me they use the same system to check that as i had been using. I wrote my essays, they didn’t properly show my passion for my major, and I got denied again.

I eventually got in on appeal, but if i hadnt bothered with that I obviously wouldnt have gotten in. Yes, most students get into U of I who apply, as 75% from your post and princetonreview would demonstrate. BUT a lot of universities don’t publish criteria.

I shouldn’t have to guard the university’s reputation, i think enough people know it to be a wonderful institution. I just don’t feel it’s as simple as you say it is.