Aerospace engineering chances (is it harder to get into vs. other majors)?

Colleges & Universities University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
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<p>State: NJ
Race: Asian (Indian)
Intended major: Aerospace engineering (maybe with mechanical)</p>

<p>UW GPA: 4.0
W GPA: 4.55
Rank: 1/225
SAT: 2050 twice (R: 610/670, M: 790/700, W: 650/680)
ACT: 31-34 (scores come Monday)
APs: Calc AB/BC (5s), English Lang. (5), Bio (3), History (3); taking 3 more senior year</p>

<p>ECs:
Math Club (president)
Physics Club (vice president)
Academic Challenge (captain)
Key Club
Math Honor Society
Science Honor Society
English Honor Society
Foreign Language Honor Society
National Honor Society
Participated in multiple competitions for math/science
Weightlifting
Extended range guitar
Collecting basketball cards</p>

<p>Work:
Calc tutor</p>

<p>Recommendations: I’m getting them from my calc teacher (PhD), bio/anatomy teacher (former doctor/surgeon), and physics teacher (PhD from Princeton)</p>

<p>Awards:
Central NJ Brain Bee Neuroscience Competition Finalist
NJSL Bio II Test certificate (top 10%)
AP Scholar with Distinction</p>

<p>Hooks: First gen. college student, low income household</p>

<p>Other: I’m about to take Calc 3 and 4 my upcoming senior year, could that give me an upper hand in regard to engineering admissions?</p>

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<p>Sounds good…except your sat’s sound relatively low compared to your other achievements, just saying. you should be able to get in; my friend didn’t have half the extracurriculars but he got in. I don’t see how collecting basketball cards help in anyway. Calc 3 and Calc 4…It might give an edge…but barely if not, none at all. It’ll help you skip the base classes though.</p>

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<p>Update with your ACT scores, and I will reply.</p>

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<p>@Balthezar I got a 33 (35 E, 33 M, 30 R, 32 S)</p>

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<p>You’re in.</p>

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<p>@Balthezar Are you serious? Isn’t the CoE for UIUC very competitive though? </p>

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<p>It is. I see nothing in your stats that would cause them concern unless your math subscore is low. As I said, I think you’re a match. I could be wrong. You could theoretically be up against an applicant AE pool that has 100 or so people with higher stats than you. I’m just saying that I doubt that. </p>

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<p>@Balthezar‌ Ok, thanks</p>