alternate college choice

drusba
Wed, 29 Aug 2007 14:01:20 +0000

Two years ago that would have been untrue as you were condsidered for admission only by the particular college to which you apply. Rule now is as follows: On the application after you choose major/college to which you are applying, you are also asked if you want to be considered for a second choice, generally LAS undecided (or general curriculum, not sure what they are calling undecided now). Make sure the answer you give on the app is yes. Then, if engineering rejects, you will be considered for admission to LAS.

However, you should not assume that means certain admission. Having the stats (class rank/test score) needed does not guarantee admission to any major/college at UIUC (as annually some rejected top 10%'ers with 34 ACTs have professed in news reports that usually come out in April or May). In other words, regardless of who you are and how good your resume, you should apply to at least one “safety” university other than UIUC.