Can I get into UIUC?

MerryLee
Mon, 23 May 2016 06:15:38 +0000

This is what Illinois State says:
Fall 2015 Freshmen: ◦Half of admitted freshmen earned ACT composite scores of 21 to 26. A quarter scored 27 or above, and another quarter scored between 18 and 20.
◦The middle 50 percent of admitted students had a high school grade point average between 3.08 and 3.80 on a 4.0 scale.

UIUC College of Business (from the admissions sections) the Fall 2015 Freshman profile for the middle 50% of admitted students says:

ACT Score: 28-32
High School Class Rank: 88-97%

UIUC will look up your high school, since you’re in-state, and see if your HS offers AP and/or honors classes. Then they will look to see if you took any of them. That is what our Guidance Office was told when they took a workshop at UIUC. UIUC admissions wants to know how rigorous of a schedule you had. If your HS doesn’t offer AP and/or honors that is different story.

ISU used to offer an academic scholarship for ACT scores 28+. It was $2500/yr for 4 years. I don’t know if that still exists. UIUC is notorious for not giving out much academic financial aid. Students with single digit class ranks might be offered a $2-3K.

UIUC does NOT accept letters of rec for undergraduate admissions. If you try and send one, it will look like you can’t follow directions. I think ISU takes them and may even require them as part of admissions.

Based on websites you have a good chance at ISU. If you can retake ACT in Sept, review, and get composite over a 26 you might get academic $ from ISU because that would put you in upper 25%. Talk with your family on what they can afford. before you apply. Think about what else you want from a school. (like do you want to go watch football games? then the school needs to have a football team.) There are other schools where you might get more academic fin aid with your scores. Just look up schools and if your stats are higher than the admitted freshman middle 50%, you have increased your chances of getting $.

I would like to add that you might still have a chance at UIUC. They do a holistic review. Here is the link: