Chances for CMU or UIUC?

eclark6
Sat, 01 Dec 2012 21:44:19 +0000

You need to have a 3.8 or better at community college to have a reasonable chance to get in mechanical engineering at UIUC. When we visited a few months ago, my friend was told she had “virtually no chance” with a 3.2 GPA. Even as an Illinois resident, its very difficult to transfer into Mechanical Engineering.

Your second chance is community college. I had a 2.0 in high school and a 4.0 in community college (pre-engineering). I was accepted and now I’m enrolled at UIUC, starting in January, after only 3 semesters at a community college.