Former military/admissions

midwesterner
Fri, 31 Aug 2007 13:15:22 +0000

Don’t put all your hopes on UIUC. There are many colleges, especially in the Chicago area, that welcome older students, and might be a better fit for you. I don’t know how much UIUC will look at your high school scores, but they do make a lot of decisions based strictly on numbers, so you may have a problem. Is your college GPA a B+, at least?

On another thread, you asked about landscape architecture. If that is a definite career plan, you should look at the websites (ASLA, ILA) of professional organizations for more information on programs. You may find that a smaller school will look at you more as an individual. Also, UIUC does offer distance-learning programs in Environmental Studies at the graduate level.