!~Official UIUC Class of 2016 Decisions Thread~!

xbritx720
Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:27:52 +0000

Decision: Accepted! Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2050 (750M, 650 R & W) (but I did not send these in)
ACT: 33 C (35Math, 31English/writing, 31Science, 32 reading)
SAT II: nope
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95 / 4, 5.8/6
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9 of 650
AP (place score in parenthesis): none
IB (place score in parenthesis): none
Senior Year Course Load: AP Chemistry, AP Calculus, Honors French 3 + 4, English
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Illinois State Scholar, Prairie State Achievement Award, WYSE Champions, 1st place legomindstorm robotics competition.

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Track and Field, Dance Team
WYSE, scholastic bowl, debate, Illinois science Olympiad, Peer Tutoring
NHS, Tri-M, French Club
Job/Work Experience: babysitting lol
Volunteer/Community service: over 200 hours
Summer Activities: volunteering at the husky animal shelter
Essays: I don’t exactly remember lol they were pretty good though
Teacher Recommendation: NA
Counselor Rec: NA
Additional Rec: NA
Interview: NA

Other:

State (if domestic applicant): Illinois!!
Country (if international applicant): -
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white (or to be politically correct, Caucasian lol)
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 50000-10000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): -

Reflection:

Strengths: Over all well rounded student, with leadership, strong academics, and athletics. Minority? Kind of, as in woman in engineering
Weaknesses: I have one D on my transcript
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted – Loyola, UW Madison, Minnesota… though still waiting for northwester, Stanford, and UC berkeley

General Comments: I love u of i!!! I would love to accept the offer right away! Bc I got a 15k scholarship… but I just have to wait a month for those last schools… but most likely ill be going here :D