My bad, W GPA: 4.955
Congratulations to all !!!
Accepted
OOS
Major: Physics
UW 3.95
ACT 31
6APs (Physics 1, Physics C, Calc BC, Chinese, Statistics & English) and Calc. 3/Diff.Eq.
Congrats, everyone!
Accepted!
International (Indian)
Gender: F
Major: Biology (with pre-med)
IB Predicted score: 42/45
ACT: 34
Subject SATs: Bio(M): 740, Math(2) 770
Son was accepted.
OOS
Major: Mechanical Engineering
UW: 4.0 W:4.52
SAT: 1520
Subject SAT: Math 2 - 800
Did anyone receive the acceptance letter in mail yet? I am curious to see if they send any UIUC flag, folder etc with it.
Kinda late but Accepted
Instate
Major: Anthropology
UW: 3.6 W: 4.4
ACT: 35
AP Exams: APWH: 5 APUSH: 5 AP Lang: 5 AP Stats: 4 AP Bio: 4
(this was my safety)
Applied EA to CS only - Rejected.
Stats: W GPA 4.92, UW GPA 4
SAT 1580
Subject SATs: MathII 800, Physics: 800, Chemistry: 800
USAMO qualifier, USACO Gold.
Other great ECs including music, swimming, debate.
Demographics: Asian male, out-of-state applicant.
Is UIUC a yield protecting school?
Accepted.
SAT 1510
GPA 94/100
Pol Sci
International
My friend:
Accepted.
SAT 1470
GPA 90/100
CS
International
Hey guys, I’m a little late to this but I thought I still might as well share…
Status: Accepted
Major: Finance-- was also invited to apply to Business Honors and James Scholars which is exclusive to top 10% of applicants. I’ll take it lmao
GPA: 3.78 UW, 4.07 W-- my past school (had to transfer for senior yr) was one of those STEM boarding schools so very rigorous academics = no pretty GPA (at least for me)
Coursework Difficulty: only 5 APs total (12th grade- lit, gov, and stats, 11th grade- apush 4, lang 4) but every academic class I’ve taken since 10th grade has been at least honors. also math wise, i went through differential and integral calc (equivalent of AP Cal AB but my school didn’t offer it in AP format) & AP Stats. trimester schedule, if that matters.
ACT: 32 (E-36,M-28,R-34,S-31)
Residence: OOS(Alabama)-- i feel like this was defo a factor
ECs: This is definitely where my application was most compelling. I had 10 that were very strong and diverse. I wont list them all unless needed
Essay: honestly i feel like it was pretty mid.
Overall I think a huge factor of my acceptance is the fact that I’m a black male. That’s not to say that I don’t deserve it, just that I’ve got it a bit easier. Shoutout to all my asians out there, ik yall have got it rough 
OOS NY
Accepted into Gies
32 ACT - E-34 M-31 R-30 S-31 - Essay-10
92.37 uwGPA 95.15 wGPA; n/a rank
Full IBDP candidate + AP Econ in senior yr
Two first plc Science Research Awards
Pres. Spanish Club 3 years
3 other clubs w positions
5 diff. honor societies
Accepted directly into Computer Engineering
Out of state, Florida
Asian male
3.3 UW GPA, 3.7 Weighted GPA n/a rank
35 ACT, 1530 SAT
No AP freshman year, 2 ap sophmore year, 6 ap junior year
3.1 weighted gpa freshman year, 3.5 Sophmore, upward curve into 4.6 weighted junior year
Won state competitions in violin(11 years) many times
Completely redesigned school’s engineering club as president
tons of extracurriculars
only 1 honors society as my gpa was too low
Deferred (surprised, disappointed, confused)
Mechanical Engineering
Out of state, Ohio
SAT: 1510 (790 Math, 720 English)
ACT: 36 (36, 35, 35, 36)
GPA: 4.6W
Class rank: 15 / 700
AP Exams: 5 on Calc BC, 5 on US History, 5 on Eng Lit, 5 on Psych, 5 on US Gov
National Merit Semifinalist
Legacy applicant (father attended UIUC both undergrad and grad)
Asian Indian female
Status: Accepted
Major: Psychology
SAT: 1480
TOEFL: 113
GPA: 3.76 UW
International student though
DS
Status: Accepted
Major: EE (2nd Choice; 1st choice was CS, but rejected)
ACT: 36
GPA: 3.92 (UW)
OOS
Daughter
Status: Accepted
Major: CS (James Scholar)
GPA: 4.43 (W), 3.93 (UW) from a top public HS in the country
SAT: 1590 (800 Math, 790 Verbal)
OOS
Status: Deferred
Major: Quant. Econ
GPA: 4.0(W) 3.23(UW)
ACT: 33
In-State
13 AP’s
Decision: Admitted
Major: CS
UC Unweighted GPA: 4.0
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.29
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.75
SAT : 1550 (800M, 750E)
SAT Subject Tests: 800 Math 2, 780 Physics
AP exams: 15 APs including senior year, 10 5s
Awards: Rensselaer Medal, Science Fair regional winner, Presidential Gold Award for Service, National AP Scholar, National Merit Semifinalist, handful of debate and robotics awards
Extracurriculars:
- FRC Robotics (Programming Director)
- VEX Robotics (President)
- Math Team (President)
- Lincoln-Douglas Debate (Chair)
- Independent Science Research
- Dead Poets Society (Founder)
- ASB (Homeroom Rep)
- Choir
- NHS
Job/Work Experience:
- Math and reading teacher for elementary schoolers
Volunteer/Community service: - 250+ hours tutoring and counseling kids
Summer Activities: - UC Cosmos
- Took AP Stats and AP PhysC’s at a community college
Personal insight essay topics: Robotics, advocacy
Letters of recommendation submitted: Calc AB/BC teacher, English teacher
Demographics
State (if domestic applicant): CA
High school type: Private, all-girls
Gender: Female
Race/ethnicity: Asian
Applied for need-based financial aid?: No
Reflection
Strengths: Stats and STEM ECs
Weaknesses: nonSTEM ECs and essays
Why you think you were accepted: I’m a stereotypical CS student
Where else were you accepted: Purdue EA, UC Berkeley RD
@firetiger77 no, UIUC does not yield protect for CS; they are ranked 3rd for CS and have their pick of top applicants
@rgcenterville its ok! UIUC defers a TON of kids, and accepts most of them. My brother was deferred oos ME a couple years ago and got in (with a 1340!)
congrats to everyone who got in; i’ll add my stats too
Accepted: CS in Grainger College of Engineering (1st choice)
Also received $10k/year (for 4 years, total $40k) merit scholarship
OOS Asian
GPA: 4.0 UW
SAT: 1570 (single sitting)
Course Rigor: 17 AP+Dual-enrollment courses at T100 university
ECs: Don’t want to get too specific but definitely the best part of my application; you can see my post history for a couple extra details on this, but I had ZERO CS ECs
Awards: pretty basic stuff but i made it sound impressive
Essays: Trash IMO. I had no CS ECs or experience at all, it was a ton of careful wording and focusing on my interest in STEM+engineering
Son got admitted in systems and design though first choice was comp engineering …How good is systems and design from UIUC…would it hold more value than say doing a comp eng from U Mass Amherst