Can i get admission in University of Illinois at urbana champaign?
Asked by sawangahrai got 24 on act and my gpa is 3.0, i wanna kno is it possible to get admission in University of Illinois at urbana champaign. i am interested in the Engineering field. I think they neeed 27 on act but i when i was lookin at their site, there are also some students who got 22 or below. Plz give some answers because i want to go there so badly. thanks alot
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Answered by Patti C
Did you lead your football team to a State Championship? Do you have a 96% free throw percentage? Did you compete on the US Olympic Team? Because with a 24 on the ACT and a GPA of 3.0, that's what it takes to get into Champaign. Don't waste your time getting into Engineering. They will only take a 27 if you graduate at the top of your class. In fact, the ACT range for the middle half of the Engineering class was 30-32, and were in the top 12% of their classes. You would need 6 more points on the ACT to reach this mark. U of I looks at a COMBINATION of class rank and ACT scores - with this in mind, you can assume that the person who got BELOW a 30 on the ACT was ABOVE the 88 percentile in their graduating class. I doubt that a 3.0 GPA puts you near the top 10% of your class. You will seldom see someone below BOTH ranges... unless they possess artistic talent or are on a sports scholarship. Even if you DO get in, you will be at the VERY bottom of your class. You will probably struggle for a while, and cannot expect to pull in the grades that will allow you to transfer to an engineering program later. Sorry. You are not U of I Engineering Material. However, by all means, pursue a degree in this field. Illinois has a great set of public universities in addition to Champaign, and a large number of private schools as well. UIC and Illinois Institute of Technology will offer engineering degrees, and you can always attend U of I for a Masters if you can prove yourself at another program. You have not proven yourself academically yet.
Did you lead your football team to a State Championship? Do you have a 96% free throw percentage? Did you compete on the US Olympic Team? Because with a 24 on the ACT and a GPA of 3.0, that's what it takes to get into Champaign. Don't waste your time getting into Engineering. They will only take a 27 if you graduate at the top of your class. In fact, the ACT range for the middle half of the Engineering class was 30-32, and were in the top 12% of their classes. You would need 6 more points on the ACT to reach this mark. U of I looks at a COMBINATION of class rank and ACT scores - with this in mind, you can assume that the person who got BELOW a 30 on the ACT was ABOVE the 88 percentile in their graduating class. I doubt that a 3.0 GPA puts you near the top 10% of your class. You will seldom see someone below BOTH ranges... unless they possess artistic talent or are on a sports scholarship. Even if you DO get in, you will be at the VERY bottom of your class. You will probably struggle for a while, and cannot expect to pull in the grades that will allow you to transfer to an engineering program later. Sorry. You are not U of I Engineering Material. However, by all means, pursue a degree in this field. Illinois has a great set of public universities in addition to Champaign, and a large number of private schools as well. UIC and Illinois Institute of Technology will offer engineering degrees, and you can always attend U of I for a Masters if you can prove yourself at another program. You have not proven yourself academically yet.
