Can i 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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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.
So it is possible for you to get in, but if you are worried about your ACT just retake it this fall.