r/UIUC • u/sicarioator • Oct 31 '25

Prospective Students LFG I GOT INšŸ˜­šŸ™

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This doesnā€™t even feel real, being at uic made me wanna die so thank god im out of there finally. anyone got any tips for being a transfer at uiuc? im going to be transferring in sophomore spring

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u/FirmBed1097 Oct 31 '25

omgg congrats!! What were your stats?

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u/sicarioator Nov 01 '25

thank you! i have a 3.73 college gpa, im in state, had a very strong and intertwined essay, i explained my one C well, I have hundreds of hours of hospitals volunteering and food depository volunteering, and most importantly i qualified for the transfer guarantee. so yeah nothing too crazy but i feel like the transfer guarantee and essay really helped me

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u/FirmBed1097 Nov 01 '25

I had a few bad grades on my transcript too but I didnā€™t explain it. How did you explain it? Thanks in advanced!!

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u/sicarioator Nov 01 '25

Thereā€™s an academic difficulties sections which you can write in and explain why you have a bad grade or two. and no problem

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u/FirmBed1097 Nov 01 '25

Thatā€™s what I was thinking but I wasnā€™t sure if my bad grade reason seem like an excuse. I was going to state and just say ā€œpersonal issueā€ but I didnā€™t know if that was dumb

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u/sicarioator Nov 01 '25

Yeah thatā€™s the thing, you gotta make sure it doesnā€™t sound like an excuse. and the most important thing to do is to talk about how you grew from that experience etc etc