How I transferred into CS at UIUC

Story of how I got into UIUC's CS program. One of the toughest things I've ever had to do. Enjoy!

[josha]

writing a bot to get into a cs class is so cyclically poetic and hilarious i can’t explain

[pauliew]

Good for you! Persistence and perseverance goes a long way. Have a feeling you’ll be pretty successful in life.

[matchayokkann]

you’re a great storyteller 🤣🤣🤣 Congrats on transferring in!

[ehlliee]

ayo im also going to uiuc and also transferring my second year :) super interesting to hear your story!!!

[EdrEnterprises]

This is honestly super inspirational lmfao

[VuLe-nxrg]

Transfer to any engineering at uiuc is a pain

[elizatreaty]

"have some respect i *made* this bot" lmfao

[carbenart]

I'm an incoming freshman at UIUC who is pretty much in the same position as you were; I got admitted to my second-choice major (biology) and am going to be trying to transfer into CS. Good on you for getting in and thanks for the interesting video about it :D

[kyan]

But I remember I was in their 2022 prospective new student zoom meeting, the staff began by saying you can transfer to any other majors at UIUC, except computer science (for obvious reason). Was he lying ?

[omegathan]

For people past 2022: you can't transfer into CS anymore.
Like it's not possible.
If you don't get into the CS major when you get into UIUC, pick another school.

[EyeReel]

Unfortunate now that CS is completely locked out for those who are not a direct admit !

[tactissue]

ayy thanks so much for this.. I'm an incoming freshman as well.. hopefully i can transfer from my second-choice major (Electrical Eng) to CS.

[rimurutempest]

Which is better For MSCS UIUC vs Georgia tech

[fifeomotoso]

hi! Love your video! I’m sorta in the same boat you were in and was looking for any advice you may have. When applying to UIUC, i didn’t know i wanted to be a cs major and on like may 1st when i decided i did, it was too late to change my major to apply. I was wondering what major you originally chose when u were initially rejected from cs because i want to know if it makes a difference that i am already admitted into the college of engineering as a bioengineering major. also, would minoring in cs improve my chances of getting into the classes that were hard to get into. LASTLY, what would u have done differently to help with this process? Thank you!

[aaravvarma]

Hey! So now obviously times have changed but does anyone know if it’s possible to do a double major, I got into cognitive science but to do a double major in CS + X program specifically the linguistics one? Is that a hard/impossible switch if I’m already in the CLAS?

[Swe]

Hii. I got admitted to the masters in Aerospace engineering non thesis program in UIUC. How can i change that to the thesis program.

[cloud]

some tips for future students wanting to transfer into CS: 

1. take calc 2 if u not super confident with what u've learned cuz it can be a good prerequisite for calc 3 and a GPA booster. 

2. If u can't get As for taking 3 or more technical courses in one semester, just drop some courses and ensure your GPA before ur transfer.
 
3. CS 225 has a total of 10% extra credit, try to get all of those. It does require some grinding, but it's not a course that mess with ur brains hard. Also make sure u understand c++ well for quiz 1(maybe with a different #, the one testing language instead of data structure) cuz a lot of ppl I know getting A in this course fucked up quiz 1, so if u managed to nail that one, u r kinda in an advantage.

[rosepink]

Please how to get free tuition for one of these universities in Illinois ?! Which ones?? My daughter has early graduation from her high school in illinois… And she wants to do about Computer with high salary and she confused….Any advice 🙏🏻 thank you,

[krazykara]

Did you need to write a resume or join specific clubs to show interest etc or was purely on GPA? at this time in 2024 even if accepted to UIUC can't do an internal transfer to CS

[tarunbathini]

Hi, love the vid! Who'd you know how hard it is to transfer to a cs+x major? I got accepted for info sci.