Fall 2008 Transfers: Getting started with your admission, even if your mail hasn’t come yet

hello
I,m a student from spain that applyed to UIUC on march, and so far I don´t have any information of my status (admited or not), I,m very excited on the idea of became a international student from UIUC, but I don´t know what should I do to get any information .

thank you very much
Carlos

Carlos,

Your question is too specific for me to be able to answer on the blog. I’ll do my best to give you (and other readers) general information about what to do in your situation.

We have completed the vast majority of decisions at this point, so my guess is that your application has been reviewed and you should have a decision. If you have not yet received a letter, I suggest you do one or more of the following:

1. Call Admissions. The number is 217-333-0302. A counselor can look up your file and let you know what the status is. Counselors are available from Mondays to Fridays, excluding holidays, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm, Central time (currently Daylight time; CDT is 5 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time).

2. Email Admissions. I understand that you may not be able to make the overseas call (although I do think that’s your best bet). You can contact us via email at ugradadmissions@uiuc.edu or intlugradadmissions@uiuc.edu

Please include as much information in the email as possible. Your UIN (University ID number) is best if you have it. Full name as it appears on your application and date of birth are also helpful.

3. Check your status online. Log into the website using your WEB ID and your WEB PIN. Both items are case sensitive.

If you can’t check your status online for whatever reason (e.g., you don’t know your ID or PIN), a counselor will help you.

Dan

Well i am currently enrolled in a 2yr. college, and i was wondering would it be possible to finish up my learning at U of I? I’m getting my associate’s right now and i wanted to go to U of I to get my bachelor’s, and I was just wondering, was it possible?

Machelle,

Absolutely! We welcome hundreds of students each year from community colleges to bachelor’s degree programs at Illinois.

We have a good deal of information and links to more detailed information about transfer to Illinois on our Apply web page.

You can also find general information about transfer, a transfer FAQ page, and, probably most importantly, a Transfer Handbook on our web pages. I invite you to look through that information and/or call our office.

Dan

Hi, could you please tell me the procedure to cancel the offer of admission/withdraw from the university?

I have already attended summer orientation…but I think I won’t be able to attend the university due to personal problems.

Thanks in advance.

Dan,
Do you know if color blind will affect the chance of enrollment into Mechanical or Electrical engineering major?
My relative have mild color blind and cannot tell between color red and green. He would like to know if this condition will affect his chance to study mechanical or electrical engineering.

Thank you for your help.

regards,
Boon

Boon,

We do not ask about color blindness on our freshman or transfer applications. This would not be a factor in admission.

I am aware of no issues color blindness would create for students in Engineering once they are on campus.

Dan

Dan, I was at a 2-year junior college in Iowa and have been admitted to U of I, however I was not told that ZERO of my credits will transfer until the night before I went down to register. Now I am not sure whether I will attend U of I because I will be there for much longer than I am expecting. Illinois has been my dream school all of my life and to hear this news was heart-breaking. I was wondering what steps I can take to get some classes to transfer because I feel that this situation could have been avoided before I was accepted. Thank You.
-Tim

Hi Dan,

I was wondering if there will be student employment opportunities for international students. I figured it would be hard to get job with a student visa off campus, I wanted to know if there are opportunities available on campus instead.

Thanks,

Miyuki

Tim,

That is a tough situation. I really can’t comment on the transferability of coursework without knowing the specifics, but there are numerous reasons Illinois would decide to not accept credit. These include:

*The course is not undergraduate level (e.g., a high school-level math class)
*The course is not academic (e.g., a trade or vocational course)
*The course is not the same in level, content, or difficulty as the course we offer
*The course has not been reviewed

If you go to CAS and look up the equivalency you may see the following results:
*non-transferable: I’m afraid the course has been reviewed and is considered to be ineligible for college credit at Illinois.
*the Illinois course is something like “Dept 1 - -” or “Dept 2 - -”: We are accepting the credit at the 100- or 200-level, respectively, but we do not offer a direct equivalent.
*you don’t see it listed: We have not yet reviewed the course, so equivalency is unknown.

If you have any questions about any of the above, you should bring your course syllabus to your college office and request a review. If you come in with your transcript or brief information such as course number and title or a paragraph-length catalog description, you will not likely get much satisfaction. In order for the colleges to review coursework, a faculty member or dean needs to look at the complete, detailed course syllabus.

I urge everyone to keep a file with the syllabus from every college course you have taken. If you don’t have that now, contact your former teachers or the school(s) you have attended. They should be able to provide that documentation to you.

Dan

Ana,

I am sorry to hear that you will be unable to matriculate at Illinois.

You should be able to go to the Accept/Decline page online and change your decision to decline.

If you have trouble with that system or if you have any questions or need help, you can give us a call or send us an email and we will help you. In order for Admissions to make the change for you, we will have to verify your identity, of course, but it will be a pretty straightforward process.

Dan

Miyuki,

There are numerous jobs around campus. Opportunities to do work assisting a faculty member with teaching or research, general office work, food service work, and many more are available around campus.

I contacted the International Student and Scholar Services office and was told that you would not have a problem working for the University (with certain limits, such as no more than 20 hours per week during semesters).

There is no resource that I know of for international students to find employment. University Human Recourses has job openings listed through a searchable database. Financial Aid has a Virtual Job Board–also a database you need to search, but this one you need to log in with your NetID–that might help you identify listings. You may also find postings around your department, your residence hall, or other places when you arrive on campus.

Dan