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UIUC regular decision results are out

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May the odds be ever in your favor.

kiddo got waitlisted at the beloved but got in at UT Austin Mech E, Purdue Eng Honors, Texas A&M

Posted by rozoben <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=rozoben' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 28, 2026, 16:23:38, in reply to "UIUC regular decision results are out"

and other Early action schools . But went 0/8 of regular decision schools so was brutal last few days .

But he has his heart set on UT Austin Mech E . Loves the school and were it not for me insisting he waits for all the results he would have committed long ago.

I was very disappointed with the UIUC waitlist at Grainger Eng but I am coming to terms with the fact that my kiddo loves UT way more than UIUC. Hook'em I guess :-)

Given that for UT Austin the Mech E admit rate was 7%-8% (according to the admitted students event) , he did good.

Congrats! All great schools, but damn must be super tough to get into U of I engineering these days*

Posted by ECEIllinois <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ECEIllinois' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 28, 2026, 20:32:11, in reply to "kiddo got waitlisted at the beloved but got in at UT Austin Mech E, Purdue Eng Honors, Texas A&M "

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Great school!*

Posted by nash <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=nash' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 28, 2026, 20:29:04, in reply to "kiddo got waitlisted at the beloved but got in at UT Austin Mech E, Purdue Eng Honors, Texas A&M "

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Congratulations to him! great choices and UT is an amazing place to go to school (having lived

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 28, 2026, 16:32:28, in reply to "kiddo got waitlisted at the beloved but got in at UT Austin Mech E, Purdue Eng Honors, Texas A&M "

in Hyde Park for a while)

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“We are old and tired and just want to be taken care of.” - Republican voter, Dec. 2024.

My kid got waitlisted at Columbia & Yale, so Michigan for my kid unless there’s a waitlist miracle.*

Posted by nash <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=nash' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 28, 2026, 13:27:23, in reply to "UIUC regular decision results are out"

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who wouldn't want the chance to be a MICHIGAN (WO)MAN (tm)?*

Posted by ECEIllinois <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ECEIllinois' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 28, 2026, 20:30:27, in reply to "My kid got waitlisted at Columbia & Yale, so Michigan for my kid unless there’s a waitlist miracle.*"

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Sigh. My fault for marrying one.*

Posted by nash <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=nash' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 28, 2026, 20:32:16, in reply to "who wouldn't want the chance to be a MICHIGAN (WO)MAN (tm)?*"

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wow ! all options are great !!! *

Posted by rozoben <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=rozoben' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 28, 2026, 16:28:35, in reply to "My kid got waitlisted at Columbia & Yale, so Michigan for my kid unless there’s a waitlist miracle.*"

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Had lunch with the head of the UIUC MATSE department last Monday. They had 40% more kids accept last

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 28, 2026, 11:46:55, in reply to "UIUC regular decision results are out"

year than they anticipated. Said she believed the other grainger departments were similar. I don’t even know how you cope with that if you are a department.

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“We are old and tired and just want to be taken care of.” - Republican voter, Dec. 2024.

UIUC has one of the biggest MATSE class. Not surprised by how sought after MATSE is*

Posted by rozoben <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=rozoben' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 28, 2026, 16:30:18, in reply to "Had lunch with the head of the UIUC MATSE department last Monday. They had 40% more kids accept last"

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year than they anticipated. Said she believed the other grainger departments were similar. I don’t even know how you cope with that if you are a department.

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Who bought?

Posted by osklister <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=osklister' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 28, 2026, 13:29:54, in reply to "Had lunch with the head of the UIUC MATSE department last Monday. They had 40% more kids accept last"

The development guy from Grainger*

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 28, 2026, 13:30:55, in reply to "Who bought?"

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“We are old and tired and just want to be taken care of.” - Republican voter, Dec. 2024.

College seems different now than when I went. Been doing visits with son. Country club feel to it.*

Posted by cpsteine <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=cpsteine' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 28, 2026, 10:42:06, in reply to "UIUC regular decision results are out"

Sprout got into GWU but not Georgetown.

Posted by DT <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=DT' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 28, 2026, 8:06:51, in reply to "UIUC regular decision results are out"

Like most schools they make it ridiculously convoluted to actually see the financial aid offer and their portal wasn’t working, so we aren’t sure if he got any need based aid from GW.

But unless he absolutely falls in love with them when we visit, and maybe even then, it’s going to be UMD.

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May the odds be ever in your favor.

I’ll tell you something, man. Choosing Pitt’s GSPIA (now SPIA) over GWU’s Elliott School…

Posted by opossum jenkins <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=opossum+jenkins' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 28, 2026, 9:54:48, in reply to "Sprout got into GWU but not Georgetown."

….was a really good choice. Elliott’s reputation and cachet and all that is great. But I’d still be paying down debt nearly 15 years on.

Plus, had I not gone to Pitt GSPIA, I never would’ve met my two mentors, one of whom is a former Tomcat pilot and UIUC grad.

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May the odds be ever in your favor.

Did you ever have George Doherty as a prof at Pitt?

Posted by ShoeShineBoy <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ShoeShineBoy' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 28, 2026, 10:48:57, in reply to "I’ll tell you something, man. Choosing Pitt’s GSPIA (now SPIA) over GWU’s Elliott School…"

I knew him in grad school at UGA. Despite his undergraduate degrees from Tech, a wonderful guy.

SSB!

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Sure did. Policy analysis seminar, if memory serves. He was big into the Rationale software.

Posted by opossum jenkins <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=opossum+jenkins' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 28, 2026, 13:22:38, in reply to "Did you ever have George Doherty as a prof at Pitt?"

That software served me well in later life—and the Australian Signals Directorate too.

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I knew him in grad school at UGA. Despite his undergraduate degrees from Tech, a wonderful guy.

SSB!

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May the odds be ever in your favor.

That’s fantastic!

Posted by ShoeShineBoy <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ShoeShineBoy' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 28, 2026, 16:03:47, in reply to "Sure did. Policy analysis seminar, if memory serves. He was big into the Rationale software. "

I saw George about ten years ago when we were both in Cincy. A great guy. Glad to know he was a great prof too.

SSB!

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That software served me well in later life—and the Australian Signals Directorate too.

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I knew him in grad school at UGA. Despite his undergraduate degrees from Tech, a wonderful guy.

SSB!

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May the odds be ever in your favor.

Yeah—I was willing to pay a significant premium for Georgetown.

Posted by DT <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=DT' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 28, 2026, 10:27:14, in reply to "I’ll tell you something, man. Choosing Pitt’s GSPIA (now SPIA) over GWU’s Elliott School…"

I think their reputation and the network would help both with an initial job and would have a lasting impact. But I don’t think GW is enough better than MD to pay much more. And if Sprout changes his mind about PoliSci, then MD is a better choice academically, too.

I do think it would be good for him to have the urban campus experience of GW. Test drive living in a city to see if that’s something he likes. But again, that’s not worth 20 or 30k more per year.

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Congrats on GW. I almost went there for law school over UF because it had a great reputation for IP

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 28, 2026, 9:34:09, in reply to "Sprout got into GWU but not Georgetown."

then I talked to a family friend who was a young partner at Williams & Connolly in DC and he said I would be stupid to go to George Washington given the cost differential between Florida and George Washington. Which is good because it saved us about $25,000 a year in the 1990s and because at least my grad school now has three football and three basketball national championships!

So I feel your cost differential pain.

“We are old and tired and just want to be taken care of.” - Republican voter, Dec. 2024.

Right. I would’ve been at least $90K in the hole at GWU Elliott. Pitt GSPIA…

Posted by opossum jenkins <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=opossum+jenkins' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 28, 2026, 10:00:21, in reply to "Congrats on GW. I almost went there for law school over UF because it had a great reputation for IP"

….gave me a fellowship. Ended up forking over only $8500, tooth to tail.

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mini got into the joint UNC/NC State biomedical engineering program

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 27, 2026, 22:06:58, in reply to "UIUC regular decision results are out"

I think he’s pretty excited about this one, so the parents are happy too

https://bme.unc.edu/undergraduate/program/

“We are old and tired and just want to be taken care of.” - Republican voter, Dec. 2024.

BTW BME is one of the most sought after Eng majors. For example at UT , its the toughest major to

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into - followed by ECE and ME/Aero . Mini did good !

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I think he’s pretty excited about this one, so the parents are happy too

https://bme.unc.edu/undergraduate/program/

Congrats to Mini . These public admissions have been brutal this year.

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so I am glad he got into this program he is excited about.

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I think he’s pretty excited about this one, so the parents are happy too

https://bme.unc.edu/undergraduate/program/

That’s awesome. Have never heard about that type of joint program*

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I think he’s pretty excited about this one, so the parents are happy too

https://bme.unc.edu/undergraduate/program/

Awesome. Congrats!*

Posted by DT <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=DT' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 28, 2026, 8:03:09, in reply to "mini got into the joint UNC/NC State biomedical engineering program"

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I think he’s pretty excited about this one, so the parents are happy too

https://bme.unc.edu/undergraduate/program/

Chapel Hill is amazing. I imagine that’ll be his home campus?*

Posted by Carl Spackler <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Carl+Spackler' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 28, 2026, 7:06:17, in reply to "mini got into the joint UNC/NC State biomedical engineering program"

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I think he’s pretty excited about this one, so the parents are happy too

https://bme.unc.edu/undergraduate/program/

No. I think NC State will be his home campus. He really didn’t even know about the.

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 28, 2026, 9:29:40, in reply to "Chapel Hill is amazing. I imagine that’ll be his home campus?*"

Program until after he applied. I’m not sure he would’ve gotten into UNC as an out-of-state student anyway, so between NC State being the actual engineering school within the state and the relative difficulty of admission of both schools, I think he made the right decision. But he’s intrigued by the idea of getting a degree from both institutions at the same time.

I happened to post this because it was the first one to show up when I Google searched the program.

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I think he’s pretty excited about this one, so the parents are happy too

https://bme.unc.edu/undergraduate/program/

“We are old and tired and just want to be taken care of.” - Republican voter, Dec. 2024.

Great stuff.*

Posted by nash <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=nash' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 28, 2026, 7:03:35, in reply to "mini got into the joint UNC/NC State biomedical engineering program"

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I think he’s pretty excited about this one, so the parents are happy too

https://bme.unc.edu/undergraduate/program/

nice!*

Posted by ECEIllinois <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ECEIllinois' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 28, 2026, 0:08:44, in reply to "mini got into the joint UNC/NC State biomedical engineering program"

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I think he’s pretty excited about this one, so the parents are happy too

https://bme.unc.edu/undergraduate/program/

Looks like a cool program. Congrats!*

Posted by DocWalk20 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=DocWalk20' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 27, 2026, 23:36:49, in reply to "mini got into the joint UNC/NC State biomedical engineering program"

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I think he’s pretty excited about this one, so the parents are happy too

https://bme.unc.edu/undergraduate/program/

Nice. Congrats! *

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I think he’s pretty excited about this one, so the parents are happy too

https://bme.unc.edu/undergraduate/program/

"I wouldn't mind the DP here." - jumpingdan

Congratulations to the kids. mini was denied from UIUC Engineering. :-(

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 6, 2026, 18:47:27, in reply to "UIUC regular decision results are out"

Got into UGA and waitlisted at Georgia Tech. :-|

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“We are old and tired and just want to be taken care of.” - Republican voter, Dec. 2024.

sorry to hear that. Sending good thoughts on him getting off the waitlist*

Posted by ECEIllinois <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ECEIllinois' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 7, 2026, 21:25:24, in reply to "Congratulations to the kids. mini was denied from UIUC Engineering. :-("

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Got into UGA and waitlisted at Georgia Tech. :-|

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Thanks. It is what it is. Va Tech has a research team doing what he wants to do with his degree

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 7, 2026, 21:32:45, in reply to "sorry to hear that. Sending good thoughts on him getting off the waitlist*"

so maybe it’s meant to be.

https://www.helmet.beam.vt.edu/index.html

He’s had several sports concussions so he wants to work on engineering concussion prevention devices.

“We are old and tired and just want to be taken care of.” - Republican voter, Dec. 2024.

Seems like OOS is pretty difficult. My son got denied a couple of years ago

Posted by Ron McDon <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Ron+McDon' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 7, 2026, 11:32:05, in reply to "Congratulations to the kids. mini was denied from UIUC Engineering. :-("

I was salty about it for a bit. But he’s thriving where he is now, so maybe it was just as well.

My daughter will likely apply next year, so I get to go through all that again! 🤣

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Got into UGA and waitlisted at Georgia Tech. :-|

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Yeah. We’re not sweating it other than simply being disappointed with the result.

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 7, 2026, 11:48:09, in reply to "Seems like OOS is pretty difficult. My son got denied a couple of years ago"

He’s got several good choices and merit scholarship options including a full ride at UGA(which is common for kids there). He would love to go to UGA but wants to major in engineering so he’s not really considering it.

“We are old and tired and just want to be taken care of.” - Republican voter, Dec. 2024.

UGa? C'mon, there's only one SEC school worse than that, and it's Florida. :-)

Posted by osklister <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=osklister' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 7, 2026, 12:07:10, in reply to "Yeah. We’re not sweating it other than simply being disappointed with the result. "

Not all kids are Ole Miss material *

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 7, 2026, 21:13:09, in reply to "UGa? C'mon, there's only one SEC school worse than that, and it's Florida. :-)"

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“We are old and tired and just want to be taken care of.” - Republican voter, Dec. 2024.

I'm saying Miznoz.

Posted by osklister <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=osklister' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 28, 2026, 13:30:46, in reply to "Not all kids are Ole Miss material *"

Waiting on nephew for that. Was deferred and all they could point to was a B+ in….

Posted by LeatherneckIllini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=LeatherneckIllini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 7, 2026, 11:12:28, in reply to "Congratulations to the kids. mini was denied from UIUC Engineering. :-("

double advanced math as a freshman in high school. He was 14. Insane.

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Got into UGA and waitlisted at Georgia Tech. :-|

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The whole thing is stressful for the kids and parents.

Posted by Dude_The <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Dude_The' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 7, 2026, 9:48:33, in reply to "Congratulations to the kids. mini was denied from UIUC Engineering. :-("

It all happens for a reason is what I keep telling myself!

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Got into UGA and waitlisted at Georgia Tech. :-|

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Little Dude got in for Biology. He's excited.*

Posted by Dude_The <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Dude_The' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 6, 2026, 16:47:30, in reply to "UIUC regular decision results are out"

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Excellent! Congrats to him.*

Posted by DT <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=DT' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 6, 2026, 19:12:31, in reply to "Little Dude got in for Biology. He's excited.*"

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Congrats! Really the only time I "regret" not having kids is I don't have any to send to CU.*

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You cannot lose games in the NFL and still win.

That was my major! Congrats that's awesome*

Posted by nash <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=nash' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 6, 2026, 16:52:39, in reply to "Little Dude got in for Biology. He's excited.*"

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