Engineering Pathways offers qualifying CLC students guaranteed admission to University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s Grainger College of Engineering.
Who can apply?
High school seniors planning on enrolling for the first time to College of Lake County are eligible to apply. CLC students completing a “Pre-Pathways” year at CLC are also eligible, as long as they join Pathways fall of the following year, starting with Calculus I and Chemistry I. CLC students becoming eligible for Calculus II and Chemistry II in the spring semester of their 1st year at CLC will also be considered for admission.
How does the program work?
Students must complete a specified list of equivalent courses at CLC, maintaining a 3.5 GPA (with all A’s and B’s) in those courses and a 3.5 cumulative GPA for all classes taken at CLC. Note that all Pathways students start with the same curriculum their freshman year, 1st semester: MTH 145 (Calc I) and CHM 121 (Chemistry I) regardless of a student’s AP scores. Students must also enroll full-time (12 or more semester hours). It is recommended that students complete the College of Lake County Associate in Engineering Science (AES) degree.
The College of Lake County and UIUC will each assign students a transfer advisor to assist with course selection and registration, as well as offer general guidance until their transfer to UIUC.
Students completing the program successfully at CLC are guaranteed admission to The Grainger College of Engineering at UIUC. An estimated 90-100% of students are placed into their first or second choice of departmental majors. Students are not obligated to attend UIUC, and can enroll simultaneously in other guaranteed transfer programs (like T.A.G. for UIC, or G.A.P. for Northern Illinois University). Other area Engineering schools offer articulated transfer agreements with CLC Engineering.