<p>Anyone that can add some thoughts of any kind on my situation would be nice.</p>
<p>I'm kinda flipping out</p>
<p>high school-crap</p>
<p>community college right out of high school in Florida (where I'm from) for 2 semesters -equally crappy</p>
<p>community college in NC in 1999 and 2000 for 3 semesters-continuing the string of crap</p>
<p>same community college in NC revisited in summer 2006-fall 2007 for 3 semesters (retaking any grade I previously made at the NC CC below a B) -straight As</p>
<p>got my Associates degree from NC community college with 3.703 gpa (that's including retakes, what my transcript from the CC says)</p>
<p>I know for sure one of my professors sent an awesome letter of rec, 2 more may.</p>
<p>I'm 30 years old and have been married for 1 year this Saturday.</p>
<p>I feel I wrote a very strong essay and have had my CC literature teacher confirm this.</p>
<p>I sent my transcripts and application about 2 weeks ago. How long before my UNC homepage reflects they even got the stuff?</p>
<p>I know they said they would let my know by April 21, but will they decide sooner or do they tell all the applicants the same time around then?</p>
<p>Do I have a good chance? My wife and I are riding on this acceptance, so I would be bummed if I was rejected. I've been working as hard as I can for almost 2 years to get into UNC and said so in my essay.</p>
<p>I've already been accepted to one of my safety schools (UNCG) so I guess all isn't lost. Right?</p>
<p>mikeysoundtrap: At age 30, I doubt that they will be looking at your high school record or your earlier cc record. I suspect they will look carefully at your Associates degree with the 3.7 gpa and the "retakes." Your recommendation letters and essay will count as well. I don't know about notification dates for transfers, though others who transferred in last year can tell you when they heard. At any rate, it sounds like you have a very good chance for acceptance. (And UNC-G would definitely not be a disaster.) Good luck!</p>
<p>I was a freshman at UNC Chapel Hill in the fall of 2002 and graduated in the spring of 2004 -- a week before my forty-first birthday! I was the only non-traditionally aged student in all of my classes. UNC offers some night school classes for working adults but I never took any of them. At thirty you'll be older than other students but it will only be an issue for them if it's an issue for you. Good Luck!</p>
<p>You could always take courses part time at UNC in your major, next year make A's in them and re-apply if nothing else but Carolina will do. This has worked for a number of adults. Think again about UNC-G. It has a much larger adult, nontraditional student population which would give you more choice as to a peer group.</p>
<p>I like UNC-G, but they don't offer a Russian major, only a minor. I'm trying to set myself up for grad school in Russian history. My CC didn't offer Russian and RUSS history grad programs don't consider applicants that don't have 4 years of the language. I'm hoping I can double major in RUSS and history in 3 years at UJNC-CH and that will be enough to impress grad schools. That won't be the case at UNC-G, but the minor will have to do.</p>