Am I on the right track for UNC so far?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
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<p>I've always highly considered UNC Chapel Hill because of Research Triangle and the whole community sounds cool and the college fits my needs mostly. So am I on the right track for getting accepted here?</p>

<p>Freshmen GPA: 3.5uw school didn't weight, no honors courses offered so all I had was Geometry H anyway.</p>

<p>Sophomore GPA: 3.85uw 4.44w. Taking/took PreAP Chemistry, PAP Geography, PAP English 2, PAP Algebra 2, AP Psychology.</p>

<p>Junior registered courses: AP Chemistry, AP US History, AP English 3, PreAP Physics, PreAP Spanish 3, PreAP Precal (Possibly AP Calc AB/BC if I can take PreCal in the summer at a college, AB and BC are one semester each.)
Senior courses expected: AP Biology, AP Physics, AP European History, AP English 4, AP Spanish 4, AP Spanish 5, AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP Economics.</p>

<p>ECs:
Habitat for Humanity, running for office next year.
Math Honor Society
Piano and guitar, performing on piano since age 4, guitar since age 12.</p>

<p>Community service: 40 hours so far at Christian Community Action and Beach cleanups with the surf club when I lived in California. I'm going to end up with like 400+ hours though.</p>

<p>So what do you guys think, am I on track for UNC Chapel Hill, am I doing good, what can I improve on?</p>

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<p>OK kid. do you ever listen to anybody?</p>

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<p>What do you mean? No one has talked to me on this thread so how exactly do you reccomend listening?</p>

<p>Please, only advice, criticism/praise, or evaluation.</p>

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<p>Criticism, are you telling me nobody has told you to LEAVE this site?</p>

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<p>No one besides the mods can make me leave. And I haven't done anything offensive, so I'll be staying.</p>

<p>Why are you talking to me if you don't want me here. Just ignore me and stop the useless imput. How bout that.</p>

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<p>All the out of state people I know have something amazing going for them...they're either moreheads or atheletes or really high academic achievers. Maybe find something you enjoy and distinguish yourself? But above all just wait a while before you start worrying. Half a year is long enough to stress about college admissions :-P</p>

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<p>Not bragging or anything so sorry if this comes out wrong, but wouldn't you guess I'm probably a fairly distinguished pianist if I've been playing 12 years.</p>

<p>I'm not really worrying yet, just pondering the subject ya know. I figure there will be a lot less stress if I narrow down my choices a little and get some good ideas from people who have opinions I can hear.</p>

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<p>I like you, it's annoying to go on to the boards of all the colleges you like and ask if you're on the right track. Admissions is pretty similar, so if you're good at one, you're probably the same for the rest of the same selectivity.</p>

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<p>I figure I should go to different boards to find others who have researched the college in question more than me.</p>

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<p>The best thing you can do is stop worrying about it now and spend your time productively. Posting your stats on every board is not helping your chances. Do you see the kids getting into these schools on every board all the time? Work on you school work, go out with you friends, enjoy high school! (And never use good instead of well ;))</p>

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<p>Well is an adverb, good is an adjective. When describing a noun I will use "good". When describing a verb, I will use "well". I will not always use well.</p>

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<p>"So what do you guys think, am I on track for UNC Chapel Hill, am I doing good, what can I improve on?"</p>

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<p>Half the people I know have played piano upwards of 5 years. I played viola for about 7. Certainly 12 years of playing is notable, but if you just sat around playing it means nothing to a college. People want to see that you used your powers for good and not evil, so to speak. Do you help tutor younger piano students? Do you enter competitions? Do you attend music camps? Do you have a job playing piano? There is the number of years you've committed and the depth of your commitment, which are not the same.</p>