<p>I got invites last year to all of those special events, and I attended all of them because there was free food and I could miss a day of school.."Carolina Behind-the-Scenes" was the best program overall.</p>
<p>However, even though they assure you at these things that you're the "cream of the crop" of applicants and allow you to sit through presentations on the the honors program, I wasn't invited to it and received no scholarships.</p>
<p>I was invited to all of those events, and I don't think it was based off of SAT scores. But they do keep it in their file when you visit. I would go. It's a good excuse to miss Friday classes and fall in love with a great school. I'm applying to be an admissions ambassador now because I'd like to be one of the people who helped woo kids like me over to UNC.</p>
<p>Thanks, cloying, and others for weighing in.
My kid doesn't haunt these forums, but I do manage to get her to read some posts -- cloying's in particular. It helps tons.
We'll be there Sept. 29 (third visit, second official), though I still feel as if I should lock the kid in her room instead and make her study for her last sitting of the SAT.
It wouldn't work though. She would just Itune. Is that a verb yet?</p>
<p>Carolina 101 update:
We learned some useful things.</p>
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<li><p>If you have SAT II scores, feel free to send them in, but don't send the bad ones, if you have any. Use your application to make yourself look as good as possible.</p></li>
<li><p>Focus on the essays, which others have said as well. It's your version of an interview. Try to be unique yet brief. If you're one or two words over the word limit, don't fret, but do not send the first three chapters of the book you're working on. Don't include a CD of all the photos you took during your summer mission trip. No one has the time to look at it.</p></li>
<li><p>The honors program is very small, compared to some other schools. Your application is used to determine whether you get an invitation. You get priority for some smaller classes, like honors chemistry, which has only 40 or 50 students vs. the 200 or so in regular chemistry. Honors students get priority for honors classes, but others can try to get in to honors classes as well.</p></li>
<li><p>Many many people are pre-med freshman year. Few continue that focus later because of the tough classes and time requirements of labs. But you can have a life and be a pre-health major (direct from the students' mouths).</p></li>
<li><p>Do study abroad. Students asked other seniors what their biggest regret was, and those who didn't study abroad said that was their biggest regret.</p></li>
<li><p>UNC has awesome students and professors who want rigorous academics and balanced lives. It's a great place to be.</p></li>
<li><p>Most important: Parents should be careful to use duct tape on their mouths after a long day of lots of information. This applies to any information session. Students, please forgive your parents' stress and unthoughtful words at times. We want the best for you, and feel our role is to nag or cajole to help you get what you want. Sometimes we go overboard.</p></li>
</ol>
<p>My husband and I took our daughter to Carolina 101 this past Saturday and we were SO impressed! We had never been to the university before and I found myself hoping so much that she will be accepted to this wonderful school and decide to attend. It just seems it's everything a university ought to be. Everything is so convenient, the security is excellent, and it was saturated with so much spirit. We found the tour and information sessions to be very helpful. The food was great too....even says my daughter who is picky beyond belief about food!</p>
<p>Gosh....sure do wish I was 18 again and had the world before me.....</p>
<p>So as a junior, what do you think I need to do to score an invite to this next year?</p>