Chance a Tar Heel Hopeful?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
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<p>Hello everyone,</p>

<p>Let me go ahead and thank you for putting the time fourth to read this, it's really appreciated . :) </p>

<p>I took a tour of Chapel Hill about a month ago and I fell in love with it. </p>

<p>I am In-State, white, male. Go to a pretty small high school, around 1000 students. My school sent 3 people to Chapel Hill this year and 4 last year. </p>

<p>Stats:
Rank: 1/276 (currently in a 3 way tie)
GPA Unweighted: 4.0 (no A+ or A- grading scales at my school)
GPA Weighted: 4.5 (hopefully will be 4.75 by the end of next year)<br>
SAT: Plan on taking it in June, plan on making a 1900+ </p>

<p>Junior Year Classes (hardest possible schedule)-</p>

<p>AP Biology (yearlong)
AP English (yearlong)
Honors Physics (no AP)
Honors US
Honors Psychology
Honors Pre Calculus </p>

<p>Senior Year Classes (tentative)-</p>

<p>AP Calculus
AP English
AP Stats or AP US Govt
AP Psychology
Honors Chemistry 2 (no AP)
Honors Native American Studies</p>

<p>Note: My School is not known for it's AP's at all, it only offers 5 in a class room setting and 3 online. So I am taking the most difficult courses my school offers. </p>

<p>EC's:</p>

<p>Junior Class Vice President
Bio Club (founder and Pres)
Soccer: played for 11 years, captain of middle school team and JV team.
Track: 3rd in the state last year in the 4x800 meter relay. Regional Champion in this event also. All as a freshman.
Football: Leading scorer as the kicker for the JV team this year
Community Service: 200+ hours. Plan on having 400+ by the time I am a senior.
Co-organized a blood drive that collected 55 units.
Clubs: Envirothon, Quiz Bowl, Spanish Club, National Honors Society, FCA (fellowship of Christian athletes), LEO Club (community service), Math Lab (tutor kids in Algebra 1 and Geometry) and SADD Club (student against destructive decisions)</p>

<p>Awards/Recognition's to date:
Accepted to and attending Summer Ventures in Science and Mathematics. A very selective one-month program for high school students in NC. Only accepts 250 students.
Nominated for National Student Medicine Conference at John Hopkins University.
All A's through middle school and high school so far.
Scholar Athlete Award last year (only male winner)
Best Student Award in Honors Biology 1 with a 99 average.
Best Student Award in Spanish 2 with a 101 average.
I will also be going either to Governors School or Summer @ Brown next summer.</p>

<p>So what do you think? What are my chances for Chapel Hill? Or Wake Forest and Duke? </p>

<p>Thank you for your time!! :)</p>

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<p>Bump, anyone?</p>

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<p>You’re definitely on track for UNC and Wake. Keep it up and make sure that SAT really is 1900+!! Duke will require 2100+ most likely.</p>

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<p>@wilmywood: Thank you! :slight_smile: I plan on studying for 2 weeks straight for the SAT in June. I hope to do well! </p>

<p>Does anyone think there is something I need to work on?</p>

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<p>Bump. Extra Info: Might be taking AP Chemistry online next year and then AP Physics B online senior year. Both outside of school.</p>

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<p>Bump, anyone else?</p>

<p>Sent from my DROID2 using CC</p>

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<p>please, anyone?</p>

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<p>I’d say you have a really good chance, especially being a class rank of 1.</p>

<p>You might want to take the ACT; at least in my person experience, I did a lot better on the ACT than the SAT.</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>Thank you! I was also thinking of taking the ACT since it includes a Science portion.
Is there anything I need to work on in the next two years to become a better applicant for the top schools? Like Chapel Hill, Duke and Wake?</p>

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<p>Bump</p>

<p>Sent from my DROID2 using CC</p>

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<p>UPDATE: Change in Schedule.</p>

<p>Junior Year Course Load:</p>

<p>AP Biology
AP English Language and Comp.
AP Psychology -online
AP Human Geography -online
Honors Pre Calc
Honors US History</p>

<p>Senior Year Course Load:</p>

<p>AP Calculus AB
AP English Literature
AP US Gov’t and Politics -online
AP Physics B -online
Honors Chemistry 2 -no AP
Honors Native American Studies</p>

<p>Will also take the Biology and Math II SAT Subject tests next year. Going for 750+ on both. </p>

<p>Thanks everyone! :)</p>