<p>Female
Caucasian
Class Rank:13/250 as of last year (5.2%)
GPA: W(4.94) UW(3.84)
AP's: World (4) Stats (3--long story) Psych (5) USH (5) Govt (4) English Language (4)
Senior AP's: Spanish Language, BC Calculus, English Literature, Environmental Science, and Human Geography
Other Senior Classes: Honors Physics
SAT (1400/1600) and (2030/2400) 720M, 680CR, 630W</p>
<p>Big Awards: AP Scholar w/ Distinction, National Merit Commended Student, Anatomy and Physiology Achievement Award</p>
<p>Big Extra-Currics: 320 hours last summer volunteering teaching gymnastics and cheerleading, competitive cheerleader (regional, state, and national wins, captain a few times, a few awards), President of the Engineering Club, then members of clubs for multiple years. Some random volunteering with special needs children, tutoring, etc</p>
<p>Essays: Common App about how a backpacking trip this summer (when I was a beginner hiker with no experience) influenced me and my UNC Supplement is a satirical(ish) essay about how wool socks are my newest discovery (could change. depends on teacher criticism that I get).</p>
<p>Also, along with your answer could anyone suggest other schools I’d be a god match for if you think I’m shooting too high or too low?</p>
<p>I think you can definitley get into UNC!
Other schools to consider:</p>
<p>Carnegie Mellon
UMich
UWisc
UMaryland</p>
<p>Thank you so much SeattleBulldog!! I’m not really worried about getting into UNC, but my English teacher is doing a thorough job at freaking out my class about how hard college is to get into.</p>
<p>Your teacher is correct. It’s getting harder and harder and you need to be above the 75th percentile or have a hook (e.g. national medalist in debate) to get into the top 20 or so colleges.</p>
<p>This link is very helpful in figuring out where you fall in terms of admissions. You have a strong chance even with lowish writing component score and the common app projected to make UNC admissions much more competitive this application year. </p>
<p>[First-Year</a> Full-Time Undergraduate Student Profile, Fall 2010 - Office of Institutional Research and Assessment](<a href=“http://oira.unc.edu/first-time-freshman-class-profile-fall.html]First-Year”>http://oira.unc.edu/first-time-freshman-class-profile-fall.html)</p>
<p>I’m guessing you are from a metropolitan area? A lot of competitive, AP/IB in-state students think they are a shoo-in and devalue how strong Carolina is because people with lower stats will get in. To paraphrase the company line for this demographic ‘you aren’t going to find many schools that you can get into, are cheaper, and academically better than Carolina.’ </p>
<p>That said, here are some reaches. Vanderbilt meets full need for aid, Davidson has a no-loan financial aid policy.</p>
<p>On the pricier end: Emory University. Barnard College (all girls college of Columbia University). Maybe look at other all-girls LACs as they are an admissions bargain for someone with your stats.</p>
<p>Safety: Find a school that will give you full tuition or a full ride (e.g. University of Alabama with the presidential scholarship).</p>
<p>I don’t think you have a strong chance at top 10-15 schools but you can always throw a Hail Mary app to the school of your choice.</p>
<p>Hope that helps. Best of luck with your search.</p>
<p>JohnBlack, your answer was wonderful, thank you! But, I do have a couple things to address:</p>
<p>I go to school in a moderately rural area. My high school is next to a wheat field and it’s on the outskirts of Greensboro. I myself live in a small town next to Greensboro with a population of about 7,000. So, while I hope my scores are good enough, I know that there are much bigger fish than me trying to get into UNC.</p>
<p>I’ll look more into LAC’s with the hopes of getting scholarships. My family is fortunate enough to not qualify for any need-based aid, but still 30-40,000 a year would be a hit for us that we aren’t exactly prepared for. </p>
<p>Thank you for all the information, it was much appreciated! If I don’t get into UNC (EA) and I don’t end up applying anywhere else, I’ll just apply for later deadlines of NCSU and Appalachian. So I’m not looking heavily into safeties right now.</p>
<p>Two observations, the first a caveat, both based on watching my daughter and several of her friends matriculate at Carolina this past fall:</p>
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<li><p>There is NO SUCH THING as any individual, nor any application/#s, that I would call a “sure thing” at Carolina, regardless of how impressive ones SAT scores, class rank, GPA, # of AP courses, volunteer hours, and/or breadth/depth of extracurricular activities. If anyone is on this site looking for a 100% “you’ll definitely get in,” well, don’t believe that if you hear it.</p></li>
<li><p>Having said that, if you write good essays, you are as close to that mythological person that I say doesn’t exist as you can be. Your scores are fine - don’t listen to anyone who tells you differently. Even from major metros in NC, someone with your profile is very likely to get in.</p></li>
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<p>Econgirl: An aquaintence of mine with similar stats (and full pay) applied to several women’s LACs and found that Agnes Scott in Atlanta was cheaper tuition and they gave her a small merit aid award so you might want to look more closely at that school. </p>
<p>[Top</a> Women’s Colleges - List of Top Women’s Colleges](<a href=“http://collegeapps.about.com/od/collegerankings/tp/top_womens_colleges.htm]Top”>Top Women's Colleges in the U.S.)</p>
<p>Several of these women’s colleges are what were known as the ‘Seven Sisters’. Traditionally each Ivy League school (which used to be all male) had an affiliated “sister” all-girls school. Today, the Ivy league is co-educational and a few of the sister colleges no longer exist. (e.g. Radcliffe was subsumed by Harvard) </p>
<p>[Seven</a> Sisters (colleges) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Sisters_(colleges)]Seven”>Seven Sisters (colleges) - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>If my memory serves, even today students at Bryn Mawr can take classes at UPenn. Students at Wellesley can take classes at MIT or Harvard. Students at Barnard can take classes at Columbia. </p>
<p>In addition, students at Barnard receive a Columbia diploma (signed by Barnard and Columbia presidents) which makes that school very desirable to some applicants – even though Barnard is strong in its own right.</p>
<p>To end my story, I’ll say that my acquaintance (who got into Agnes Scott) ended up choosing Carolina. Even at Carolina you can take one class a semester for free at Duke and NC State. Good luck with your search. It’s always better to make a decision than shuttled into one particular school.</p>
<p>I would bet my entire college savings that your in, I think you should also apply to Davidson.</p>
<p>I agree with uncdude. Coming from a rural area with those stats is actually better than coming from a metro area with the same stats. SO many people come from the larger cities in NC. I’m a freshman and I swear that everybody I’ve meet instate is from either RDU or Charlotte. I’m from Cary, so I fit in that as well. That’s not to say that I haven’t meet tons of people from rural areas, because I have, but the metro areas are obviously more represented. But in the name of diversity, UNC will generally pick the student from a more rural area if there’s like a tie. So if it was between you and someone with the exact same qualification who was from Charlotte or Raleigh, they would likely choose to accept you. But with your stats, you shouldn’t have any problems with that in the first place. </p>
<p>Sure, technically there is no such thing as a 100% yes, but you are definitely like a 99% yes. I know a guy who got into Duke but not UNC, and also a few people who randomly didn’t get in (but later were chosen off the waitlist), but I would say that of my friends, over 95% of those who deserved to get in got in (as well as some who didn’t necessarily deserve it in my opinion).</p>
<p>So basically, don’t worry. Or at least know that you shouldn’t. I was almost 100% positive I would be accepted but I was still freaking out like crazy. </p>
<p>Lastly, good luck! I see tour groups on campus all the time and I think back to last year when I was applying and worrying, and it is AMAZING to be on the other side. UNC is probably the best place in the world.</p>
<p>Everyone, thank you so much! </p>
<p>I’ve taken your advice and extended my search a bit to include some LAC’s and all-women’s colleges but UNC is my first priority for applying. I’ll be touring on Tuesday so I hope that I love it as much as I’ve been hoping.</p>