Chance Me for Chapel Hill

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
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Asian Male
UW GPA: 3.4
W GPA: 4.0
SAT: 1550/1600 (790 Math, 760 English)
ACT: 34 (36 Math, 32 English, 34 Reading, 33 Science, 29 Writing)
Current Class Rank: 65/419

Course load:
Freshman Year: All honors besides English
Sophomore: All honors
Junior: AP Bio (4) APUSH (3) AP Calc AB (5), Honors French and English
Senior Year: AP Chem, Calc BC, Stat, English, Gov. Honors Physics

Awards: Honor Roll, National Merit Commendation

Extra Curriculars:
Been Working at a tutoring center since I was in 8th Grade
JV Ultimate Frisbee 9th, JV Captain 10th
Varsity Ultimate Frisbee 11th, 12th
Also played in the National Youth Club Championships
Jazz band: Trumpet 3 9th,10th,11th
Relay For Life
Academic Decathalon
60ish hours of community service

Essays and Recommendations: I’m not really sure how to rate these, but I consider them above average but not exceptional.

Note: Athough my GPA seems a bit low, I have gone through improvements throughout the years
Freshman Year: 3.3 UW, 3.6 W Rank: 132/412
Sophomore Year: 3.1 UW, 3.4 W Rank 120/416
Junior Year: 3.5 UW, 4.3 W Rank 81/423
Senior Year: 3.7 UW, 4.6 W Rank 65/419

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In-state applicant or OOS applicant?

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OOS

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My OOS kid got in with a 33 ACT but a high class ranking (3 of 300) and strong ECs.

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Our OOS high school usually has a couple of students admitted each year to UNC-CH; and, with the exception of legacy students, our admitted students have SAT scores of 1350+, ACT scores of 34+, and weighted GPAs of 4.5+. Other kids in our city who I know were admitted to UNC-CH recently have also had similar statistics; and all of these kids were “unhooked” in admissions parlance (i.e., not a recruited D-1 athlete, or URM, first-generation college student, etc.).

If you look at the UNC-CH common data set, under Part C7 it states that standardized test scores, application essay, letter(s) of recommendation, and rigor of your high school record are “very important” academic factors considered for freshman admission, whereas GPA and class rank are “important” academic factors considered for freshman admission. Extracurricular activities, talent, and character/personal qualities are considered as “very important” non-academic factors.

Admission of OOS students is very competitive; and UNC admits OOS applicants in numbers that are calculated not to exceed 18% of an entering freshman class. See “Undergraduate Admissions” on Page 2, here: http://www.admissions.unc.edu/files/2013/09/Admissions__Policy.pdf. Last year’s entering freshman class had a 15% acceptance rate for UNC-CH: http://admissions.unc.edu/apply/class-profile-2/.

Having stated all of the above, your composite ACT score and SAT score certainly make you competitive regarding the standardized testing aspect; your cumulative GPA is problematic although improvement since your 9th-grade year is a positive. Good essays and letters of recommendation (perhaps explaining the slow start in your GPA) should help; but lack of leadership positions in your ECs doesn’t help. Overall, I would put you on the bubble, maybe slightly less than even odds. If you applied EA, you should know something within a month.