Chance me for UNC-CH? Class of 2020 (EA)

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
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Stats:
SAT I: 2120 (superscore), 2070 (one sitting)
ACT: 34 (English 35, Math 35, Reading 34, Science 31)
GPA: 3.926 out of 4.000 I honestly messed up real bad my junior year…
Freshman year: 4.477, Sophomore year: around a 4.000, Junior year: around a 3.5 (yes I know my GPA plummeted, yes it is completely my fault), Senior year: right now it’s around a 4.200
Rank/percentile: Top 20%

Extracurriculars:
Varsity Golf for 1 year
Varsity Lacrosse for 3 years (captain junior year)
Student volunteer at local hospital for 3 years (orthopedics dept and PACU)
Local youth symphony orchestra for 3 years (first violin)
Chamber quartet for 2 years (1st violin)
Latin club for 3 years
National Latin Exam award winner for 3 years
National Latin Honor Society for 3 years
National Honors Society for 2 years (private one on one math tutor starting senior year)
FBLA Secretary
All-school mass instrumentalist, member of orch pit for school plays and musicals
High honors awards (school)

Internship/work experience
Over the summer, I interned at a a plastic surgeon’s office in another country. Got a very enriching experience about hospitality and the health care profession, in which I hope to have a career (orthodontist).
I also taught english to middle schoolers while I was in another country this summer

Essays: common app is solid, supplement is great
Teacher Rec (2): both pretty good
Counselor Rec: absolutely the best

Currently a senior at a medium sized private catholic school (VERY rigorous)
Transferred to another school in a different state my sophomore year
Fluent in two languages
Lived in 2 countries, 3 states
Minority female (asian), upper middle class
Out of state applicant, but I lived in NC for 2 years (8th, 9th) and my mom taught at UNC-CH at that time.
Categorized as an international student because I am not a citizen, although I have gone to school in the US since 1st grade. (No green card yet, but soon)

Thanks!
Also: Would UNC-CH care more about GPA or standardized test scores?

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UNC seems to care about class rank. When we were at orientation they spoke about rank a lot, telling us at least three times how many accepted students (it was a pretty high number) were numbers 1-10 in their HS class. That being said, they also spoke about wanting to increase the number of OOS/international students. I was confused by this statement given that by law, they can only take 18% from OOS. I am not exactly sure where they were going with that statement…

You have a lot of positives in your application, but it is impossible to chance you. Your ACT score and GPA are excellent, but your rank seems to be a little low for OOS. That does not mean that they will not accept you- you have a very interesting application. Good luck!

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@twogirls thanks for your input! I can’t really change my rank by much at this point, but thanks anyway for the info!

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you’re not a minority as an Asian. Asians are an overrepresented minority, so while being a minority in the US itself, are well represented in college system. That will be a disadvantage, especially being OOS and/or international

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Good luck! You sound like an amazing student with a lot to offer!

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@twogirls thanks that means a lot! I am just hoping for the best right now and working with what i’ve got. :slight_smile: