Chance me for UNC-CH/NCSU/ECU

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I feel that I'm a match for NCSU and ECU is my safety, but I digress, here are my stats.</p>

<p>Education
• Weighted/Un-weighted GPA: (4.5/3.56)
• Class Rank: 4 out of 343
• ACT: 31
• SAT
o Critical Reading: 620
o Math: 680
o Writing: 650
o Overall: 1950 (Retaking in October, hoping for 2100+)</p>

<p>Awards/Honors</p>

<p>• 9th Grade
o A/B Honor Roll</p>

<p>• 10th Grade
o A/B Honor Roll</p>

<p>• 11th Grade
o A/B Honor Roll
o Inducted into the Knightdale High School Chapter of the National Honor Society
o Junior Marshall for Knightdale High School
o Nominated by Knightdale High School and Wake County for Governor’s School</p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities
• Vice President of Key Club
o Junior and Senior Year
o Community Service
• Participated in Read Across America, where we read to kids at Forestville Elementary
• Worked Backstage at International Festival
• Volunteered at the Soup Kitchen</p>

<p>• Public Relations Officer of JOOI Club
o Junior and Senior Year
o Community Service
• Made Peanut butter and Jelly sandwiches for a homeless shelter
• Participated in the Angel Tree program, where we bought kids clothes and toys for Christmas</p>

<p>• Member of National Honor Society
o Junior and Senior Year
o Community Service
• Participated in the March of Dimes</p>

<p>• Founder/President of Guitar Club
o All 4 years of High School</p>

<p>• Member of ITS
o Junior/Senior Year
o Worked on the play Voices doing projections as well as sound for the class plays Competition Piece and Hoods </p>

<p>• Tennis Team
o Senior Year</p>

<p>• Tutor
o Tutored kids in Geometry freshmen year</p>

<p>• Attended the summer program FELC: President of Company</p>

<p>• Theatre
o Lead Sound designer</p>

<p>• Worked with Drama Teacher: Worked at a Drama Camp at Wake Tech over the summer (2 weeks) (2012)</p>

<p>• Governors School Nominee/Applicant</p>

<p>Community Service – (Individual)
• Volunteered at the Food Bank
• Escort for the KHS Open House
• Volunteered at the Knightdale Business Expo</p>

<p>Other things for consideration:
In-State
First Generation
In a competitive county, but in a really non-competitive school.</p>

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<p>Bump 10char</p>

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<p>bump 10char</p>

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<p>You should get into ECU and NC State. NC State could be a little harder if you are applying to one of their more selective programs (Engineering, Design, Textiles), but you still look good. UNC is always hard. Your stats fall into their middle 50%, so you have a decent shot. Improve those SAT scores and do a really good job on your essays. I have a child at UNC and NCSU and both schools are great! Good luck!</p>

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<p>Thanks for the reply!</p>

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<p>bump 10char</p>

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<p>one last bump. Also, UW GPA is actually 3.625</p>

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<p>Forgot about my AP Exams
AP English Language: 5
AP European History: 3
AP Psychology: 4 (Took as a sophomore)</p>

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<p>For NCSU and ECU, your stats are very solid (with the noted exceptions for State’s ultra competetive schools)… Chapel Hill will depend on your application. For an in-state student, you are squarely slotted in the middle 50% range for in-state students. The exception I see is possibly your unweighted GPA. That is, however, offset somewhat by your overall class rank. Your comment that you are “In a competitive county, but in a really non-competitive school” is curious to me. Do students from your high school perform well at Chapel Hill? The admissions team may look at that as a predictor of your success.</p>

<p>UNC really does take time to read through each application. So, in addition to pure statistics, they do as they say in that they try to find out about each student through their application essays, review of leadership roles in you ECs, etc.</p>

<p>Some valuable information can be found at Carolina’s addmissions blog:
[UNC</a> Admissions Blog](<a href=“http://unc-admissions.blogspot.com/]UNC”>http://unc-admissions.blogspot.com/)</p>

<p>Also, here is some info on the UNC’s Class of 2016:
[UNC</a> News - Preliminary Profile: 2012 UNC-Chapel Hill First-Year Class](<a href=“http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/5499/75/]UNC”>http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/5499/75/)</p>

<p>If you are strongly considering UNC, work toward A’s in your upcoming classes, look for strong leadership roles in your EC activities and focus on producing a strong and creative application.</p>

<p>Best of luck to you!</p>