What are my chances for:
University of Richmond
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC)
NC State
University of North Carolina at Wilmington (UNCW)
I applied regular decision for all of the schools listed above.
I live in North Carolina and I’m a white female.
My weighted GPA is 4.4 and unweighted is 3.55
My super scored SAT is a 1970 (680 critical reading, 640 math, 650 writing)
My ACT score was a 28
I go to a nationally ranked public high school with a very competitive and academically oriented student body.
Junior year classes:
AP Environmental Science, scored a 5 on the AP test
AP US History, scored a 4 on the AP test
AP French Language and Culture, scored a 3 on the AP test
Honors English III
Foods I
Honors Pre-Calculus
Senior year classes:
AP US Government and Politics
AP Literature
Honors Civil War and American West
Honors French Conversation and Composition
GPA on first semester was a 5.25 weighted and 3.75 unweighted
I have a total of 6 years of French.
Highest math class I’ve taken is honors pre-calculus.
All of the non-AP classes I’ve taken were honors when it was an option except for geometry freshman year.
3 years as a variety member of my school’s swim team. (not competing this year due to injuries, don’t plan on swimming in college)
3 years as a member of FCCLA, treasurer for 2. Won gold at FCCLA nationals summer of 2014. Helped to coordinate several fundraisers to benefit the community
2 years as a member of NTHS, currently club president.
Member of NHS.
Active member of my church youth group.
4 years member of the social justice academy.
Work experience as a lifeguard and camp counselor.
I’ve been a TA for a 9th grade honors English class.
I’ve already been accepted at High Point University.
I feel like you have a pretty good chance, especially because you live in state! Your ec’s are great. The only thing that doesn’t seem to reach the average unc score is the unweighted GPA. But chapel hill really makes sure to look at the whole person, not just a single number will make or break you. Your APs should help you out. The other big thing are recommendations, did you have a good teacher to write you one?
@onmyway7 I had my APES teacher and my AP Euro teacher (he graduated top of his class from Stanford Law) write my recs and I know they both wrote good ones. Any idea about Richmond?
URichmond- No idea, I know literally know nothing about that school except that their mascot is a spider
UNC-CH- high match (UW GPA and scores are a tad low, but UNC does holistic admissions)
NC State- match
UNCW- low match
Oh sorry I totally forgot about the others! I honestly hardly know anything about Richmond. I feel like You have a good chance at NCstate. I really think you could get into uncw, good safety!
I think U of R could go either way for you. You have excellent course rigor, but your SAT and ACT are low, along with your unweighted GPA (although they look at unweighted core gpa). 25th percentile for sat, act, and unweighted core gpa at richmond are 1970, 30, and 3.59 respectively. U of R is holistic though, so these objective factors can’t be used to accurately determine if you’ll be admitted.
Your grades are great and your sat scores are in the range for the schools you listed. You’re so lucky that your school offers a course dedicated to the civil war! You have a unique course selection and sufficient extracurriculars. I would say that you are about a match for the schools you listed. Good luck with your college decisions
