Chance me please!!! (UNC Chapel Hill, USC, UT Austin) Will chance back!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hi! I’m a senior and UNC, USC and UT Austin are my top three! Crush my dreams! (I need to hear it)

I’m a prospective Public Relations major for both UNC and USC, and I’m a business major for UT Austin (but I specified that PR is my second choice for UT).

I’m a South Asian (Indian) female from a competitive public high school in New Jersey. So I’m out-of-state for all these schools.

NUMBERS:
Weighted GPA: 3.82 (I know it’s awful)
SAT score: 2090 (750 reading, 680 math, 660 writing)
Math II Subject SAT: 710
Did not take the ACT
AP Exams: 5 in Calculus AB, 4 in Microeconomics, 3 in Macroeconomics, yet to take Statistics
No school rank available

COURSEWORK:
Honors Classes: Honors Physics 1, Honors Chemistry 1, Honors Pre-AP Calculus, Honors English 1, Honors English 2
AP Classes: AP Statistics, AP Calculus AB, AP Economics, AP French V

EXTRACURRICULARS:
Editor in Chief of high school newspaper (1 year)
Staff writer in school newspaper (4 years)
Member of Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) school chapter (2 years)
Member of student statewide (Garden State) Scholastic Press Association (2 years)
Violinist in school orchestra (4 years)
Member in school’s Leadership Alliance, which is a form of student government (1 year)
Reporter for Scholastic Kids Press (1 year)

AWARDS:
1st place in Feature Writing statewide for published news article
2nd place in In-Depth Reporting statewide for published news article
3rd place in In-Depth Reporting statewide for published news article
4th place in Public Speaking I statewide in FBLA
Member of English Honors Society
Consistent Honor Roll student within school

COMMUNITY SERVICE:
Volunteered at our temple (3-4 months)
Volunteered at Learning Ally which produces audiobooks for blind and dyslexic (5-6 months)

WORK EXPERIENCE:
Paid tutor at Kumon (2 years)
Paid freelancing reporter at township newspaper (1 1/2 years)

ESSAYS:
Pretty great all around… I’m a strong writer and I’m especially proud of my essays

Thank you so much! Once again, please don’t be afraid to be harsh!

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bump

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I think at USC you have a great chance. It sounds like a great fit and has one of the best business programs. This goes for the same with UNC, however I believe UNC will be a little more of a reach OOS than USC for you. Overall, it looks good! Unweighted GPA?

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@camtheman98 Really??? Thank you so much! But I’m not applying to the business program at USC, I’m applying to the School of Communication and Journalism.
Also my unweighted Gpa is so bad that I didn’t even wanna put it! It’s a 3.67.

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As a guy from Texas out of state acceptance is very tough. UT accepts only 10% of its class via out of state applicants so be prepared for a high chance of rejection. Make sure you highlight what sets you apart in your essay’s and I’m sure you’ll be alright. I agree with @camtheman98 though that youll have a better chance at USC simply because Unc and ut accept most of its class from in state.

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yeah @LordJay97 UNC has to have at least 82% from in state students

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USC? South Carolina? Southern Cal?

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@LordJay97 @camtheman98 thank you for your feedback! I’ll keep that in mind! And @2muchquan I’m so sorry, I should have specified, USC in my case is Southern California

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one last bump for the road?

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UNC will be a big reach for OOS. Cannot comment on the others.

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Since when was a 3.82 a bad GPA??

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@jman457 3.82 is my weighted GPA! I see many more people on here with much higher unweighted GPAs, and many counselors and other students told me I was lacking in the GPA department… But thank you for saying that! It made me feel much better! :slight_smile:

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An UW GPA of 3.67 is probably about 85% of college bound seniors. How that measures up depends on what kind of schools you are aiming at - overall, it’s probably on the low side for an out-of-state applicant to these particular state flagships, but not ridiculously low.

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@NickFlynn thank you for your feedback! I’ll admit that from a numbers standpoint, I’m a pretty average student. Hopefully admissions will see something they like in my essays or extracurriculars!