Chance me please! :)

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
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<p>SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (720 CR, 780 Math, 800 Writing)</p>

<p>SAT II: 750 Math 1, 730 U.S History (too low?)</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0</p>

<p>Weighted GPA: 6.367 (from IB/AP classes)</p>

<p>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 1 % of class of 700 students</p>

<p>AP (place score in parenthesis): AP World History (5), AP Macroeconomics (5), AP Government (4), AP English Language (4), AP European History (4), AP U.S History (5), AP English Literature (4), AP Calculus AB (5).</p>

<p>IB (place score in parenthesis): IB Mathematics (6 out of 7), taking HL History, HL English, HL Spanish, and HL Chemistry this year.</p>

<p>Senior Year Course Load: 5 IB classes, 1 AP class, 1 Dual Enrollment class.</p>

<p>Awards: Top 20 Teams in the Nation Eurochallenge Competition, AP Scholar with Distinction, Passed an Amendment in my local district requiring all county calendars to include Diwali (the Indian New Year), Silver Knight Nominee: Mathematics Category (more details below), Chatham University Book Award, Boston Invitational MUN Outstanding Delegate 2011, FIMUN Best Delegate 2010, FIMUN Best Delegate 2011, Global Classrooms MUN Honorable Mention 2011, 1st Place Economics District 26 FBLA, Principal’s Honor Roll (lol).</p>

<p>Extracurriculars: Model UN Secretary Grades 11-12, Eurochallenge Competitor, President of Junior Statesmen of America Club 11-12, Vice President of FBLA Club 11-12, Master of Ceremonies for Sindhi Association of Florida Grades 10-11(community group), Children’s Diwali Ball Dance Participant Grades 2-9, Aftercare Program and Tutoring at local Elementary school Grades 9-11, Mu Alpha Theta Club Member, National Honor Society Member Grades 11-12, Piano player Grades 9-10.</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience: Internship with Economics professor.</p>

<p>Volunteer/Community service: (2 major projects, few minor) First-Student Ambassador and Board Member for an orphanage that I’ve worked with for the past 4 years (Grades 9-12), Organized Massive Drive (70+ boxes of items to send) for orphanage, Organize local fundraisers, took a Service Trip to the orphanage where I designed a floor plan for building extension and went into tribal zones to find more kids. Second- Founder of Mathematicians in the Making Math Camp Grades 11-12 for underprivileged children in my local community who cannot afford personal tutors and are struggling through their math classes, received Silver Knight Nomination for it. (Minor Volunteer at local hospital Grades 10-11, Thanksgiving and Christmas Toy Drives with local shelter, Autism Walks and Relay for Life.</p>

<p>Summer Activities: Columbia University 3-week Summer Program Grade 9, Georgetown University 2-week Summer Program Grade 10, Wharton Business School’s Leadership in the Business World Summer Program Grade 11, Organizing and conducting Math Camp (see above), Interning with Economics professor.</p>

<p>Leisure Activities: Scrapbooking, painting, reading, etc.</p>

<p>Essays: Common App was strong in my opinion and did include a bit of humor (hired a personal college counselor who read through it to make sure it was good), attached a Resume in the Additional Documents section, took a LOT of time on the supplement and gave it all that I got. The question was uniquely answered and I tried to include various aspects of my interest/personality. It was pretty witty :)</p>

<p>Teacher Recommendation: Both were amazing: one from math teacher, another from history teacher. Very personalized.</p>

<p>Counselor Rec: Go to a large public high school, so it wasn’t very personalized but still done well.</p>

<p>Additional Rec: From the Director of the orphanage I serve as a board member of. Definitely the best rec when compared to the teacher and counselor recs.</p>

<p>State (if domestic applicant): Florida</p>

<p>School Type: Large Public</p>

<p>Ethnicity: Indian</p>

<p>Gender: Female</p>

<p>Income Bracket: >300k</p>

<p>Strengths: SAT/GPA/Rank/Aps (I think I’m pretty good for the most part when it comes down to numbers), Volunteer activities (especially Service Trip perhaps?), Public Speaking activities, Summer activities.</p>

<p>Weaknesses: SAT II scores aren’t that high, not many national awards, lack of extensive work experience, ethnicity (not in my control lol).</p>

<p>Please let me know what you think! I'm open to constructive criticism, so feel free to be entirely honest! Any suggestions are also welcome! (Sorry if I posted this in the wrong page)</p>

<p>Thanks for your time!</p>

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<p>This is UNC not Stanford. UNC is an incredible school but you are a shoo-in. The GPA and SAT I score alone would get you in honestly. :)</p>

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<p>Lol @ your weaknesses - everything you have here is better than almost anybody I know here, even more than some of my Morehead friends. If you don’t get in, I don’t even know what the world will have come to. I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if you got tapped for the Morehead or Robertson, and if not, you should definitely apply for the Robertson after your first semester if you end up here. Your extracurriculars are RIDICULOUS in the most amazing way possible and I wish I had done all that kind of stuff in high school.</p>

<p>However to Praying, OOS admissions are really not based on GPA and standardized test scores, because they have to turn away a ton of kids who have really good scores. Even IS admissions emphasize the essays a ton, so if you think you did a really good job on those, you’ll be absolutely fine. Whenever I chance people, I always say that OOS is kind of a crap shoot, but you’re almost definitely in.</p>

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<p>You should be applying to better schools than UNC.</p>

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<p>I don’t mean to sound nasty or snarky, but why would you ask to be chanced? Be honest, you know you have a great shot.</p>

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<p>You are basically a lock! Good luck with the process, you will have not only UNC but many other awesome schools to choose from! Chance back ? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-north-carolina-chapel-hill/1257224-oos-any-chance-mediocre-gpa-solid-scores-ecs.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-north-carolina-chapel-hill/1257224-oos-any-chance-mediocre-gpa-solid-scores-ecs.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;