Type - international ( majors in economics)
Sat 1420/1600
Percentage - 87.3(11th grade) and predicted 91.8%
Extra curriculars include few sports like cricket and badminton, ownership of a business with a turnover of 8,000 - 10,000 USD(CONVERTED), 16 MUNs and few volunteering experiences.
Also suggest any other colleges if possible
Generally, the chances for OOS applicants to UNC-CH are somewhat problematic due to the highly competitive nature of OOS applications there: UNC-CH admits OOS applicants in numbers that are calculated not to exceed 18% of an entering freshman class. See “Undergraduate Admissions” on Page 2, here: http://www.admissions.unc.edu/files/2013/09/Admissions__Policy.pdf. As a further example of the difficulty for OOS students to be admitted to UNC-CH, the entering Class of 2021 had a 14% acceptance rate for OOS applicants: http://admissions.unc.edu/apply/class-profile-2/.
If you look at the UNC-CH Common Data Set, here, https://oira.unc.edu/files/2017/07/cds_2016_2017_20170411.pdf, under Part C7 it states that standardized test scores, application essay(s), letter(s) of recommendation, and the rigor of your high school record are “very important” academic factors considered for freshman admission, whereas GPA and class rank are “important” academic factors considered for freshman admission. Extracurricular activities, talent, and character/personal qualities are considered as “very important” non-academic factors.
Further, Part C9 of the Common Data Set for UNC-CH gives the median 50% for both SAT and ACT scores, as well as the percentage of the entering first-year class falling within certain ranges of SAT and ACT scores; Part C11 gives the percentage of entering first-year students falling within a range of unweighted GPA on a 4.0 scale, and Part C12 gives the average high school GPA of first-year applicants.
By way of comparison, our OOS high school usually has 8-10 students who apply, and 1-2 students who are admitted, each year to UNC-CH; and, with the exception of legacy students, our admitted students have SAT scores of 1490+, ACT scores of 33+, and weighted GPAs of 4.4+. These successful applicants also were involved in extracurricular activities that showed commitment over time (no “drive-by” ECs), and demonstrated leadership in the school as well as their ECs. Other kids in our city who I know were admitted to UNC-CH recently also had similar academic statistics and non-academic characteristics; and all of these kids were “unhooked” in admissions parlance (i.e., not a recruited D-1 athlete, or a URM, first-generation college student, etc.).
Having stated all of the above, your SAT score – a “very important” factor in admissions at UNC-CH – is a bit low for an OOS applicant; I don’t know how your GPA translates for admission purposes. If you have good essays and letters of recommendation, that will help.
If you haven’t applied already, you may find yourself running up against UNC-CH’s January 15 deadline for remaining undergraduate applicants; and inasmuch as you are asking for recommendations for other schools (presumably to study economics), you may have similar deadline issues elsewhere (assuming that you aren’t too late at this point).
Do you have preferences for the size/geographic location/remoteness of a school where you might wish to study economics?
Thanks for the response.
No, i do not have any region specific preference for my preferred college.
I am sending you a PM.