Chance me!

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
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<p>Hey CC! I'm currently a junior, and I'm starting to freak out about colleges. I'm applying to multiple schools because I'm not really sure where I want to attend, but UNC - Chapel Hill is definitely higher up on my list. My stats are really all around subpar/mediocre, so I'm hoping that I get lucky with one of my applications!</p>

<p>Grades:
Unweighted GPA: should be in the 3.56-57 range; school doesn't unweigh grades
Weighted GPA: 4.1888
---> on a side note, this GPA is w/ summer adjustments. Does UNC offer rolling admissions?
Rank:
Top 10% - Our school provides our percentile rankings in increments of ten, i.e., top 40%, top 30%, top 20%, top 10%, etc. They do provide specific percents upon requests, however. I think my rank would be in the top 7-8%.</p>

<p>Course Rigor:
I took the hardest classes available at my school. I've taken 2 AP classes my sophomore year, I'm taking three AP classes this year (junior year), and I'm scheduled to take 5 AP classes senior year. The classes that aren't AP are all honors classes. </p>

<p>Standardized Testing:
ACT: Haven't taken it yet, but practice tests put my score in the 29-32 range
SAT: Taking it March 12, wish me luck! Practice results have been 1850 (this result was roughly 8 months ago), 1990, 2040 (my most recent score).
--> I haven't prepared as much as I'd liked for the standardized testing, so I'm going to study roughly 5 hours a day during the summer and take each test two more times. My target scores would be 2200 and 32-34, hopefully those are plausible. </p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Debate Team - Captain Jr & Sr year (I'm not a senior yet, but the coach already let me know in advance that I'd be the captain for the 2011-2012 year as well)
Newspaper Club - Associate Sports Editor Jr year, coming back Sr year
Tennis - Sophomore year, coming back Jr and Sr year (junior year tennis season hasn't started yet)
Volleyball - Freshman year
Football + Wrestling - Freshman and Sophomore year</p>

<p>Oh, and my GPA shows a relatively sharp upward trend. If there's anything else you'd like to know, please tell me! I'd love college suggestions for me to look into. I'm looking for a larger school, but I have no qualms about smaller schools. I'd prefer a college near a sports city (i.e., Boston, Chicago, LA, St.L). Obviously, high academic standards area plus. I want to eventually go to Law School, and I'm considering business for college. Here are some other schools I'm applying to, please chance me there as well? And yes, this is basically copied/pasted off of my UIUC post... (8</p>

<p>Northwestern University (probably won't get in, but it's such a nice school...)
Carnegie Mellon University
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
New York University
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Notre Dame
Boston University
University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign
University of Illinois in Chicago (UIC)
University of Virginia
University of Southern California
University of Washington</p>

<p>Thanks! (:</p>

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<p>You forgot the biggest factor. In state or out?</p>

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<p>Out of state! ):</p>

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<p>What’s the highest GPA available at your school [weighted?]</p>

<p>For OOS, I would think you should have atleast a 4.6</p>

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<p>the highest GPA available should be a 4.81; but no one in my graduating class has a 4.8. Does UNC look at GPA and class rank holistically? I think I’m still in the top 7%, although that’s probably still below the requirements for UNC! ):</p>

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<p>I was scheduled to take the SAT on March 12, but my debate coach convinced me to go to the state tournament instead. I took third place at state, and was named an All-State debater. I’m hoping that this adds some more substance to my relatively weak transcript!</p>

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<p>Well yes they take your class rank into consideration as well with your GPA. It shows whether or not your school is very competitive or not.</p>

<p>I would suggest maintaining good grades your junior and senior year to raise your GPA. With all those APs, it should definitely go up! Good luck and don’t worry : )</p>

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<p>Got a 32 on the ACT, any input? ;o
Also, I’m taking it 3 more times. Hoping to end up with a 34-35.</p>