Demographics
African (Haitian), Male, living in Texas. Below 55K bracket.
Academics
3.8 Weighted GPA 4.0 scale
No school rank, because am homeschooled
1200 new SAT
Currently going to my community college for ap classes 15AP classes(Japanese1&2,college algebra1&2,art app,English1&2,socgi,physics,history, yet to decide on the rest).
Awards
3 Robot team awards
First runner-up for dean’s list state(Robotics team)
Choose for Police youth advisory
Choose for AP class at local community college
Extracurricular:Robotics team,2 religious bus tours, summer STEM program
Job/work Experience: Work 2 jobs currently
Volunteer/Community service: Went around Canada doing community service 1 month
Teacher recommendation: 2 (non-family)
Hooks: None (youngest of 4 children family, all in college)
Our OOS high school usually has a couple of students admitted each year to UNC-CH; and, with the exception of legacy students, our admitted students have SAT scores of 1350+, and weighted GPAs of 4.5+ on a 5.0 scale. Other kids in our city who I know were admitted to UNC-CH recently have also had similar statistics. All of these kids, however, were “unhooked” in admissions parlance (i.e., not a recruited D-1 athlete, or URM, first-generation college student, etc.).
If you have looked at the UNC-CH common data set, you will see that under Part C7 it states that standardized test scores, application essay, and letter(s) of recommendation are “very important” academic factors considered for freshman admission, whereas GPA is an “important” academic factor considered for freshman admission.
The fact that you are a URM (not sure if you’re an immigrant), should help. The real question is, can your intangibles overcome your lower test scores and GPA? I don’t know, that may be tough.
Assuming that you are a senior, did you apply EA? If not, can you retake the SAT prior to the RD application deadline in an attempt to boost your score? (Perhaps taking a test preparation class to help.)
Also, the UNC-CH admissions policy limits the admission of OOS students to 18% of an incoming freshman class, so there is a lot of competition to fill those OOS slots. And, as another thread discusses, the UNC-CH Admissions Office has admitted too many students the past couple of years, and the university has been hit with a financial penalty for doing so; consequently, there may be some pressure to scale back admissions of OOS students just a little.