<p>He appears to be feeling so cool, and I'm the one dreading the wait:(</p>
<p>OOS
SAT 2220
ACT 32 (did not submit)
5 AP's Human Geography, US history, World History, Calc AB and Chemistry - all 5
Varsity swimming all 4 years, club swimming 7 years, Varsity water polo 3 years
One summer job as a life guard
lots of clubs
Many volunteer hours (200+)
Senior year loaded with 7 AP's
Mid year report all A's
End of junior year ranked 10/851 (county is recalculating ranks as we speak after 1st sem)
I assume good recommendation letters
Very competitive magnet HS program
2 international trips with magnet (China in 2012, Eastern Europe in 2013)
Kakehashi program to Japan (1 of 20 students chosen from his school all expenses paid)</p>
<p>Looks fine to me, about as strong of a chance as any other OOS student has. That’s the problem with Carolina- if you’re out of state, chances decrease exponentially. But you probably know that. Judging from his good test scores, great class rank, and other stats, I’d say he has a good chance. I’m skeptically of giving a numerical chance to OOS students Though, since the admissions process is so finicky.</p>
<p>Does he really want to go to UNC-CH? What State do you live in? I can see it, if you are from the south. I’ve been spending a lot of time thinking about UNC-CH. These are my thoughts. With only 18% max. OOS accepted, and the HUGE divergence in stats between IS and OOS accepted students, (I’m sure that IS will disagree, but the numbers are the numbers) why would anyone from OOS want to attend? Surely, it has to be more than those pretty powder blue uniforms. For example, an IS applicant with 1860 SAT, no SAT II and a 3.3 GPA is likely to be accepted, while an OOS applicant with a 2050 SAT, and 3.6 GPA is likely to be rejected. Moreover, of the 18% OOS students accepted, I bet at least 10% of those are from VA, SC, GA, TN and MD. The school has to be VERY southern. That leaves about 8% for the kids from the northeast, mid-west and west. I just don’t get it. While I love the A.C.C. schools, I think that maybe there are better for OOS to choose from.</p>
<p>As far as being “really southern” I kinda disagree. Obviously it’s a state school so most people are from North Carolina but I was really surprised by how many people are from Northern states, especially New York and New Jersey. Plus it’s a great school!</p>
<p>With that performance and minority status (hispanic), your son can pretty much choose where he wants to go. Unless he has poor rec’s, Harvard, Stanford, Princeton and other top schools are well within reach. That’s why he is being so cool:-) That said, applying OOS to Carolina is still a toss up because of the 18% limit.</p>
<p>^“Pretty much choose where he wants to go” is a bit of an exaggeration. Last year when I was applying I was considered a URM (Native American) and had a 35 ACT/36 superscore. I still got flat-out rejected from Harvard and honors/scholarship programs at several state schools (all three of my Alabama “safeties”), and only managed to get one full ride ride–which happened to be for UNC.</p>
<p>We know none of the schools he applied to are guarantees, it is unfortunately the name of the game. Son applied to 12 schools and we’ll see what happens once letters start coming in. UNC will be his first decision, our state school decision comes mid February and all the rest come by April 1!!! Very stressful wait:(</p>
<p>Saona63…I think UNC is one of the most difficult colleges to predict for out-of-state applicants. Did your son apply for the Morehead-Cain or Robertson scholarships?</p>