Chances at UNC? Out of state; possible hook.

<p>I'm an out of state student and I know my academic stats aren't great but I've been a cyber student throughout my entire high school career in order to travel for training. My accomplishments as an athlete are what I think could be a hook, but you tell me. </p>

<p>1830 SAT
3.7 GPA
2 AP classes
2 honors classes
National Honor Society
Girl Scout for 12 years (various service projects; silver & bronze awards earned)
Athlete: National champ; 2 national records; jr. world team; competed abroad at world champs 2x (ps it's not a collegiate sport so I can't be recruited)
I write a strong essay.</p>

<p>Do you think, despite being out of state, that my athletic accomplishments could even out my academic weaknesses, and I could get accepted? Thanks for reading :)</p>

<p>Highly doubt it, unless UNC classifies your participation as a hook. UNC is highly competitive for OOS students (15% acceptance rate this year). You need to shine as an OOS student, and that means grades, test scores, great ECs and letters of recommendation.</p>

<p>psychodad10 i didn’t even realize it was so competitive for out of state. i knew it was a good school and i saw that admission rates were 30% and i thought i stood a chance! lol</p>

<p>By law, they take 82% of the class from NC- if you look at the numbers, there are probably only 700-800 OOS students enrolled per class, so it is really competitive. But they seem to be less focused on test scores and more on the whole package. My son was accepted (superscored ACT 32), 3.83 UW GPA. I think his essays really helped, as did his LOR, one which was written by a Cardiologist at Harvard Medical School.</p>

<p>The 18 percent out-of-state cap is actually not a law. The UNC Board of Governors is currently considering a proposed change to their self imposed policy to increase the systemwide cap to 22 percent. To numerically quantify that change, that would have allowed UNC-CH to admit 204 more out-of-state students to last year’s incoming first year class. If adopted, it could go into effect as early as next year.</p>

<p>I got accepted OOS as a junior transfer student. My high school grades were terrible. I probably had a 3.2. My SATs were bad I didn’t even submit them. I wasn’t apart of National Honor Society because I thought it was a load of BS (it is, all y’all suckas do it just to try and put something on a resume)</p>

<p>I improved my grades in college but they still weren’t amazing aside from a couple of good grades in some tough courses.</p>

<p>What set me apart was the stuff I did outside the classroom. What you do inside school is important but if you really want to separate yourself, you gotta get your hands dirty.</p>

<p>I felt passionate about a certain social/environmental issue so I wrote every senator in the US, and then organized and hosted an event to raise awareness about this issue. This was all done outside of school, and was something I felt passionate about.</p>

<p>I’ve also had some really good volunteer experience that directly involves what I want to major in. </p>

<p>Grades will only get you so far.</p>

<p>I’ll leave you with some lyrics from a Sho Baraka song.</p>

<p>“I’m at this open mic
All these poets wanna complain about the world but ain’t nobody changing it/
I’m sitting in this class
All students want to argue about change man but ain’t nobody doing it/
I’m sitting in this church
The preacher man is teaching about a new life but ain’t nobody living it/
(ain’t nobody living it)”</p>

<p>Get out in the world and DO SOMETHING. That is what separates you from the rest. DO SOMETHING!</p>

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<p>I don’t know what your athletic background is, but if you think it can be a hook, contact the sport coach ASAP.</p>