chances for an OOSer

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
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<li><p>SAT I (breakdown): 2290 [760 CR, 800 M, 730 W] Retook in November as well. </p>

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<li>ACT: 34</li>
<li>SAT II: Math II 800, Physics 770, US History 780</li>
<li>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0; 5.2 weighted.</li>
<li>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 / 116</li>
<li>AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Bio: 4, AP Euro: 5, AP Cal AB: 5, AP Phy B 5, Calc BC 5, Envi. Sci 4., US History 5, Eng. Lang 5. Taking 10 exams this year. </li>
<li>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): </li>
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<p>Subjective:
* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS, president and founder of MAO, president of Science NHS.
* Volunteer/Community service: 300 hours at a summer program . been a student since 6th grade summer, 1000+ hrs.
* Sports: I played varsity tennis two years, we didn't have it this year. I play tennis at a club as well, as well as rec basketball for two years.
* Essays: I wrote great ones.
* Recs: Teachers showed them, superb. </p>

<p>Other
* State (if domestic applicant): Florida
* School Type: charter
* Ethnicity: Indian
* Gender: M
* Income Bracket: 75K
* Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): No, but if my parents went to college outside of America, does that count for anything?</p></li>
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<p>Our school really isn't good at all, and it offers 15 AP courses in total, except few pass them. I've already passed more ap courses than last year's valedictorian. Taught myself multi-var calculus + linear algebra, and currently studying real analysis. </p>

<p>Any other comments/suggestions are greatly appreciated.</p>

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<p>I think you’re in! Apply for some Ivy leagues and top 10 schools, you won’t be disappointed.</p>

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<p>Thanks. Anyone else?</p>

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<p>Unless you are American Indian, I don’t think you will be classified as a URM at most schools you would be applying to.</p>

<p>You are very competitive for UNC but their admissions process is such that there are no locks or guarantees. With your heavy concentration of community service ECs I would recommend that you also submit the application for Robertson Scholarship consideration.</p>

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<p>Yeah, I’m Asian, so that would make me an ORM =[</p>

<p>I heard about the Robertson Scholarship but I was under the impression that UNC auto-recommends you during evaluation if they feel you are a good candidate. Is there a point to applying separately?</p>

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<p>Absolutely. That way you KNOW they (Robertson) will look at your application rather than taking a chance that admissions will send it on.</p>

<p>It’s a fabulous opportunity. My son’s best friend and roommate was a Robertson; my son was a Morehead. Don’t leave it to chance, besides it lets them know you are interested as well.</p>

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<p>Alright, I will apply. Thanks. Out of curiosity, why do you think your son was accepted into the program? Both are pretty selective, so the more information I have the better =]</p>