Chances for an Unlikely

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<p>Gender: Male
Race: Indian( born in India, lived there for 9 years, learned English at 8)
**Location: **NC</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA: 3.200, same after senior mid- year</p>

<p>Weighted GPA : 3.88 – b/f senior year, senior year mid- year 4.17</p>

<p># of AP/IB/honors courses: 10 AP ; 10 HN</p>

<p>Grade Scale: 93- 100 A, 92- 85 B, 84-77 C… </p>

<p>Freshman: (VA school, moved from Illinois) – not so competitive school
HN English I
World History
Earth Science
Algebra I
Graphic Communications
Health/ PE
French I</p>

<p>Sophomore: (NC school moved for parent jobs)- competitive school
HN English II
HN Civics and Economics
HN Biology
HN Geometry
French II
JROTC
Health/ PE</p>

<p>Junior:
AP US history
AP English Lang
AP Human Geo
HN Chemistry
HN Algebra II
HN French III
JROTC</p>

<p>Junior Summer:
French IV HN</p>

<p>Senior: (plus Midyear grades)
AP STATISTICS- C
AP COM SCI A- B
AP COM SCI AB- A
AP BIOLOGY- C
AP PSYCHOLOGY- B
AP EN SCI- B
AP GOPO US- A
HN English IV- B</p>

<p>Class Rank: 26.5% before senior year, senior year 17.6% ; class size: 450</p>

<p>ACT: 25</p>

<p>AP scores- didn’t submit any... please read on </p>

<p>**
ECs/ Awards/ Honors- as stated in app**
National Honor Society- 12; 1 Hour per week, 34 weeks per year; School Year; Certificate of Membership</p>

<p>National Science Honor Society- 12; 1 Hour per week, 34 weeks per year; School Year; Certificate of Membership</p>

<p>Interact- 9-12; 4 Hours per week, 34 weeks per year; School Year; Board member-10, Vice President-11, President-12, Chairman Grant Give a heart- 11,12</p>

<p>SADD-9-12; 3 Hours per week, 34 weeks per year; School year; Vice President-11, President-12</p>

<p>JROTC- 10-11; 15 Hours per week, 34 weeks per year; School Year; Drill, Color Guard, Orienteering teams; Colonel, Platoon Leader; Awards- Let service (2), JROTC Athletics, personal appearance, proficiency, drill team, Orienteering ribbon, orienteering cord, drill team cord, adventure training (2), Commendation (2), Good Conduct (2), Parade (2), Recruiting (2), Citizenship (3), Service Learning (2), Squad leader, Assistant S1,Excellent Staff Performance, Honor Unit with Distinction, Academic excellence, and Academic achievement</p>

<p>Triad Bio-summer- 11; 60 Hours per week, 2 weeks per year; Summer; Intern; Awards- Certificate of Achievement </p>

<p>Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Volunteen Program- 11; 16 Hours per week, 12 weeks per year; Summer; Adviser; Awards- Certificate of Achievement </p>

<p>Key Club- 9-12; 2 Hours per week, 34 weeks per year; Treasurer- 11,12</p>

<p>Academic Competition- Science and General Knowledge-11-12; 8 Hours per week, 12 weeks per year; School Year; Lettered, Captain Science</p>

<p>YMCA SWIMMING- 9-12; 2 Hours per week, 34 weeks per year; School Year; not for competition</p>

<p>APPALACHIAN LEADERSHIP WEEKEND- 11; 72 hours per week, 3 days; School Year; Certificate of Achievement</p>

<p>JROTC JCLC SUMMER CAMP- 10, 168 hours per week, 1 week per year; Summer ; Iron Man, Best Land Navigation, Platoon Leader, Sergeant]</p>

<p>*RECS: * GREAT nothing really negative</p>

<p>Essays: Excellent but not spectacular </p>

<p>Additional information- MOST IMPORTANT wrote two essays</p>

<p>In my junior year I had to take care of my brother – 1st grade, mom worked out of state due to economy in the housing market, dad had to work evening hours until midnight – lasted until April- GRADES effected big time, effected AP scores- everything went bad to turn it around- I took 7 ap classes 1 hn senior year, 1 hn class over summer w/ 2 programs. </p>

<p>I also have stuttering which affects me everyday- this should make me stand out…</p>

<p>I think you're still a good student regardless of the obstacles you've had to overcome. I think UNC will realize this and commend you for your hard work.</p>

<p>I think you could even have a chance without those reasons because your GPA is definitely not bad.</p>

<p>Also, I think UNC will be impressed by your background and ECs.</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

<p>thank you but do you have exact chances!</p>

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thank you but do you have exact chances!

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<p>no one will have "exact chances"--there's no such thing! we can just give you our own best guess, which may or may not be accurate.</p>

<p>i meant to give chances- like high match etc. the post wasn't clear on that</p>

<p>I think you have a decent shot at getting in, especially if your "sub-par" performance was explained in your essays.</p>

<p>jeudi14-</p>

<p>My post was meant to convey that you have a pretty good chance. :)</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

<p>i don't know; to be honest, i'd say it looks like a reach. in north carolina, i really think a key aspect for applicants is a top 10% class ranking. if not in the top 10%, i think it's necessary to have great SAT/ACT scores to back up stats..</p>

<p>I understand, overall it seems to me like it is a toss-up. UNC is my first school out of the 8 colleges i applied to.</p>

<p>What are your other colleges?</p>

<p>Wake Forest
NC State
Virginia Tech
Case Western
Clemson
Georgia Tech</p>