<p>I'm pretty sure I'll get in, but I was wondering if anyone could tell me what kind of merit aid I could expect from UNC based on these stats:</p>
<p>ACT: 34
SAT: 2260
PSAT:228 (National Merit Semifinalist)
AP's: 5's in Psychology, Biology, English 11, Statistics, and World History; 4 in US History
GPA: 4.5 or something weighted.. only 2 or 3 B's in 3 years, top 5% of my class, possibly top 1%</p>
<p>ECs:
Captain of the boys tennis team, 4 years varsity, 2 years manager of girls team
Vice Pres of the band
Founder/Pres of Amnesty International Student Group
Swim team 4 years varsity</p>
<p>Jobs:
Month long trail crew job in Colorado this summer, Lifeguarding, teaching swim lessons</p>
<p>I'm out of state, from Illinois. Any insight would be great!</p>
<p>If you get NMF, you get an automatic $1k a year scholarship. Other merit aid is EXTREMELY hard to come by, though. And don’t be positive that you’re getting in… OOS is ridiculously competitive.</p>
<p>My 2c: I know this sounds like the talk of AdCouns but I truly believe essays are extremely important at UNC. My son is OOS freshman and was told on these boards that he had a “15%” chance to get in but his essays were truly heartfelt about a life changing event and I believe that is what got him noticed. On the other hand there were those who had more APs, higher SATs and GPAs that didn’t get in so I have to believe it comes down to more than just the numbers.</p>
<p>I think you look good for admittance but I wouldn’t expect any merit aid. Being a state university, they heavily favor giving that to in-state students. </p>
<p>My daughter was a NMF, valedictorian of her OOS public high school, had a 2310 SAT score, started her own service project, had 5s on every AP she took (including the hard ones like Physics and Calc BC as a junior) and was picked out of the admission pool (they picked 5 out of the 12,000 early action applicants) to be a Morehead-Cain finalist. She loved the finalist weekend and ended up choosing UNC even though she didn’t get the scholarship! (she turned down the non financial aid Echols Scholarship at UVA)The only merit money she gets from UNC is the $1000 for being a NMF. </p>
<p>If your family can swing it, UNC is a lovely, wonderful place to be and I couldn’t recommend it more highly! So…apply anyway and see how it goes!</p>
<p>I would definitely say apply for the Morehead and Robertson scholarships. There isn’t that much money for merit aid in the first place, and UNC doesn’t give very much to out of staters. They do have scholarship day for the top students (it’s like 130 or so of the top top applicants minus the moreheads and robertsons). I don’t think that regular decision hears about that until after they’re notified in March, and if you do not get invited, you are not getting merit aid as an OOSer.</p>
<p>It’s too late to apply for the Morehead and since the OP is OOS, there is no way to apply for it anyway. As an OOS student, you either have to be from a nominating school (and receive your school’s nomination) or be recommended to the Foundation for consideration by the Admissions office.</p>
<p>As far as chances, you are very competitive but there is no such thing as a guaranteed admission to UNC for OOS students. </p>
<p>As riogemini said, essays are very important in the UNC admission process. Don’t take them lightly.</p>