Hi guys, so I’m an African-American Muslim senior in high school right now and I’m applying to UNC Chapel Hill out of state. What do you think my chances are based on the following information? I had a really rough junior year because I had a lot of personal stuff going on (depression-related) so my grades took a huge hit. I had mostly Bs/As for the first half of the year, but after that I was in a really bad spot so things started to slip.
Freshman Year Courses w/ Final Grades:
Honors Geometry: A-
Honors English: A
Honors Science: B+
Honors Int. Studies: A+
Honors Spanish: A-
International Business: B
Sophomore Year Courses w/ Final Grades:
Honors Biology: A-
Honors Algebra II: A-
Honors English II: A
Honors Spanish: A+
Honors Civics: B+
Honors Int. Relations: B
Junior Year Courses w/ Final Grades***:
AP US History: C
AP Biology: C+
AP Psychology: B-
AP English Lang: C
Honors PreCalculus: B-
Honors Chemistry: B
For senior year classes I’m taking BC Calculus, AP Chemistry, and AP Physics 1 and some electives since I’m in a much better spot now
Test Scores:
SAT: 1300, 660 math/640 reading, 19/24 on the essay
ACT: 34 (33 English, 36 math, 34 reading, 35 science)
AP Exams: 5 on Psychology, 3 on APUSH/AP Lang, 2 on AP Bio
ECs:
Captain for Varsity Cross Country/Track&Field
Captain for school Academic Quiz Team
Class Council Vice President
Student Senate President
Science Fair Club
Chick-Fil-A Leader Academy
Awards:
4x Scholar Athlete
1x AP Scholar
10x Honor Roll student (4 times High Honors)
2x Invitation to school’s Scholar Breakfast, which recognizes top 15 students from each grade
Other:
Tons of volunteer work, too much to write so I’m not gonna list it all here but probably close to 75 hours
I’m a Team Lead for my division at Six Flags New England
My college essays are all very strong according to my AP Lang teacher from last year also
I plan on applying EA to UNC, as well as applying EA to Boston College,UW-Madison (I’d be a legacy student), and URI, and then RD to UConn and Tufts (Tufts only has ED).