Chances Please!!

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
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<p>Hello everyone, i recently started checking out UNC, in fact I will be there in a week, i really love the school but the whole out of state thing worries me... a lot</p>

<p>Location: Large Public High School in SC 2300 + students</p>

<p>Ethnicity: Indian</p>

<p>GPA/Rank: 4.0 UW and 5.1 W Rank 3/510
I will have taken 14 AP's by graduation.</p>

<p>SAT/SAT II's:</p>

<p>This is my weakest part of the application and I know will be the decider, just like the other kid on this forum.</p>

<p>SAT: 1320/1980 - I am going to take one more time, but I like to expect the worse</p>

<p>SAT II's: 760 - US History, 710 Biology</p>

<p>Extra-curriculars: (strongest part of my application)</p>

<p>*I am the Youth Governor of South Carolina's Youth In Government Program, i serve over 1200 students all over the state and I have made significant changes to the program that will last throughout the program.</p>

<p>*Speech and Debate, I served last year as Captain of the largest team in SC, winning 3 state championships. I won 1 state championship this past year and I have qualified to the National Forensic League Nationals 2 times in a row.</p>

<p>*Boy Scouts, I am currently working on my Eagle Project in order to attain my Eagle Badge. I am working with the Red Cross, running a community-wide drive to collect stuff for "care-packages"
As a Boy Scout I am currently serving as a Den Chief, i go to Cub-Scout meetings and lead a Den every Monday, I also served as several leadership positions in my troop.</p>

<p>*Youth Leadership Greenville, A selective leadership program that lasted 1 year, i recently graduated, it is run by the Chamber of Commerce.</p>

<p>*Vision 2020 for Science, A selective group of students were chosen to design a state of the art science facility in our community, the project will be completed in December, and we all get scholarships along with it.</p>

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<li>Beta Club and National Honors Society - Basic service and volunteer clubs, nothing important.</li>
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<p>Basically with my EC's i like to stress Leadership and Service in everything I have done in high school, all my activities represent that. And as a leader, I go beyond serving, I try to implement changes that last.</p>

<p>As you can see my EC's and GPA/Rank are good but my SAT 1320 is what I am really worried about. Does anyone have any comments, or anything that will be of benefit to me, thanks a lot.</p>

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<p>Everything looks up to par for an out of state student except your SAT score. Try taking that again. Try to get a 1450 or higher and you should be just fine</p>

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<p>how were your AP scores?</p>

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<p>Same thing fobby1818 said. Get your SATs up to around a 2150 overall, if you can. if not, it's anyone's guess. good luck though!</p>

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<p>This is random, but did you attend CONA this past year? I was press editor of my youth in government program in north carolina and went to it for the past two summers</p>

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<p>haha yea i did wow</p>

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<p>Hey, I wouldn't worry so much. Your ECs are very strong, and that's great! It's much better to go into the game with a less than perfect SAT but strong set of ECs. You can bring up SATs (and you honestly don't need to bring them up too much, UNC focuses more holistically, write some darn good essays and I feel confident for you), but you can't save yourself if your ECs were weak for your first three years of high school. You're in good shape.</p>