<p>I just got a stupid detention for doing the "freshmen, you suck!" cheer at a pep rally. I'm normally a "goody-two-shoes" and this is the first detention I have received. Does this stupid detention hurt my chances for UNC? </p>
<p>While you're at it, here's the rest of my info...
GPA: 94.6 on a 0-100 scale
Small public school in PA
13/149
-All honors, AP U.S. History as a sophomore
-All honors as a junior (no APs offered)
-AP Gov, English Lit, and Chem this year- all other classes are honors
-Taking all of the APs offered except 2 because of scheduling conflicts</p>
<p>-1870 on SATs as of now
-720 on History subject test, 5 on AP exam</p>
<p>-President of Key Club
-Treasurer of Student Council
-NHS
-Capt of Debate Team
-Co-Capt of Varsity Basketball Team, 4 varsity letters, MVP, All-Division awards
-3 Varsity letters for tennis
-Volunteered at a nursing home this summer
-Worked summers since before sophomore year
-First generation college student</p>
<p>I would look into the common data set for UNC for detail. Being a North Carolina resident living in Chapel Hill (and seeing who gets in), I would say your chances are very slim. UNC accepts 18% out of state students. Because of the low OOS admits, the admission is extremely competitive. Most OOS students accepted are about as outstanding as the Ivy applicants. The OOS acceptance rate is about 20% of the total applicant pool. The overall admit statistics looks more promising than it is because of the higher acceptance rate (and lower stats) of instate students. Quite frankly, if you were a NC resident, your chances would be iffy unless you were legacy. I would not waste the $70-$90 on the application unless you were an athlete or had a super hook (music, classics, major research publication, unique community service study).</p>
<p>most cases people say an SAT score isnt going to make or break an accpetance but i would advise you to try and improve your score because it is going to be significantly lower than the average score in a very competitive OOS applicant pool. apart from that i would say you are a strong candidate. good luck!</p>
<p>thanks for responding vc08, hornet, and ChesterBoy... i just got my new SAT scores today from when i took them in the beginning of October and i now have a 2010... 730 V, 660 M, and 620 W. Does that help?</p>
<p>by any chance you should apply, especially now with your sat scores... i dont believe in not applying like the other person said. who knows you could be an amazing writer and write some good essays that would get you in. apply.</p>