<p>i'm a rising senior from georgia, so i'm just wondering how much of a disadvantage being out of state would be when applying to unc chapel hill, based on what's happening for me so far.</p>
<p>gpa: 4.0 unweighted (if anyone knows unc's method of weighing gpas, that'd be helpful!), approximately 99.68%, and my lowest grade so far is a 92 in gifted precalc. ick, math.</p>
<p>i think i may be valedictorian, if i can keep this up and my friends don't sneak up on me. :) it'll be calculated at the end of this semester. i am currently ranked 1 among 250ish students in a public high school in the suburbs of atlanta.</p>
<p>APs: freshman year - world history (4); sophomore year - macroecon (5), us govt (5); junior year - physics (2 lolol); us history (3 and disappointed); stat (4); lang (5); for senior year, i have calc bc, spanish, human geo, and lit lined up. maybe self-studying psychology? we'll see how those go. :)
andd so far that is 7 ap exams with an average score of 4.</p>
<p>sat: 2220 as of december; 750 critical reading, 670 math (definitely want that one at least 30pts higher this october!), and 800 writing
i haven't taken any sat subject tests yet. seems like a waste of money haha.
i scored a 214 on the psat; i'm still in the qualifying for national merit at this point, but it's not far along enough yet to call me a semifinalist or anything. won't know that until september, i think?</p>
<p>act: 33 composite - 33 english, 31 math, 34 reading, 35 science, 30 writing (hoping to fix this one, too)</p>
<p>at school so far: spanish club (3 years), beta club (3 years), mu alpha theta math tutor (2 years), spanish honors society (2 years), national honors society (1 year), theatre (1 year), student leadership team (1 year), spirit squad (1 year), scholar's bowl and senior board this year
my passions are writing and reading, basically. i'm most heavily involved in theater, spanish, and soccer (played rec for almost 10 years and finally considering trying out for the school this year).</p>
<p>i like unc a lot for how interconnected the writing and history courses seem to be. :) i sat in on one history class when i visited earlier this year, and the atmosphere was really nice - fun/relaxed but still mature. the campus was so much more beautiful than i ever could have expected, and everyone was friendly.</p>
<p>howeva i am also considering vanderbilt and uga (my parents insisted on at least one in-state school). i love and hate penn; it's awfully expensive, but there's that same connection between literature and history there. i would like to get far away from home and stay away, hopefully pursuing a career in writing somehow. </p>
<p>i'll start filling out applications soon. maybe. haha so if you have any other suggestions of similar schools, i would definitely appreciate them. :)</p>
If you do end up taking the SAT again, then that could help but who really knows. Also, if you take the SAT 2s then it will be very helpful to take the math one because it is “recommended” for placement once you’re in (not necessary for getting in though, so you can take it in the spring). Good luck!</p>
so yeah, I would agree that they’re a waste of money at this point! Math is used for placement, but since you’re taking Calc BC, if you end up attending, you won’t even need that. I think you have a good shot, just make sure you put a lot of work into your essays. For weighing GPAs, UNC uses 4 pts for academic classes, 5 pts for honors classes & 6 pts for AP classes.</p>