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Colleges and Universities A-Z University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
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<p>i wanted to get everyones input on my chances to UNC so here goes..</p>

<p>im white male from NJ
GPA- 4.4 weighted, 4.0 unweighted
have taken all the hardest classes offered. transcript looks v good, all As and A+
rank: school does not give us a ranking, just percentile- top 10%
APs:
Chem-5
US History-5
German-5
English Lang-5</p>

<p>next yr im taking
AP Stat
AP Calc
AP French
AP Euro
Physics H (school doesnt have AP)
Honors Eng (school doesnt offer AP En lit)
theology</p>

<p>SATs- 2350
V-800
M-760
W-790</p>

<p>SAT IIs
Math IIC-750
Chem-780
US History- 780</p>

<p>academic awards
Merck State Science test, 2nd in the county
National french exam 11th,5th, 6th place nationally over the last 3 yrs
math league "2007 league outstanding acheivement award"
yale book award
National Merit Commended student (hpefully semi/finalist, score 223 but in NJ its right on the cutoff)
2 regional 2nd place awards for public speaking</p>

<p>ECs--
soccer- 4 yrs, 2 varsity
track- 2 yrs, both varsity
bball- 2 yrs
french club- 4 yrs, pres senior yr
french honor society, 11,12, pres 12
math league- 3 yrs, several time league high score and above mentioned award
library volunteer, 11,12, member of librarys teen advisory board
volunteer in a hospital, 2 hrs/ week</p>

<p>work experience- i work in a restaurant, 40hrs/week-summer
6-12 hrs/week school year</p>

<p>Im very interested in nutrition, this summer im taking a nutrition class at local community college, have also had a mini internship at the hospital i volunteer at w the nutritionists there</p>

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<p>On paper you look very competitive. As I have said many times before, pay much attention to your essays, they are a very important part of the admission process at UNC and may also be one way they decide between two very similar candidates for merit money awards. I am only guessing at this last comment but you never know what they use to differentiate between two candidates with the same stats and comparable ECs when making the cut for their big money awards.</p>

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<p>are you seriously asking about yoru chances? or are you just showing off your stats? sorry not trying to be rude or anything, but honestly, why do people post their 2350's and numerous other near-perfect scores and waste our time? what do you expect us to say to you? "yes you have a very good shot, almost for sure acceptance"</p>

<p>chances threads are supposed to be for those who need suggestions on what they need to improve on--they're not supposed to be used for praising.</p>

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<p>I agree with you misstinax.</p>

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<p>I agree with you too Misstinax3. I hate when students put their scores on here, when they are close to perfect. I know people who have been admitted with much much lower scores and people who were not admitted with scores close to Chesterboy. Chesterboy, you just never know, so take your chances. I hate to say this, but I do think you are bragging. If I was admitting students and I looked on here at your posting - I would have to say not admitted. Don't go around bragging about your scores.</p>

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<p>you know, im not sure why there are so many "chance me" posts in general sometimes. sometimes, if you just look at other people's statistics and see what we had to say, it might give you a pretty good idea in general. after all, we are not the admissions officers ourselves, our guess is only as good as the next persons, which sometimes (especially in the case of UNC) can be not so accurate. its tough OOS, and I have a lot of pride for being who do get in out of state, but come on bro, bragging about your grades and stuff makes it so much LESS impressive, and if your not bragging then i dont know why you posted it up, you seem smart, youve probably looked at a couple of other threads about chances and the responses, you KNOW how you compare with others</p>

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<p>i was in no way trying to brag about my grades, i was actually pretty down about myself bc i made the mistake of asking for chances on the general board, and i guess amongst all the harvard bound kids who have already published research it seemed like my chances were not good at all.
oh well, maybe i should take this as a lesson and focus my time on writing killer essays</p>

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<p>ChesterBoy - I think you are exactly right to work on killer essays. Don't worry about those harvard bound kids - everything looks great. You do not need to be like those harvard bound kids. You need to relax a little bit and have a good time your senior year, but keep your grades up. Work on your essays and don't worry - everything look great.</p>

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<p>thanks alcook i appreciate it</p>

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<p>yeah unc is tough to get into but dont compare yourself to the princeton, yale, stanford, harvard kids. personally i think they're ridiculous, and i'd rather just have what i have then deal with all the pressure from not just themselves but probably everyone around them. take it easy, and just keep it up, and definitely relax and enjoy senior year. dont miss out on the fun and games and senioritis, i loved it and wouldnt trade it for anything!</p>