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<p>Sounds like it is. Talk to your parents and find out what they will contribute, then run the net price calculators. UNC-CH and GT do have some extremely competitive full ride scholarships to try for.</p>
<p>Since your 33 ACT is significantly higher than your SAT, it seems like a waste of time to retry the SAT. Unless you get better than a 1460 on the SAT CR+M or 2180 on the SAT CR+M+W, your gains will be for naught. If you believe that you can do better on the ACT with more preparation, that may be a more valuable second try, since you are starting from a higher baseline.
<a href=“http://www.act.org/aap/concordance/pdf/reference.pdf”>http://www.act.org/aap/concordance/pdf/reference.pdf</a></p>