<p>So I'm slightly depressed but trying to remain positive about this. Besides submitting semester grades, is there anything else I can realistically do? (Should I retake SAT, ACT, etc?)</p>
<p>-White male
-In-state, rural-ish county
-4.4 GPA (weighted)
-1830 SAT scores
-Job for all 4 years of high school (I'm a manager now)
-top 5% of class
-VP of NHS, other club involvement too</p>
<p>Current semester grades:
Honors Physics: A
Honors English IV: A
Honors French 5: A
AP Biology: A</p>
<p>Next semester classes:
AP Biology
AP Government
AP English
Honors French 6</p>
<p>I've read I should contact my local rep, but I'm not sure how to do this? Should I write a letter? UNC is truly my dream school, and I don't want to give up :/</p>
<p>carolinahopeful, my heart breaks for you, especially as you are obviously SUCH a strong student. SATs do NOT always reflect kids’ abilities. That’s obviously true in your case. Honors Physics is not for wimps!!</p>
<p>DS just found out he got in, but that may have had a lot to do with geographical diversity (we’re out in the boonies, not from Wake or Mecklenburg Counties…I’m thinking they probably want more representation from the poorer rural counties). But anyway, because of $$$, it’s highly unlikely DS will end up going to UNC. I bet that’s true for a lot of accepted in-staters. Chapel Hill is the most expensive of the in-state publics, and, even with in-state tuition, the COA is still a stretch for many. So, there will surely be empty in-state slots to fill when RD rolls around.</p>
<p>What I’m trying to say is that there is still definitely hope. I am praying that all the deferred kids will get in – especially those whose hearts were set on it. Been there, done that…know the agony and anguish first-hand. </p>
<p>Meanwhile, I do think it makes sense to take the ACT or retake the SAT. And consider your other options. Back when students review dot com was online (when will it ever get back up???), I was researching UNC Asheville. Several students observed that they had not made it into Chapel Hill, so they’d gone to Asheville instead. It ended up being the absolutely best thing they could have done. They loved it and wouldn’t dream of going elsewhere. Same goes for students who ended up at WCU or ECU as a “default.” You may feel crushed and depressed now, but I bet you will end up being very happy no matter where you go to college. You are obviously a strong student; you will thrive wherever you go.</p>
<p>DS was crushed when he did not get into Belmont Abbey’s Honors Institute. (We’re still trying to figure that one out.) He went from depression to anger to acceptance to…well, no longer even being interested in that option. Healing is a gradual process, but it does come. “Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.” (Not that ou are weeping…but anyway…)</p>
<p>I hope and pray that you do end up attending Carolina. And, if for some reason that doesn’t happen, I hope you end up at a school that will be a great fit for you!</p>
<p>BTW, I know I’ve told this story before, but bear with me. Back when DH taught at Louisiana School for Math, Science & the Arts (modeled on NCSSM), his absolute best student was a shy Cajun girl who was not that great a test-taker. (500s, I think…your SATs are much better.) But she was a very quick study, worked her tush off, and came to class prepared down to the last jot & tittle. She was DH’s best Latin student by far – even better than the kids who came from New Orleans’s Jesuit Prep, which has an accelerated Latin program. She was a joy to teach! DH wrote her a fantastic recommendation. But she didn’t want to be far from home, so she went to LSU (almost close enough for commuting). She went on to get her PhD in linguistics, and today she has a successful academic career.</p>
<p>Don’t know how relevant that is to anything. I guess I’m just saying that SATs aren’t “all that,” that yours are quite respectable, and that you still have a good shot. And that you can achieve success and happiness wherever you end up.</p>
<p>I think you’ll get in with what you have now. If you can take the ACT or SAT again do so. I want you to be there with us next year! You’re apart of the CC crew.</p>
<p>Standardized test scores aren’t everything especially when you look at students like myself. People aren’t good test takers plain and simple. These tests should be abolished!
Sorry for the digression, I know you’ll get in :D</p>
<p>I heard a rumor that the number of students deferred was cut in half or something this year, but that is only a rumor. They will post FAQs tomorrow, I bet.
It sucks 'cause if you don’t get in (which happens to the majority), it’s like getting rejected and going through this whole thing twice.</p>
<p>Son was deferred with an ACT of 33 (11 on essay), 750 Math, 650 CR, 750 W, 11 essay on SAT, 3.65 GPA and lots of ECs and leadership, great recs, etc. Don’t know how many honors courses but he will graduate with 6 APs. We are sort of … shocked … really never occurred to us he would not get in. We are not from a big NC city, in fact, we’re rural, and he goes to boarding school out of state. I can’t help but think that might have something to do with it… even though we’re in state, the “going to school out of state” puts him in a third category, sort of like purgatory He got all As first semester so he’ll send in the grades and we’ll wait and see. This is so hard and I feel for all the kids who have had their hearts broken over this!</p>
<p>If your S goes to the same boarding school that my S goes to, I know that’s tough news! He’s instate and you sort of expected an admit to UNC. I’m sorry for you…this is such a difficult process!</p>
<p>If it is the same boarding school (and it’s a very tough academic experience), it seems colleges are harsh when they judge the guys. One boy in the top 5 was flat out denied at Vanderbilt ED. That shocked me - what do they want???</p>
<p>My DS was deferred in 2009 when he applied EA. We live in Wake and he had a 2100 plus on his SAT. He was asked to submit his first semester senior year grades, which were all A’s in AP classes. He was then accepted regular action. Maybe you just need to give them the most up-to-date information about you for the school to see clearly what a a strong student you really are. I truly hope you get in because it is your dream. [Note: My DS decided in the end to attend AU in Washington, DC after he was offered a Presidential Scholarship. He admits now that being deferred made him feel second best even though he did finally get in. He’s very happy at AU.] I tell you this, because if you do end up going somewhere else, chances are that you’ll find happiness there.</p>
<p>I also heard that they were deferring less people this year. Do we know how many people applied RD? And if my application will be in a special pile or looked as if it were a RD app? I’m trying not to give up, but I really do feel like less of a student, as stupid as that may sound.</p>
<p>Yeah, so I was deferred. Bummer. What I want to know is if there is anything I could do to raise my chances of being accepted later. My weighted GPA is 4.1. My ACT is 35. I’ve volunteered at my Sunday School the last 4 years, done a handful of other volunteering elsewhere. I have an SAT score of 2100, but I didn’t send it in. Should I? Also, does anybody know what are the chances of being deferred-accepted?</p>
<p>They put up a pdf of faq’s for deferred students… can anyone else actually see it? On my computer it looks like it’s all been blurred out. never seen something like that before.</p>
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He got all As first semester so he’ll send in the grades and we’ll wait and see. This is so hard and I feel for all the kids who have had their hearts broken over this!</p>