Do I even have a chance???

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
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I’m currently a junior and my dream school is UNC Chapel Hill. Do you think I have a chance? I plan on becoming an OB/GYN and I have maintained pretty good grades (mostly A’s and a few B’s) and I am very involved in extra curriculars. I am sort of worried about my SAT score, but hopefully I can improve that. Oh and I was nominated for the UNC Chapel Hill Project Uplift and I will be hopefully participating in it later this year. Any and every piece of advice is greatly appreciated!!!

SAT: 1770 (this is my first time taking it and I will be retaking it in March)
ACT: n/a (I will take this for the first time in March)

Freshman:
Honors English I
Honors Earth Science
Honors American History
Speech I
Geometry
Health/PE
Technology, Engineering, and Design
French I

Sophomore:
Honors English II
Honors Biology
Honors American History I
Algebra II
Child Development
Digital Media
French II
Psychology/Sociology

Junior:
AP English Language
AP US History
AP Environmental Science
Honors Chemistry
Honors Contemporary Law and Justice
Honors Pre-Calculus
Honors French III
Adventure Education

Senior: (still deciding)
AP English Literature
AP Psychology
AP Biology
AP Calculus AB
AP Government and Politics
AP Physics
Honors Civics and Economics

EC:
Student Government Association (9, 10, 11, 12)
Legislator (9, 10, 11, 12)
National Honor Society (11, 12)
Junior Historian (11)
Senior Historian (12)
Key Club (9, 10, 11, 12)
Junior Representative (11)
Senior Representative (12)
Science National Honor Society (10, 11, 12)
National Achievers Society (10, 11, 12)
(Might be able to get a leadership position for 12)
French Honor Society (11, 12)
(Might be able to get a leadership position for 12)
Varsity Track and Field (9, 10, 11, 12)

NC Museum of Natural Sciences Volunteer (10, 11, 12)
Triangle Aquatic Center Volunteer (10, 11, 12)

If you read through this all THANK YOU!!! Your advice is very much appreciated!

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Are you in state or out of state? If you’re in state, I would say you have a solid chance if you get your SAT score up. Your ECs look great as well. See how you end up doing on the ACT, many people end up doing a lot better on it than on the SAT.

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@student9988 Thank you! And yes I’m an in-state student. What range do you think I should aim to bring my SAT score up to?

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I would say try to get it up to a 2000 or above and you will be golden! Do you know your weighted and unweighted GPA?

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@student9988 Looks like I have to work hard and study to raise my score! And as of now I have a 4.0 unweighted and 4.37 weighted and I’m also ranked 85/517.

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Well that part looks good! And one of my best friends went from a 1520 to a 2210 so don’t be discouraged, I’m taking it again as well! :smile:

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you said you made a few B’s which means your UW GPA wouldn’t be a 4.0… You might want to recalculate

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@agc1998 I am only a junior and I currently have an UW GPA of 4.0 but I am anticipating a few B’s during my senior year.