<p>First post...yeah!</p>
<p>about a month until decisions come out!! im so nervous!!</p>
<p>I hope decisions come out sooner than January 31st. I'm jealous of all the kids who know their top choice decisions by now!</p>
<p>Yeah, that's something that I find confusing about UNC. All of the other schools with EA/ED give out results around December 15, so why does UNC take an additional month and a half to process their own?</p>
<p>maybe they like to wait and see if people who applied ED elsewhere and were accepted rescind their applications?</p>
<p>They also say Jan 15 on their site, so I'm hoping its the latter, and then it would only be 3 or 4 weeks max.</p>
<p>my brother heard around jan 5 last year. Could be earlier</p>
<p>I heard back around Feb. 5 last year, b/c there was a problem with my UNC homepage. But that was the absolute latest i knew of anyone getting a reply. I was accepted, so don't worry, hearing late isn't a negative.</p>
<p>do they still do those. a few years ago they would email you and invite you to ask questions during a chat. other schools have already done that and i was surprised when none came this year. or do they just do that later after all of the rd people apply?</p>
<p>Hmm, I received two chat invitations this year and participated in both. One was September 25th, and the other was October 25th. Maybe I was invited because I had started my application at that point..?</p>
<p>I received an invite to a chat and participated even though I think I only asked one question. Oh well, it was still interesting.</p>
<p>does UNC mail financial aid stuff the same time they mail decisions?</p>
<p>Accepted online!
Profile: In-state male
GPA: 5w, 3.9uw
12 APs @ graduation
780m, 760cr, 720wr (12e)
SAT 2s: 710 World History, 490 Latin (very sick during exams)
Major disability, glowing recs (1 "smartest, most mature high schooler I've ever met" from alum)
Likely letter in November
Class rank: 4/475
I liked my essays...
NMSF, weak extracurriculars</p>
<p>Well I'm tar heel born and I'm tar heel bred and when I die, I'll be a tar heel dead.</p>
<p>Accepted!!!</p>
<p>Accepted out of state! I am so happy for my son. He is away at Model UN this weekend and he doesn't even know.</p>
<p>accepted!! what a relief</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal: n.a
[</em>] SAT Math:" "
[<em>] SAT Writing:""
[</em>] SAT Total:""
[<em>] SAT II:""
[</em>] ACT: 33
[<em>] AP/IB taken/scores: Calc BC 5, US History 5, Physics B 4, English Lang. 3...Taking AP Stat, AP Eng Lit, AP Music Theory, AP Psych, and AP Bio this year
[</em>] GPA weighted: 4.64
[<em>] GPA unweighted: 3.76
[</em>] Rank or % estimate: 11/273</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Excellent.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Excellent.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent. The guidance office secretary was telling me how hard my gc worked on my rec.
[</em>] Hook (if any): deaf, but i have a devotion to music? mebbe?</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NC
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian/Mixed
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: No...unless you count viewbooks as recruiting.
[li] Important ECs: Band (section leader), debate (cofounder), Orchestra (Principal Trombone), some other stuff</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:
I visited sometime last year.
General Comments/Congratulations/etc:
Congrats to those accepted, condolences to the rejected, and hang in there to the deferred!</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal: 700
[</em>] SAT Math: 730
[<em>] SAT Writing: 770
[</em>] SAT Total: 2200
[<em>] SAT II: Math IIC - 750, Bio M - 730, Lit - 790, Spanish Reading - 790
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] AP/IB taken/scores: AP Span Language - 5, AP Calc AB - 5, AP Euro - 4; IBSL Visual Art - 6, IBSL History - 5; taking AP Calc BC, AP Microecon, AP American Gov, AP Psych, AP Eng Lit, and AP Spanish Lit (independent study) this year.
[</em>] GPA weighted: Not sure what scale we're using here, lol!
[<em>] GPA unweighted: 4.0
[</em>] Rank or % estimate: 1/811</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Pretty good, maybe excellent, depending on who the reader is, lol.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Excellent.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Unsure; as you can see, I attend a large school with many people applying for private and OOS colleges, so I don't think my GLC would be as devoted to my rec as some of the other applicants who got accepted.
[</em>] Hook (if any): Erm... I'm a minority? And my devotion to choir, I guess.</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: California
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese-American
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: No
[li] Important ECs: Choir - Regional Honor Choir 2006 & 2007; Choir - Intermediate Women's Show, section leader (2005-2006); Choir - Advanced Chamber, president (2006-2008); Choir - Sound of America Honor Band and Chorus, a nonprofit organization that tours Europe for three weeks giving goodwill concerts (summer 2007); Spring Musical, sextet and chorus (2006); I also got accepted into All-State this year, though I didn't put it on my app because I hadn't known at the time.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:
I'm ridiculously obsessed with UNC, I guess, haha! Also, I wasn't afraid to show some of my weaknesses, such as my disbelief at doing so much with choir, and I stayed true to myself on my app and highlighted how much I grew over the years via choir, rather than just listing accomplishments. I think that definitely helps.
General Comments/Congratulations/etc:
Life goes on regardless of the decision you received :)</p>
<p>Accepted Out of State. Into Honors Program too. </p>
<p>SAT: M:760 CR:740 W:720
13 APs at Graduation
White Male Austin, Texas
Top 7% of class</p>
<p>I am kinda curious if the honors program is anything to really be proud of? Anyone have any input?</p>
<p>Congratulations, lstarrsmith! You betcha that Honors Program acceptance is a thing to be proud of! Go over to the main UNC-CH forum and look for a recent thread about UNC Scholarships and Honors for more info. UNC only offers Honors slots to about 200 incoming freshmen. You should be very proud of yourself!</p>
<p>My older son is a junior at UNC and wasn't offered Honors admission, but he applied to and was accepted into the program in January of his freshman year and has really enjoyed and benefited from the experience. It's a terrific program!</p>
<p>My younger son just got into UNC EA, too, like you, but hasn't heard anything from Honors, so if he chooses to go to UNC, maybe he'll go the Honors route his brother took. :-) </p>
<p>Legalpeach
(Proud Atlanta 'Heels Mom!)</p>