FREAKING OUT!! CHANCE PLEASE I'm desperate

<p>I visited UNC Chapell Hill this weekend and I am in LOVE. I'm so nervous because I already missed the early action application deadline and I am not sure if that would have helped my chances?? If anyone could tell me what my chances are of getting in I would love you forever!! I am freaking out because people are telling me it's as hard to get into as Cornell, and I just want to go here so badly.</p>

<p>Sat down with my admissions rep for a half hour or so and spoke to him about the school. How much will this help me and how often should I keep in touch with him? Don't want to be annoying but I think it's important to keep up that relationship since my chances are already not that great. </p>

<p>Weighted GPA - 96
ACT - 31
SAT - 2070</p>

<p>AP English, AP Literature, AP US History, AP Government, AP Art History
College Spanish, College Marketing, College Forensics, College Economics
entire math curriculum through honors calculus (taking this pass/fail, will this hurt me?)
entire science curriculum through physics
spanish and italian all throughout high school
advanced journalism, advanced photography, psychology, criminology
plus all prerequisite courses before I could go into the honors and APs</p>

<p>president of key club
secretary of environmental club
member of world language club
secretary of national foreign language honor society
member of national honor society
photography chairperson of school cancer fundraiser
volunteer as mentor for children whose siblings suffer from cancer
120+ hours of community service
babysitting responsibilities, lifeguard, camp counselor, waitress, typical high school summer jobs</p>

<p>Are you in-state or out-of-state?</p>

<p>out of state</p>

<p>Since you are OOS I would say 50/50 chance</p>

<p>Definitely not as hard as Cornell for in-state.</p>

<p>OP, you have some chance.</p>

<p>Definitely as hard for OOS in my opinion (accepted at both).</p>

<p>NewYawk, would you mind posting your stats?</p>

<p>Don’t fall in love. You should write him a thank you note for your visit. When you complete your application I would include that info in a note. Mention your application number/reference number if one is generated online by the application, or the date you applied, any info which you think would help identify your application.</p>

<p>I bet others are curious ~ did you have an appointment set-up ahead of time. Was this an on-campus appt or did they come to your school?</p>

<p>It was an on campus appointment. I emailed him ahead of time to tell him I was flying down for a tour and that I would love to meet him. After my tour we sat in the admissions building for a good 20 minutes just chatting.</p>

<p>I don’t think you can get in, I think you need a 37 ACT to get in</p>

<p>I think getting into UNC OOS is a true mystery. I would say work that relationship with the admissions person. </p>

<p>My dd (2013) got rejected with a 34 ACT and probably about a 96 average (GPA of 4.6 and top 5 in a very competitive HS). Tons of EC’s and leadership stuff, state and national level athlete (was not a recruited athlete) and worked in summers since she was 14. I think you just need something that really makes you stand out (which I do not know what that is) to get in. What is the history of your HS and admittance? My dd’s school typically has 8-9 people apply and EVERY year for the past 6 years they have accepted 1 person. 5 of the 6 years that person was a recruited athlete with lower stats than those rejected. Not sure what to make of this information. </p>

<p>Good news - DD was OK with rejection and is EXTREMELY happy with the college choice she made and is thriving! She actually decided before the rejection that she didn’t want to go there because of the huge number of in state students - was afraid she might not find “her group”. Goodluck.</p>

<p>^ Some schools have a bad habit of rejecting overqualified applicants because they do not believe that they will attend - all about the yield rates</p>

<p>My advice is to relax. :)</p>

<p>There’s not much you can add to your resume at this point, so just do your best on parts of the application you can still control then be content with the knowledge that you gave it your all before savoring the rest of your high school career. Regardless of what happens, my guess is that you won’t think too much about this stuff in a year or more’s time.</p>

<p>Admissions are more or less hit or miss. I got waitlisted and rejected to some schools I applied to as back ups and thought I’d be a shoo-in. Vice versa on the opposite spectrum.</p>