high gpa, low test scores, out of state

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
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<p>Ok, here's my issue. I'm a junior, male, Florida. My grades are good; 4.25 weighted/ 3.9 unweighted. Class rank #13/351. 7 APs by graduation, 5 Dual enrolled, almost all others honors. Very good EC- selected for county leadership program, 4 years baseball, football, NHS, Collegiate studies class rep, ITS- performed at state level, 100+ hours community service. Problem is, I don't test well- 26 ACT, 1750 SAT. What are my chances? I visited this fall.</p>

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<p>Study and retake. My SATs went up 180 points in my senior year.</p>

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<p>For OSS you should be aiming for a 2000+ score on the SAT.</p>

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<p>Lorey</p>

<p>Agree with retake of SAT and/or ACT, but only after doing a prep course. These are controversial and expensive, but my “S”'s SAT went up from 1850 to 2100. He took Kaplan and esentially had a private tutor. They are basically a “forced” study program, but it helped my “S” tremendously.</p>

<p>My 2 cents worth!</p>

<p>You will get many opinions on these Test prep courses.</p>

<p>All the best!</p>

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<p>I definitely agree with the other posters, you really need to get your SAT scores up to be competitive for UNC. I only used the official ACT prep book and I got my composite score up by five points (and into a range that’s competitive for UNC) so don’t loose hope! Just study a little more and try to get in the range for OOS.</p>

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<p>ArtemisDea… what would you suspect the OOS range is for incoming freshmen? I have 2010 which i am assuming is the low end of the spectrum but i have a 4.0 gpa unweighted and great ECs</p>

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<p>I would say you need a 2100+ to be competitive.</p>

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<p>This it the link for the common data set:
<a href=“http://oira.unc.edu/images/stories/factsAndFigures/dataSummaries/cmmnDataSet/cds_2008_2009.pdf[/url]”>http://oira.unc.edu/images/stories/factsAndFigures/dataSummaries/cmmnDataSet/cds_2008_2009.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>It looks like that 25% of those admitted have a 2080 or higher. 25% had less than 1800. Remember this in in and out of state.</p>

<p>94.7% had a GPA higher than 3.75.</p>

<p>I don’t believe this separates in and out of state applicants.</p>

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<p>Does anyone know of a place that I can find out of state data? I found out that any state school can only take 18% oos, obviously that makes it much more competitive for some of us…</p>

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<p>knk dancer: in or out of state?</p>

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<p>Here is a link to some more detailed information from the University, breaks down test scores for in state / out of state. Hope this helps!</p>

<p>[First-Year</a> Undergraduate Student Profile, Fall 2009 - Office of Institutional Research and Assessment](<a href=“http://oira.unc.edu/first-time-freshman-class-profile-fall.html]First-Year”>http://oira.unc.edu/first-time-freshman-class-profile-fall.html)</p>

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<p>Good link Connecticutyank…</p>

<p>To recap UNC-CH OOS SAT average is 1338/1600 - But that includes recruited athletes, URM, legacy. </p>

<p>I think that spells it out pretty clearly.</p>