Honors Carolina EA+RD Thread!

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
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<p>Heyy so I wanted to make this thread for future reference so students in the coming years will have a general idea as to what Honors Carolina is looking for, considering they only accept 300 students/year! So if you've been accepted into Honors Carolina, please post your stats in the following format, which can be found in the EA acceptance thread: <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-north-carolina-chapel-hill/1075010-official-unc-class-2015-ea-results-thread.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-north-carolina-chapel-hill/1075010-official-unc-class-2015-ea-results-thread.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>I'll start it off:</p>

<p>In state</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2160 (M: 720, CR: 680, W: 760, Essay: 12)
[</em>] ACT: 33
[<em>] SAT II: MathII: 760, Biology E: 680
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.86
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8/450
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): APES (4) Psychology (5) English (4) Biology (4) Calculus AB/BC (3/3)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics B, AP European History, AP U.S. History, AP Statistics, AP English, AP Human Geography, Honors Debate IV
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Bunch of HOSA/Debate awards</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): HOSA (President), Debate (Captain), Spanish Club (VP), 2 medical internships, residence schools over the summer, etc
[</em>] Essays: Good I think
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Amazing
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Equally amazing</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): North Carolina
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): U.S.A.
[<em>] School Type: Relatively large public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: >100,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Rigor, Extra-Curriculars, Rank, Essays/Recs
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA, Test Scores</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: I was pretty surprised upon getting the invite because my scores aren't all that phenomenal, but when I heard that it was pretty heavily based on ECs/Essays/Recs, I was slightly less surprised lol. We have 4 kids from my school who got in!</p>

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<p>Just wanted to make a comment…I’m pretty sure they accept a lot more than just 300, but around that number enroll. The students who are accepted in the honors program are probably more likely to decline the invitation and attend another school. Overall of the people I know who got invited, UNC is not their top choice. </p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>In state or out of state? In state</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Superscored btw. 2250 - 800 reading, 680 writing, 770 math.
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II: 780 lit, 720 spanish.
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0, 4.91 weighted at time of acceptance.
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/429
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Enviro, Calc AB/BC, English 3 - all 5.
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Psych, AP English, Chamber Chorus, AP Human Geo, Honors independent study, Concert Chorus, AP World History, AP Stat.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Nothing special. Biggest thing is NHS vice president.
[</em>] Essays: I thought they were pretty good.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: It made my mom cry.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: I didn’t read it, but I’m sure it was pretty good.</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NC
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Half white, half Puerto Rican. (Pretty sure ethnicity doesn’t factor into this though. And I swear I didn’t get any hispanic genes.)
[</em>] Gender: Female.
[<em>] Income Bracket: Enough that I’m not getting any need based aid.
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM I guess.</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Grades and scores, teacher rec, maybe essays.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Lack of leadership in extracurriculars, lack of service extracurriculars.</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: I’m not too surprised but I am glad, I heard it was mostly based on grades, so I was hoping I made it. At least 4 or 5 got honors from my school.</p>

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<p>Out of State</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 690 CR, 800 M, 780 W = 2270
ACT: 35
SAT II: 770 Math II, 700 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 97.7/100
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 AP Calc, 5 AP Euro, 5 AP USH, 4 APES, 4 German
Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Basketball (captain), Varsity Volleyball (captain), Varsity Lax - all 3 sports all four years of high school, Quiz Bowl, BBYO (treasurer), German Club (treasurer)
Essays: unique and definitely reflected who I actually am in real life
Teacher Recommendation: probably great
Counselor Rec: probably great</p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): VA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: F
Income Bracket: high
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
Reflection
Strengths: test scores, GPA, AP scores
Weaknesses: Out of state, maybe lack of ECs outside of sports</p>

<p>General Comments: So Honors is great and everything, but a scholarship/good financial aid is what I’m going to need to be able to attend UNC.</p>

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<p>UVA Hopeful – have you heard from UVA yet?</p>

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<p>“General Comments: So Honors is great and everything, but a scholarship/good financial aid is what I’m going to need to be able to attend UNC.”</p>

<p>Exactly. In the immortal words of Carol Channing: “A kiss on the hand may be quite Continental, but diamonds [or, in this case, scholarships] are a girl’s [or, in DS’s case, boy’s] best friend.”</p>

<p>Say it with dollars, UNC! Otherwise, DS is heading for that full ride at Bama. :)</p>

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<p>I don’t hear back from UVA until April 1st. UVA’s where I’ll probably end up (assuming I get in) because it’s my best option in-state. I just wish I had at least the option to go OOS because I’d really consider Carolina.</p>

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<p>I got into honors, but I’m a first year, so I guess it doesn’t really count. See you all in Cobb!</p>

<p>IMO- FA here at Carolina is AMAZING and very competitive with other schools, so I hope that it works out for everyone.</p>

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<p>^Eh, they’ve been pretty bad about FA for my bf.</p>

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<p>In state or out of state? In-state.</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2200 (770 CR, 760 W, 670 M)
[</em>] ACT: N/A.
[<em>] SAT II: N/A
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[<em>] Rank: At time of applying, 49 out of 591 (tied with 12 for the spot). But my school is… known to be competitive.
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Psych (5), AP US History (5), AP English Language (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A.
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Calc AB, AP Calc BC, AP French, AP Comparative Gov, AP US Gov, Honors Sociology, Honors Lessons of Vietnam/Modern International Relations
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Err. None?</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: French Club (President), Soccer (Rotating Captain), Model UN, Club Volleyball, Environmental Club, NaNoWriMo club, Harry Potter Club (Secretary/Treasurer), Writer’s Guild, Young Democrat Association, Town Teen Council
[</em>] Essays: Definitely let my personality shine through.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Was the sweetest, most touching letter I could have ever imagined.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Presumably good.</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NC
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[<em>] School Type: Public.
[</em>] Ethnicity: White.
[<em>] Gender: Female.
[</em>] Income Bracket: 100,000+.
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation college student.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: My essays, my recommendation.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Service ECs, probably.</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: I got invited to Scholarship Day, too, if it’s of any interest.</p>

<p>On a side note, if you’re a future applicant, make sure your essays highlight your personality. When I spoke with the Admissions counselors, they really stressed that, and I think it’s what made the difference in my application; I know people with higher stats than mine who didn’t get invited.</p>