<p>You do have a chance at the Morehead Cain scholarship, but you need to do well on the SAT. If you do well there, you’ll get in easily. If you do poorly, it could cause a rejection.</p>
<p>What do they look for in morehead cain scholars?</p>
<p>Yes, the Beatles were the best.
It’s a difficult competition, but it’s worth a try. You have to be nominated by your school, and since you are at the top of the class, it’s a possibility. They look for a combination of leadership, academics, EC’s. service and the kind of qualities that make a student stand out. One component is being physically active, but that doesn’t necessarily mean having to be a big team sports person- cross country is fine, so is dance, tennis, and others. There is info on the website as well. The Morehead is a separate process than other UNC scholarships I think, so be sure to be eligible for them too. I’m not sure if one can apply to both Morehead and Robertson-UNC, but it could be possible to apply to Robertson-Duke - best to check on this- I’m not certain.
If you keep up this level of school performance, get great scores on PSAT/SAT/ACT , have excellent leadership/EC’s, you should be a good applicant. Some schools require the SAT subject tests- take them in subjects you are good at as they help even if not required, and your options for schools will be better if you have taken them by the time you apply. These scholarships are hard to get, but keeping up your school performance should open some doors to good schools.</p>
<p>UNC: Aim for 31+/2100+ for it to be a safety</p>
<p>UNC is never a safety for anyone. It’s a highly selective school, and while an applicant can do everything possible to become a good candidate for admission, it can never be guaranteed.
This is why I would advise the OP to aim high, have other selective schools on his list, and also some less selective that he would enjoy attending. However, as a sophomore, he won’t apply until next year. The best thing he can do now is keep up this academic performance, and learn more about colleges that interest him.</p>
<p>tarheel97, your stats are impressive. I would suggest getting to know your admission counselor for UNC. You may also want to get some community service work into your resume. Find something you are passionate about and make it your own. Think big!</p>
<p>UNC is a safety for some people.</p>
<p>Since I am currently attending the same school as you and I got into UNC, then perhaps I can give you some good insight,</p>
<p>And no, it’s not grade inflation. According to my friends who have been to other schools, my school’s grade are actually somewhat deflated compared to the U.S. average, though OP seems to be taking several electives and easy A/100s courses such as Marketing, Yearbook, PE, and Allied Sciences. Though bully to you for the grades in H. Bio, H. Geo, and H. Alg II!
So here are some data about what were the stats between my friends and I (Class of 2013) and who got in UNC and who did not:</p>
<p>Me: wGPA of ~4.8<em>, SAT ~2000</em><em>, 10 APs = Accepted
Girl1: wGPA of ~4.8, SAT of ~2000, 7 APs, SGA executive president, Asian = Accepted
Girl2: wGPA of ~4.6, SAT of ~1850, 4 APs = Deferred
Girl3: wGPA of ~4.2, SAT of ~1800, 5 APs = Rejected
Girl4: wGPA of 4.35, SAT of 1700~1900, 6 APs, Asian = Rejected
Girl5: wGPA of ~4.1, SAT of ~1700, 4 APs = Rejected
Girl6: wGPA of ~4.1, SAT of ~1800, 2.5 APs</em>** = Rejected
Girl7: wGPA of ~5.0, SAT of 1700~2000, 8 APs, African-American = Applied
Boy1: wGPA of ~4.5, SAT of ~1600, 3 APs = Rejected
Boy2: wGPA of ~4.6, SAT of ~2000, 7 APs, Native American = Accepted
Boy3: wGPA of ~4.7, SAT of ~1900, 6 APs, African-American = Accepted
Boy4: wGPA of ~4.8, SAT of ~2100**, 8 APs, Asian = Applied</p>
<p><em>My GPA for all courses taken at this school. My overall is lower as my first school did not have weighted courses and gave out far less As and Bs than this current one.
*</em>Both Boy4 and I had several SAT subject tests with 750+ scores
***Was taking AP Bio, but dropped out of the course for reasons you likely know.</p>
<p>So obviously, keep your wGPA above a 4.6, get a SAT of ~2000, and take at least 7 APs, and since you’re instate, you’re likely to get in.</p>
<p>@mtguy1:</p>
<p>Schools in America do this as they do not want to mess up the chances of a kid because he was a poor athlete. IMO, my school should just make all electives P/F, so there would be less kids using them to pad their uW and more kids taking them without fearing a drop in their W.</p>
<p>Nah, it’s serious grade inflation. He has 98s and 99s in all of his other classes. That doesn’t happen if teachers are writing proper tests.</p>
<p>@mtguy1:</p>
<p>Possibly, but not surely.
I go to the same high school as OP, as these are some things I can say:</p>
<p>1) Only the classes such as Yearbook/PE/Allied Health are free 98s, 99s, and 100s, the other ones were most likely earned.</p>
<p>2) His/Her H. WH and H. Civics course may be inflated if he/she had Mr. R as a teacher (Frequently known as a crazy light grader, you need to try to get a B in his class), but if he had Mr. L (Awesome yet strict teacher, though he went to another school last week.), then he/she must have been an excellent student.</p>
<p>3) My standardized test scores were quite high along my grades(Got 95 in H. Chem and 98 on the state-wide exam, got a 96 on the AP Phys course and a 5 on the AP Phys exam, 97 in H. Pre-Cal and 770 on Math II, 98 in my AP WH course and a 780 on the SAT II History, and so on.) If there were serious inflation going on, my class grades would be far exceeding my test scores.</p>
<p>4) I can’t really say much for the English teachers. I came to this school in my sophomore year, and the English teacher I had for H. Eng. II now only teaches juniors.</p>
<p>5) He/She is the sal, so there is only one other person with higher grades than him/her.</p>
<p>The grade inflation is not just at your school; it is all over the USA. In Canada, something like <5% of students end up with a grade over 90% in twelfth grade English in my province.</p>
<p>@mtguy1:</p>
<p>That I can agree with. For two years, I went to a Canadian International school that was considered hard even by Canadian standards and I barely pulled an 84 average there. And ever since I moved to America my grades have been around a 96ish mark, even while taking the most demanding curriculum and sometimes without working as hard.</p>
<p>@Ach7DD
How did the african American girl that applied end up?
And the Asian guy that applied?</p>
<p>Not sure for both, but the African-American girl is going to Cornell this fall. I’m not joking, you can go to the students services and see the acceptance board if you doubt me.
The Asian guy likely got accepted, but he’s going to NCSU as that school has a more well-known engineering program.</p>
<p>@Ach7DD
omg I know exactly who you’re talking about. that’s so exciting! Isn’t Cornell an ivy? Wow. Someone from our completely average school is going to Cornell</p>