<p>I am a Morehead nominee and I'm a very well rounded person as far as academics and extracurricular activities go and I'm in the top of my class. </p>
<p>BUT</p>
<p>My SAT scores aren't tooo great...at all. I've never just done well on standarized tests and that's hurting me a lot. </p>
<p>my scores are:</p>
<p>Reading: 550
Writing: 630
Math: 600</p>
<p>BE HONEST! what do you guys think?</p>
<p>Honestly..Are you in-state or out-of-state? If you're in-state, you're in, no problem(due to GPA and class rank) but if you're out-of-state, that's a different animal. While you still have a good chance, you will have to do well on your essay and/or recs to balance out.</p>
<p>But you'll never get in if you don't apply!</p>
<p>I hope I helped.</p>
<p>he's talking about winning the morehead not just getting in i think.</p>
<p>Oh! Sorry! If you're applying to the morehead, I would say that you have a low chance of getting it. However, once again you'll never get it if you don't apply. The Morehead also considers other factors like leadership, Athletic activity, and other factors. Remember, there's always the one or two kids that get it that are in your situation. So apply, and see what happens. I hope you get it!</p>
<p>When in doubt, always apply. That's my motto. Who knows, you might get it!</p>
<p>Yeah, I've pretty much have come to a conclusion/realization that I will not get the morehead (which I'm fine with). </p>
<p>But I just really want to get into UNC!!</p>
<p>My GPA is 4.4
I'm 4th in my class
I do a good amount of extra curricular activities
and PLUS I'm a minority (middle eastern) which I'm hoping helps me a bit...</p>
<p>considering that my SAT scores pretty much fail. </p>
<p>What do you think?</p>
<p>Don't be scared of low SAT scores. It comes way more down to extracurriculars and essays, which is definitely a better judge of character.</p>
<p>Astranger, if you're in-state, I'd say you're in. It'll help that you're a nominee from your school if you're OOS, but that does make the chances harder for getting the Morehead (I think).</p>
<p>Are you already accepted to UNC? Are you in-state?
Because people on these forums make it seem impossible to get into a college like Chapel Hill with SAT scores that are that low....(which are similar to mine right now, so dont take offense)</p>
<p>UNC is the #3 public school in the country. it is hard to get into. he's below avg. SAT wise, therefore I'd say he isn't the most competitive applicant, and would put him at a match in-state, reach OOS.</p>
<p>If you are in state you are completely in. No doubt.</p>
<p>I don't usually respond to chances posts, because I think it's hard to know what someone's chances are without seeing the complete application, but I think you're getting some conflicting answers here that don't fully fit with the experiences of the students I'm familiar with. My comments are based on an assumption that you are instate, and I would still not tell you that you "are in" or "no doubt." The admissions process gets tougher every year, even for instate applicants.</p>
<p>First, an 1150 is on the low side, even for instate applicants. If you've taken the SAT again and raised your scores, that will help a lot. Second, one of the major factors that seemed to make a difference for the students I know who applied in the last few years was the rigor of the high school curriculum, as measured by number of AP courses taken relative to number of such courses offered by your high school (or IB, or whatever your high school offers). Our high school's guidance counselors generally tell students they need at least 5 or 6 AP courses to be competitive at UNC. I see you have a strong GPA and class rank, so if you've taken a rigorous set of courses (I couldn't tell from what you posted whether you had), that should help you a lot in offsetting the relatively low SAT scores. Write some stellar essays, and those should help you a lot, too. (And maybe if you have some strong AP scores to report that might offset the SAT as well.)</p>
<p>I'd conclude by saying that if all of the other factors I've mentioned are super strong, your SAT scores may not stand in your way, but I've seen strong instate students get deferred and rejected, so it's just really hard to say. Good luck with your application and with the Morehead-Cain process.</p>
<p>To add to that though, this kid is the top of his or her class. That's a huge deal. Not only that, but they've been nominated for the Morehead. That hints to me that people outside of this kid have recognized them for some outstanding accomplishments within and outside of their high school. So that adds up to less than solid SAT scores, excellent class ranking, excellent extracurriculars, and excellent teacher recommendations. All signs point to accepted. That being said, I'm not an admissions representative, and I'm also human. My main point is that kids going through this process fixate way too heavily on the SAT. It just isn't that huge of a deal.</p>
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To add to that though, this kid is the top of his or her class. That's a huge deal.
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Perhaps. It really depends on the high school. </p>
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Not only that, but they've been nominated for the Morehead.
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That surely helps, but one of the nominees from my kids' high school was not admitted to UNC at all a few years ago.</p>
<p>I agree that there are a lot of factors, and that with enough other positive ones, the impact of the low SAT may be minimized. It's just really hard to know, and all I was concerned about were the messages some were sending that suggested there was "no doubt" about admission.</p>
<p>Will the admissions committee see that you are a morehead nominee?</p>
<p>It really depends on if you are in-state or out-of-state. Your stats look pretty good for an in-state applicant. And the 1150 SAT is really not that bad. The middle 50% at UNC is between 1200 and 1300. This means that 25% of admits have SAT scores lower than 1200. Some applicants are admitted with SAT scores as low as 900, no thats is not like <1% or anything like that. There is actually a good number. And the Morehead nomination is a big deal as well. Have you already applied yet? I think you stand a very good chance if you are an in-state applicant. As far as out-of-state I couldn't tell you because I don't know how they are evaluated. I do know that admissions are much tougher for out of state applicants because there is only a certain percentage of admits that are allowed to be out of state.</p>
<p>But anyways, any morehead nominee is a competitive applicant. Make sure you apply as early as possible, and good luck!</p>