OFFICIAL UNC 2014 Decisions Thread-Out of State

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
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<p>**Decision: Accepted **</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal: 710
[</em>] SAT Math: 770
[<em>] SAT Writing: 770
[</em>] SAT Total: 2250
[<em>] SAT II: 780- Physics; 770- Math 2
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] AP/IB taken/scores: 5- Physics B
[</em>] GPA weighted: N/A
[<em>] GPA unweighted: 4.0
[</em>] Rank or % estimate: top 5%</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Great
[</em>] Hook (if any): None that I can think of. </p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[list]
[<em>] State or Country: Delaware
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: No
[<em>] Important ECs: Lots of community service and leadership
[</em>] Deferred Yes/No: No </p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Congrats to everyone who got in!!</p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal: 760
[</em>] SAT Math: 730
[<em>] SAT Writing: 790
[</em>] SAT Total: 2280
[<em>] SAT II: English - 710, History - 730, Math I - 730
[</em>] AP/IB taken/scores: US History - 5, Psych - 4, English Lang - 5, Euro, Calc, English, Spanish
[<em>] GPA weighted: 4.14
[</em>] GPA unweighted: 3.9?
[li] Rank or % estimate: n/a[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[<em>] Recruited Yes/No: No
[</em>] Important ECs: Nationally recognized documentary filmmaker, tons of service, marathon running awards, school leadership.
[li] Deferred Yes/No: Yes. ugh.[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: I’m not really sure why I was deferred, but I guess my SAT IIs were low. The number of APs I took (though my school doesn’t offer more), may also have impacted the decision. Congrats to all who were admitted.</p>

<p><em>FOR DEFEREES</em> IF accepted, reasons why you think so, actions you took after being deferred, etc…: I will probably attend Notre Dame, UCL, or USC, so I don’t think I will take further action regarding UNC.</p>

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<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal: 800
[</em>] SAT Math: 760
[<em>] SAT Writing: 800
[</em>] SAT Total: 2360
[<em>] SAT II: none
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] AP/IB taken/scores: APUSH: 5, AP English Language: 5
[</em>] GPA weighted: Not sure
[<em>] GPA unweighted: 5.0
[</em>] Rank or % estimate: 1</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Quirky. I wrote the long essay about my lack of talent at playing guitar and how it’s taught me not to take everything seriously, and I wrote the short essay about why I choose to keep myself so busy all the time. Both were fairly lighthearted but introspective.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Terrific. My history teacher loves me.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Not good. It was basically a recap of my application.
[</em>] Hook (if any): I don’t know of one.</p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Tennessee
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: No
[<em>] Important ECs: Key Club, Young Dems, Environmental Club, varsity soccer, Student Council, lots of volunteer work, etc…lots of leadership positions…probably a strong point.
[</em>] Deferred Yes/No: No</p>

<p>[/ul]Other Factors:
National Merit Semifinalist; first-generation college student, but I don’t know if UNC gives that much weight.</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc:
I’m really pleased with my results, and congratulations to the rest of you, accepted or rejected; we all worked hard on our applications and we’re all going to find the right college for ourselves soon.</p>

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<p>**Decision: Accepted! **</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal: 770
[</em>] SAT Math: 760
[<em>] SAT Writing: 680
[</em>] SAT Total: 2210
[<em>] SAT II: didn’t submit
[</em>] ACT: didn’t take
[<em>] AP/IB taken/scores: 5’s in APUSH, AP World, AP Psych, & Calc AB
[</em>] GPA weighted: school doesn’t weight
[<em>] GPA unweighted: 3.99
[</em>] Rank or % estimate: 2/500-600</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: wrote about a couple ECs and overcoming an eating disorder ninth through 11th grade.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: didn’t see
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Got lucky, since I have scheduling problems every year the counselor actually knows me pretty well and wrote a fantastic rec
[</em>] Hook (if any):</p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: WA state
[</em>] School Type: public, large (well, for WA), sends students to top schools every year
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: nope
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: nope
[<em>] Important ECs: Science Olympiad (team captain, wrote and proctored tests for junior high, medals at regional/state/national level), Marching Band, clarinet choir, rec. soccer…
[</em>] Deferred Yes/No: no</p>

<p>[/ul]Other Factors: National Merit Semifinalist</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: We’ll see what happens when financial aid offers come out <em>crosses fingers</em> Congrats everyone who got in & good luck to those who applied second deadline!</p>

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<p>Rejected… I was 7 for 7 schools and unc was my last school I had to hear back from.</p>

26

<p>Deferred…</p>

<p>2150 SAT
31 ACT
5 AP classes, 5’s and pending
Good recs, etc. </p>

<p>UGH</p>

27

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal: 690
[</em>] SAT Math: 650
[<em>] SAT Writing:640
[</em>] SAT Total:1980
[<em>] SAT II: USHistory- 710 Literature- 730
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] AP/IB taken/scores:USHistory- 4
[</em>] GPA weighted: 4.5
[<em>] GPA unweighted: 3.94
[</em>] Rank or % estimate: 20/600</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I spent A LOT of time on my essays. I wrote about communication and studying in the middle east.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: really really good.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: i have no idea… i met with her a couple times and i don’t think there is anything that she would say was bad about me…
[</em>] Hook (if any): nothin.</p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[list]
[<em>] State or Country: california
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: no
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: no
[li] Important ECs: president of fca. secretary general. church leadership. mission trips. field hockey.</p>[/li]
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: i really thought i didn’t have a chance of getting in because of my low sat scores. but this just proves that the process IS wholistic and they look at you as a person, not the numbers you generate. unc is my first choice and i will definitely be going. its a good day :)</p>

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<p>@BlueEyedMeg: Sounds a lot like my stats. Sucks… im really disappointed even though I knew how hard it was to get in.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal: N/A
[</em>] SAT Math: N/A
[<em>] SAT Writing: N/A
[</em>] SAT Total: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 760 Math II, 800 US History
[</em>] ACT: 33 composite, 31 writing
[<em>] AP/IB taken/scores: US History 4, US Government 5, Calc AB 5, Macroeconomics N/A
[</em>] GPA weighted: 4.52 or something near that
[<em>] GPA unweighted: 4.00
[</em>] Rank or % estimate: 2/435 as of November </p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Okay
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: No idea, but she likes me
[</em>] Hook (if any): I’m graduating with my AA degree and with three years of high school.</p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: FL
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: No
[<em>] Important ECs: orchestra (viola section leader), Math Honor Society (president), Academic Team (captain), International Club, German Club, Spanish Honor Society, National Honor Society
[</em>] Deferred Yes/No: No</p>

<p>[/ul]Other Factors: none that I can think of</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Congrats to everyone else who was accepted. I don’t think I’ll be going because I have virtually no aid…</p>

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<p>D OOS accepted! Very happy :slight_smile: Congrats to everyone who was accepted.</p>

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<p>3.9 GPA, top 10%, 2280 SAT, 32 ACT, lots of extracurriculars</p>

<p>REJECTED :'(</p>

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<p>Accepted-
SAT Verbal: 800
SAT Math: 730
SAT Writing: 700
Total: 2230
SAT IIs:
Lit: 730
Math II: 740
US History: 720</p>

<p>GPA unweighted: 3.66
GPA weighted: 4.44
Rank: no ranking</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: Excellent
Teacher Recs: Unknown, but assumed to be solid
Counselor Rec: Probably excellent, I’m very close to my counselor
Hooks:
rec from CEO of national disaster relief organization
recruited 73 people to volunteer on summer trips to disaster relief sites/250+ people to volunteer throughout year at food bank</p>

<p>AP Exams:
AP Language and Composition: 5
AP European History: 5
AP Comparative Politics: 5
AP US Government: 5
AP AB Calc: 4 :(</p>

<p>State: Maryland
School Type: Public
(one of best public schools in nation according to U.S. News & World Report (dubious))
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Asian
Legacy: No
Recruited: No
ECs: Varsity track all four years, captain as junior/senior
Columnist for student newspaper (woot)
AP Scholar with Distinction
National Merit Commended</p>

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<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT Verbal: Not submitted

  • SAT Math:
  • SAT Writing:
  • SAT Total:
  • SAT II:
  • ACT: 31
  • AP/IB taken/scores: IB - almost all classes are IB, one AP. IB German = 6, IB Math = 5
  • GPA weighted: 4.17 (max = 4.20)
  • GPA unweighted: 4.00
  • Rank or % estimate: 12/550
    </code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Essays: Probably very strong, focus on service

  • Teacher Recs: Very strong
  • Counselor Rec: Very good
  • Hook (if any): Nominated for national leadership award?
    </code></pre>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<pre><code>* State or Country: Nebraska

  • School Type: Public
  • Ethnicity: White
  • Gender: Female
  • Legacy Yes/No: Yes
  • Recruited Yes/No: Was invited as Tarheel Shadow
  • Important ECs: Service trip to Peru, lived abroad for a year, varsity track,
    </code></pre>

<p>Other Factors: A lot of volunteer and leadership activities</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Congrats to everyone accepted! Everyone will attend great schools.</p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal:740
[</em>] SAT Math:690
[<em>] SAT Writing:700
[</em>] SAT Total:2130
[<em>] SAT II:710 in Math II and 770 in History
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] AP/IB taken/scores: Three 5’s One 3 Have 5 more senior year (9 AP’s in All)
[</em>] GPA weighted:4.2
[<em>] GPA unweighted:3.7
[</em>] Rank or % estimate: No class rank, but would be top 10%</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays:I thought they were good; I guess UNC didn’t agree
[</em>] Teacher Recs:average
[<em>] Counselor Rec:average
[</em>] Hook (if any): None, which is why I probably got deferred</p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country:
[</em>] School Type:
[<em>] Ethnicity:Florida
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: No
[<em>] Important ECs: Pretty good stuff actually
[</em>] Deferred Yes/No:Yes</p>

<p>[/ul]Other Factors: Not applying for financial aid. Full paying student.</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Pretty bummed, I thought I had a good shot, but now after seeing everyone else I see why I didn’t get accepted. I think my unweighted GPA hurt me the most.</p>

<p>For OOS You either had to be near perfect academically, 4.0 UW GPA near 2200 SAT,have some hook, or be an URM, of which I’m none. It is pretty sad that people our being admitted partially because of their skin color, but hey, thats the world we live in. </p>

<p><em>FOR DEFEREES</em> IF accepted, reasons why you think so, actions you took after being deferred, etc…: I’ll send in mid-year grades, but nothing else. At this point, after being deferred and having a full ride from state flagship, even if I was accepted I wouldn’t attend . It’s UNC’s loss.</p>

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<p>Wow. I had the 4th post on here. I got accepted and i’m still in shock.And looking at other people’s stats on here I don’t really get. Like not complaining but it’s weird as anything. However, I’m sure everyone here will go to a school they will love!</p>

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<p>Decision: DEFERRED</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]</p>

<p>[<em>]SAT II: Math II: 740, Bio: 700, US: 700
[</em>]ACT: 31
[<em>]AP/IB taken/scores: US: 4, is taking 6 APs now
[</em>]GPA weighted: n/a
[<em>]GPA unweighted: 3.9
[</em>]Rank or % estimate: just shy of 10%</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>]Essays: I thought they were good
[</em>]Teacher Recs: one from my mentor
[<em>]Counselor Rec: I thought it was good
[</em>]Hook (if any): N/A</p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NY
[</em>] School Type: Public (450 kids in each grade)
[<em>] Ethnicity: ASIAN
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: Nada
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: Nada
[<em>] Important ECs: Intel Semi Finalist, Key Club (webmaster), Math League, National Honor Society (Co-secretary), violinist in competitive Youth Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra
[</em>] Deferred Yes/No: Yes</p>

<p>[/ul]Other Factors: Intel semi-finalist?</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WHO GOT ACCEPTED</p>

<p><em>FOR DEFEREES</em> IF accepted, reasons why you think so, actions you took after being deferred, etc…: Maybe it was the grades? BUT IT DOESN’T MATTER. I got a very nice scholarship from Case Western!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal: 660
[</em>] SAT Math: 700
[<em>] SAT Writing: 790
[</em>] SAT Total: 2150
[<em>] SAT II: didn’t take
[</em>] ACT: didn’t take
[<em>] AP/IB taken/scores: 4 AP English Language, 3 AP American Government
[</em>] GPA weighted: 3.8ish?
[<em>] GPA unweighted: 4.41
[</em>] Rank or % estimate: 6/165 = top 5%</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: No Talent - not being able to ride a bike (i think it was pretty humorous). Topic of Choice - the mental aspect of a cross-country race
[</em>] Teacher Recs: teacher doesn’t let students see her recs, but my guidance counselor said it was excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: probably very good
[</em>] Hook (if any): multiple-legacy - both parents, two grandparents, aunt, two great uncles</p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Massachusetts
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: half Asian, half white
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: yes
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: no
[<em>] Important ECs: 4-year varsity runner/junior year and senior year captain of cross-country, indoor track, and outdoor track teams; NHS; chorus
[</em>] Deferred Yes/No: n/a</p>

<p>[/ul]Other Factors: Nothing I can think of</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: hope I get some scholarship/aid money!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted =]!</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT Verbal: 640
SAT Math: 750
SAT Writing: 770
SAT Total: 2160
SAT II: 720 Chem, 610 Lit, 610 Span
[ *] AP/IB taken/scores: World His (4), Chem (4), Psych (5)–> taking Calc BC, Bio, Spanish Language, and Macroeconomics
[ *] GPA weighted: 4.4595/4.5 scale
[ *] GPA unweighted: school doesn’t release
[ *] Rank or % estimate: 20/635
Subjective:
Essays: one essay on the upward bound program ive been a part of, one essay on how i want to conduct research on homeopathic medications, and one on diversity
Teacher Recs: one from my AP chem teacher, one from my english teacher…they were great in my opinion
Counselor Rec: Assumed great since I got in.
Hook (if any): none
Location/Person:
State or Country: CT
School Type: public school, relatively large
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Legacy Yes/No: No
Recruited Yes/No: No
Important ECs: Secretary of upward bound program, secretary of dance club, tutoring for 5 yrs now, dancing for 14 yrs, singing for 8, library volunteer, hospital volunteer, internship at a pharmaceutical company (I am a pharmacy major)</p>

<p>Congratulations to everyonee who was admitted! =]</p>

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<p>**Decision: Accepted! **</p>

<p>Stats:[ list]
[<em>] SAT Verbal: 690
[</em>] SAT Math: 670
[<em>] SAT Writing: 740
[</em>] SAT Total: 2100
[<em>] SAT II: Didn’t submit. They were terrible: 670 US History, 650 Math 1
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] AP/IB taken/scores: I’m going to graduate with 10 APs at 2 college courses. On the 5 APs I have already taken, I scored all 4s
[</em>] GPA weighted: Way above a 4.0, I don’t ever see my weighted GPA
[<em>] GPA unweighted: 3.8
[</em>] Rank or % estimate: Top 10%, but just barely</p>

<p>[/list]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I truly think they were witty and illustrated who I am as a person. They were funny, but pretty insightful
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Really excellent, I’m very close with my counselor
[</em>] Hook (if any): My ECs are very good, and I definitely come across (resume-wise) as a strong leader. I applied to the Journalism & Mass Communication school, and I think they saw my passion in human rights and the way I wrote my essays and felt I was a good match for the school</p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NY
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: No
[<em>] Important ECs: I am a leader in over 4 clubs, founded two of these clubs, work for an important organization, am a dedicated athlete, attended various prestigious summer programs. Wow, that came across as super snotty. I think my ECs are really why I got in, though.
[</em>] Deferred Yes/No: No, accepted</p>

<p>[/ul]Other Factors: I truly feel that I got in because of my ECs, the fact that my SATs weren’t terrible, and my essays. I know everyone is probably looking at my scores and going “What the heck! How did that dummy get in?” but I think the fact that my application showed strong interest in my major was a strong acceptance factor. Also, my essays were pretty entertaining.</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: I’m so surprised I was accepted! YAY! Can’t wait to go visit campus (I haven’t been yet!) and hopefully meet some of you guys. Woo go Tar Heels! :)</p>

<p>Good luck to all who were Deferred!! You should really send UNC a letter updating them on your senior year. I did that in early January, as I received a fairly prestigious scholarship, and I think it really helped me be accepted. Best of luck!!! :)</p>

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<p>**Decision: Accepted **</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal: 690
[</em>] SAT Math: 790
[<em>] SAT Writing: 710
[</em>] SAT Total: 2190
[<em>] SAT II: Math 2- 800, US- 740, Chem- 790, Bio- 750
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] AP/IB taken/scores: USH-5, CHEM- 5
[</em>] GPA weighted: 4.56
[<em>] GPA unweighted:
[</em>] Rank or % estimate: top 5% (class of ~400)</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ list]
[<em>] Essays: wrote about how my mother’s death affected my development
[</em>] Teacher Recs: no idea
[<em>] Counselor Rec: no idea
[</em>] Hook (if any):</p>

<p>[/list]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NJ
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: male
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: no
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: no
[<em>] Important ECs: captain of tennis team, national honor societies, a few clubs
[</em>] Deferred Yes/No: no</p>

<p>[/ul]Other Factors: received a likely letter</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: definitely one of my top schools and will most likely be attending</p>

<p>**<em>FOR DEFEREES</em> IF accepted, reasons why you think so, actions you took after being deferred, etc…:[ /b]</p>