** Official UNC Class of 2015 EA Results Thread **

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

<p>In state or out of state?
OOS (MA)</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): didn’t send
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II: 790 U.S. History, 770 Spanish
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 89.82/100 we don’t use a 4.0 scale
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): no idea, I know for a fact that I’m not in the top 10% though
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), U.S. History (5), Spanish Language (4), Biology (3), taking Gov, Spanish Lit, Environmental Science, and Calc AB right now
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Spanish Lit, AP Environmental Science, AP Government and Politics, Short Story
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): absolutely none at all</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Community service, Theater, International Club (co-head), Religious camp staff (team leader), GSA, Environmental Club, School Newspaper (copy editor)
[</em>] Essays: I used my common app essay for the 500 word one. It’s well-written and really shows my personality. For the 250 word essay, I was REALLY risky…like it was an essay they would either LOVE or HATE.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Never saw, but I’m guessing great based on who I chose.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Never saw, but he likes me a lot, so I’m guessing great</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[</em>] School Type: Private boarding
[<em>] Ethnicity: Bengali
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: Highest one
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[li] Strengths: ACT score, course rigor, recs, good depth and breadth in ECs, main essay[/li][ *] Weaknesses: Definitely grades</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: I’m not sure what role my 250 word essay played in my decision…it was an essay they either loved or hated. Who knows whether they accepted me IN SPITE of my essay or if they actually did enjoy it…and who cares. I’M ECSTATIC!!! I HONESTLY thought I had like a 1% chance of getting accepted given how competitive it is out-of-state and how low my grades are relative to other applicants. This acceptance makes me believe that UNC definitely looks at the applicant as a whole, or I wouldn’t have had a chance in hell. CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE ELSE WHO WAS ACCEPTED! If you were deferred or rejected, keep your chin up. I’ve been in that position with two colleges so far, and everything has turned out/will turn out amazing. The same will happen for you and I wish you the very best of luck!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Out of State</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 680 math, 680 reading, 660 writing
[</em>] ACT: 31 composite
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.12, school doesn’t unweight
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), Psychology (5), Englishg Lit (3), US History (3)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: 5 AP’s (Comparative Gov, US Gov, Eng, Spanish, Calc)
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): not going to list all, but very strong
[</em>] Essays: good-great
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: didn’t read, should have been great!
[</em>] Counselor Rec: didn’t read, should have been great!</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): VA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Essays/Extracurriculars
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments:
I AM JUST SO EXCITED! tarheel born and tarheel bred. i’ve been waiting to do this forever. to all those whose pages haven’t loaded yet, give it time! to those who were deferred, you still have a shot! to those who were rejected, you’ll love wherever you end up and you have no idea what is in store for you there</p>

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<p>Rejected from West Coast (WA State)
Congrats to all who got in, good luck to those deferred, and best wishes to those rejected!
I actually already accepted an appointment to the United States Military Academy (aka West Point), so I’m glad I didn’t take up a spot!</p>

<p>Again, best regards to all!!!</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>In state</p>

<p>Objective:
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): Reading: 700 Writing: 750 Math: 480 (I suck at math)
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):~3.5
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10/160
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):English Language (5) World History (3) US History (3) Environmental Science (2)
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature, AP Statistics, 8 college courses</p>

<p>Subjective:
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Environmental Club (founder, president) Youth council organization, academic team (captain) beta club, key club (treasurer) kick off mentor, national honor society, over 100 hours of community service, pep team
[ *] Essays: Excellent
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent
[ *] Counselor Rec: Excellent</p>

<p>Other
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): NC
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[ *] Gender:Male
[ *] Income Bracket: Middle</p>

<p>Reflection
[ *] Strengths: Writing, Reading, Leadership
[ *] Weaknesses: Math</p>

<p>General Comments: I was pretty surprised, even though I had all but decided to go somewhere else before the decision. I have made straight A’s while dual enrolled at my community college. I am graduating high school with my Associate’s degree (if that doesn’t qualify me as able to do college work well, nothing does).</p>

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<p>[size=+2][color=green]**Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

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

<p>**Objective:[ /b][list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):2080
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II:730 lit 800 us history
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):1
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):us 5 world 5 bio 3
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:5 APs, etc
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>

<p>[ /list]**Subjective:[ /b][list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Academic Team, Newspaper, Key Club, Synergy of the Carroll County times, stage manger( not listing leadership positions, too lazy)
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: good
[ *] Counselor Rec:bleh</p>

<p>[ /list]**Other[ /b][list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):MD
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender:female
[ *] Income Bracket: poor?
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first gen, attended the Chuck Stone summer program at UNC</p>

<p>[ /list]**Reflection[ /b][list]
[ *] Strengths: Interest
[ *] Weaknesses:SAT</p>

<p>[ /list]**General Comments:[ /b] Really concerned by all the speculation on Collegeconfidential, but I am happy right now.</p>

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<p>Too excited to fill out the whole thing!</p>

<p>In-State</p>

<p>SAT: 1510/1600 and 2240/2400
ACT: 33
GPA: 4.0
Rank: top 2%
Full IB Diploma</p>

<p>-Asian male in competitive public</p>

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<p>[size=+2][color=green]**Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>Out of State-NJ</p>

<p>[ *] SAT I (breakdown):superscore 2120
[ *] ACT: n/a
[ *] SAT II:760 (chem and math 2c)
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): we dont know our unweighted, so 4.083 weighted
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):17/340
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): calc ab(5), chem(4)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:ap bio, ap environmental, ap calc bc, spanish 5-honors
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>

<p>[ /list]**Subjective:[ /b][list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): track and cross country for 3 years, student dance association2 years, nhs membership coordinator, spanish honors society
[ *] Essays: long-society’s injustice towards homosexuals, short-a cutesy essay on advice my sister gave me when i was younger
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: amazing
[ *] Counselor Rec:not sure</p>

<p>[ /list]**Other[ /b][list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): new jersey
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: black
[ *] Gender:female
[ *] Income Bracket: middle class
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>

<p>[ /list]**Reflection[ /b][list]
[ *] Strengths: GPA and subject tests
[ *] Weaknesses: SAT scores </p>

<p>[ /list]**General Comments:[ /b]—this is my only EA school and i wont hear from anywhere else til end of march/early april, so im happy to know im accepted somewhere :)</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>In state</p>

<p>Objective:

[ul] [<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2350 (800 CR, 780 W, 770 M)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): N/A
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable): All A’s.
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/195.
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP English Language (5), AP Environmental Science (4), AP European History (3), AP Calculus AB, AP Statistics, AP US Government, AP English Literature, AP Biology
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP US Government, AP Statistics, Honors Calculus, AP Calculus AB, AP English Literature, AP Biology, Honors Psychology, Honors Spanish III
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semi-Finalist[/ul]</p>

<p>Subjective:

[ul][<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): Student Council (Student Body President; 11-12), National Honors Society (11-12), Junior Civitans (Director, 11-12), Youth Commission International (President, 9-12), Interact Club (Vice President, 12), Science Club (12), American Patriots’ Club (11-12), volunteer with immigrant children at local shelter
[</em>] Essays: Long essay was about advice; very rushed and not my best work. Short essay was copied from Common App; talked about my brother who is mentally challenged and how he motivates me to succeed. Well written IMO.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t see[/ul]</p>

<p>Other:

[ul] [<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NC
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Small public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None[/ul]</p>

<p>Reflection

[ul][<em>]Strengths: Academics, SAT Scores, ECs, course load, grades, short essay, recommendations
[</em>] Weaknesses: Long essay[/ul]
General Comments: UNC-CH isn’t my first choice; that honor belongs to Duke. Where I attend will of course depend on what acceptances I gain in March/April. :)</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>In state</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 640 Math 600 Reading 680 Writing: 1920 total
[</em>] ACT: -
[<em>] SAT II: -
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 Chem, 3 English
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Eng, AP Earth Envi, APUSH, AP Statistics, Spanish 4, Electives
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): HOSA State Competiiton</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Tutor (leadership position), Work, Diversity Club (leadership position), Honor Societies, HOSA. Hospital Volunteer, Volunteer organization that teachers ausistic children
[</em>] Essays: Pretty good - VERY PERSONAL and Insightful
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Great
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Great</p>

<p>[/ul]**Other **[ul]
[<em>] School Type: Average, fairly large with about 20 people applying
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: Middle
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): -</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Did Summer Ventures, Great GPA (4.8 weighted)
[</em>] Weaknesses: Low SAT</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: I’m so excited.</p>

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<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Instate - Wake County
1930 sat
4.7 weighted GPA
Lots of extracurricular
200 hrs of community service
wrote supplemental essay
8 APs total</p>

<p>I dont know how i got in… omg it is a big day.</p>

<p>I’m so pleased:)</p>

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<p>HOW DO YOU KNOW?!?!?!!!?!?</p>

<p>I click check application status, a new window pops up, and it’s just a white screen. HELP! Did you all get an actual letter in the mail?</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>OOS
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 1440/ 2210 770M, 670CR, 770W
[ *] ACT: 32
[ *] SAT II: 720 BIO M, 700 BIO E, 670 MATH 2, 690 US HIST
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 21/~600
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), Biology (5), Human Geography(4),
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): Visual Arts (5)
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: All IB w/ 1 regular
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): hmmm, none really, other than school awards. Oh, and AP Scholar</p>

<p>Subjective:
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): HOSA (Treasurer), Sierra Club (Secretary), Latin Club (Secretary), NHS, NSHS, Tae-kwon-do, Piano, Local Park Clean-Up (Adoptee/President)
[ *] Essays: Don’t really know how to judge it, but I think it was fine
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read it, assuming it was good
[ *] Counselor Rec: Good, I would assume</p>

<p>State (if domestic applicant): TX
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: fairly large public school
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: F
[ *] Income Bracket: fairly high
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): NMSF? Summer internship at university research hospital</p>

<p>Reflection
[ *] Strengths: SAT, internship
[ *] Weaknesses: SAT IIs</p>

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<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Out of State</p>

<p>SAT I (breakdown): M 710 R 800 W 800
ACT:35
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):1
AP (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: All AP’s , band, theater</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS (Pres), section leader Band, Jazz band, theater, teach in Spanish after school program, columnist local paper.
[ *] Essays: good
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: great
[ *] Counselor Rec: great</p>

<p>State (if domestic applicant):Nebraska
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: F
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):Nada</p>

<p>General Comments: I’m so happy! I think this is the ONE!
sunsetskies is online now</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted
Objective
* SAT I (breakdown): 770 M, 620 CR, 660W -2050
* ACT: N/A
* SAT II (if submitted): N/A
* Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
* Grades in AP/honors classes (if applicable): A’s
* Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): HS doesn’t rank but top 5%
* AP (place score in parenthesis): 3-4’s
* IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
* Senior Year Course Load: All APs or college dual enrollment
* Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): Varsity Lacrosse and Basketball, Various honor societys w/CS

  • Job/Work Experience: none
  • Volunteer/Community service:coaching younger kids, Soldier’s Angels, Soup kitchen, Relay for Life Captain, etc
  • Long Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): Awesome, heartfelt.
  • Short Essay (subject - and personal opinions on it):Decent
  • Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it): told it was good by teacher
  • Counselor Rec (only if you saw it): didn’t expect much, she barely knew me.
    </code></pre>

<p>N/A
Other:</p>

<pre><code>* State (if domestic applicant): NY

  • Country (if international applicant): US of A
  • School Type: Public
  • Ethnicity: Caucasian
  • Gender: Male
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None
    </code></pre>

<p>Reflection

[list][<em>]Strengths: GPA/Class Rank… Essays Weaknesses: SAT[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Prayers! …Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: First Result![ /list]General Comments:</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>In state </p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1950; CR-640, M-650, W-660
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: N/A
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10/450
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH - 4, AP English III - 4, AP Government - 4
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Spanish 5, AP Environmental Sci, AP English IV, AP Calc AB
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 1st Place State Conference NC DECA, 5th Place DECA International Conference</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]**Subjective:[ /b][ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): A good share, but the biggest one was being President for my school’s DECA Chapter my junior year and NC DECA State Vice President this year.
[</em>] Essays: I did the research one (I wrote about how I would research biodegradable plastics) and I can’t remember my other one haha.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: REALLY REALLY good - I got one from my Marketing teacher who rarely ever writes recommendations, only for select students.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Good as well.</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NC
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[<em>] School Type: Competitive Public (Meck. County)
[</em>] Ethnicity: Indian (South Asian)
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: < $40,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Minority, First Gen, and I attended Project Uplift.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: My extra curriculars helped A LOT with getting in. I also was content with all my scores as an instate applicant and I have overall good grades. I’m so glad that I got in!
[</em>] Weaknesses: I only played a sport one year and it was for an out of school team.</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: Congratulations to everyone who got in! See you at Carolina next year :D</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>In state</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1770 (510 CR, 670 M, 590 W, 8 E)
[</em>] ACT: 27 (30 E, 30 M, 21 R, 25 S)
[<em>] SAT II: didn’t take them in time to submit.
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10/203 so ~5th
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB- 5
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 3 APs, 4 Honors, 1 Regular
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Job ~20hrs/wk, VP of Mu Alpha Theta, Beta, Spanish, ASTRA, and Interact.
[</em>] Essays:ok… probably not good.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: she’s great, so good.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: probably good. i think she likes me. lol.</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NC
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Lower
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None, unless low-income counts…</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: I love math? :confused:
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT/ACT scores</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: This made my day. I cannot believe I actually got in!</p>

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<p>Decision:Accepted</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): NC
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): US
[<em>] School Type: 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: Ecstatic :slight_smile: Congrats to everyone who got in! And to those who didn’t, there’s a school out there for you that you will succeed in :)</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Out of State: Idaho</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (2160, 2150): CR: 730, 720 M: 710, 690 W: 720, 750 E: 10, 12
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85~ (weighted is like a 4.3/5)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/325
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): EuroHist 3 (Frosh), WorldHist 4 (Soph)
[li] Senior Year Course Load: IB HL Chem, IB HL English, IB HL American History, IB SL Spanish, IB SL Math Studies, IB TOK, IB Extended Essay, H Debate</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Debate w/NFL Academic All-American, Degree of Premier Distinction, Four national qualifiers, (Student Congress Captain)
Student Council Frosh/Sec, Soph/Sec, Junior/Pres
City Council of Urban Forestry
[</em>] Essays: One was about how IB showed me the importance of educational diversity and how that’s hard to get at this point in the Northwest (copied from UMichigan essay), the other was on how my grandfather inspired me to find my passions in helping others and advancing my community.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: History teacher, English teacher, Debate coach. Only saw Debate coach’s, it was alright.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Read it and it was fabulous. She talked about how I like to challenge my classmates to defend there ideas in the hopes that they’ll challenge my logic and make me a better student.</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] School Type: Public, about 1500
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Umm…? Last year, my dad made like 110k and my step-mom made about 30k.
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Well, my dad only has an associates, my mother passed away when I was young, I mentioned that I was gay in passing (I didn’t talk about how I’m so unique because I like boys 'cause that’d be stupid, I just made some jokes about it)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Leadership, long-term dedication to my activities, and writing.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Idaho education system sucks. So GPA/test scores are only decent.</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments:
Super excited for this one. UNC was my first choice for a long time, until I had a fabulous interview with a WashU alumni. I was also early accepted at UMich. Still waiting for UVirginia, UWashington, Northwestern, and WashU.</p>

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<p>MikeN: Whew. Makes NO sense to me. NONE. </p>

<p>Hope you end up getting in. Where else have you applied? UVA?</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>In state</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2370 (800M, 800CR, 770W)
[</em>] SAT II: MolBio (800), Math2 (800), Chinese (800), Span (760)
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 (weighted 5.7)
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Statistics (5), World History (5), Bio (5), Calc BC (5), US Gov/Pol (5), US History (4)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: It’s weighted 6.0
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing really outstanding, just national biology olympiad semi-finalist, national merit semi-finalist, and AP scholar with honors (I have a list of regional/state awards though that’s like 3 pages long and doesn’t fit on any application…)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Captain of 2 varsity sports, captain of an academic bowl, president of 2 service clubs, treasurer of class council, intern at a research center, major genetics research, piano (12 years), guitar (5 years), the list goes on and on
[</em>] Essays: Ehhh…I copy and pasted stuff I used for another college.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Out of this universe (haha, jk…but he said that I was the best research student he had ever seen)
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Ok, didn’t know her too well</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NC
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Green :slight_smile:
[</em>] Gender: Female</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Test scores, leadership in extracurriculars
[</em>] Weaknesses: Essays (UNC was my backup college, so I didn’t spend much time on the application)</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: I also applied to a whole bunch of ivies.</p>