** Official UNC Decision Thread Class of 2013 - Out of State **

<p>I got in!</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 800 CR 710 M 760 W 1510/1600 and 2270/2400 [superscored]
SAT IIs: 760 World History, 730 US History, 710 mathII and lit, 660 chem</p>

<p>GPA: about 94.5 uw 99-ish w
Rank: 7/141
Other stats: NMSF, 9 APs
Essays: fairly solid I think
Teacher Recs: Didn't read
Counselor Rec: Didn't read
Hook (if any):I was born in NC?
Location/Person:
State or Country: GA
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: not reported
Gender:F
major strength/weakness: I was going to paste in the details of my #1 & 2 EC's from the commonapp mini essay, but I forgot...it just said "hhh" also, I did some significant archaeological research in Greece this summer, but I was too tired to attach anything about it...sooo they have barely any clue. I hope it doesn't hurt my chances for honors college.
why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: strongest course load possible, good scores,
going to attend?: maybe. we'll see...it's not first choice.
Other Factors: Congrats or good luck to everyone!</p>

<p>Decision:ACCEPTED!!!</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: Funny story.. It is 710R/730M/760W (1440/2200)
BUT
that was Dec so UNC only saw 690R/700M/690W (1390/2080)
[</em>] SAT IIs:710Span/660Math II/590 Chem (haha..)
[<em>] ACT:N/A
[</em>] GPA:4.70/4.00
[<em>] Rank:1/240
[</em>] Other stats:AP Scholar
Bloustein Scholar
Isshinryu Karate Assistant Instructor, trained for 10 years
Varsity Swimming
Varsity Volleyball
Play
Helped revive Youth Partnership Group in my county
President and Founder of Middle Eastern Culture Club
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: wrote about me joining swimming after not doing any sports and getting varsity for the "talent" one and about this time I followed a bear into the woods for the "curiosity" one and did the extra
[</em>] Teacher Recs:One great One pretty good
[<em>] Counselor Rec:standard good
[</em>] Hook (if any):NONEEE
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country:NJ
[</em>] School Type:Catholic
[<em>] Ethnicity:White/Persian
[</em>] Gender:M
[<em>] major strength/weakness:Essays and GPA/SAT
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:I really am not sure. I've been trying to figure out since I got my likely letter in Dec.. maybe admissions really like my essays? or EC commitment? Because there are applicants with much more stellar scores/stats than me especially for OOS. All I know is I'm freaking ecstatic!! I guess I'll just be the example for those who are scared out of state for reg decisions or for years to come it's not ALL about scores! Your ECs and essays can weigh just as much!
[li] going to attend? Most definitely...so long as I don't get into Princeton (haha) or some considerable money at Duke if I get in. I really hope I hear back positively for the Robertson at either school![/li][/ul]Other Factors: Congratulations everyone and to all those deferred/rejected there is still hope! Great schools are just waiting to accept you it will just be the right one!</p>

<p>[ size=+1][ color=Green][ b]Decision:[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT:not taken
[ *] SAT IIs:790- US History, 780- Math II, 780- Bio M
[ *] ACT:35
[ *] GPA:3.9/4.3 UW
[ *] Rank:Top Decile
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays:good
[ *] Teacher Recs:good
[ *] Counselor Rec:good
[ *] Hook (if any):medical research, violin/bass performance
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:St. Louis, Missouri
[ *] School Type:Public
[ *] Ethnicity:Caucasian
[ *] Gender:M
[ *] major strength/weakness: Strengths- music, sports, research; Weaknesses- only 2 APs before senior year, not too many leadership positions
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:test scores, ECs
[ *] going to attend? best value, depends on other schools, but very likely
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b] CONGRATS/GOOD LUCK to ALL</p>

<p>Decision:Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 730M,720CR,700W(10 essay) (1450/2150)Super
[</em>] SAT IIs: 750 BioE, 680 USH, 670 MathII
[<em>] GPA: 4.33 W, 3.8 UW
[</em>] Rank: Top 10%
[<em>] Other stats: National Hispanic Scholar, President of Spanish Honor Society, Treasurer of Key Club, VP FBLA, NHS member, Captain of golf team, Varsity Swimming and golf
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Decent, nothing special
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Didnt see
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Very good
[<em>] Hook (if any): URM, National Hispanic Scholar
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: New Jersey
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] major strength/weakness: poor MathII, no calculus, only 6AP's/leadership positions, volunteering, varsity sports, distant legacy(great uncle, idk if it applied at all)
[<em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: URM, Rank, SATs, Extracurriculars
[</em>] going to attend? Its possible depends on money. Going to wait for UVA, Vandy, BC
[/ul]What Else: Congrats to everyone! I am so excited, really going to think about UNC. I would go in a second, alot depends upon scholarships etc.</p>

<p>[ size=+1][ color=red][ b]REJECTED:[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT:
[ *] SAT IIs:
[ *] ACT:29, 31 if u superscoer which they dont
[ *] GPA:4.0 UW
[ *] Rank: 20/400
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: pretty damn good...worked on em' for about a month and a half on and off with an AP lit teacher
[ *] Teacher Recs: awesome
[ *] Counselor Rec: pretty good
[ *] Hook (if any): accepted as lacrosse team manager (guess not!)
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:OH-IO
[ *] School Type: large public
[ *] Ethnicity:white
[ *] Gender:male
[ *] major strength/weakness: only 4 AP's....and ACT sucked
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: ACT and strength of schedule...i took a mentorship clas senior year
[ *] going to attend? guess not?
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]</p>

<p>Hate to be "this guy", but I got deferred, and wondering what "sign", if you will, this is. I also applied to Vanderbilt, Northwestern, Brown, Duke and Stanford. I know Stanford, Duke, and Brown will probably all be "no's" , but does this deferral kinda mean that I won't get into any of these? Holla.</p>

<p>Decision: Admit!</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: N/A
[</em>] SAT IIs: N/A
[<em>] ACT: 35
[</em>] GPA: 4.5 W 4.0 UW
[<em>] Rank: 9/896
[</em>] Other stats: President of Spanish Honors Society, VP of DECA, Varsity Golf..etc.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[</em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Illinois
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] major strength/weakness: Schedule, ACT, EC's
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred:
[li] going to attend? Possibly...Let's see about that second round of Scholarship Day Invites...[/li][/ul]Other Factors:</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: N/A
SAT IIs: N/A
ACT: C32
GPA: 4.0 UW
GPA at my local college:3.9 UW with 23 credits
GPA from summer program: 4.0 with 6 credits
Rank: 1/87
Other stats: Hardest classes available</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: Long about how Show Choir has helped me become who I am today, short about how if I was the principal I would make sure our school offered AP classes so we could be ahead at college
Teacher Recs: Good
Counselor Rec: Surely good cause she loves me
Hook (if any): Well I think that taking the initiative to further my education at the community college probably helped</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Illinois
School Type: Public, real small
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Female
major strength/weakness: I have many ECs with leadership positions and I am really dedicated in them.
why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: I am well rounded and I get good grades?
going to attend? Depending on money.</p>

<p>Other Factors:</p>

<p>I need a scholarship</p>

<p>Congrats to everyone! I've read somewhere that March 1st is the deadline for priority financial aid. Random but useful fact.
Two of my friends didn't make it D:</p>

<p>Please help me with this! ;D
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-north-carolina-chapel-hill/636845-question-about-regular-decision.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-north-carolina-chapel-hill/636845-question-about-regular-decision.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT: 2120
* SAT IIs: 770 math 2, 710 math 1, 700 chem
* ACT: n/a
* GPA: 102.6 weighted...96.6 unweighted (4.0 unweighted)
* Rank: 7/276
* Other stats: 9 AP's, varsity soccer 4 years, captain, all county scholar athlete, national merit scholar, ap scholar, varsity softball, tri-m music honor society, art honor society, national honor society, italian honor society, tons of leadership/community service
</code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Essays: One on a journal i keep about things that make me happy each day and my journey with it (mentioned duke and joked around with the rivalry)..the other was about my marching band teacher (also pretty humorous)

* Teacher Recs: Amazing!!!
* Counselor Rec: Awesome
* Hook (if any): None (white, long island, well off)..haha
</code></pre>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<pre><code>* State or Country: NY
* School Type: Public
* Ethnicity: Caucasian
* Gender: Female
* major strength/weakness: extracurriculars and being well rounded...i hate to be cocky though..
* why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: The whole well rounded thing again...my sats weren't great but my grades in ap classes are awesome
* going to attend? 95% sure, depending upon yale and georgetown
</code></pre>

<p>Other Factors:</p>

<p>TARHEELS 2013!!! </p>

<p>why isn't there a facebook group for this..i was pretty surprised. lol</p>

<p>[ size=+1][ color=Green][ b]Decision:ACCEPTED[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *]SAT: 1340/2120 620CR, 720M, 780W
[ *]SAT IIs: 660 Chemistry, 780 Math II
[ *]ACT: 34C: 35E, 30R, 35M, 34S (superscored)
[ *]GPA: 4.704 weighted, 4.0 unweighted
[ *]Rank: 2/450
[ *]Other stats: APs: Statistics-5, US Gov-3, Comparative Gov-3; 6 APs senior year; most possible honors classes every year
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *]Essays: Good, I guess. I wrote the long one about my grandfather and the short about the experience of working out in my high school weight room for the first time.
[ *]Teacher Recs: Excellent!
[ *]Counselor Rec: Not sure, she's kind of flakey
[ *]Hook (if any): 6 week research program over the summer-wrote a 72 page research paper that won an award. Continued work in research lab up to present.
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *]State or Country: St. Louis, Missouri
[ *]School Type: Public
[ *]Ethnicity: White
[ *]Gender: Male
[ *]major strength/weakness: strengths-extensive scientific research experience, essays, recommendations, class rank; weaknesses-ACT and SAT reading
[ *]why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: I sent them a copy of my research paper. I guess I also have more to offer than just pure academics.
[ *]going to attend? I can't say at the moment. UNC is second only to Vanderbilt for me, so I'll have to wait till April.
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
Varsity Ice Hockey Captain</p>

<p>Congratulations, everyone!</p>

<p>Decision:ACCEPTED</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 1340/2120 620CR, 720M, 780W
[</em>]SAT IIs: 660 Chemistry, 780 Math II
[<em>]ACT: 34C: 35E, 30R, 35M, 34S (superscored)
[</em>]GPA: 4.704 weighted, 4.0 unweighted
[<em>]Rank: 2/450
[</em>]Other stats: APs: Statistics-5, US Gov-3, Comparative Gov-3; 6 APs senior year; most possible honors classes every year
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Good, I guess. I wrote the long one about my grandfather and the short about the experience of working out in my high school weight room for the first time.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Excellent!
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Not sure, she's kind of flakey
[</em>]Hook (if any): 6 week research program over the summer-wrote a 72 page research paper that won an award. Continued work in research lab up to present.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>]State or Country: St. Louis, Missouri
[</em>]School Type: Public
[<em>]Ethnicity: White
[</em>]Gender: Male
[<em>]major strength/weakness: strengths-extensive scientific research experience, essays, recommendations, class rank; weaknesses-ACT and SAT reading
[</em>]why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: I sent them a copy of my research paper. I guess I also have more to offer than just pure academics.
[li]going to attend? I can't say at the moment. UNC is second only to Vanderbilt for me, so I'll have to wait till April.[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
Varsity Ice Hockey Captain</p>

<p>Congratulations, everyone!</p>

<p>[ size=+1][ color=Green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: Reading 760 Writing 770 Math 660
[ *] SAT IIs: Literature 730 US History 690
[ *] ACT:31 (did not send)
[ *] GPA:4.0
[ *] Rank: School Does Not Rank
[ *] Other stats: AP World History 5 AP English Lang. and Comp. 4 AP US History 4
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: Pretty good, detailed concrete. Though I had two typos in the short essay.
[ *] Teacher Recs: Two great, one okay (put my incorrect ap score in)
[ *] Counselor Rec: Generic
[ *] Hook (if any): Varsity Cross Country and Track in HS, though I do not plan to run for UNC in college
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: Kentucky
[ *] School Type: Public, Renowned Magnet School
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] major strength/weakness: GPA/SAT Math
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: ???? I'm just happy.
[ *] going to attend? Hopefully, but need to get a little aid or scholarships first
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b] Visited UNC and did tour.</p>

<p>Yay! Congrats to my fellow tarheels, and for all those who got deffered/rejected, this is the most competitive college admissions year yet and a lot of it comes down to random factors, I'm sure another school will come through for you.</p>

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: CR-730, M-760, W-600, E-08
[</em>] SAT IIs: Chem-720, MII-700
[<em>] ACT: C33, E34, M34, R35, S31, E/W32
[</em>] GPA: 5.80w/4.00uw
[<em>] Rank: 1/600
[</em>] 10 AP classes & AP Scholar w/ Distinction (5 senior - Bio, Lit, Physics B, Calc AB, Euro Hist; 4 junior - Lang5, Chem4, USH3, Stat3; 1 soph - WH4)
[<em>] National Merit Commendation recipient
[</em>] Nat'l Honor Society President, SGA 9th-12th grade, Mu Alpha Theta 9-12th, FCA, Science Honors Club, Service Club; varsity swimming 9-11th (captain), varsity cross country 11-12th (captain), varsity track; club swimmer; member of a triathlon club
[<em>] Work: lifeguard from 6/2007 to present, along with 2 summer jobs
[</em>] Recipient of a local award recognizing volunteer efforts by HS students</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Short was probably the best thing I've ever written - "teacher" topic using my grandmother as the teacher; Long was "no talent" - talked about swimming, running, triathlons
[</em>] Teacher Recs: wonderful
[<em>] Counselor Rec: didn't read
[</em>] Hook (if any): no idea?
[/ul]</p>

<p>Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: FL
[</em>] School Type: 3000 students, public
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] major strength/weakness: SAT writing, and both SAT/ACT essays (5 on AP Lang verses 600 on SAT Writing? I don't get it)
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: don't know, don't care!!! :)
[*] going to attend? Have a (pretty much) full ride to FSU (and admission to Honors Program), whole family went there (mom, dad, grandparents, aunt, uncle)... comes down to the money. UNC is my top choice.[/ul]</p>

<p>Admit!:</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2350: 800 CR, 790 MA, 760 WR
[</em>] SAT IIs: US History 780, Math 2 800, Chemistry 800
[<em>] ACT: 36: 35 SC, 35 GR (no writing), 36 MA, 36 CR, 10 WR
[</em>] GPA: 4.7 weighted, 4.0 unweighted
[<em>] Rank: 2/~300
[</em>] Other stats: 5 AP's: 5's, 6 AP's: to be determined, 600+ community service
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Long: fairly bad but funny, Short: really bad, sounds like it came out of a research journal :(
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Good, but UNC lost it, so my teacher had to send another one (late...)
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[</em>] Hook (if any): none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Ohio
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] major strength/weakness: Strengths: good grades/test scores, Weakness: not many leadership activities, definite lack of athletic ability
[<em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: I'll go with grades/test scores
[</em>] going to attend? Most likely not. I'm assuming that, since my letter didn't include anything about scholarship, I'm out of the running for any merit money.
[/ul]Other Factors: Can someone please answer the question of whether not having a letter mentioning scholarship = no chance of merit money?</p>

<p>(Reposting in case you guys didn't see this in the other thread)
The</a> Office of Scholarships & Student Aid at UNC-Chapel Hill</p>

<p>I did some searching around--it looks like we have until tomorrow to hear back.</p>

<p>Wow! Seems like a lot of accepts! Congrats guys, UNC isn't easy to get into OOS</p>

<p>*Decision:ACCEPTED *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2250 (CR: 670, M: 800, W:780)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math II: 800, Chem: 800
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] GPA: 3.95 UW
[<em>] Rank: 1/300ish
[</em>] Other stats: AP Chem: 5, AP Calc AB: 5
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: pretty good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: great
[</em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: MA
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: m
[<em>] major strength/weakness: rank, sat subject tests, strength in EC's
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: they liked me
[li] going to attend? i have no idea[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>ACCEPTED</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT:2270 (800CR, 770W, 700M)
[ *] SAT IIs:French Listening: 800, Bio-M: 760, U.S. History 740
[ *] ACT:N/A
[ *] GPA:3.8 UW (School does not weight)
[ *] Rank:20/200
[ *] Other stats: AP Biology 5, AP French 5, AP US History 5, AP Euro History 4, AP English Lit 4, all Honors-level classes.
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: Both were really good.
[ *] Teacher Recs: Excellent.
[ *] Counselor Rec: Excellent (played up strength in writing)
[ *] Hook (if any):
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: From IL, currently at boarding school in NJ
[ *] School Type: Private boarding school, exclusive, hyper-competitive, regularly sends ~40-50 to the Ivy League each year
[ *] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[ *] Gender:Male
[ *] major strength/weakness: Writing.
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Essays, probably.
[ *] going to attend? Maybe.
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b] None.</p>