<p>I’ll do an essay swap with anyone else interested! I’d like some feedback since I thought my essay was fairly strong… but who knows.
Through email, CNUtoUNC?</p>
<p>@monstersgoMOO
Yeah, that’s probably be easiest. If anyone one wants feedback and would be willing to give your opinions on my essays just send me yours at <a href="mailto:Cstine17@gmail.com">Cstine17@gmail.com</a> :)</p>
<p>hey guys!</p>
<p>im super anxious too…i know i already posted this but ill put it up again.</p>
<p>Boston University, 3.65 first semester GPA with Dean’s Merit Honors Scholarship (expect about a 3.75 after this semester)
Courses this year included: economics, French, sociology, psychology, writing, and communication
Activities: Habitat for Humanity, Public Relations Students Society of America, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Alpha Phi sorority, also have a part-time job at a boutique</p>
<p>H.S. GPA: 3.75, no rankings given, but Distinguished Honors for 13/16 quarters
Courses included: 6 honors, 3 APs
SAT: 1290/1600 or 1960/2400
Activities: 3 years of guitar, 4 years of crew, 2 years of volunteering for “Best Buddies” (assists special needs students), 2 years of writing for the school paper, and founder of the Annual Powder Puff Charity Football Game that had over 15 sponsors and raised over $1500 for BreastCancer.Org, National Honors Society</p>
<p>I think my essays and 2 professor recommendations were pretty strong as well, but you never know!</p>
<p>Some stats from fall 2008 transfer: avg gpa for entering sophomore is 3.44. For entering junior that is 3.15</p>
<p>Yeah I saw those GPA averages but it seems like it’s not very good indicator for this year because I feel like most of the sophomores here have a GPA well above 3.44… Well hopefully most of the applicants aren’t as qualified as us geeks on CC.</p>
<p>Anyone else want to do an essay swap?
PM me or email me at <a href="mailto:monstersgorawrr@gmail.com">monstersgorawrr@gmail.com</a> if you want to :)</p>
<p>@MoneyistheMotive: yeah… I am a junior transfer, but i cant believe the GPA is soooo low…</p>
<p>Don’t forget the GPA is kind of low because there are a lot of community college transfers from instate. From my experience, I’d say the average GPA is a 3.6-3.7 for UNC transfers. Of course the programs and university will have some kind of importance in the decision. </p>
<p>Best of luck everyone!</p>
<p>I really hope those GPAs are even close to correct. That would be amazing.</p>
<p>BruinsJEW, I thought GPA for community college transfers should be higher?</p>
<p>@CNUtoUNC: You won’t be disappointed. I suspect I’ll see you one day at UNC and won’t even know it’s you. Hardly any of you have reason to worry (like I said). Instate-ers with around a ~3.5 and some EC’s are most likely the prime candidates. It’s good for a state university to accept more instate-ers, so the numbers get run down a bit on that side of it.</p>
<p>EDIT: I do realize they don’t have to choose a certain number of in-state students when making transfer decisions, but that doesn’t stop it from still being advantage. They probably say somewhere that both are treated the same in the transfer arena but that’s probably for good measure. If you look at the numbers, it’s skewed. And I have a hard time believing the best of the applicants are from in-state. (: </p>
<p>Cheers, and good luck, again.</p>
<p>why would they choose more instate transfers if they dont have to. they get more $$$ from out of state students</p>
<p>@xMastemah: Most likely, they have more in-state transfers because more in-state students apply. I grew up in NY state and hadn’t even heard of UNC until December, when I was searching specifically for schools further south to transfer to. DAMEARS34 makes a good point - why choose in-state students who are less qualified if it also brings in less tuition money for the school?</p>
<p>GOSH… the decisions are gonna be released no later than the 17th anyway, So nervous.</p>
<p>monstersgoMOO you probably never heard of UNC until recently because there are no ACC teams in the Tri-State area. For those of us who love college athletics, there is no escaping the Tar Heels. </p>
<p>While bears makes a good point, most states give the edge to their homegrown students. For example, Florida in-state tuition is extremely low and the state still creates incentives to keep kids from leaving. It’s fair to say a high percentage of in-state Florida students don’t pay a dime on their tuition, myself included. Out-of-state kids are a minority despite an enormous applicant pool.</p>
<p>@monstersgoMOO</p>
<p>you havent heard of UNC?</p>
<p>do you know who Michael Jordan is?</p>
<p>@DABEARS34 - I don’t follow sports at all. My boyfriend has, on many occasions, had to explain which professional teams, even, belong to which sports. NY Giants are football? Just learned that last year. So when it comes to college teams, I’m completely lost. I know Michael Jordan is a famous sports star, and I’d guess he played basketball, but even that I’m not sure of.</p>
<p>Just clearing this up. For transfer students, UNC gives in state students no advantage. For Freshman applicants there is a quota for in state students. </p>
<p>That is all.</p>
<p>My source: I called and asked them.</p>
<p>@monstersgoMOO</p>
<p>I guess this means i wont see you at basketball games next year then? haha</p>
<p>Or Vince Carter, Larry Brown, James Worthy, or one of the many other hall-of-famers from UNC? </p>
<p>Julius Peppers or Lawrence Taylor?</p>
<p>UNC has alumni galore. I heard the guy who made Pepsi went there too.</p>