<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal: 650
[</em>] SAT Math: 770
[<em>] SAT Writing: 690
[</em>] SAT Total: 2110
[<em>] SAT II: Math I - 740, Math II - 750
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] AP/IB taken/scores: Calc BC - 4, World History - 4, Human Geography - 4 (taking 7 more AP exams this year)
[</em>] GPA weighted: 3.98 (one B)
[<em>] GPA unweighted: 4.7
[</em>] Rank or % estimate: Doesn't rank, but top 1-3 out of about 500</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: very good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: very good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: did not read, but I'm sure it's also very good
[</em>] Hook (if any): 1st person in family to go to college, son of immigrants (nothing that special)</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Maryland
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White, Jew
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: No
[<em>] Important ECs: Jewish Student Union pres, Soccer, Track & Field, a bunch of others
[</em>]Deferred Yes/No: No</p>
<p>It's not necessarily Affirmative Action, Tarheelbound.</p>
<p>I think their goal is to encourage diversity, which is good. I think that some of you guys are really underestimating some of the applicants who are URM. They all deserve to be there for one reason or another, since the adcoms accepted them.</p>
<p>And if you see a minority with a 1700-1800 SAT score, that score is still good. My WHITE friend got into Carolina with a 1780, so I think we should give more credit to the adcoms here.</p>
<p>I can say with certainty that every single minority student I know at UNC is completely deserving of his or her acceptance--in fact, the only people I've ever met who've seemed less academically talented have been white students. I also know that my time here at Carolina is enriched because our admissions officers value diversity and recognize the huge advantages many non-minority students have had since birth. Don't underestimate your privilege; I am thankful every day that I've been practically handed everything I've achieved in life, and I'm well aware that many, many people my age have not been so lucky. This idea is the basis behind affirmative action, which I see as an equalizer.</p>
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I have to agree with Tut.
If everyone's treated as equals, then the admissions people shouldn't have access to name/country/ethnicity as part of the application.
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<p>It is...the ethnicity page is completely separate from the application. The only way they know what race you are is if you mention it in your essay/ECs (Afrikkan Club, etc).</p>
<p>So basically what I've gotten out of this is that everyone who responded that is IN college thinks minorities are very deserving of their admission. Those who don't are still in high school and either didn't get in, or haven't applied. So I guess it's just a maturity issue.</p>
<p>Anyway, I'd just advise everyone to be respectful to your peers. If you're going to judge whether someone deserves to get in or not based on a 4 hour test and the color of their skin, then frankly you don't deserve to be at a school the caliber of UNC. If you're a URM and you're giving the "system" all the credit for getting in, then you should re-align your thinking ASAP because once you're in college, there is no "system" and it's up to you to keep up. And this is coming from a white person who didn't even get in last year, btw.</p>
<p>Anyway, I'm off to study for finals (wooo!). Congrats to everyone who got in, and to those who didn't, there's are plenty of other wonderful schools out there. Later!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal: 800
[</em>] SAT Math: 800
[<em>] SAT Writing: 800
[</em>] SAT Total: 2400 (2nd attempt, one sitting)
[<em>] SAT II: 710 Physics, 800 Math Level 2
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] AP/IB taken/scores: AP Chemistry - 3, AP Calc BC - 5, AP Psych - 5, AP Physics C Mech - 5, AP Bio - 2, AP English Lang - 5, AP US History - 5
[</em>] GPA weighted: 4.76
[<em>] GPA unweighted: 3.87
[</em>] Rank or % estimate: top 3 or 4%</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I guess somebody liked them!
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Didn't read it, but I can imagine it was pretty good
[</em>] Hook (if any): </p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: AZ
[</em>] School Type: large public (over 2500 students)
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Legacy: No
[</em>] Recruited: No
[<em>] Important ECs: Piano, AZ Youth and Government, Chess Club
[</em>] Deferred: No</p>
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:
I won the Outstanding First-year Senator Award for AZ Youth and Gov this year.</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc:
This is the first school I've gotten into! This marks the end of that period of doubt between my EA rejection and an acceptance.</p>
<p>was there ne clues that u guys had been accepted before they actually posted the decisions, like being able to create an ONYEN or your name listed in the UNC directory.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal: 730
[</em>] SAT Math: 750
[<em>] SAT Writing: 780
[</em>] SAT Total: 2260 (2200 highest single sitting)
[<em>] SAT II: Math II 770, Lit 710
[</em>] ACT: nope
[<em>] AP/IB taken/scores: World History-3, Physics B-4, US History-4, Human Geography-5, Psychology-4, English Language-4, taking 4 this year
[</em>] GPA unweighted: 96.49
[li] Rank or % estimate: 32/568</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: both were too long by about 100 words... one was about my obsession with Disney and the other was about my crazy Geometry teacher. I thought they were pretty good.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: really good
[</em>] Hook (if any): none</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: TX
[</em>] School Type: competitive public
[<em>] Ethnicity: very white
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: nope
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: no
[li] Important ECs: co-founded environmental group in 6th grade, choir, editor on newspaper staff...</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: National Merit Finalist..?</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Congrats to everyone who got in! I hope to see you next year!</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT Verbal: 750
[ *] SAT Math: 780
[ *] SAT Writing: 730
[ *] SAT Total: 2260
[ *] SAT II: MIIC: 800 MIC: 740 CHEM: 780
[ *] ACT: n/a
[ *] AP/IB taken/scores: ap chem/5; ap eng lit/5; ap stat/4; classes i'm taking this year: ap phys c: mech; ap compsci a; ap calc bc; ap eng lit; independent study orgo
[ *] GPA weighted: dunno
[ *] GPA unweighted: prob a 3.9
[ *] Rank or % estimate: 11/500 </p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: unique-topics not normally covered definitely out of the box
[ *] Teacher Recs: one from my yale professor , 3 from school
[ *] Counselor Rec: very good
[ *] Hook (if any): girl doing math/sciencey stuff?</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: conn/usa
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: caucasian
[ *] Gender: f
[ *] Legacy Yes/No: no
[ *] Recruited Yes/No: no
[ *] Important ECs: too many to name
[ *]Deferred Yes/No: applied reg</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT Verbal: 750
[ *] SAT Math: 650
[ *] SAT Writing: 780
[ *] SAT Total: 2180
[ *] SAT II: Math 1: 730 US History:760 Lit: 800
[ *] ACT: 33 composite
[ *] AP/IB taken/scores: 5s on Psychology, US History, English Language. am taking AP statistics, french, english literature, us government, macroeconomics this year
[ *] GPA weighted: 4.78
[ *] GPA unweighted: 4.0 i think?
[ *] Rank or % estimate: our school doesnt rank</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: i was nervous about these because i kind of did them on weird topics, but i guess it paid off
[ *] Teacher Recs: didn't read
[ *] Counselor Rec: didn't read
[ *] Hook (if any): i'm not sure? </p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: SC
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: F
[ *] Legacy Yes/No: nopeee
[ *] Recruited Yes/No: nopeee
[ *] Important ECs: work with the board of a charity, volunteer work for 5 years with a children's museum, varsity tennis, various clubs
[ *]Deferred Yes/No:</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]</p>
<p>[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/etc:[ /b]
i'm excited! i didn't expect to get in.. i know i'm going to face some huge indecision when i hear back from everywhere else though :-(</p>