<p>PA Resident
Race: Black
Gender: Male</p>
<p>HS GPA: 3.3 or 3.4</p>
<p>SAT: 1430 Total (I'm going to retake it)
M: 440
CR:480
W:510</p>
<p>EC's
-Marching Band
-Drumline
-Percussion Ensemble
-Drumming lessons every week
-Semi-pro Baseball
...and possibly Mock Trial, World Affairs club, and the School Newspaper this year</p>
<p>Things that might get counted against me:
-NO AP's or honors so far (I'm going to try to get as many as I can for my senior year, and I might do dual enrollment).
-I've been to 2 different high schools in three years, not because of discipline problems, but because of my mom's inability to pay for Catholic school (I went to Catholic school grades 9 and 11). </p>
<p>Things that might help me:
-Upward trend in grades (F-year: 3.1 or 3.2; S-Year: 3.4; J-Year: 3.6)
-I'm an URM
-I'm a 1st gen student</p>
<p>Let me start my saying that I’m not an expert on this but I would think that you stand a good chance getting into UNCC, especially if you bring up your SAT scores (which usually happens the second time) or you might try taking the ACTs, some kids do better on those. The things that will help you are the ones you mentioned and that you are from PA–the school is working to increase the number of out of state students. Keep up your grades senior year. </p>
<p>You should visit the school, you will be impressed with all the new buildings and the positive vibe you feel on campus. And even thought it is about 10 miles away, Charlotte is a great “host” city for the university. </p>
<p>UNCC is growing and attracting more attention from students across NC and even in the northeast, so it is bound to become more selective. At move-in this past weekend, we saw cars from NY, MA, NJ, CT and PA. </p>
<p>Check out the link in another post here on CC from the August 18, 2012 Charlotte Observer about the school.</p>
<p>Thanks so much for your response! I’m most likely applying now :)</p>