<p>I'm from a very competitive area/hs in northern virginia. a ton of smart people from my hs want to go here but its been my #1 since I was old enough to watch basketball. So if any of you have the faintest idea if i could get in let me know...
-dad went to unc
-counselor went to unc
-4.27 weighted GPA
-will graduate with 8 APs (AP World, US, Gov't, Lang & Comp, Lit, Chem, APES, AB Calc)
-so far, 3 5's and 1 4 (Chem) on AP exams
-act score: 30
-exec editor of hs newspaper
-coach bball for 3 years
-part time vet job (work 13 + hours a week and want to be a doctor so goes along with my interests)
-tutor kids in writing
-multiple honor societies
-thats all i can think of at the moment haha...
oh also, to distinguish myself i was thinking of writing the essay about unc, is that a bad idea? i'm a good writer and can show my personality in an essay like that, but is that too unoriginal? thanks so much!</p>
<p>I think you will be an excellent canidate for UNC. About 18% of UNC student are OOS, so you have a fairly good shot. Being a legacy also helps.</p>
<p>You have a shot and you’re a legacy on top. Good luck in the process.</p>
<p>[Legacy’s</a> Advantage May Be Greater Than Was Thought - Students - The Chronicle of Higher Education](<a href=“Legacy’s Advantage May Be Greater Than Was Thought”>Legacy’s Advantage May Be Greater Than Was Thought)</p>
<p>Just write something your passionate about.</p>
<p>Your ec’s are good, but your GPA and ACT could be higher.</p>
<p>You’d be fine in-state, but oos is actually only 10% at UNC (idk where the other poster got his info from). Being a legacy will help, but if anything, the gpa and ACT might be an issue.</p>
<p>good luck.</p>
<p>thanks guys! i know my tests scores are low but im hoping my recs/course load make up for it. idk im just hoping my essay will sway admissions… btw i heard that if your a legacy at unc, you get an extra read from another admissions officer, is this true?</p>
<p>@Luke: No, it is closer to 18% (the state mandated cap), not 10%. Its usually closer to 20% because they write off some scholarship athletes as instate residents.</p>
<p>Distribution by Residency
Number Percent
North Carolina Residents 3,222 81.7%
Non-Residents 724 18.3%</p>
<p>@Born a tarheel and Luke:
“How are children of alumni judged in the admissions process?
For N.C. applicants, being the child of a Carolina alumnus helps only as a tie breaker. Out-of-state children of alumnu do fare better than others from out of state.The UNC System Board of Governors sets a quota - currently 18 percent - for the number of out-of-state students admitted to the freshman class each year. Carolina sets aside about 80 out-of-state legacy spaces a year, and nonresident legacy applicants enjoy roughly twice the acceptance rate as those who do not have a parent who attended Carolina. In 2006, 39.2 percent of out-of-state applicants who were children of alumni were accepted to UNC; 19 percent of out-of-state applicants whose parents were not alumni.”</p>
<p>[UNC</a> General Alumni Association :: Admissions FAQs |](<a href=“Carolina Alumni”>http://alumni.unc.edu/article.aspx?SID=1839)</p>
<p>[First-Year</a> Full-Time Undergraduate Student Profile, Fall 2010 - Office of Institutional Research and Assessment](<a href=“http://oira.unc.edu/first-time-freshman-class-profile-fall.html]First-Year”>http://oira.unc.edu/first-time-freshman-class-profile-fall.html)</p>
<p>[The</a> Daily Tar Heel :: UNC ?ned for violating out-of-state cap](<a href=“http://www.dailytarheel.com/index.php/article/2011/02/unc_fined_for_violating_out_of_state_cap]The”>http://www.dailytarheel.com/index.php/article/2011/02/unc_fined_for_violating_out_of_state_cap)</p>
<p>congrats. i stand corrected. i’m glad you have the time to research things for a forum.</p>