<p>State: Massachusetts
Sex: Female
Race: Half Asian, Half White
Intended Major: Exercise Science
High School: Public, nothing special about it
Legacy: Mother, Father, Grandmother received UNC graduate degrees; Aunt, Grandfather received UNC undergraduate degrees</p>
<p>GPA: 3.7ish UW; 4.35 W
Rank: Should be between top 5% and top 15% out of a class of about 190
SAT: 2070 (630 CR; 670 M; 770 W) - I intend to take this again in the fall, as my Math score was consistently over 700 on practice tests...not sure what happened on test day
ACT: Haven't taken it. Should I?
APs: Took 2 junior year (English Language and Government), taking 4 next year (English Literature, Calculus, Spanish, and Biology)</p>
<p>ECs/Other:
Cross Country - Varsity 9th, Varsity 10th, Varsity Captain 11th, Varsity Captain 12th
Indoor Track - Varsity 9th, Varsity 10th, Varsity Captain 11th, Varsity Captain 12th
Outdoor Track - Varsity 9th, Varsity 10th, Varsity Captain 11th, Varsity Captain 12th
NHS - 11th and 12th
Girl Scouts - 1st through 10th, received Bronze and Silver Awards (Should I put this even though I quit after sophomore year?)
Volunteering - Probably 200 hours throughout high school, including 40 hours this summer at a Physical Therapy clinic (PT is my eventual career choice)
Winner of 2009 Presidential Book Award from Bay Path College
Teacher Recs.: Should be good. I'm getting one from our school's NHS moderator who is also my AP Calc teacher; not sure who the other one is coming from yet
Essays: I think I'm a decent writer, but to be honest, I'm not sure how much my essays would stand out.</p>
<p>So what do you think? Be brutally honest, and any help in areas I can improve in would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much!</p>
<p>The legacy should help you at least some. I’m really not sure I can give you accurate chances although I was going to mention this:</p>
<p>“ACT: Haven’t taken it. Should I?”
I think if you get your SAT score up by just a little you’ll have a good shot. I don’t think the ACT would help very much, I’m pretty sure UNC comes right out and says they like the SAT better.</p>
<p>are you really sure about them saying they prefer the SAT. everything I have heard is completely contradictory to that. I have only heard that they think of both tests equally</p>
<p>I would say get your SATs up a little and you should have a decent shot. You sports will be crucial to your application. They go a long way at UNC. I wouldn’t list the girl scout EC. The legacy should give you help though.</p>
<p>I think I would go ahead and list girl scouts, you should have room on the spaces you provide and I think something respectable is better than nothing.</p>
<p>I think all the legacies will be in your favor ALOT. Your SAT is just a little low, try and get your CR score to a 650 or higher and Math to a 700 or higher and then you have a really good chance. Best of luck!</p>
<p>I agree about including Girl Scouts. When I read your stats, I see a 10 year commitment from a very early age more than I see that you quit in 10th grade.</p>
<p>Make sure you apply early to maximize your scholarship chances. Look into the scholarships that require separate applications (Morehead-Cain and Robertson). CC posters told me, and I continue to pass along the tip, that it is important to attend scholar’s day if invited. It could be no more than an urban legend, but I believe that you get the best offer if you demonstrate interest by attending. I’d be interested to hear opinions about that from other posters, just in case I’ve been sharing erroneous info.</p>
<p>(From personal experience, my son received an excellent scholarship after traveling >2000 miles to scholar’s day… I don’t know if he would have gotten it without the trip, but it was a worthwhile expense, IMHO.)</p>
<p>It does not make a difference that your parents got graduate degrees vs. undergraduate degrees from Carolina. They are considered by UNC to be alumni just the same. You therefore are a double legacy, and, from what I’ve read and heard, that should increase your chances quite a bit. I was surprised to read in a recent UNC alumni magazine that something like 43% of OOS children of alumni applicants were admitted. This was in 2008 though and with the economy the way it is I guess there will be more applicants in this particular category, making it more competitive.</p>
I really think I read that. I’ll continue to search for it. Looking at the profile though and the SAT-ACT conversions, the difference between the 25th/75th SAT and ACT scores is only 10 (SAT) points for the 25th percentile and 0 for the 75th percentile. Perhaps UNC uses the conversion chart? Would be interesting to know… (Appears I’m wrong then)</p>