<p>gpa:3.88 uw at my school
sat: 2160...700m 710cr 750w 11/12 essay)
satII: not taking until november</p>
<p>major ec's-- student govt, mock trial captain, french club president, jv baseball captian, involved with school plays, director of frosh orientation</p>
<p>awards-- 2 gold medals and a bronze in national latin exam, silver medal in national french exam, and most importantly, best witness statewide in mock trial competition (team finished 2nd out of 281 teams)</p>
<p>class load: I'll graduate with 5 AP's (my school offers 8, but I hate science) and 5 of about 7 possible honors courses (also my school doesn't rank, but I'm around top 5-10%)</p>
<p>-100 hours community service
-out of state (pennsylvania)</p>
<p>so what do you guys think? thanks in advance..</p>
<p>GPA is good, SAT's are OK for out of State(Very good for instate), SAT II's don't matter anyway...wait a minute! You don't like science, so you didn't take the AP's. That's a no-no at UNC(and many other schools). They want to see that you have maxed out the number of Aps you can take, and that you have an even distribution across subjects. I would say that that moves you out of the realm of "probable" to 'possible-likely.' Also, although you do a few ec's that undoubtedly require a lot of your time(mock trials and frosh orientation), the college won't know that unless you say so in your essay. Your awards are good too. They show commitment. Do you have any officer positions? Also, what did you score on AP's? Did you play a sport? Have a job? These are all of the things that are 'hooks' and that you can write a great essay about. You should undoubtedly apply, and if you write a decent-to-good essay, I'd say you're in.</p>
<p>But don't listen to me, I have a history of being slightly nitpicky:)</p>
<p>I'm going to break my own personal rule about posting on chances threads and slightly disagree with graj about the importance of science APs in this case.</p>
<p>College admissions committees love kids who show focus and passion for one or two things rather than being thinly spread across many areas. If you are someone who loves literature or law or languages....and have shown passion in those areas through related coursework and ecs, I don't think failure to take science APs is going to be nearly as crucial as say an applicant who claims his dream is to be a doctor or an engineer. It's all about context.</p>
<p>Actually I did max out the number of AP's possible because most of them are offered only for seniors and I had some other requirements. Thanks for the responses...</p>