OOS Early Applicant

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
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<p>I visited North Carolina last fall and seriously thought that I had stumbled upon heaven. I REALLY want to go their. I will apply via early action. I am OOS unfortunately. Here are some information about me. What can I do to increase my odds of getting in?!</p>

<p>Gender: Male
Race: White
Religion: Jewish
HS Type: Large Public
Income Bracket: Upper Middle
State: Minnesota</p>

<p>Father: Undergrad: U of Alabama...Med School: UAB
Mother: Undergrad: St. Olaf</p>

<p>Courses:
Freshman: Honors English, Honors Civics, Honors Earth Science, Honors Geometry, 9th grade band, Gym, Spanish 2.
Year GPA: 3.821 Cumulative GPA: 3.821</p>

<p>Sophomore: Marketing, Honors Lit, Honors Comp, Honors Speech, Honors Algebra 2, Gym, Honors Biology, Ap US History, Spanish 3.
Year GPA: 3.917 Cumulative GPA: 3.869</p>

<p>Junior (still underway): AP Language and Comp, Honors Precalc, AP Stats, Gym, Honors Chemistry, AP Euro.
Current Year GPA (2 trimesters): 4.0 Current Cumulative GPA: 3.893
Class Rank: 45 of 461 Percentile: (90.24)</p>

<p>All listed GPA's are unweighted</p>

<p>Senior Year Schedule: AP Gov and Politics, AP Macroeconomics, AP Calc AB, Honors Physics, Developmental Psychology (Required an application and interview process), and AP Literature. </p>

<p>ACT Composite: 31 English: 31 Math: 30 Reading: 33 Science: 31
Eng/Writing: 30 (10 on writing)</p>

<p>I plan on taking the SAT soon and I will be taking 1 additional ACT tests (I expect 32-33 range)</p>

<p>Extra:
Varsity Lacrosse (since sophomore)
JV Soccer (freshman, sophomore, junior)
National Honor Society
Planet Earth Club President
Regular Volunteer at Eagan Resource Center (food shelf)
Volunteer at Feed my Starving Children
8 Years of traveling soccer
Lacrosse player on a traveling Elite team
Work year round at Lifetime Fitness (my cafe has won the corporations highest honor 3 times)
Created and Operated the 1st Annual Apple Valley Pond Hockey Classic (had 45 participants and raised $300 for the Minnesota Ovarian Cancer Society)
Co-Founder of the 5th grade Track and Field Spirit Cup
DECA Officer
2-time DECA state participant
1-time National DECA Qualifier (1 of 3) in Sports and Entertainment Marketing (couldn't go because it was in the heart of lacrosse season :/)</p>

<p>I am a very strong writer so I do not believe that essays will be an issue and my grade trends are very strong.</p>

<p>I'm am looking in to business.</p>

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<p>I suggest you try to pull up you ACT. This year OOS ACTs were around 34. The rest looks strong.</p>

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<p>Like Ohioone said, I would try to pull up the standardized tests. For the SAT, you’ll want to shoot for 2150+, and definitely make sure you stay in the top 10% of your class. However, I feel like essays are a huge deciding factor in OOS applicants, so that should definitely help you. Essays are also one of the biggest factors in determining merit scholarships and possibly the honors program.</p>

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<p>Do the following: </p>

<ol>
<li>pull up your ACT scores as much as possible (34+) or SAT 2150+ </li>
<li>keep up your grades</li>
<li>write very very good essays.</li>
<li>make yourself as unique as possible (in a good way). </li>
</ol>

<p>Good Luck. I was an OOS Early applicant this year and got a full ride.</p>

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<p>UNC probably expects THEIR students to know the difference between there and their.</p>

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<p>Unfortunate typo, no need to be harsh. After all, this is a forum and 100% spelling and grammar accuracy should not be expected. Just for you, I will have my next post revised, edited, sent to a publisher, and then posted on this informal forum site. Believe me, if I were unable to differentiate between their and there, the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill would not be on my college list.</p>