<p>How helpful is being a legacy for OOS students? I mean, what kind of boost would it give your application, like is it the same thing as adding 20 points to your SATs or a tenth point to your GPA or something? I know it's crazy hard to get into UNC from OOS.</p>
<p>let's put it this way.</p>
<p>i know four people who applied to UNC.</p>
<ol>
<li>legacy. is in IB. had a 1380 SAT (old). played soccer.</li>
<li>legacy (me). has taken 6 AP classes and has a 1310/1960 SAT (old/new). officer in about 8 clubs.</li>
<li>non-legacy. president of, like, every single club in the school, including the student government. has had internships everywhere, totally into community service, etc. 26 on the ACT.</li>
<li>non-legacy. IB student for two years. has above a 30 on the ACT (i think 33, but i'm not sure)</li>
</ol>
<p>1 and 3 got rejected EA. i was deferred and eventually waitlisted. </p>
<p>only 4 was accepted.</p>
<p>i'm thinking legacy doesn't mean as much as it did anymore.</p>
<p>The way that they made it sound when I was applying was that legacy status would only be used if it came down to borderline applicants with identical stats. It doesn't seem like it factors in that much. In fact, most of my friends here are not legacies (myself included).</p>
<p>So what does an OOS student need to have? I think the SAT will hurt me, I'm in the high 1300's but probably won't get much higher. My GPA is really good and I have great ECs. I'm not sure I have a chance tho because of the scores.</p>