Please chance me for UNC Chapel Hill!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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In-state
Rising Senior
Half Caucasian/half Peruvian
Female
Unweighted GPA: 3.91
Weighted GPA: 4.6522
Rank: 15/381
SAT: 1720 (will re-take)
CR: 560
Writing: 560
Math: 600
(I know my SAT score is low for Chapel Hill but I will re-take 2 more times and my EC’s are quite impressive)

I got straight A’s my freshman and junior year and 2 B’s sophomore year.
AP’s taken: U.S History, European History, English Language and Composition (A’s in all)
AP’s I will take: Biology, Environmental Science, Psychology, English Literature, World History
I also have dual enrollment at a community college next semester where I will take Sociology

Extracurriculars:
-President of Animal Protection Club
-President of National English Honor Society
-President of Science National Honor Society
-Vice President of DECA
-Environmental Leader in Leadership Club
-Secretary of Math Philosophy Club
-People Editor of Yearbook
-Member of National Honor Society
-Member of National History Honor Society
-Member of Key Club (might get leadership position in the Fall)
-Member of Academy of Hospitality and Tourism
-Varisty Golf team (2 years)
-Volunteer weekly at a therapeutic horse farm
-Part-time job at Nothing Bundt Cakes (about 15 hours a week)

I have strong writing skills and have already written my Common App essay so it can go through many edits.

Chapel Hill is my dream school as I have so much passion for education. I want to major in Biology and double minor in Environmental Science and Journalism. My friends tell me I have nothing to worry about, but I would like some outside perspective. Please be honest! :slight_smile:

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I think your chances are pretty good especially considering you are in state. I think your only problem could be your SAT score, but as you said you are retaking. I wouldn’t worry too much if I were you. You have done everything you can and any college will be lucky to have you. There is no need in worrying about something you can’t do anything about. That said, I still think you have a good chance but you never know with college admissions, they can be all over the place

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if you take the sat again and get a similar or worse score maybe try the act and see how you do no that one, but like the other person said your main problem is your standardized testing scores, other than that everything else is on par or above with the average unc applicant

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@xSucksToSuckx I’ve taken the ACT once and got a 24, which doesn’t reflect my intelligence at all, so I think I have a better chance of raising my SAT score to something more Chapel Hill appropriate than my ACT. Thank you so much though!

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If you get your SAT score up I think that you will easily get in. The in-state acceptance rate is 50% EA. Try to raise it to a 2000+ and make sure that you study with the blue book. Also, Erica Meltzer’s sat grammar guide is amazing for the writing section and brought me up 100 points. Chance me back for Chapel Hill? (http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1757885-chance-me-for-unc-chapel-hill-will-chance-back.html#latest)