Please Chance me! UNC Chapel Hill and NCSU

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
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<p>For UNC Chapel Hill and NC State University please. All comments greatly appreciated!</p>

<p>In State</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2200
ACT: Never taken and never will
SAT II: 770 World History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.41 / 4.182
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 33%
AP (place score in parenthesis): (5 - Art History, 4 - US History, 4 - World History, 4 - Environmental Science, 2 - Calculus AB)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Statistics, AP Computer Science A, AP European History, English IV Honors, Interior Design I and High School Health
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, Honor Scholar (school award), National Latin Examination commendation, two time 3rd place national chinese essay competition...</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Architectural Blog, National Space Settlement Design Competition 2011 school team, Java programming with Eclipse, Piano for six years, Drawing for seven years, art portfolio, Cat caretaker for the Community animal shelter, camp counselor for ArtsCamp, (Italian Club officer), National Honor Society (not sure about this year's membership)
Essays: Excellent, well written and concise (doing the supplement too)
Teacher Recommendation: should be awesome
Counselor Rec: Should be very positive (I had a great brag sheet)</p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): North Carolina
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Extremely cutthroat competitive public school (93% of students take two or more AP classes in any particular year)
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender:Male
Income Bracket:$80,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Severe Hearing loss since the age of three, first generation college</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: Essay, Recomendations, test scores, musical and visual talents...
Weaknesses: I'm Asian and my ECs and GPA aren't really great
General Comments:</p>

<p>I pray that I may get admitted to Carolina! My top choice school! NC State University is my second choice college.</p>

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<p>You’re in at NCState- might as well be picking out your dorm room. As for UNC, it’s hard to know what they want, but your qualities look good. You listed Asian as a disadvantage- not so! UNC is very diverse racially and that is not a disadvantage for you. Just make sure your essays are superb and you should be good for UNC.</p>

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<p>I forgot to include links to my post…but thank you very much! I knew that NCSU was somewhat a match for me. Thank you, southernbred.</p>

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<p>Thanks for you reply and your suggestions! I’m no expert on what either school is looking for but your test scores along with your extracurriculars and awards plus your courseload make you a perfect candidate for both schools. I also do know that being instate plays a large role in acceptance so I wish you luck and hope to maybe see you there some day!</p>

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<p>Kids who barely passed AP classes at my high school are now at State. You can get in at State with no trouble. You should be competitive at UNC as well if your essay is great.</p>

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<p>Connoc: that’s an anecdotal statement that does not reflect reality. Both schools have high quality students but UNC is definitely more selective with class rank/grades – making the OPs chances better at NCSU than UNC.</p>

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<p>I think you’re a pretty competitive applicant, however, it may be a little more difficult for admission into UNC than NC State with your stats. Hope everything works out in your favor!</p>

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<p>we have almost identical stats
2140/33 sat/act
3.5/4.25 gpa
top 19% in a crazy competitive public high school
lol. best of luck to both of us.
applied to unc early, NCSU normal </p>

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<p>Hi, I applied for UNC-CH regular decision because I wanted to take that first semester and improve my grades. Can anyone tell me my chances of getting into UNC-CH? And I am instate
ACT Score: 34 Composite
SAT Subject Test: 740 in Chemistry and 800 in Math
GPA: there is a GPA calculation issue with wake county… its not offocial… but my guidance counselor calculated it to be a 4.14. But, on my transcript, I had a 3.95 weigted GPA
Teacher Recs: I am pretty sure they will be above average or really good. I also had a recommendation from a UNC professor who I interned with over summer. Does that help at all?
ECs: I had average to above average ECs on my resume and common app
Essays: I am pretty sure I had decent essays…
Reason why my GPA is so low: my GPA does not reflect my intellect. In 10th grade, I received horrible grades due to personal problems (family). But, I rebounded in 11th grade getting all B’s and 1A. Then in 12th grade 1st semester, I received All A’s and one B. So, I have been on an upward trend. Does UNC-CH take this into account at all?
Can anybody guess my chance of getting in? I applied to GA Tech Engineering school and got waitlisted… I also got waitlisted from NorthEastern… the surprising thing is that I got denied from NC State.</p>