<p>We live in NY. She has a 3.98GPA out of 4.5. Very competitive top rated high school. Her ACT composite is 31.75 if superscored and 31 if not.<br>
3 season varsity player in 3 sports (was MVP in track for 2 years)
takes AP courses (2 per year and her senior year will have 3 plus advanced Spanish and Science Research and will enter the Intel competition next year as a senior.<br>
Her science research mentor is a prof at UNC studying Cystic Fibrosis and she is spending 6 weeks on campus doing work in his lab for her science research class. She is also taking a college level Anthropology course at UNC during this time so she can live in the dorms. </p>
<p>My sister lives in Graham NC and we are really hoping she will get in here but I am worried that her ACT is too low. She has taken it twice and has a 30 and 31 composites but a superscore of 31.75. Her SAT is not as strong so we won't send it and her SAT 2 in Bio is a 660. She wants to enter a pre-med program. What do you think?</p>
<p>Anybody have any input?</p>
<p>I think your daughter will be very competitive. Her grades, scores, EC’s are definitely in the range, especially the grades. However, there’s no guarantee because, as you know, the out of state admission bar is set very high at UNC. If your daughter applies, make sure you check out the scholarship programs, and which ones need to be applied for when. Her ACT score is probably not as competitive as the grades, which are extraordinary, but, putting things in perspective, her scores are still excellent and definitely within the range for an out of state admit. And I think the excellent grades are more important. Best of luck to you and your daughter. I say go for it and work hard to put together the best application you can. Have a good senior fall semester. Presumably she takes the most advanced courses at her HS (weighted GPA would suggest that).</p>
<p>UNC and Chapel Hill are both great. Son applied as and out of state and was admitted but ultimately chose to go elsewhere, but UNC was right there when making the decision. I personally was more impressed with the beauty of the UNC campus than Duke. UNC relatively small undergraduate population is attractive also for a large flagship State university.</p>