<p>[ *]Stats:
[ *] SAT:M:680 CR: 600 W:590
[ *] SAT IIs:
[ *] ACT:
[ *] GPA: 4.0 W
[ *] Rank: Top 35% in extremely competitive HS
[ *] Other stats:
[ *]Subjective:
[ *] Essays:Good
[ *] Teacher Recs: Should be great
[ *] Counselor Rec: Should be good
[ *] Hook (if any): Eagle Scout, Varsity Athlete/captain, many other ECs
[ *) Location/Person: Chapel Hill
[ *] State or Country:NC
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity:Caucasian
[ *] Gender:M
[ *] major strength/weakness: Only 4 APs? Being at a school where over half the kids apply to UNC
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Only one AP my Jr year evn though many more are offered.
[ *] Other Factors:
[ *] going to attend?</p>
<p>Congrats, everyone! Good luck to all who were waitlisted and to those rejected, I felt your pain last year to some schools I applied to. Where ever you all end up I know you will find happiness. :)</p>
<p>oops silly me. wrong thread. I have no clue how that happened. It doesn't matter that this is the internet and I am anonymous, I'm still embarrassed lol.</p>
<p>[ *]Stats:
[ *] SAT: 610 (V) 680 (M) 600 (W)
[ *] SAT IIs: N/A
[ *] ACT:
[ *] GPA: 3.3 uw 3.7 w
[ *] Rank: top quarter
[ *] Other stats: took hard classes 8 APs total and the rest honors, made solid grades, but never consistent "A's"
[ *] Essays: Great, english teacher iked it, creative short essay
[ *] Teacher Recs: solid
[ *] Counselor Rec: ok i guess, my counselor has like a 14 word vocabulary
[ *] Hook (if any):
[ *] State or Country: NC
[ *] School Type: Private
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian/White, biracial
[ *] Gender: male
[ *] major strength/weakness: instate, strong courseload, good ECs, mostly community service based/low gpa, sat, recs maybe
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: too many applicants
[ *] Other Factors:
[ *] going to attend? I'll see, have to wait another 3 months, thought I had a shot, really mad especially at having to wait longer for a definative answer, if accepted probably will attend</p>
<p>Congrats to those admitted! </p>
<p>Just realize, if you are on the waiting list and aren't fairly sure of attending UNC if admitted in June (especially if UNC is not your #1) please give up your spot to someone else willing to go, its the decent thing to do.</p>
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Just realize, if you are on the waiting list and aren't fairly sure of attending UNC if admitted in June (especially if UNC is not your #1) please give up your spot to someone else willing to go, its the decent thing to do.
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LOL!!!! someone REALLLYYY wants a spot.</p>
<p>i agree with the quote vc08 brought to the table. There are LIMITED amount of spaces in the freshmen class, yet alone, in the waiting list pool. It all depends on how many accepted incoming class applicants accept the offer and how many decline. For those who are in the waiting list, the right thing to do is to act upon the offer if UNC is your first choice, not your safety school.(For the sake of others)</p>
<p>[<em>]Stats:
[</em>] SAT: didnt take
[<em>] SAT IIs: 760 IIC 720 IC
[</em>] ACT: 33
[<em>] GPA: 4.0 uw
[</em>] Rank: school does not rank, top 10%
[<em>]Subjective:
[</em>] Essays: loved them
[<em>] Teacher Recs: didnt read, probably great
[</em>] Counselor Rec: didnt read, probably good
[<em>] Hook (if any): none
[</em>] State or Country: CT
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] major strength/weakness: strength - GPA and essays, weakness - no SAT
[<em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: probably essays
[</em>] going to attend? undecided</p>
<p>[ *]Stats:
[ *] SAT: 650(V) 730(M) 750(W)<br>
[ *] SAT IIs: N/A
[ *] ACT:30
[ *] GPA: 3.9 uw
[ *] Rank: 4/110
[ *] Other stats: took hard classes 6 APs total and the rest honors, mostly all A's
[ *] Essays: Good
[ *] Teacher Recs: didn't see them
[ *] Counselor Rec: didn't see
[ *] Hook (if any):
[ *] State or Country: NC
[ *] School Type: Private
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] major strength/weakness: strong course load, good ECs, community service
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted:
[ *] Other Factors:
[ *] going to attend? I'm not sure yet</p>
<p>It really is up to the individual to decide if he wants to be placed on the waitlist. I guess I don't think we should encourage or discourage others on this. But it all works out. Say they end up with 300-400 on the is and oos list. Then they rank the list. Well, wouldn't you think that the top 50 or so on the list will or has already gotten into other good schools. Even if they stay on the list, they might go ahead and commit to another school. so unc will have to go down the list until they get to the ones that are still interested. And as the hs counselor said, if you are 275 on the list of 300, it won't matter how many decide to not go unless it is 270 or more! see where i am going with this....it isn't who is staying or not staying on the list, it is where you fall on the list? it would be so interesting to see how they make that determination. so you have 700, 700, 700 and so does 20 others so then you all have 4.3 so what is the next criteria? they must have so much fun figuring this all out.</p>
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actually, no, they don't rank the list. It explicitly states this in the letter. </p>
<p>Once they know how many are going, IF they have room in the class, they re-review the waitlisted applicants and make a decision from there. That's why they ask for final grades and ranks and such. It's like getting deferred; they don't rank deferred applicants, they review them all over again once new info is in.</p>
<p>They do not rank the wait list. They wait to see who they get a positive response from, then they will rank those ... still considering the in-state pool and the out-of-state pool ... </p>
<p>from the hs counselor. this is what they told her.</p>
<p>[<em>]Stats:
[</em>] SAT:2320 (760 V, 760 M, 800 W)
[<em>] SAT IIs: 710 Math 1, 770 Bio
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] GPA: 3.88 UW, 4.56 W
[</em>] Rank: N/A
[<em>] Other stats: National Merit Finalist
[</em>]Subjective:
[<em>] Essays: Great
[</em>] Teacher Recs: I know one was awesome, the other i have no clue
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Awesome I would guess cuz my counselor is the best
[</em>] Hook (if any): Awesome extra-currics
[<em>] Location/Person: Gaithersburg, MD/ Caucasian Jewish
[</em>] State or Country: MD
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] major strength/weakness: Strong extra-currics, took lots of very advanced courses weakness: really competitive school, GPA stats could've been better
[<em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: because I was a good candidate?
[</em>] Other Factors:?
[*] going to attend?: ????</p>