<p>Sorry I know this is offtopic, but does anyone know how UNC calculates your high school GPA. Is an A+ considered a 4.3 or 4.0 to them, and do they weight honors and Aps differently</p>
<p>Decision:Accepted!!!</p>
<p>[ *]Stats:
[ *] SAT: Didn't take it
[ *] SAT IIs: Math II 800, Chemistry 800, Biology E 770
[ *] ACT: 30
[ *] GPA: 3.85 UW
[ *] Rank: top 10%
[ *] Other stats:
[ *]Subjective:
[ *] Essays: no clue
[ *] Teacher Recs: One excellent
[ *] Counselor Rec: no clue
[ *] Hook (if any):
[ *) Location/Person: West Vancouver, Canada
[ *] State or Country: from Taiwan
[ *] School Type:Public
[ *] Ethnicity:Asian
[ *] Gender:M
[ *] major strength/weakness: English is definitely not my strength
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted:spent two years in
a national life science program in Taiwan & great teacher rec
[ *] Other Factors:
[ *] going to attend?not sure yet</p>
<p>Have you guys been checking your decisions online, or by mail?</p>
<p>i checked my decision first online, then got my acceptance packet 3 days ago.
:)</p>
<p>[ *]Stats:
[ *] SAT: 710 Verbal; 640 Math; 760 Writing
[ *] SAT IIs: None
[ *] ACT: None
[ *] GPA: 3.35 UW; 3.95 W
[ *] Rank: Around 100 in class of about 650
[ *] Other stats:
[ *]Subjective:
[ *] Essays: Excellent, I would think.
[ *] Teacher Recs: Excellent
[ *] Counselor Rec: Outstanding
[ *] Hook (if any): High achievement in music (band, choir, singer/songwriter)
[ *) Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: NC
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] major strength/weakness: Strengths -- National Merit finalist; very strong AP test scores; lots of APs. Weakness -- school grades below potential reflected in standardized tests. Got C's in classes I didn't like because I just didn't try and then got a 5 on the AP tests.
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: See weaknesses above. They probably thought I'd show up and check out whenever a class was boring, or if I didn't respect the prof. They were probably right.
[ *] Other Factors:
[ *] going to attend?</p>
<p>Stats:
[ *] SAT: 2330 (800 CR, 740 M, 790 W)
[ *] SAT IIs: 800 US History, 740 Literature, 740 Math I
[ *] GPA: 3.75 UW 4.57 W
[ *] Rank: 21 out of 481
[ *] Other stats:
[ *]Subjective:
[ *] Essays:Well written but were about how I want to be a producer for sports radio show (Probably not the best subject topic, makes me sound lowbrow)
[ *] Teacher Recs: Good, probably nothing special
[ *] Counselor Rec: Probably not too good (She didn't really know me)
[ *] Hook (if any): 1st Gen American (Irish), Mom currently goes to UNC
[ *] Location/Person: Raleigh, NC
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] major strength/weakness: Test scores, family connections/weak extracurriculars, risky essay topic choice
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: In-state, good test scores, Mom goes there
[ *] Other Factors: basketball team
[ *] going to attend?: Probably, unless by some miracle I get into Columbia.</p>
<p>Decision:Accepted!!!</p>
<p>[ <em>]Stats:
[ *] SAT: 750M, 720CR, 730W (2200)
[ *] SAT IIs: Math II 790, Spanish 740, History 670
[ *] ACT:
[ *] GPA: 3.65 UW, 3.99W
[ *] Rank: School doesn't rank
[ *] Other stats:
[ *]Subjective:
[ *] Essays: Don't remember. Pretty good I think.
[ *] Teacher Recs: One was good. Nothing special though.
[ *] Counselor Rec: Never saw them.
[ *] Hook (if any): URM
[ *) Location/Person: What?
[</em>}State or Country: TX
[ *] School Type:Private
[ *] Ethnicity:Black
[ *] Gender:M
[ *] major strength/weakness: Pretty good SAT i guess. I wrote good essays.weakness? didn't show that much interest in the school now if i remember
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: idk
[ *] Other Factors:
[ *] going to attend? Probably not</p>