<p>EDIT: I had to repost this because I mistakenly posted it in the class of 2017 sub-forum first. </p>
<p>Whats up CC, I am currently a rising sophomore at UNCW who is thinking about transferring to UNC after my sophomore year. First off I don't know if this effects my chances as a transfer student but I am in-state. </p>
<p>High School, I know I should've tried harder than I did:
3.8 weighted gpa, 3.3-3.4 unweighted gpa
SAT: 1890/1310
EC's: DECA Marketing Association (qualified for state competition), Science Honors Society (I know I should've been more involved I was a pretty lazy student in high school.)</p>
<p>Freshman year at UNCW:
33 Hours (3 from AP Credit from high school)
3.5 first semester, 4.0 second semester, 3.75 Cumulative
EC's: Member of a fraternity; I don't hold a leadership position currently but I am planning on running for one this year, elected head of finance of my freshman year dormitory's area chapter (basically we ran programs and events for the residents)</p>
<p>I also have an interview next week for the technology assistant center at the school so hopefully I can land that job to improve my resume. </p>
<p>As far as my major goes, I haven't fully decided it yet (leaning towards chemistry) but I am definitely going for medical school after undergrad. </p>
<p>I would appreciate any suggestions and advice and if anyone could chance me that'd be great.</p>
<p>I was a sophomore last year OOS. HS I had like a 3.2 or 3.3 (I’ve never actually seen my final HS transcript). I had pretty poor SAT’s, and I didn’t bother submitting them (you don’t have to as a Junior transfer). College I had a 3.5, but I tried to give myself as tough a schedule as I could, and I did really well in some hard courses. I did not come from a prestigious college by any stretch. </p>
<p>I had really good extracurricular volunteer work that was a mash-up between work that related and didn’t relate to my major (I’m EXSS).</p>
<p>My advice to you would be give yourself as hard a schedule as you reasonably can. Get involved in school, but more importantly outside of school. Maybe take something you’ve learned in school and apply it to something outside of school in a way that you can share it in an application. I was inspired by something I learned in class to write every senator in the US about an issue, and then I even held an event for my local community to raise awareness about the issue. Finally, be honest in your essay. I wrote mine a couple hours before it was due, and it was the best essay I’ve ever written, because there was no bull crap in it. I just put myself and my motives for transferring on the paper.</p>
<p>I don’t know if in-state helps you much in regards to transferring because if I remember correctly transfer admissions and the regular freshman admissions are not the same in regards to % of OOS/In-state. That being said, most of the people in my group at orientation were instate transfers.</p>
<p>Hope this helps, work hard, do something out of the loop that might not actually make an impact on the world but at least shows you care, and are willing to take the effort.</p>
<p>As far as the in-state question goes: No, it doesn’t matter. Transfer students don’t have to worry about the percentage thing. </p>
<p>I, personally, was accepted as an OOS sophomore transfer. </p>
<p>I know my evaluation is a little different than yours because I was told that they generally evaluate sophomore transfers as they do first years - heavy focus on HS stuff - whereas juniors 1. don’t have to submit test scores & 2. aren’t evaluated as heavily in regards to HS academics. </p>
<p>I can’t think of any advice because I’m not 100% sure what it was about my application that got me in, lol, but good luck!!!</p>