<p>Okay, I completely stole this from a Boston College thread - (he admitted taking it from somewhere else!) But here goes...</p>
<p>It really is helpful for prospective students to see the decisions that will begin to roll in. It really does help, so please post. Hopefully, someone will start a similar thread for IS applicants, so people can really see the difference in stats between OOS and IS accepted applicants.</p>
<p>Good Luck to everyone</p>
<p>Copy and paste the following into the reply. Then fill in the answers. First decision, then SAT scores, etc.
Remove the spaces inside the brackets to make it work...</p>
<p>Let's make it a little more easier to read by making ACCEPTED green, REJECTED red, and WAITLIST yellow. Do this by by putting Red, Yellow, or Green in where the word "Red" is right now in the first line.</p>
<p>DECISION:</p>
<p>[ *]Stats:
[ *] SAT:
[ *] SAT IIs:
[ *] ACT:
[ *] GPA:
[ *] Rank:
[ *] Other stats:
[ *]Subjective:
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recs:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Hook (if any):
[ *) Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country:
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] major strength/weakness:
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:
[ *] Other Factors:
[ *] going to attend?</p>
SAT II: 800 US History, 760 Bio E, 740 Math II (didn’t send Math)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/app. 320 - #1 already got into MIT EA
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s on World History, US History, AP Eng Lang, AP Eng Lit, Psychology; 4s on Bio, European History, Human Geography
IB: 7 on Geography SL, 6 on Spanish B SL
Senior Year Course Load: IB Spanish V, IB Biology IV HL, IB Theory of Knowledge, IB History of the Americas HL, IB English HL, IB Mathematics SL/AP AB Calculus, AP Macroeconomics/AP United States Government and Politics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, National AP Scholar, Scholastic Art and Writing Gold and Silver Keys, some History Fair stuff, school stuff</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars/Volunteer/Community service (place leadership in parenthesis):
300 hours of volunteering, mostly in animal rescue - UNC-specific essay was about this
NHS, Co-President
Spanish NHS, Co-President
Academic Team, School and County, President
Literary Magazine, Editor-In-Chief
Drama Club/International Thespian Society, Publicity Team</p>
<ul>
<li>Job/Work Experience: none</li>
<li>Essays: Personal essay 9/10, UNC-specific essay probably a 6-7/10; kind of cliche and overwrought a bit, probably either loved it or hated it</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: 1st was Bio teacher and NHS sponsor who loves my animal rescue work, probably 9-10/10, second probably a 9/10</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: no idea, probably a 7-8/10</li>
<li>Interview: N/A, obviously</li>
</ul>
<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Economics
State (if domestic applicant): FL
School Type: Public with high-performing IB program inset
Ethnicity: White
Gender: F
Income Bracket: do not need FA
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Absolutely none.</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: 36 on ACT, very passionate about my ECs, essays were great - my CA essay was about an activity that probably made me stand out. Not a sport or anything that could sway my decision or bring attention to the university, but it was funny and probably made me memorable because I doubt many teenagers do it.
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Strong academic base for my application with great essays on top.</p>
<p>General Comments: Not sure if I’ll attend yet, but it’s a strong candidate! Work on your essays, especially your school-specific ones! I was deferred from other top schools EA and I’m sure it was because I wrote their essays at the last minute and they were terrible. And be honest! Mine were straightforward, not really about anything tremendously unique or that had a twist/hook at the beginning or end, but I think they represented me very well even though they were plain; I was actually afraid my essay about animal rescue was cliche and that it didn’t communicate why it means so much to me very well, but I guess it did. And finally, congratulations to everyone else who was admitted! :)</p>
<p>SAT: 2120 670M/730CR/720W
GPA: 3.85 uw
Rank: top 15%
AP Lang (5)APUSH (4), 5 AP Classes senior year, many honors classes throughout high school, college level Spanish study abroad last summer
EC’s: Girl Scouts, Soccer, Track, Volunteering
Essays: Very strong
Teacher Recs: IDK, but likely very good
Counselor Rec: Same here
Hook (if any): Legacy, likely what got me in although it was a grad school legacy
State or Country: GA
School Type: Medium sized suburban well rated public school
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
major strength/weakness: Legacy/ essays
going to attend? It would be awesome!</p>
<p>[ *]Stats:
[ *] SAT: 2320 (800 CR, 720 M, 800 W)
[ *] SAT IIs: 740 Lit, 750 Bio
[ *] ACT: didn’t submit
[ *] GPA: 3.93 weighted/3.7ish unweighted (I go to a rigorous prep school with a rep for grade deflation, that’s why this is probably going to be lower than average)
[ *] Rank: school doesn’t rank
[ *] Other stats:
[ *]Subjective:
[ *] Essays: I’ve been told my common app essay was outstanding. Personally, I found my supplement to be kinda mediocre-to-bad-- I didn’t have anyone else read it, though
[ *] Teacher Recs: Amazing from my English teacher, pretty good from my precalc teacher
[ *] Counselor Rec: Amazing, she knows me pretty well
[ *] Hook (if any): female interested in engineering?
[ *) Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: Ohio
[ *] School Type: private, very small
[ *] Ethnicity: half Indian/ half white
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] major strength/weakness: Weaknesses: senior grades weren’t great, I didn’t take AP physics, didn’t submit a math II SAT
Strengths: SAT I, common app essay, recs, pretty solid ECs and lots of community service
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: Probably my strong background in scientific research. I’ve won multiple state/national awards and have been published in a couple of journals
[ *] Other Factors: Lots of leadership in school clubs, very involved all four years of high school
[ *] going to attend? No, but it’s a huge honor to be accepted out of state. I wasn’t expecting this at all!</p>
<p>[ *]Stats:
[ *] SAT:
[ *] SAT IIs:
[ *] ACT: 34
[ *] GPA: 4.0 (4.60 weighted)
[ *] Rank: No ranking
[ *] Other stats:
[ *]Subjective:
[ *] Essays: Some of the best I’ve ever written
ECs: Varsity soccer 3 years, other volunteering. Average
[ *] Teacher Recs: Never read, I assume good
[ *] Counselor Rec: Never read, probably mediocre - each counselor has hundreds of kids
[ *] Hook (if any):
[ *) Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: Illiniois
[ *] School Type: Public (below average public)
[ *] Ethnicity: White as the bread I eat
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] major strength/weakness: Grades, essays, ACT?
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: Weak counselor rec due to them having too many students. No real wow factor in ECs
[ *] Other Factors: Congrats to all that got in. UNC is still my dream school and I still have hope that I will get in. I kept my 4.0 first semester in tough classes so hopefully that helps
[ *] going to attend?</p>
<p>[ *]Stats:
[ *] SAT: 1980 (CR: 640, W: 650, M: 690)
[ *] SAT IIs: I don’t think I sent them in but if I did. Physics - 660, Chemistry - 630
[ *] ACT: Didn’t send. (Composite Score: 30)
[ *] GPA: W - 3.93 UW - 3.75
[ *] Rank: Top 15%
[ *] Other stats: N/A</p>
<p>[ *]Subjective::
[ *] Essays: LOL. I can’t remember exactly what I wrote but I remember they were weird. I talked about the 80s.
[ *] Teacher Recs: One was really good. One was generic.
[ *] Counselor Rec: Probably generic.
[ *] Hook (if any): Black female?</p>
<p>[ *]Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: Maryland
[ *] School Type: Public high school with magnet program
[ *] Ethnicity: African-American
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Major strength/weakness: ECs were most likely my weaknesses. My strengths were possibly my grades… I’ve also done and am doing an internship.
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: No idea.
[ *] Other Factors: I create graphic art and I mentioned that on my application.
[ *] going to attend? If I can afford it.</p>
<p>[ *]Stats:
[ *] SAT: 2240 (CR: 710 M: 770 W: 760)
[ *] SAT IIs: Japanese 790, Math II 770
[ *] ACT: N/A
[ *] GPA: 92.77, roughly 3.7 UW
[ *] Rank: N/A
[ *] Other stats: First place in nation 2 years in a row at national Japanese contest, 2 yrs AIME
[ *]Subjective:
[ *] Essays: Great
[ *] Teacher Recs: Excellent
[ *] Counselor Rec: Great
[ *] Hook (if any): First generation
[ *] State or Country: NY
[ *] School Type: One of top public schools in NY
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian(Chinese)
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] major strength/weakness: testing stats
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: I was honestly surprised. But I do have several things to make me stand out, such as translating Japanese shows into English<br>
[ *] Other Factors:
[ *] going to attend? Contingent on Emory; I EDII’ed Emory</p>
AP (place score in parenthesis): 11 AP’s, including senior year; So far all exams have been 4s
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Physics, AP Statistics, AP Lang, AP Government
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): No MAJOR awards (Intel, etc)</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars/Volunteer/Community service (place leadership in parenthesis):
FTC Robotics (web developer), Internships, Medical stuff, world cultures club, Hospital Volunteering, Church volunteering, President of two technology clubs at school
Job/Work Experience: Web Design Firm and Tutoring center since sophomore year
Essays: 8/10
Teacher Recommendation: 8-9
Counselor Rec: 8/10 he knows me pretty well
Interview: N/A</p>
<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: I will
Intended Major: Computer Science w/ pre med focus
State (if domestic applicant): Iowa
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: M
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): lots of experience for my intended major</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths:Robotics, test scores
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Strong academic record, Solid EC’s</p>
<p>General Comments: So happy to be accepted! I honestly didn’t think I would.</p>
<p>[ *]Stats:
[ *] SAT: 2110 (CR: 760, W: 750, M: 600)
[ *] SAT IIs: Literature (740) and U.S. history (760)
[ *] ACT: Didn’t take
[ *] GPA: W - 4.49, school doesn’t provide UW
[ *] Rank: 5/417
[ *] Other stats: </p>
<p>-7 APs (World History - 5 on exam, Human Geography - 5 on exam, US History - 5 on exam; taking AP Economics, AP Literature, AP US/Comparative Govt., and AP Calc AB this year) and 7 honors courses</p>
<p>Extracurriculars/honors:
-Newspaper (Editor-in-Chief, Assistant Editor-in-Chief, and Copy Editor)
-National Honor Society
-Latin Honor Society
-Quill & Scroll Honor Society
-Key Club/Interact Club
-Involved with several community-based volunteer groups (activities include Vacation Bible School, audio-visual team at my church, and after-school tutoring at an elementary school)
-Took jazz and tap classes for 7 years
-Chosen as the Virginia representative for a prestigious nation-wide journalism conference
-National Merit Scholarship Commended Student
-Silver Key and Honorable Mention in the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
-NOTE: Will be updating my application to include an internship at a law firm and founder/president of my school’s National English Honor Society</p>
<p>[ *]Subjective::
[ *] Essays: Common App essay was great, and I liked the UNC one too.
[ *] Teacher Recs: One was fantastic; another was probably good but not great.
[ *] Counselor Rec: Unsure
[ *] Hook (if any): Adopted from China; extremely strong interest in journalism</p>
<p>[ *]Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: Virginia
[ *] School Type: Public high school
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Major strength/weakness: Courseload – I only have 7 APs and 7 honors; at the time, I only had one major leadership position; limited work experience
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: See above.
[ *] Other Factors: ? As mentioned before, very apparent strong love/passion for journalism
[ *] Going to attend? Maybe if I end up being accepted</p>
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6 out of 429 (top 2%)
AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (5), Chemistry (5), Calc AB (5), Lang & Comp (5), US History (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Physics, AP US Government, AP Microeconomics, AP Macroeconomics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 3-time team state champion, two-time individual state champion, and 3-time national medalist in Academic Decathlon, 2nd in State at Science Bowl, Qualified for Nationals in History Bowl, Presidential Scholar Candidate, AP Distinguished Scholar, Eagle Scout, National Merit Commended, All-state in rugby</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars/Volunteer/Community service (place leadership in parenthesis):
Academic Decathlon (co-captain), Quiz Bowl (Captain), Varsity Football (Captain), Rugby
Job/Work Experience: Cashier at Dairy Queen, Tutor at Kumon, and started a pet care business
Essays: My common app essay was great (8/10), my supplement was not (6/10)
Teacher Recommendation: He knows me very well (9.5/10)
Counselor Rec: I assume it was mediocre (large public school)
Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: I will
Intended Major: Earth Science
State (if domestic applicant): Idaho
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White (left race blank)
Gender: M
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Geographic Diversity? </p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: Grades and Test scores, Extracurriculars
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Strong academic record, Solid EC’s and awards</p>
<p>General Comments: Happy to be accepted and I really hope I get a merit scholarship as I won’t be able to attend without one!</p>
<p>General Comments: So happy to be accepted! I honestly didn’t think I would. </p>
<p>Accepted 3.9 U/W 35 ACT NMS decent ECs but strong essays. To all future applicants – labor over your essays and go over details, it will pay off! Good luck to all. </p>
<p>Deferred OOS
3.85UW/4.85W
1830 SAT
Legacy - 5 other family members attended
EC’s are stellar (President of 3 Clubs, Founder, Student Attorney)
Essays- CA -Okay Supplement-Awesome</p>
<p>I don’t think I can wait any longer… I wish I could see some stats on other deferred students.</p>
<p>[ *]Stats:
[ *] SAT: 2100 (did not send)
[ *] SAT IIs: none
[ *] ACT: 35
[ *] GPA: 3.85 or so UW, 4.12W
[ *] Rank: 5/185 (top 3%)
[ *] Other stats:
[ *]Subjective:
[ *] Essays: I had them proofread by a former AP English grader, and she said the UNC specific essay was one of the best she read
[ *] Teacher Recs: I assume they were strong, from AP Chem & AP English teachers
[ *] Counselor Rec: no clue
[ *] Hook (if any):
[ *) Location/Person: OOS
[ *] State or Country: NJ
[ *] School Type: small public
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] major strength/weakness: region-level competitive clarinet player, spend all of my time outside of school in various honors bands and orchestras, teen arts festivals etc. also I hold a job in a doctor’s office and am a club officer in a cultural club, in nhs etc
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: because OOS UNC is a crapshoot</p>
<p>I got into schools with much better rankings in my program…It still stings getting rejected though; I would have thought with an ACT of 35 I’d have at least been deferred before being rejected. Their loss. Can’t wait to attend Wisconsin next year!</p>
<p>[ *]Stats:
[ *] SAT: 2200
[ *] SAT IIs: chem 790 bio 730
[ *] ACT: didnt take
[ *] GPA: 4.2 W
[ *] Rank: no rank
[ *] Other stats: 5 APS with score 4 and 5’s
[ *]Subjective:
[ *] Essays: first college essay written and wasnt the strongest but had a good story
[ *] Teacher Recs: strong
[ *] Counselor Rec: okay
[ *] Hook (if any): dont think any
[ *) Location/Person: OOS
[ *] State or Country: PA
[ *] School Type: private
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: male
[ *] major strength/weakness: various EC and again really good story</p>
<p>Awards:
National Merit Semifinalist (Probably Finalist)
National Spanish Exam Gold Award (95th+ percentile)
National Spanish Honor Society</p>
<p>4 AP’s (US History, Calculus, Biology, Spanish) [My school is small and does not offer many]</p>
<p>Significant Extracurriculars:
Freelance Writer for magazine in Italy (written in italian)
Intern/Volunteer at Emergency Room (80+ hours)
Cross Country (3 Years, team won state championship)
Volunteer to teach Spanish/English literacy education in Nicaragua (70 hours)
Volunteer at Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park
Art club that puts on shows to build schools in Africa (2 years)
Soup Kitchen Volunteer</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: Both of my essays were great and revealed a lot about myself but I am not sure if they were “stellar.”<br>
Teacher Recs: Amazing (Spanish, English, Precalculus)
Counselor Rec: Amazing
Hook (if any): Have a rare genetic disorder (mentioned in essay), linguistic pursuits (I speak English Spanish and Italian fluently, have a decent background in at least 4 more)</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Hawaii
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White/Caucasian
Gender: Male
Major strength/weakness: Biggest weakness = test scores? and of course living out of state
Why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Out of state, Competitive Major Choice, Test scores
Other Factors: Likely did not have a good background on Hawaii schools
Going to attend?: No… </p>
<p>[<em>]Stats:
[</em>] SAT: 2100
[<em>] SAT IIs: 770 French 700 Bio
[</em>] ACT: 33
[<em>] GPA: 4.0 weighted and unweighted
[</em>] Rank: 10% (43/444)
[<em>] Other stats:
10 AP’s Total<br>
Dual enrolled English 102 at community college.
Dual enrolled Calculus II and Calculus III at Georgia Tech.
Top 1% of high schools in country.
Legacy (two of my aunts went)
My uncle was a professor there
My aunt was professor at UNC wilmington
[</em>]Subjective:
[<em>] Essays: CA Essay - Talked about being happy in the New Mexican wilderness
[</em>] Teacher Recs: I bet they were super, had one of the teachers for 4 years, the other was my English teacher who tells me I have one of her favorite writing styles in her over 15 years of teaching.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Pretty good. I knew my councilor better than most of my classmates, but not super well.
[</em>] Hook (if any): National Hispanic Scholar Award, Eagle Scout, Governor’s Honors Program
[<em>] Location/Person:
[</em>] State or Country: Atlanta, Georgia
[<em>] School Type: Large Public
[</em>] Ethnicity:Hispanic
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] major strength/weakness: Governor’s Honors Program, Eagle Scout, EC’s
[<em>] why you think you were accepted: My extracurriculars. My stats were good, but not great. I have many high ranking awards outside of school in Scouting and other leadership programs.
[</em>] Other Factors:
[*] going to attend? Strong Possibility, but not finalized</p>
