UNC 2021 EA RESULTS (OFFICIAL)

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Decision: Accepted

In State or Out of State: Out of State

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Did not Submit
ACT: 34
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.87
Weighted GPA: 4.28/5.00
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10 %
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 APs. Score 5 and 4s.
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Some leadership roles.
Job/Work Experience: N/A.
Volunteer/Community service: A TON of volunteer work
Summer Activities: Research.
Essays: 9/10
Teacher Recommendation: 9/10
Counselor Rec: 9/10,
Additional Rec: 9/10
State: Ohio
Ethnicity: Asian - Indian
Gender: Female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A

Waiting for Fin Aid letter now. See what they offer.

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Decision: Accepted

In State or Out of State: OOS

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1420 (not sent)
ACT: 33
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
Weighted GPA: 4.5
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): 6 AP’s taken all having 4’s and 5’s, 4 AP’s on senior year’s schedule
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: 4 AP’s
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Cross country, track, NHS, TCF
Job/Work Experience: Cashier at THD
Volunteer/Community service: Summer science teacher, school science tutor, other volunteering here and there
Summer Activities: Summer science teacher
Essays: Long essay I feel was an 8/10, really liked my short answer essays, 9/10
Teacher Recommendation: unsure
Counselor Rec: unsure
Additional Rec:
State: IL
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None really

Strengths: Test scores / GPA
Weaknesses: Volunteering, no hooks
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Not sure, but I think they liked my writing and commitment to my sport :slight_smile:
General Comments: Very excited to get in!!!

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Decision: Accepted

In State or Out of State: OOS

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT:34 C (35 E, 34 M, 33 R, 34 S), 28 writing
SAT II:760 Math I, 770 Math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
Weighted GPA: 96.5/100
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis): Only submitted AP Statistics, 5
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Calculus BC, AP English Lit, AP US Gov, AP Micro, AP Macro, AP French, Chamber Orchestra
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Scholarship Commended, AP Scholar with Distinction

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Varsity XC (Captain) - All Conference 2x
Varsity Indoor Track (Captain) - State Champs Qualifier, Conference Champion
Varsity Outdoor Track (Captain) - Eastern State Champs Qualifier
Violin, - All State, 8x All County
Computer stuff

Job/Work Experience:
Worked with some startups.

Volunteer/Community service:
Started a tech literacy group, was part of a group that donated technology to the underprivileged, did a lot of running related activities.

Summer Activities:
Daily summer XC training, volunteering with my school’s youth running program.

Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Common App - 9.5, everybody I showed it to loved it (although that’s probably not saying much).
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: 9, Physics teacher kept on telling my mom how great the rec was. Had a really good time in his class last year, I have him again for Physics C.
Teacher Rec #2: 6, Did terrible in my math class last year haha. I was on good terms with my teacher though.
Counselor Rec: 8.5, she kept on telling me how unique my activities were, but in the end the guidance counselor rec will probably always be a bit general.
Additional Rec: N/A

State: NY
School Type: Large public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: M
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Strengths: Essays, EC, ACT
Weaknesses:GPA, SAT II
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Well-developed supplement essay
General Comments:

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Decision: Accepted

In State or Out of State: In State

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1200 Composite (620 Math/ 580 Reading)
ACT: 27 Composite/ 30 Writing (27 English, 28 Math, 32 Reading, 23 Science)
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92
Weighted GPA: 5.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/196
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Language, AP Chemistry, AP Calculus AB, AP US History, and AP World History
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A school doesn’t offer
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics 1, AP Biology, AP Literature, community college psychology and statistics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
National Technical Honors Society
NCSU Chinese Speech Contest Finalist
Leadership Awards from the School of Pharmacy

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Council (Senior Class VP & Student Body Treasurer as a junior) Engineering Club (Treasurer) Skills USA (Club Member)
Job/Work Experience:Part-time host at a Chinese restaurant since October 2014
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer through clubs and church
Summer Activities: Summer volunteer at local hospital since 2013
Essays: Pretty strong, reached word limit on most
Teacher Recommendation: Strong
Counselor Rec: Strong
Additional Rec: Varsity XC freshman year
State: NC
School Type: Public & small
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation

Strengths: stronger essays. extra cirriculars, and recommendations
Weaknesses: lower test scores
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: my GPA and several AP classes
General Comments: Just be yourself :slight_smile:

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Decision: Accepted

OOS

Objective:
ACT (breakdown): 35C (36E, 36S, 34R, 35M, 32 W)
SAT II: Math 2-800, BioM-750, Latin-700
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 7%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio, Psych, Bc Calc, US Gov, and Latin are 5. Physics (4).
Senior Year Course Load: Vector Calculus (BC Calc Prerequisite), Biochemistry (AP Bio Prerequisite), AP Chem, Art History, Senior English Electives, Advanced Latin Seminar (AP Latin Prerequisite)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none really lol. Inducted into Hermes Language Honor Society, placed in State and National Level in foreign language competitions
Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
-4 years of varsity swimming (captain) (not good enough to get recruited haha)
-4 years of jv cross country
-6 years of a well known national language organization, (state board), maybe or maybe not running for national board for it
-language club president

  • SAID (Students advocating informed decisions) club president
  • member of chamber choir in my school

Volunteer/Community service:

  • 120+ hour volunteer at local museum (selected as lead in one of their programs, helping other students navigate)
  • 200+ hour volunteer at local library
  • 50+ hour volunteer at local women/children’s shelter

Summer Activities: working as lifeguard, volunteering (lol)

Essays: Pretty good I’d say
Teacher Recommendation: My latin one is probs better than my math one but whatever
Counselor Rec: My counselor and I have a pretty good relationship I’d think it was good.
Additional Rec: N/A

Intended Major: Double Major in Psychology and Classics
State: TX
School Type: small private school
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $200,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

Strengths: Test Scores/GPA
Weaknesses: EC’s Probably
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: IDK tbh
General Comments: I feel very fortunate to have been accepted I don’t know why that happened lol. I hope this is helpful!

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Decision: Accepted

In State or Out of State: In state

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT: 33
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: 5.1
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 3%
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis): All IB courses
Senior Year Course Load: 7 IB courses, 1 AP
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience: 4 days a week for last 6 months
Volunteer/Community service: 3 community service
Summer Activities: Summer science programs
Essays: 7.5/10 (last minute sups) but common app was probably 8/10
Teacher Recommendation: 9/10
Counselor Rec: 7/10 - not special?
Additional Rec: 10/10 from an alum
State: NC
School Type: public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: F
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Strengths: Scores/grades
Weaknesses: My essays were average (very last minute)
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Most in state students get in, haha
General Comments:

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Decision: Accepted

In State or Out of State: IS

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): took it three times and failed all three times
ACT: 34 (35 English, 35 Math, 33 Reading, 31 Science)
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.833
Weighted GPA: 4.64
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): lol it’s really bad
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Calc BC (5), APUSH (4), AP Stat(4), AP Lang(5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology, AP French, Multivariable Calculus at UNC-CH, AP Lit, AP Computer Science
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Youngest published author in the American Statistical Association, published paper on race and swimming, JSM 2016 poster presenter in Chicago, JSM volunteer, featured on AMSTAT as the student face of the GiveASA Foundation (raised over $10,000), competitive swimmer (states level), Varsity swim captain, Varsity Tennis captain, viola, two acapella groups, Songs 4 Charity (own club), NHS, Animal shelter volunteer, summer RMSC volunteer, etc…
Job/Work Experience: Private swim instructor for Town of pittsford
Volunteer/Community service: mentioned above
Summer Activities: JSM JSM JSM
Essays: 10/10
Teacher Recommendation: Not sure, I moved the summer before junior year so I only had a year to connect with both teachers. But I assume they were decent since I got into UNC :slight_smile:

Counselor Rec: no clue
Additional Rec: none
State: North Carolina
School Type: Large Public
Ethnicity: Amasian
Gender: Female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

Strengths:
Weaknesses: GPA and Weighted GPA
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: My essays were really fun and light-hearted and my published paper hopefully separated me from the crowd, also IS
General Comments: I was a transfer student who was forced to move to an extremely competitive public school before junior year. I was extremely depressed and dejected because the new school was destroying my life, like seriously, no one likes it here. My grades suffered the whole year and I ended up with 3 B’s. My weighted GPA was terrible because my former school had 9 periods in a day and made us take 2-3 mandatory 4.0 weighted electives. So while my friends had weighted GPAs at or above 5.0, mine was right around the 4.5 range, even though I was on the same level as them. This affected my class rank and caused me to have anxiety (slept at 4 am every night) about the college process for a long time. So for future applicants reading this, if you are in a similar spot, I just want to say, please don’t stress!!! You’re hurting yourself and it’ll all be okay :slight_smile: If something in your application is unusual, ask your counselor to put it in his/her rec and also write about it in additional info. Although I got extremely screwed over, I still got into college! Good luck future applicants!! You all deserve the best!!

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Decision: Deferred

IS vs OOS: OOS
ACT (breakdown): 34C, 35W, 35R, 33M, 33S
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.41
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t report
AP (place score in parenthesis): APBC Calc 5, AB subscore 5, AP Comparative Gov, 5, AP US History 4
Senior Year Course Load: Multivariable Calculus, AP Biology, AP Spanish, AP Lit, International Relations, Chorus
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Full Merit Based Scholarship to my private school, Newspapers Scholastic team sophomore and jr year, NHS, Cum Laude Society, Global Scholars (extra diploma at my school for focus on international relations and politics)

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
-4 years of varsity basketball (not recruitment level)
-16 years of dance (teach classes to young students, volunteer at studio, take highest level classes)
-4 years chorus at school (made district twice, only said once on app because didn’t know yet)
-3 years field hockey (defensive mvp in conference championship and coaches award jr year)
-4 years SCA Treasurer (schoolwide this year)

Volunteer/Community service: idk hours total

  • Volunteer Tutor (tutor kids at my school almost every day)
  • Peer Leader Program, seniors selected to mentor freshmen, volunteer around community, and promote school spirit

Summer Activities: work at local aquarium

Essays: everyone that read them really liked them and I thought they reflected my personality
Teacher Recommendation: 10/10 on both I’m super close with my english and math teachers and they are both known for writing great recs and I did really well in both classes
Counselor Rec: 9/10 I love my counselor and we are also very close so I can’t imagine it was bad but she does have to write a ton so idk
Additional Rec: N/A

Intended Major: applied undecided
State: VA
School Type: small private school
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: $200,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I’ve taken Linear Algebra and Multivariable Calculus in high school idk if that’s a hook?

Other accepts/rejections: Accepted UVA, Accepted University of Southern Cal with a quarter scholarship, deferred Yale

Strengths: ECs, Test Scores, GPA, Recs, Honors
Weaknesses: essays maybe? even though I was really confident, possibly not enough APs
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I hate to think its because I’m a white female from VA but that what every one keeps telling me, maybe it was because I applied undecided? I’m really upset because UNC was one of my top choices, and to be quite honest I was either expecting an accept or deny I don’t really know how to deal with this deferral process.

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[B][size=4][color=#FFA500]Decision: Deferred[/color][/size][/b]

[B]Objective:*
SAT I (breakdown): 800 math 750 reading/writing
ACT (breakdown): 34
SAT II: 710 Math I 730 literature :confused:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
Weighted GPA:4.2
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 AP Bio 5 Psych 5 Language and Composition 5 APUSH
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Stat, AP Economics, AP Calculus AB, AP Literature, AP US Govt and Politics, Chemistry
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): ?

[B]Subjective:*
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS (Historian), Freshman class president, Political Club (President), Mock Trial (Lawyer), Yearbook (Sports Editor in Chief), L.E.O. (Vice President), Student Government, Model United Nations, Football (Captain), Lacrosse (Captain), School spirit group (Captain), School Newspaper, Science Club
Job/Work Experience: Volunteer Counselor in Training for 2 years - waterfront lifeguard 1 year - swim instructor 1 year
Volunteer/Community service: Local Soup Kitchen, Local food pantry, youth football league, local relay for life (captain), salvation army fundraising, school orientation, local special olympics
Summer Activities: (the jobs) also lacrosse team
Essays (rating 1-10, details): why Umich - 7 could’ve def. been better - commonapp - 8
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1 (rating 1-10, details): 10
Teacher Rec #2 (rating 1-10, details): 8
Teacher Rec #3 (rating 1-10, details):7
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details): 9
Interview (if any) (rating 1-10, details):

[B]Other:*
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: undecided - business to ross
State (if domestic applicant): CT
School Type: small public elite
Ethnicity: white
Gender: male
Income Bracket: $150,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): not many

[B]Reflections:*
Strengths: my test scores are great - my extracurriculars are solid - my recommendations are solid
Weaknesses: I should’ve put more effort into having a hook they could define me as - in my application it is unclear “what” “type of student” I am - I’m all over the place - my school is also very competitive which deflates my gpa and rank
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: they didn’t get to my application or cause I’m OOS and not a “special interest” student
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: deferred -UMIch UVA rejected - UPenn and UNC

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT (breakdown): Composite: 35
English: 36
Math: 36
Reading: 35
Science:34
SAT II: Math 2: 800
Biology M: 800
Spanish w/o listening: 790
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.99
Weighted GPA: N/A
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Not officially available, but I think 2nd out of 73
AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (5), Calculus BC (5), AB subscore (5), English Lit (5), Spanish Language (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP-Prep English courses, Multivariable Calc/Differential Equations, AP Physics C, Biotechnology, Anatomy, Spanish 5, Living Religions
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Scholarship Semi-Finalist, TEAMS 10 state winner 2014, Science Olympiad State Winner 2016, National Spanish Exam Gold Medal 2014 & 2015, National Field Hockey Coaches’ Association Academic Squad Scholar of Distinction, Presidential Scholar Nominee

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Field Hockey, Lacrosse (4 year varsity & travel club team), Volunteer tutor, Honor board representative, peer mentor, Newspaper (staff writer), Science Olympiad
Job/Work Experience: Sleepaway camp counselor, lacrosse coach, babysitting
Volunteer/Community service: Tutor for underprivileged students, Summer program (~40 hours)
Summer Activities: Camp counselor, engineering conference, immersion trip to Spain
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8- strong overall, common app essay is pretty basic but well-written. Supplements were carefully planned and executed fairly well.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 8- strong, from two teachers (History and BC Calc) who know me well as a student. I also got an additional rec from the director of my summer camp.

(Haven’t read any recs- these are all just speculation)
Teacher Rec #1 (rating 1-10, details): 10, History teacher who taught me 9th and 11th grade. She knows me very well and has seen me grow a lot as a student.
Teacher Rec #2 (rating 1-10, details): 7, BC Calc teacher who knows me well, but I am not sure about the quality of the rec.
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details): 8, probably pretty generic but from a well qualified counselor.
Additional Rec (if any) (rating 1-10, details): 9, from my camp director who has known me for 9 years and knows so much about me.

Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Physics
State (if domestic applicant): Washington, DC
Country (if international applicant): US
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: >200,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflections:
Strengths: Academics, extracirriculars
Weaknesses: Common app essay, some recs
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: A well-qualified applicant who has the stats and demonstrated interest in engineering
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Michigan and UVA. Rejected from Stanford

General Comments (if any): Really excited about the school!

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Decision: Deferred

In State or Out of State: OOS

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1450
ACT: 34
SAT II: Math II, 700 & Molecular Biology, 720
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.417
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (4), European History (4), English Language and Composition (4), Calculus AB (3), Physics C: Mechanics (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): not offered at school
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism, AP Government, AP Calculus BC, AP Computer Science, AP Literature and Composition, Psychology general, AP Psychology
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Travel Soccer, High School Soccer (Co-captain), Academic Team
Job/Work Experience: Lifeguard for the past three summers.
Volunteer/Community service: NHS, Volunteer at library, hospital, and a camp for those with disabilities. LOTS of volunteer hours.
Summer Activities: Volunteering and working.
Essays: I am generally fairly strong with my essay writing, and my teachers that reviewed them said that they were very good.
Teacher Recommendation: A great recommendation from my physics teacher with personal anecdotes and everything. I was not allowed to read the others, the English teacher I asked knows me pretty well and is a good writer.
Counselor Rec: Has known me for a long time and wrote recommendations for other things that I have been accepted to.
Additional Rec: A lady that organizes the volunteering I do at the library, has known me since seventh grade.
State: Virginia
School Type: Small public high school in central Virginia. I also attend a Governor’s School that is in the mornings at a nearby college.
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A

Strengths: I have a solid ACT and my essays were pretty good.
Weaknesses: My GPA is lower than many out of state students, but that is something beyond my control. Our school is too small for a large AP program or to have an IB program. I have the highest possible GPA I could earn in the school I go to. I don’t have many leadership roles.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I think I was deferred because admissions is looking to see if I am in the top 18% of the OOS students or not. I’m right on the edge.
General Comments: