<p>Hey everyone,
would anybody be able to discern my chances at getting in UNC-Ch oos with legacy? I have a 4.56 W gpa, 1360/2020 SAT, will graduate with 6 APs, 20 honors, etc. Student Government, NHS VP, cross country 11th and 12th grade, leadership summits, etc. One good rec from English teacher; I also submitted another one from the Executive Vice President of the American Heart Association whom I worked for.
APs not too good, 3 on US History and 4 on Environmental Science. I just applied early notification? ANy thoughts would be great. Thanks</p>
<p>i think you have a really good chance..as long as you emphasize something thats really important to you in your essays, something you devoted a lot of time to. how many ap classes does your school offer?</p>
<p>let me think- about 8. I tried to take seven (AP Physics), but because of scheduling problems I could not-I mentioned that on the app. Does it matter the amount of family alumni members you have at Chapel Hill? I have family from about 4 generations back who went there (great-great-grandmother in 1928). </p>
<p>Also, I have a ridiculously motivated class-I've only gotten 4 Bs in hs and just made it in the top ten percent (35/365). Is anybody in the admissions office going to see the fact that I have a class full of intelligent people, or just think I'm a decent student because of my decent rank? For reference, if I lived right down the street and went to a neighboring school, I'd be about 25/450.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>it's really hard to say, but apparently the most important thing to them is your transcript (so they said at Carolina 101). If you've taken just about every AP you can (which it looks liek you've put a lot of effort into that), and if you've taken loads of honors classes where they're offered, and succeeded in them, you should do fine.</p>
<p>Basically, I think you could probably get in, but they can't have more than 18% of their admitted students be OOS, so it's hard to say.</p>
<p>agreed.</p>
<p>dont worry about it..i really think you have an awesome chance. i also come from a really top school that has TONS of grade inflation so my rank is ****ty.</p>
<p>thanks for your help
that's pretty much what I was thinking, that it was a toss up, but I wasn't sure. I didn't want to be holding my breath for a letter in the mail that holds no good news. When do those letters come out? Are they all released on Jan 31 EA or do they depend on when you submit?</p>
<p>I think Early Notification is "mid January" whic hprobably means January 15th, 'cause a lot of schools are alla bout some 1sts and 15ths as far as I can tell</p>
<p>man, I have bad timing with the space bar.</p>
<p>for EA, you'll be notified by jan 31st, which i think is a bit late since other early plans let you know by christmas usually</p>
<p>Your stats are impressive, but for oos it would be nice if you had at least 2100 on SAT. Admission to Carolina is a hard thing to predict...I know several situations where 2 people had almost identical stats ... one got in, one did not. They say legacy helps, but in those situations it did not. So be prepared for any decision and remember this....you are who you are and you have done well academically. If Carolina is unable to offer you admission, it is not because you have done anything wrong, it is simply that they have to turn down many qualified applicants. What other schools have you applied to?</p>
<p>so far i've applied to william and mary and james madison university (jmu as a safety in all senses of the word). I'll also apply to UVA, maybe another ACC school like Wake</p>
<p>I'll second the fact that they look mostly at transcripts. I came from a school that traditionally has about a 90% admission rate to chapel hill. The ones who didn't get in typically had well below average performance at my school, despite their high SAT relative to other UNC students.</p>
<p>Still, coming from out of state is always a gamble here due to the fact that the applicant pool is so large compared to the amount of spots for out of staters.</p>