Academics:
Out-of-State
3.3 unweighted, 4.1 Unweighted GPA
32 Composite ACT
International Baccalaureate student
Extracurriculars
Florida Youth Orchestra First Cellist, plays Piano, and Guitar at an assisted living home
180+ Volunteering Hours with the Humane Society of the US
Youth Group chapter president
Phi Beta Chi member
Duke University Talent Identification Program participant
Study abroad experience in Israel
Varsity water polo starter, senior year captain
Varsity swimmer
Journalist for student-run science magazine at Duke
Saint Michael’s College Book Award for Scholarship Recipient
Senior Year Course Rigor
IB English HL
IB Spanish SL
IB History of the Americas HL
IB Math Studies SL
IB Psychology HL
IB Theory of Knowledge
IB Chemistry SL
I don’t know if I need to add anything else, but yeah. Please help me out because I’m stressing this way too much
Our OOS high school usually has a couple of students admitted each year to UNC-CH; and, with the exception of legacy students, our admitted students have SAT scores of 1350+, ACT scores of 34+, and weighted GPAs of 4.5+. Other kids in our city who I know were admitted to UNC-CH recently have also had similar statistics; and all of these kids were “unhooked” in admissions parlance (i.e., not a recruited D-1 athlete, or URM, first-generation college student, etc.).
If you look at the UNC-CH common data set, under Part C7 it states that standardized test scores, application essay, letter(s) of recommendation, and rigor of your high school record are “very important” academic factors considered for freshman admission, whereas GPA and class rank are “important” academic factors considered for freshman admission. Extracurricular activities, talent, and character/personal qualities are considered as “very important” non-academic factors.
As you may know, admission of OOS students is very competitive; and UNC admits OOS applicants in numbers that are calculated not to exceed 18% of an entering freshman class. See “Undergraduate Admissions” on Page 2, here: http://www.admissions.unc.edu/files/2013/09/Admissions__Policy.pdf. Last year’s entering freshman class had a 15% acceptance rate for UNC-CH: http://admissions.unc.edu/apply/class-profile-2/.
Having stated all of the above, your SAT score and GPA are low for admission as an OOS applicant. If you have good essays and letters of recommendation that will help; the apparent lack of leadership positions in your ECs – other than captain of your water polo team – is a potential drawback, however.
If you applied EA, you should learn something within the next two weeks.