UNC Chapel Hill Class of 2023 EA

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
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I am a senior and I live in state. Applied Early Action.

  • Weighted GPA: 4.4
  • SAT: 1360
  • Class Rank: Just outside of Top 10%
  • Took 7 APs and a decent amount of community college dual-enrollment courses.
  • Played soccer and tennis for 3 years of high school.
  • AP Scholar; National Honor Society member; TSA member; Key Club member; Church Youth Group President/Praise Band Leader; Vice President of Ping Pong Club; volunteered at local hospital during summer (80 hours)
  • Teacher Recommendation was decent; enjoyed the class very much and teacher was one of my favorites
  • Essays decent; topic was generic but I feel as if I gave my own unique voice and felt short answers were pretty good as well
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See the existing thread for 2023 EA decisions

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I’m new to CC so finding existing threads is difficult for me; would appreciate some feedback but thanks anyway

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I’m new to CC so finding existing threads is difficult for me; would appreciate some feedback but thanks anyway

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wait are decisions out?

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@malluman oh no i was just asking someone to chance me sorry for the confusion

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ahh i c np. I think that you would be a bit below avg for oos, but since ur instate, you have an ok chance. To be brutally honest, I think your sat score is bit low but your courseload/gpa could help pull you through, along with essays

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@malluman i heard that the average SAT score was actually like 1320 for UNC applicants. anyway thx for the insight!

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Class rank needs to be top 10% for best chances

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@chb088 Shouldn’t be too big of a factor?? That and GPA is probably my weakness but I am confident about everything else.

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It’s a very large factor. I believe it is why my legacy child wasn’t admitted last year. I’ve never seen anyone with a rank lower than top 10% get in unless they were a recruited athlete. And in Meck and Wake Counties, sometimes a top ten rank isn’t even enough. Good luck.

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I should qualify, I’ve never seen anyone with a class rank lower than top 10% get in unless they were a recruited athlete OR a URM.

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@chb088 I heard UNC uses holistic admissions so hopefully that will give me a good chance. I live in Cumberland County in case you were wondering. Thanks for the insight!

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They do use a holistic admissions model. However with over 40000 applications they have to be able to do some initial sorting and there are a number of factors including GPA, class rank and SAT score that help them do that. Cumberland county is a tier two county which should help you.

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@Tuxrd2 how does being a specific tier help by the way?

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I probably won’t say it correctly but in essence UNC has a strategic plan in place to draw more heavily from tier 1 and tier 2 counties. So those sorting stats like GPA, rank and SAT/ACT would be lower for those counties. Wake and Meck (among others) are tier 3 and the standards are higher to get in the pile for a deeper consideration.

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@Tuxrd2 so I did some research and found that Cumberland County downgraded from tier 2 to 1 this year. Would that increase my chances even more??

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Yes

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Sry I meant, yes it would. But remember these are all just guessing games really. There are lots of other factors and a good amount of luck involved too.

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decisions may come out tomorrow. hopefully admissions made the right choice :slight_smile: