Date Applied: October 13th Early/Regular: Early Action Desired Major/School: Business, also applied honors and checked off assured admit for business (bold of me to think I had a chance for that )
GPA: 4.473 W, school doesn’t do UW but that’s a 3.97ish SAT/ACT: 1460 (740 RW, 720 M), also submitted Dec. ACT (34 composite, 33 S, 36 R, 36 E, 31 M) Rank: 5th when I applied but 3rd now (guess that doesn’t matter) APs/Honors: 5 APs, avoided the 2 science ones my school offers. Tons of honors though and 6 dual credit courses. Counselor put max rigor. School does not offer many APs. I am in AP Calc right now too (definitely important for a business applicant) Extras/Hooks: Not URM or low income. Thought I had decent extracurriculars though, I’ll list those briefly:
FBLA: State President, other state officer role last year, something for one of the national councils, Chapter president, 2x Chapter VP
Student Gov: Secretary last year, Class President this year (only senior class has a class president)
Business owner of LLC
Paid social media intern, garnered over a million person audience
Varsity athlete
Bunch of other things like Key Club, local leadership program (student mentor), Yearbook, Manager for a sport…more but I forget
Also runner up on national level for FBLA, have been 1st at state several times, runner up at state a couple times…received grants for a community project
Strong recs IMO, I had two colleges pull quotes from my guidance counselor’s LOR.
State residency: OOS (Although my school has had several people in the past 3-5 years get accepted. Around a 75% acceptance rate for those from my school applying. Majority had 1300-1350ish SATs, 4.0 - 4.1 typical GPA range, basic extracurriculars…we rarely EVER send kids to elite schools, usually only the val/sal. Only one person in the past 5 years or so has accepted UNC’s offer, and she was an athlete. I was the furthest on the Naviance scattergram by a decent amount, so I figured I had a chance, albeit small).
Date Applied: early October
Early/Regular: Early
Desired Major/School: Philosophy (pre-med)
GPA: 3.99 UW (our school doesn’t weight)
SAT/ACT: 1490 (one sit)
Rank: don’t rank at our school
APs/Honors: 6 AP (all 5’s in tests taken so far), 3 honors, multiple dual credit I think 5 or 6?
Extras/Hooks: founded a chapter of a charity helping homebound seniors, has been teaching piano to kids since she was 13, long term lead volunteer at a charity for domestic abuse survivors, club and varsity softball, 7 years of Eastern horseback riding (more rec, not competitive showing), couple part time jobs…
State residency: WA
Date Notified: 1/26?
Decision: REJECTED
Any merit aid:
Any need aid:
Date Applied: don’t recall, but early
Early/Regular: early
Desired Major/School:undecided
GPA: 4.8/5 (straight As)
SAT/ACT: act 35
Rank: 1/>450
APs/Honors: all DE jr & sr year
Extras/Hooks: plenty of leadership, charity work, and sports
State residency: NC
Date Notified: last week
Decision: accepted
Any merit aid: no
Any need aid: no
D22
Date Applied: before october 15
Early/Regular: early action
Desired Major/School: biostats , biology
GPA: 4.5 wt.4.0 unwt
SAT/ACT: 1540, math 790, Eng 750
Rank: school dies not rank , but by GPA , but 2/200
APs/Honors: 8 APS , calc AB, BC, Bio , chem, english , lng, stats, history , the rest all honors .
Extras/Hooks: published research artcle , psych clinic internship with hgreat Rec letter, strong leadership -president NHS, Science NHS, many clubs, volonteering nursing home , drama club /play all 4 years, harvard book club recipient
State residencyOOS
Daughter OOS, NY. ACT 35 superscore (does UNC superscore?). No rank, highly respected private school. Highest possible rigor. Don’t compute GPA, but I’d guess 3.75ish unweighted? All 5’s on AP tests. Varsity field hockey. Good ECs- researched with local hospital for three years for pediatric diseases.
Accepted. Was rejected ED Duke (she must love the area!). Definitiely on her short list. Would possibly go to Vanderbilt, UVA, or Wake over UNC but she’d have to visit all again. When we were there, spent more time on Duke campus!
Date Applied: Jan 2021
Early/Regular: Regular
Desired Major/School: Philosophy/Econ
GPA: 3.94 (unweighted, high school only reports unweighted)
SAT/ACT: 35 (took once)
Rank: high school does not rank
APs/Honors: 1AP, 5 honors (college prep high school, did not offer many APs)
Extras/Hooks: Youth Commissioner appointed by the mayor, extensive campaign experience, vasity+club soccer, jazz band, multiple clubs
State residency: out of state
Status: Accepted, enrolled for class of 2026 (currently on gap year)
Applied: Fall 2021 EA
IN state (Mecklenburg county)
Communications (Media Studies & Production)
GPA 4.59 w, 3.97 uw
SAT 1390
6 APs, 14 honors classes
Small private high school
Editor in chief of yearbook
Executive Council for Pinky Swear - 4 years
Junior Ambassador Blumenthal Arts - 2 years
Founded and run school’s Green Club
Host a podcast in my intended major
musicals and plays in and out of school - 4 years
Worked part time at ice cream shop
Worked part time as stage manager during summers for local childrens theatre
School Ambassador - provide tours for Admissions
Early/Regular: Early Desired Major/School: Economics
GPA: 103.5/100 (4.0 UW) SAT/ACT: 1550 (770E, 780M) Rank: no rank APs/Honors: 13 APs, rest honors Extras/Hooks: Not URM or first gen
-Eagle Scout, summer research at local university lab, varsity track/XC runner
-National Merit Semifinalist, Science Scholars Medal (school) State residency: OOS (high volume - NY/CA)