UNC Class of 2019 EA Decision Thread

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Hey, y’all!

Decisions are coming out soon, so, in preparation, a couple of my online friends and I wanted to go ahead and make a thread dedicated to us posting our stats and decision when we find out so that prospective Tar Heels can benefit from the information. The format is below.

Pick one:
Decision: Accepted
Decision: Deferred
Decision: Rejected

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

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities:
Essays:
Teacher Recommendation:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
State: North Carolina
School Type:
Ethnicity:
Gender:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection:
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
General Comments:

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Decision: Rejected OOS

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 2130 (670M/660CR/800W) 9 Essay (Did Not Send)
SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay):Did Not Send
ACT (breakdown): 33 (34E/32M/33R/34S) 9 Essay
ACT superscore (breakdown): 33 (34E/32M/33R/34S) 10 Essay
SAT II (subject, score): Chemistry - 750, U.S. History - 740, Math II - 730
Unweighted/Weighted GPA: 3.92UW/4.44W
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 12/230
AP/IB (place score in parentheses): Human Geography (5), Chemistry (4), U.S. History (4)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, AP English, AP Spanish, Honors Physics, Civics, Business Communications, Economics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): Coca Cola Scholarship Regional Finalist
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): Everyone has these

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Class President (4 years), National Honor Society President (2 years), Captain of 3 Varsity Sports (12 seasons played), Boys’ State Delegate (1 year), Engineering Club (4 years), Volunteer Club (3 years), Founder of Chess Club (2 years).
Job/Work Experience: Soccer Referee (5 years), Pet Care Service Provider (3 years).
Volunteer/Community Service: Member of various volunteer clubs, probably around 100 hours of community service total
Summer Experience: Not much. Boys State last summer.
Teacher Recommendation #1: AP U.S. History teacher. I read it after he submitted it because I needed it for a scholarship, absolutely amazing. (10/10)
Teacher Recommendation #2: Spanish teacher. Didn’t read but I picked her because she likes me.
Counselor Rec: Above Average
Additional Info/Rec: Got a letter of rec from my soccer coach of 8 years who is also my referee assignor. I read this one, and it was really good. (7/10)
Interview: None

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):
Essays: Wrote about a moment of love paying it forward for a veteran at Starbucks (9/10)
CommonApp Essay: Also pretty good, I think. I wrote about a time I experienced failure while running track and what I learned from it. (8/10)

Other:
U.S. State/Territory or Country: Connecticut
School Type: Public, only ever sent like 9 kids to Ivies
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket Range: About $180,000
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): Nada

Reflection
Strengths: Leadership, Essays, Unweighted GPA
Weaknesses: Test Scores (especially SAT and Math II), Class Rank, not that many AP’s taken
Were else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Nowhere yet
What would you have done differently?: I would have taken more AP’s and I would have tried harder to get and A+ rather than an A- Freshman and Sophomore year.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: OOS is too dang competitive I guess. Really bummed, UNC was my top choice.

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Decision: Accepted OOS

Objective:
SAT: 2300 ( 800 CR, 750 M, 750 W )
ACT: not taken
SAT II: not taken
Unweighted GPA : 3.85
Weighted GPA: 4.4
Rank : 16/ approx 350
AP: USH (4) World History (5) English Lang (5)

Senior Year Course Load: AP Psych, AP Physics 1, AP Calc, AP Lit, Honors Band, Dual Enrollment Philosophy
Major Awards : none

Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Band (1st chair Oboe, All-County), Math Team, Rec Softball
Job/Work Experience: Receptionist at a real estate company, 40 hours/week during the summer
at an ice cream shop 20 hours/week school year & 12 during summer
Volunteer/Community service: Soup Kitchen, Little fundraising things for Band,Coaching Softball
Summer Activities: Working around 50 hours/week
Essays: average probably
Teacher Recommendation: pretty good, my math teacher really likes me
Counselor Rec: I honestly have no idea, probably average
Additional Rec:
State: Maryland
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Hispanic, female in comp sci?

Strengths: Test scores
Weaknesses: Essays
Were else were you accepted: UMD, UMBC, Georgia Tech, Pitt, Drexel, NC State
What would you have done differently?:
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: test scores probably

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Decision: Differed OOS

Objective:
ACT: 33
U/W GPA: 3.917
Weighted GPA: 4.14
Rank: 28/48

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Decision: Deferred OOS

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2110 (710 M, 730 R, 670 W)
ACT: 34 C (31 M, 34 E, 35 R, 35 S)
SAT II: 750 Math 2, 740 Chemistry
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
Weighted GPA: 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/57
AP (place score in parenthesis): English Lang., Chemistry
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: Anatomy, AP Bio, AP English Lit., AP Physics, AP Calculus BC, HN Western Intellectual Tradition, AP Comparative Gov

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Soccer (captain), softball, bowling, junior class president, Student Council Vice President, SAAD (president), STEM Club (vice president), Action Club (community service club), French Club
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: Girl Scout Camp Leader, week long mission trip every year
Summer Activities: Travel soccer
Essays: not very good
Teacher Recommendation: Hopefully really great
Counselor Rec: New counselor so probably pretty generic
Additional Rec:
State: Pennsylvania
School Type: Private Catholic
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

UNC isn’t my first choice so I’m not super bummed. Guess we’ll see in the spring!

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Just want to note that it’s spelled DEFERRED not “differed.” Would hope that anyone applying here would know that.

Rejected OOS
SAT: 2230 (800 reading, 790 writing, 640 math whoops)
SAT II: 800 english lit, 750 french with listening, 720 bio m
AP: 5 english lit, 5 french language
GPA: 3.67 UW
Senior year courses: AP Comp sci, AP AB Calc, English, French 5 Honors, Arabic
Major Awards: national scholastic gold medal (short story)

Extracurriculars: newspaper, debate, fem club president, arabic club president, dance, lots of volunteer, mentor with body image program at prestigious hospital, worked as camp counselor
Essays: My essays were kind of weird/creative. Probably weak point
Recommendations: Good, i believe
State: MA
School type: private
Gender: Female
Financial Aid: No
Ethnicity: white
Hooks: none

Weaknesses: math SAT, essays, GPA
Strengths: varied extracurriculars, good in the humanities
Thoughts: Oh well. I knew this was a long shot! I was already rejected from my top choice school (Columbia) and deferred from UChicago. We’ll see what happens in March with my other schools.
Congratulations to everyone!

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Decision: Accepted OOS

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2340 (770 M, 790 CR, 780 W)
ACT: N/A
SAT II: 760 Physics, 770 USH
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: N/A
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 USH, 5 English Language, 4 Physics B
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Calc AB, AP Physics C, AP Euro…
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Not really, some local essay awards, Harvard Book Award, a generic state award

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate team (president), Newspaper (editor), Political Science (founder and president)
Job/Work Experience: Worked at a local library for the past four years
Volunteer/Community service: Help people with computer issues at a library, run a weekend program dedicated to teaching middle school students speech and debate, Kids in Crisis
Summer Activities: Girls Who Code Summer Immersion Program, CT Girls State, UCONN engineering program
Essays: Common app was about how I fail at driving (8/10?), pretty sure my supplement was decent (7/10)
Teacher Recommendation: Both amazing
Counselor Rec: Probably very good, if rather generic
Additional Rec:
State: Connecticut
School Type: Small Parochial
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection:
Strengths: SAT, grades, leadership, extracurriculars in general
Weaknesses: Not a billion APs (school doesn’t offer them), OOS, white girl
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Not sure, this is all a crapshoot. I also got into UVA OOS early and deferred from Princeton
General Comments: Don’t sweat the small stuff, focus instead on what really matters

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Pick one:
Decision: Accepted (OOS)

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): nope
ACT: 32
SAT II: 650 US History 620 Math
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.47
Weighted GPA: 3.7
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 25%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Nothing good
Senior Year Course Load: AP Stat, AP Bio, AP Lit, AP Stat, Hon Calc, Yearbook
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Hispanic Scholar

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Lots of leadership (President of 3 things)
Job/Work Experience: 2 Jobs
Volunteer/Community service: 250 hours
Summer Activities: programming camps
Essays: very strong (some spelling errors though)
Teacher Recommendation: strong
Counselor Rec: strongish
Additional Rec: strongish
State: Florida
School Type: private
Ethnicity: hispanic
Gender: male
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM

Reflection:

Will not be attending, but honestly pretty surprised. ADVICE FOR PEOPLE WHO READ THIS IN THE FUTURE: Don’t let anyone tell you you can’t get into a school. You don’t know how many times I’ve heard “UNC is a reach” this and that. Apply.

Strengths: Test Scores, Essays, Recs, ECRs
Weaknesses: GPA

Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Mixture of test score, ethnicity, and essays.

General Comments:

I already committed to ED to a school, so I won’t be attending. I only assume I got my decision because it was already made when I was accepted ED. Much love for the tarheels, great school. Believe in your apps.

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Decision: Accepted
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): not sent
ACT: 30
SAT II: not sent
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75
Weighted GPA: 4.720
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 28/411 (top 5%)
AP (place score in parenthesis): From my junior year—English Language and Composition, Biology, US History, Calculus AB, Psychology
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Music Theory, AP Environmental Science, AP Literature and Composition, AP Statistics, 3 honors courses
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Presidential Service Award, AP Scholar, Duke TIP Scholar, Student of the Year, Academic Excellence Award, Junior Marshall, NC Honors Chorus( ranked 7th high soprano in my state)

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): National Honor Society(Vice President), A Cappella(music director), Drama Club(President), Tri- Music Honor Society
Job/Work Experience: Krispy Kreme Doughnuts employee, intern at Spring Theatre
Volunteer/Community service: El Buen Pastor Latino Community Sevices, Fulton Family YMCA Teen Service Societ, various local organizations
Essays: Above average writing but not particularly well written. My main focus on most of my college admittance essays was on my passion for music and and how it has helped me cope with my father’s death and mother’s recent stroke and MS diagnosis. I plan to study classical voice in college.
Teacher Recommendation: I assume that they were strong as all the teachers who I asked know me very well.
Counselor Rec: Great! I’m one of her favorites:)
State: North Carolina
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: African-American
Gender: female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): emotional appeal of my essays

Reflection: I am very relieved by this acceptance and I am anxiously awiting the results from my six other schools in late March!
Strengths: leadership roles
Weaknesses: gpa could have been stronger
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: The essays allowed me to elaborate on areas in my application that may have been overlooked otherwise. My essays allowed my true self to come through.
General Comments: As I look over this forum and see the rejections of students more intelligent than I am, I think that it is clear that the fact that I live in state had a large impact on my acceptance. For those not accepted, know that God has plan for you and I am excited to see what our generation accomplishes!

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Writing for D.

Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 790 R, 740 M, 750 W
SAT II: 780, 750
Weighted GPA: 97.6
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5, 3
Senior Year Course Load: 3 AP’s
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NM Commended, NHS

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Many clubs/Honor Societies, president of one, two exchange student experiences, 3 languages…
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: not much

State: GA
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: F
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): legacy

Strengths: Scores, grades
Weaknesses: Community service, EC’s
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Not sure, but thankful.
General Comments: Congratulations to all accepted!

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Decision: OOS Accepted

Objective:
ACT: 33 Composite; 34 R, 34 E, 28 M, 34 S
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A
Weighted GPA: 4.35
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (4), European History(4), US History(4), English Lang (4),
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB, AP Environmental Science, AP English Literature, AP US Gov, Honors Physics 2, Art/film, JROTC 4, World Religions
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): LOTS of Army JROTC EC’s (Cadet Major), Student Council, Model UN, lots more that are that relevant
Job/Work Experience: all 4 years of high school
Volunteer/Community service: 114 hours
Summer Activities: Junior Cadet Leadership Camp, Employment
Essays: Knocked it out of the park
Teacher Recommendation: I assume they were good
Counselor Rec: I assume it was good
Additional Rec:
State: GA
School Type: small Catholic Private
Ethnicity: White/ Native American
Gender: Male
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A

Reflection: Surprised I got in, so excited and happy
Strengths: my ACT score, Course load, GPA
Weaknesses: my math ACT subscore, not a lot of leadership ECs
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Strong course load (took 8 APs out of 10 offered at school), ACT composite score, GPA, JROTC leadership experience, and great essay
General Comments: Still in shock

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:

[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):
[] ACT: 33 (E: 32 M: 34 S: 32 R: 33 Essay:9)
[] SAT II: Math II: 740 USH: 750 Chem: 780
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.84

[] Weighted GPA (out of 5.0): 4.38
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geography: 3 Chemistry: 4 USH: 5 Psychology: 5 (7 more this year)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics, AP Physics C Mechanics/Electricity, AP MicroEconomics, Composition, AP Biology, AP Government, Adv/Honors Sociology, World Literature
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None really. Scholar Athlete (9-12); Honor Roll (9-12); Highest Honors (11-12); AP Scholar with Honors [/li]
[/ul]Subjective:

[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Spell Bowl (9-12, captain), Varsity Track (9-12, captain), Project X (11-12), Snow flurry (11-12), National Honor Society (11-12), PowderPuff Football (11-12)
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: Over 200+ hours within Project X, Snow Flurry, and NHS
[] Summer Activities: 10th grade: went to Nigeria for the summer; 11th: unsuccessfully attempted to get a job, read books, went running, researched and visited some nearby colleges, and took drivers ed.
[] Essays: Common App: 9/10. Wrote about my major failures during sophomore year and how I learned and achieved a lot after them.
Chapel Hill Supplement: 8.5/10 Wrote about why I do what I do (Originally I thought this one was really bad, but then I read it again after I got accepted and it actually wasn’t).
[] Teacher Recommendation: One from my sophomore and junior year honors English teacher (8-9/10). Spanish 3 teacher (8/10)
[] Counselor Rec: Not the best counselor in the world. Only had him for 2 years, really miss my old one she was the best. Was probably generic.

[] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: N/A[/li]
[/ul]Other

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[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Chemistry (might just end up being psychology)
[] State (if domestic applicant): IN
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Race(s): African-American (Nigerian)
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: ~190,000
[li] Hooks/tips (URM, athlete, legacy, 1st gen, etc.): URM[/li]

[/ul]Reflection

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[] Strengths: Test scores and essays
[] Weaknesses: Lack of extracurricular activities & Didn’t do anything major during the summer
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I think I was accepted because I was 100% honest. I never made myself out to be someone who I wasn’t.
[]Where else have you applied: Accepted: Purdue, IU, U of A Tuscaloosa
Deferred: Tulane
Waiting: Rice, Brown, Yale, Princeton
Rejected:
Waitlisted:
[/ul]General Comments: First, I want to thank God because it wouldn’t have been possible without him. I also want to thank him for getting me through first semester because that was really rough and somehow I survived it. Honestly, I’m in shock because I was expecting a rejection because I thought my supplemental was bad (I didn’t even put UNC-CH on my FAFSA or CSS when I sent it out). I just want to tell anyone who’s reading this is to be honest in your applications don’t try to make yourself out to be someone who you’re not. I think that’s what really helped me out the fact that I was real.

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Decision: Accepted OOS

Objective:
SAT - 2210, CR 650, M - 770, W - 790
ACT: n/a
SAT II: bio - 770, chem - 770, M2- 790
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
Weighted GPA: 4.1
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/300
AP (place score in parenthesis): bio - 5, stats - 5, chem - 4, US hist - 4, World hist - 3
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: 6 AP’s including Spanish Literature
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended, AP scholar with Distinction

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 3 Varsity sports, all-league in sports,
(Secretary of Mu Alpha Theta), multiple honor society’s - etc
Job/Work Experience: working at Nursing Home since 9th grade ( started age 14), summer Lifeguard
Volunteer/Community service: Project FIAT - El Salvador summer 2014
Summer Activities: Life guarding / working in nursing home
Essays:
Teacher Recommendation: excellent
Counselor Rec: excellent
Additional Rec:
State: N.Y.
School Type: public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection:
Strengths: well rounded, Spanish throughout high school
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: - involved in community through sports and work, with strong academic’s
General Comments:

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Pick one:

Decision: Accepted OOS - Honors Program - Scholarship Day

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 2040 (took December and received 2200)
I don’t think UNC received the 2200 (650R 770M 780W) in time. They received it around January 5 which would have been too late for admission decisions anyways.
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II: 800 Math II, 600 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 94% UW, 101.5% W
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): ~20/600 (school does not rank)
AP (place score in parenthesis): did not submit
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Physics C, AP Micro/Macro Econ, AP Govt & Poli, English 4 H, Computer Programming 1 & 2H
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
-School FBLA President (11,12),
-Technology Ambassador for District’s Google Services (11,12),
-Co-Founder of a Clothing Line ($2000/monthly sales)
-Treasurer of Class Cabinet
-Vice President of Children’s Care Club
-INTERACT member (volunteer 200+ hours) at YMCA

Job/Work Experience:
-Client Services Project Engineer at a client services company
-Intern Financial Analyst at a local investing firm (hired through school’s internship program)
-Networking Beta Engineer at NETGEAR
-Product Development Specialist at Amazon
-ITS Intern at Johnson and Johnson
-Developer Evangelist at Microsoft
(Jobs were spread over 4 years, average length is 3 years of each occupation)

Volunteer/Community service: Vice President Children’s Care Club, YMCA

Summer Activities: Worked as a mobility specialist at Staples

Essays: Common App was about me becoming more social. UNC essay was about technology disruption and my vision for the future regarding such
Counselor Rec: Great, she really likes me
Additional Rec: From my internship mentor (2 pages, full of praise)
Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Finance, Online Management
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Urban 2400 kids (sends about 3-5 to IVYs)
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: M
Income Bracket: —
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Strengths:
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Focused on my work experience and what I learned about consumers. Focused my essays on improving life for people around us through modern growths of technology. My work experience covers a manifold of industries making me a worldly connected individual
Weaknesses: SAT scores, GPA, essentially my numbers in general
Why you think you were deferred: Work experience really resonates with what UNC wants: ambitious students who are looking to make a difference
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/deferred/rejected: Accepted to Rutgers so far, Deferred from Wharton @ UPenn
Extras: Received acceptance to Honors Program, and invite to Scholarship Day

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Accepted OOS (Georgia)
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2230 740-740-750
ACT:
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0) :3.95
Weighted GPA:4.33
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP World, AP US, AP Euro, BC Calculus, AP LIT, AP Eng.
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: 3 AP’s, Spanish-honors,
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience: Summer Camp counselor
Volunteer/Community service :tutor for local school
Summer Activities:
Essays: I guess they liked them
Teacher Recommendation: assume very good
Counselor Rec: very good
Additional Rec:
State: GA
School Type:
Ethnicity: white
Gender:male
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection:
Strengths: well rounded scores/ strong AP’s
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Scores/grades
General Comments:

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Pick one:
Decision: Accepted OOS (florida)

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): not submitted
ACT: 32
SAT II: not submitted
Weighted GPA: 4.1
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 25% /83
AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geography (5), Environmental Science (4), World History (3), US History (4), Gov/Politics (5), French Language (5), English language/comp (5)

Senior Year Course Load: AP Micro/Macro Econ, AP English Lit, AP Psych, Modern French Literature Honors, Honors Pre-Calc, Theatre
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): French Competition team (President/Captain), Mock Trial (Captain), French National Honors Society (Chapter President), Varsity Cheer (Captain), Active in local community/professional theatre groups
Job/Work Experience: Maitre D’ at a restaurant, work 10-18h/weekend
Volunteer/Community service: Tutor in French, Camp counselor, Work at local food bank/shelter on Christmas/ Thanksgiving/Easter, coordination of annual scholarship fundraising ball for my school
Summer Activities: Local theatre productions, professional and community
Essays: quite good
Teacher Recommendation: I’m assuming they were good, I have a very good relationship with most of my teachers
Counselor Rec: no idea
Additional Rec: n/a
State: Florida
School Type: Private, extremely competitive
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None, I guess

Reflection:
Strengths: Essays, ECs,
Weaknesses: Test scores
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I really couldn’t tell you. My essays, IMO, were good. I what I lack in GPA/ test scores I support with my extra curricular list and work experience.
General Comments: I have learned that I am much more than my test scores, no matter how these CC threads make me feel! :slight_smile:

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Decision: Rejected In State

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2150 730-710-710
ACT: N/A
SAT II: 730 MA2 720 PH
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
Weighted GPA: N/A
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Multivariable calculus, Circuits, Physics 2, Latin 2, Modern Poetry, etc
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Developed various websites and a blog, hosted film showings, led an environmental service club.
Job/Work Experience: Worked as an intern for a small company.
Volunteer/Community service: 200 hrs working in homeless shelters/cleaning rivers/volunteering at a hatchery
Summer Activities: Juggling, repairing a sloop, etc
Essays: A tinge of Stevenson with a bit of Orwell.
Teacher Recommendation: Written by my father, therefore worthless.
Counselor Rec: Written by my mother, therefore worthless.
Additional Rec: Written by the founder of a major nonprofit which I did work for.
State: North Carolina
School Type: Homeschool
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Sibling attending

Strengths: Scores, Essays, ECs
Weaknesses: Everything else.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I was rejected because I’m a nontraditional applicant.
General Comments:

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Pick one: ACCEPTED IN STATE

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1890 maybe I don’t remember
ACT: 29
SAT II: Didn’t send
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.845
Weighted GPA: 4.69
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 23/581
AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH-5, AP Comparative Gov-5, AP Lang&Comp-3, AP Micro-2
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: 6 APs, 1 honors, 1 required req
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Two consecutive awards at the statewide media institute held at UNC
20+ DECA medals, two testing plaques, one district trophy, three state trophies, and one international trophy
Five underclassman academic awards in freshman year
AP Comp. Gov Outstanding Student Award
Various DECA schoolwide awards

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Founder and officer of Newspaper
Founder and co-president of Model United Nations
Co-chairwoman (president) of History Honor Society
Co-chairwoman (president) of History Club
State Vice President of Promotion for a UNC-held institute
Former officer and current social media correspondent of DECA
Job/Work Experience: Didn’t put it on there

Volunteer/Community service:
23 hours at local library, just started
Total of 30 hours throughout 9th grade to present in various organization
Social Media Contributor for a New York based charity promoting the arts
Lead Editorial Specialist of an organization working to end poaching
Essays: Excellent
Teacher Recommendation: Great
Counselor Rec: Great
Additional Rec: Great
State: North Carolina
School Type: Large, suburban.
Ethnicity:
Gender: Female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Overcame a pretty tough childhood and became a leader, etc, etc

Reflection: Thank god for Carolina
Strengths: ECs, Leadership, Recs, Essays,
Weaknesses: Class rank, test score
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Well-rounded generally and determined
General Comments: Thank god for Carolina. GO HEELS!

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Decision: Accepted!!!

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): nope
ACT: 33
SAT II: nope
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: hmmm…something high.
Rank : 3/300
Course Load: Every single AP class I could take…11 in all.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nope

Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Have worked with organic farms and farmers since 8th grade…which led to paid internship with my state’s organic food organization…which then led to state dept internship working on food issues in africa.
Essays: Everybody who read them cried and not in a bad way.
Teacher Recommendation: must have been good
Counselor Rec: she barely knows me :slight_smile:
School Type: urban public high school
Ethnicity: white
Gender: girl
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I have absolutely no hooks whatsoever.

Reflection:
Strengths: i’m pretty hyper-focused on farm and organic issues.
Weaknesses: Girl. White. Good but not superstar stats
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Luck.

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Decision: OOS Accepted

SAT I (breakdown): M: 640 W: 660 CR: 690 C: 1990
ACT: 31 but I didn’t submit it
SAT II: Biology (M): 680 Spanish: 740
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.93
Weighted GPA: 4.371
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Somewhere in the top 10% of 740 students.
AP (place score in parenthesis):
Comparative Gov: 5
IB (place score in parenthesis):
IB Psychology SL: 6
Senior Year Course Load: Full IB.
IB Math SL 2
IB Business SL
IB Biology HL 2
IB Psychology HL
IB Spanish HL
IB Geography SL
IB English HL 2
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Hahahaha… no…

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Dance - 6 years. I was on the Varsity team. I’ve been asked to be on multiple competition teams. These days I spend about 5 hours a week at the studio.
Photography Club - Vice Pres
National Honors Society
Science Honors Society
Spanish Honors Society
Model UN
Job/Work Experience: I tutored a three kids from a family 6 hours a week for two years.
Volunteer/Community service: I volunteered with the INOVA Flu Service
Summer Activities: Mostly traveled to see family and danced.
Essays:
Common App was probably an 8/10? I talked about travelling to Colombia and seeing the importance of educating yourself before passing judgement.
UNC Supplement was maybe a 9/10. I wrote about being on a shuttle bus in Maine and the small community that was fostered on the ride.
Teacher Recommendation: Probably a 9/10. She thought I was funny and that I was a hard worker.
Counselor Rec: I didn’t even submit one…
Additional Rec: None.
State: Virginia
School Type: Massive public (4000+)
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM

Reflection:
Strengths: Female going into STEM, hispanic, strong essays
Weaknesses: Test scores, competition within the school
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: In all honesty, probably my essays. I really don’t know.
General Comments:
Guys. Clearly I’m like the least qualified one here. Especially for being out of state. Be yourself in your essays and really show who you are as a person. Obviously, anything is possible.