UNC Class of 2019 EA Decision Thread

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Decision: Rejected

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):CR 600, M800, W700
ACT: Didn’t take
SAT II: Math Level II 800, Chemistry 770, Physics 710
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.87?(Chinese high school has weird GPA grading methods, b/c I have 3.87 out of 4.3)
Weighted GPA:unknown
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):not available
AP (place score in parenthesis):AP Calculus BC 3, AP Physics B 5, AP microecon 5
IB (place score in parenthesis):Didn’t take
Senior Year Course Load:AP Chem, AP stats, Literature (Honors)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Int’l Genetics Engineered Machine competition
Student Council (Secretary)
Biology Experiment Club
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: Summer Teaching Program
Summer Activities:
Essays: Commonapp about overcoming my fears of discomfort and introversion, UNC essay about the same and being true to myself
Teacher Recommendation:I think they are good. I heard that teacher gave me good comments…
Counselor Rec: I had good relationship with my counselor, guess that works
Additional Rec:
State: International
School Type: International high school with AP program
Ethnicity:Asian
Gender:Female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection:
Strengths: I guess essays and mathematics could be strength
Weaknesses: mediocre test scores and GPA, few ECs
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: standardized tests and ethnicity
General Comments: I realized it is not the end of the world to be rejected among so many admissions. It brings forth much more introspection about myself and helps me to try to improve.

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Pick one:
Decision: Accepted OOS

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2160 super scored: 730 M, 670 CR, 760 W
ACT:
SAT II: 650 -> 700 math ii, 740 US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8 ish
Weighted GPA: 4.38
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 82/1525
AP (place score in parenthesis): 4’s on Euro, Spanish 4, Human Geo, World History, Statistics and 5 on US history
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: Calc bc, ap bio, ap micro and macro econ, ap lit, ap gov
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): president’s volunteer service award, regional poetry arts competition, ap national scholar, school awards

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Korean Student Association (co founder and pres), attorney and juror at teen court, campaign fellow

Job/Work Experience: employee at grocery store, waitress overseas
Volunteer/Community service: nhs, shs, service group, key club
Summer Activities: campaign involvement, marketing internship, hospital volunteer
Essays: spent a lot of time on it!
Teacher Recommendation: hopefully was good
Counselor Rec: said it was good!
Additional Rec:
State: Tx
School Type: public
Ethnicity: asian
Gender: F
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first gen, low income?

Reflection:
Strengths: rigorous course load, rank, essays, broad variety of activities
Weaknesses: could’ve gone for more awards possibly?
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: character, how I spent a lot of time on my essays, hooks, display of service
General Comments: if you work hard, it’ll pay off!! go tarheels!!!