UNC Class of 2019 RD Results

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Hey guys! Results are out! Let’s post our stats for prospective students!

Decision:

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:
School Type:
Ethnicity:
Gender:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

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

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Decision: Accepted!

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1690- 570 CR 550 W

570 M
ACT: Not sent
SAT II: None
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5
Weighted GPA: 3.9
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 115/450
AP (place score in parenthesis): None
IB (place score in parenthesis): None
Senior Year Course Load: Civics (H), AFM, Intro to College Math, Sociology (H), English 4 (H), Anatomy & Physiology (H), Spanish 1, Spanish 2
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Enviornmental Club, Track, Football
Job/Work Experience: Working at fast food, interned as a receptionist for a week
Volunteer/Community service: Not a lot
Summer Activities:
Essays: Pretty good I would say
Teacher Recommendation: Great
Counselor Rec: Okay, General
Additional Rec: None
State: Texas
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Male
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Strengths: Public Speaking
Weaknesses: Grades
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: No idea, applied as a joke
General Comments: Congrats to everyone who got in!

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Decision: ACCEPTED IN-STATE

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): CR 590 / M 500 / V 470
ACT: 24 Composite
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.93
Weighted GPA: 4.62
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/90
AP (place score in parenthesis): No AP’s available at my school.
IB (place score in parenthesis): No IB program at my school.
Senior Year Course Load: 3 classes fall / 3 classes spring [both college and high school]
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS (President), Beta Club, International Club, Yearbook, and etc.
Job/Work Experience: Worked two jobs
Volunteer/Community service: 50+ hours around the community
Summer Activities: N/A
Essays: Great
Teacher Recommendation: Great.
Counselor Rec: Mediocre - standard rec.
Additional Rec: N/A
State: North Carolina
School Type: Early College High School
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation college

Strengths: Essays
Weaknesses: Standardized test scores – I get test anxiety
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: …not really sure, but I’m very happy that I got in. :blush:

General Comments:

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Decision: Accepted!

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2050. CR 760 / M 590 / W 700
ACT: 31
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
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: Research Writing (CC), Statistics (CC), American Lit, Chemistry, Economics, Public Speaking (CC), Cake Decorating
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Volleyball, Violin, Church activities
Job/Work Experience: Worked all four years of high school
Volunteer/Community service: 100 hours
Summer Activities: N/A
Essays: Great
Teacher Recommendation: Great
Counselor Rec: Good
Additional Rec: Youth group leader, great.
State: North Carolina
School Type: Homeschool
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Strengths: Test scores, essays
Weaknesses: Extracurriculars
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Scores, being in-state
General Comments: Congrats to everyone who was accepted! Go Heels!

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Accepted!!!

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2190. CR 760 / M 760 / W 670
ACT: N/A
SAT II: Math 2 800, Chem 760
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
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: Research Writing (CC), Statistics (CC), American Lit, Organic Chemistry (CC), Bio 1 and 2 (CC), Public Speaking (CC),
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Intel finalist

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): volunteering at a hospital, shadowed a surgeon, museum docent
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: 100 hours
Summer Activities: Swim team
Essays: Great
Teacher Recommendation: Great
Counselor Rec: Great
Additional Rec:
State: Maryland
School Type: Homeschool
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Strengths: Test scores, essays
Weaknesses: Extracurriculars
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Scores, recommendations
General Comments: Congrats to everyone who was accepted!!

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Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): n/a
ACT: 32 Composite
SAT II: n/a
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88
Weighted GPA: 4.92
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 78/621
AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (5), AP Human Geo (5), AP Stat (4), AP English Lang. & Comp (4), AP Calc AB (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: Honors Forensic Science, Marketing Management, AP French Lang. & Culture, AP Microeconomics, Computer Programming I, Honors eCommerce I, Honors International Marketing, AP English Lit. & Comp
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): FBLA (Treasurer Junior year, VP Senior year), DECA, French Club, IGNITE Peer Mentoring
Job/Work Experience: n/a
Volunteer/Community service: n/a
Summer Activities: n/a
Essays: Great
Teacher Recommendation:Great
Counselor Rec: Great
Additional Rec: n/a
State: In-State (NC)
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First gen

Strengths: Test taking, essays, recs
Weaknesses: Extracurriculars
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: In state, scores, recs, essays
General Comments: Also invited to Excel@Carolina, congrats to everyone who got in, and anyone who didn’t, don’t lose hope or get discouraged!

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Decision: Waitlisted (accepting spot)

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): CR: 640, W: 650, M: 640 (did not send)
ACT: superscore 31, E: 33, M: 28, R: 33, S: 29, W: 8, C: 30
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): It’s close to a 3.90
Weighted GPA: It’s around 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): New school does not rank. Was 26/261 at my previous high school
AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (3), Government (3),
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Language and Composition, AP Biology, Honors US History, Leadership, Debate, Economics and Personal Finance. I was taking AP Calculus, but got sick and dropped it. I wrote a note to my schools and described what my circumstances were.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Journalism (co-editor) (several awards at the state level), Junior Leadership of Laramie County, We the People (several awards at the state level), Cross Country, Indoor Track and Field, Outdoor Track and Field, Lacrosse (varsity letter), National Honor Society
Job/Work Experience: I worked this November as a nanny for about four hours a week, but this was not reflected on my application.
Volunteer/Community service: Key Club (secretary and president), Interact Club (secretary)
Summer Activities: Wyoming Girls State
Essays: Strong! Maybe 8/10. My common application one was about moving frequently with the military and my supplementary one was about empowering youth to serve.

Teacher Recommendation: I believe both were pretty strong. We cannot read them. I had good relationships with both teachers.

Counselor Rec: Again, we can’t read them. I believe it was fairly good though. I had both my counselor at my old school and my new one write parts of it.
Additional Rec: None
State: Virginia
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): My mother is an alumni

Strengths: extracurriculars, GPA
Weaknesses: course load
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: There are SO many qualified candidates out there. UNC is a wonderful school and I know the class of 2019 is excellent.
General Comments: I hope to get off of the waitlist!

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Accepted OOS
2290 SAT 1 (800 CR, 770 M, 720 W)
800 SAT 2 Lit, 750 SAT 2 US History
3.85 UW
10 AP classes

Intern for 2 city council campaigns
journalism page editor
Drama for 4 years
Speech and debate for 3 years, placed in a few regional tournaments

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 720 Math, 720 CR 710 W (2150)
ACT: na
SAT II: 750 Math 1, 680 Math 2, 670 Bio (took math 2 and bio 2 years after I was in the class for the material which is why I have lower scores)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): no clue
Weighted GPA: 95. 23
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): na
AP (place score in parenthesis): didn’t submit individual scores, but have taken 8 AP’s including senior year
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Euro, AP Statistics, French H, Unified PE, Chamber Singers (H), AP Lit, AP Physics, Madrigals (elite a capella class for the 8 top singers in the school)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Honor, American Math Contest winner my sophomore year for my high school, All-Academic Athlete for baseball, Rising Star Award (principal picked 2 students in the high school for the award)

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): “Friends” program (highly active in the program which lets high school students interact with students with disabilities at the school, spent A LOT of time doing it), Project Haiti Co-founder (build a device that helps filter clean water in Haiti), Baseball for four years, National Honor Society, French Honor Society, Math Honor Society, Tri-M (music) Honor Society, Burns Academy (tutoring), various charity oriented group members
Job/Work Experience: been a paid tutor since 6th grade and been a local little league umpire since I was 12, interned for a state senator one summer
Volunteer/Community service: “Friends” summer camp counselor, volunteer at a local nursing home
Summer Activities:
Essays: Wrote my common app essay on the Friends program and my brother’s influence in my life (very well written), and for supplement wrote about how I am like the layers of a Kit-Kat (creative, very good)
Teacher Recommendation: One from principal, one from AP English teacher (who also went to UNC so that might have helped), one from AP Calc teacher
Counselor Rec: Very good since he also was my bro’s counselor so knew me well
Additional Rec: Friends program coordinator wrote a rec for me as well
State:CT (but considered as an international applicant which made it a lot tougher to get in)
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: M
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nope

Strengths: definitely my essays, and my SAT all around was above the 75th percentile for UNC
Weaknesses: gpa, the fact that I’m Indian, and having to apply international
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: feel like I’m an all around solid student, and my grades have a significant upward trend
General Comments: Excited to be a Tar Heel, still waiting on Tufts and Wake Forest, but as of now UNC is it

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Decision: Rejected

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT: 34
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
Weighted GPA: It’s around 4.4
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 15%
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP lang (5) ap euro(4) macro (4) APUSH(4) physics (3) French (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP psych, AP chinese, AP environmental science, AP lit, philosophy honors, AP gov
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, national merit commended student, 4 year high honor roll

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Swim team ( captain ) , youth and government , Hispanic youth tutoring (treasurer), 10 years of piano competition, law club, BPA, FBLA, FCCLA, cross country
Job/Work Experience: Swim teacher, dental assistant
Volunteer/Community service: Bernie’s book bank, chinese volunteer camp to teach underprivileged children English
Summer Activities: intern at Abbott laboratories
Essays: 8/10
Teacher Recommendation: 10/10
Counselor Rec: 10/10
Additional Rec: None
State: Illinois
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Strengths: ACT, extracurriculars, challenging course load, upward trend
Weaknesses: course load
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: no idea
General Comments: I was rejected by most of my RD schools: carnegie mellon, northwestern, UNC, USC and WAITLISTED at michigan after being deferred. ACCEPTED at UCLA and NYU STERN!!!

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ACCEPTED OOS

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1830, (Math 620, Writing 570, Reading 640)
ACT:
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
Weighted GPA: 4.3
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Calc AB (4), AP Lang Comp (3), AP US History (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Gov, AP Lit Comp, AP 2-D Studio Art, Journalism II
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): State Level Scholastic Art and Writing: Gold Key (1), Silver Key (2), Honorable Mention (1)

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): National Honor Society Member, Glass Art Club (founder/president)
Job/Work Experience: Retail 2 years: Tilly’s and Hollister, Commissioned photography work
Volunteer/Community service: 30+ hours of tutoring, local events every now and then (nothing major)
Summer Activities: mainly worked
Essays: I would say they were decent… one of them had to do with empowering people to embrace natural hair
Teacher Recommendation: AB calc teacher (had for 1 year), AP photo teacher (had for 4 years): showed my range and abilities: math + art = not so common combo
Counselor Rec: My counselor knew how to showcase my strong points
Additional Rec:
State: Nevada (CRAZY RIGHT)
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: African American
Gender: Female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First gen, child of a military veteran (not sure if that helped but I was asked to fill out a separate section of the application in early March), from a state that ranks 49th in the education system: aka Nevada’s graduation rate/test scores are EXTREMELY low

Strengths: I’m pretty well rounded, I think
Weaknesses: low test scores in comparison to UNC’s upper range acceptances
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: My ethnicity definitely helped and possibly being from the West Coast
General Comments: I am still in absolute shock that I got in… I was so discouraged applying OOS that I almost didn’t even send in an application.

IF YOU ARE A PROSPECTIVE OOS APPLICANT PLEASE READ THIS

DO NOT let all these posts on college confidential or articles online prevent you from applying to Carolina! You will read/hear over and over again that applying OOS is very competitive and you’re better off applying to an Ivy League… and so on. But don’t let this discourage you! No matter where you live, apply yourself while working to your full potential and the rest will just fall into place. Even with AVERAGE SAT scores you can still have faith :smile:

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Decision: ACCEPTED! In-State

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2000-ish (don’t remember break down)
ACT:30
SAT II: Did not take any
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
Weighted GPA: 4.8
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 40/650
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus AB/BC (4), US HISTORY(2 - don’t know what happened), ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE (4), LANGUAGE AND COMP (3)

IB (place score in parenthesis):

Senior Year Course Load: AP LIT/COMP, AP CHEM, AP PHYSICS, AP STATS, HONORS CHINESE 4, HONORS CHORUS (LEVEL FOUR),

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, Brain Game finalist, First place Bollywood Singer at TCA (community)

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Quiz Bowl (literature person, captain of all female team), National Honors Society, Math honors Society…

Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: Library helper at local Library
Summer Activities:
Essays: THEY WERE AMAZING
Teacher Recommendation: PICKED THE BEST CALC TEACHER EVER!
Counselor Rec: She was ok…didn’t try to do much…
Additional Rec:
State: NORTH CAROLINA
School Type: IB magnet School
Ethnicity: INDIAN
Gender: FEMALE
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Strengths: My essays and I was a pretty well rounded person, including my culture and school! :slight_smile:

Weaknesses: My grades might not be as good as it should be. And I believe I could have done a little better in my AP exams.

Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I believe I really showed myself well in all my essays!
General Comments: YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE THE SMARTEST PERSON IN THE WORLD TO APPLY FOR TOP NOTCH COLLEGE! DON’T MAKE OTHERS CHANGE YOUR WISHES! IF YOU WANT TO APPLY TO AN IVY LEAGUE, DO IT!

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Decision: accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): didn’t send
ACT: 34
SAT II: didn’t send
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
Weighted GPA: 4.9
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/38
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC (3), Calc AB (4), APES (4), AP Lang (4)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Chinese, AP Psych, APHuGe, AP Lit&Comp, Chem 151 Chm152, Stat152
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None really

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Government (President), NHS (President), Yearbook (Senior Editor), Newspaper (Editor In Chief), JV and Varsity Basketball, Piano
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: Hospital, Habitat for Humanity, Middle School Tutoring, Human-Earth Alliance
Summer Activities: Shadowing pathologist, teaching English in China, summer classes
Essays: pretty good
Teacher Recommendation: one great, one ok
Counselor Rec: Okay at best
Additional Rec: volunteer coordinator at hospital (known her for 3 years)
State: NC
School Type: Middle College (Public)
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Went to a middle college, have multiple leadership positions, sent in great music recordings

Strengths: Leadership and interest in wide variety of activities
Weaknesses: I’m classified as an international student even though I live in NC, my grades freshmen year were BAD (talking Bs in standard classes)
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I demonstrated dedication to different activities (sports, music, volunteering) throughout a long period of time.
General Comments:
Keep grinding guys. You’ll be aight

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Hey guys, I’m a junior. I have a 4.74/4.0 GPA and have taken all honors and AP classes. I recently took the ACT and received a 26. I studied diligently for the ACT, and I am extremely frustrated. I will re-take the test this June and will continue to study, but I am unsure if I will be able to raise my score. Will a 26 and my high GPA get me into UNC? I have solid ECs, and I am the founder of a mildly popular sports website. I will also be attending the NC Governor’s School this summer.

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Decision: Accepted OOS

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2180, 660 Math, 720 CR, 800 Writing
ACT: N/A
SAT II: mid-600s on Math II, Chem, and Lit
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 until senior year to 3.9
Weighted GPA: 4.31
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 3%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB 5, Chem 3, Eng Lang 4, APUSH 4
IB (place score in parenthesis): Not available at my school
Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Lit, AP Calc BC, AP Art- 2D, Anatomy/Physiology, Required Civics/Econ class
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, Superindendent’s award 4 yrs

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Ballet 12 yrs, NHS (Historian), California Scholarship Federation 2 yrs, FTC Robotics team (Vice President and Head of Software)
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community service: Hospice Volunteering (only in-office, no patient care) for 6 weeks
Summer Activities: ^
Essays: One was my favorite essay, others were not bad
Teacher Recommendation: One great rec, one average rec
Counselor Rec: Unknown
Additional Rec: Robotics Advisor
State: CA
School Type: Public, not top-tier school but no one else from my school applied AFAIK
Ethnicity: Half Vietnamese, Half White
Gender: F
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nothing

Strengths: SAT-ish / Leadership
Weaknesses: Volunteer experience (esp considering I’m doing nursing)
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Good SAT, West coast? Asian, maybe?
General Comments: I was honestly kinda scared about getting in for nursing but at the same time I’m essentially going in undeclared so yeah. I’m really quite surprised, there’s a girl a few posters above that is honestly more qualified than I am (I got rejected from UCLA but into UNC, she the opposite) but my essay was one of the most cathartic things I’ve ever written so I think I showed myself well.

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@nmehta98 You want to get your scores as high as possible so you have a higher chance. Your score is below the overall average in stats. I don’t think your EC’s will help if your scores are that low. What’s your UW GPA?

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I don’t want to put too much down, but I was rejected OOS, which is totally okay! I did not have my heart set on this place, but congratulations to everyone who made it!

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@nmehta98 // My ACT score was a 24 and I got accepted. UNC looks for well-rounded students. If you’re in-state, your chances are much better.

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What the heck? My account still says that “My decision is not yet available.” How did you guys get your decisions?

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My daughter’s financial aid package was updated overnight, too many loans, not enough grant.

@KaranMIT I would call the admissions office, decisions were released Friday