UNC Class of 2020 EA Discussion Thread

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
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Hi everyone! Here are my stats; it would be greatly appreciated if you could reply and chance me/comment on anything you see. Good luck to all and thank you!

Objective:
SAT I: math (680) writing (670) verbal (660) essay (8)
ACT: 31
SAT II: none taken
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.74
Weighted GPA: 4.67
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 50 out of 712 or top 7% of my class
AP: AP Human Geography (5), AP Environmental Science (4), AP Language and Composition (4), AP US History (3)
IB: N/A at my high school
Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology, AP Psychology, AP Government and Politics, AP Literature and Composition, Trigonometry, AP Statistics, Honors Fall Advanced Wind Ensemble, Honors Spring Advanced Wind Ensemble
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Presidential Volunteer Service Award, AP Scholar with Distinction, NC Scholar, NC Honors Orchestra, NC Central District Honors Band

Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Marching Band (4 years, Student Band President), Tri-M Music Honor Society (3 years, President), Town Youth Council (5 years, Co-Chair), National Honor Society, National Technical Honor Society (Vice President), Winter/Indoor Marching Percussion, Spring Musical Pit Orchestra Member, Student Ministry Handbell Choir, Young Democrats and Republicans Club (Founder and President), Track and Field (2 years), Inspire North Carolina
Job/Work Experience: Cashier at Harris Teeter since July 2014
Volunteer/Community Service: Extensive community volunteering/involvement in my town through Youth Council and organizing events for my various volunteer organizations. I mentioned that I got 120 hours in 2013 to earn the Presidential Volunteer Service Award. Planned and held an annual youth dance this past February that raises $2000 for a local charity each year.
Summer Activities: Tar Heel Girls State (political workshop)
Essays: They were okay. UNC Essay (time I fought discrimination against minimum wage workers) and Common App (turning a C in math freshman year into a tutoring program that led others to gain confidence in school).
Teacher Recommendation: English teacher, probably very general
Counselor Rec: Excellent
Additional Rec: From my band teacher of 4 years, excellent
State: North Carolina
School Type: LARGE high school in Wake county (VERY competitive with strong educational programs)
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

Also applying to: Appalachian State University, North Carolina State University, and Wake Forest University

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Shoot! I only got a confirmation from common app. I have yet to receive one from UNC :frowning:

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Reply from UNC：We apologize for the delay in receiving your Guest ID email. Due to the high volume of applications we’ve received in the last few days, it is taking us a little longer to load the applications into our system. Your Guest ID will be sent five business days after we upload your application.

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Hey guys, general question: So I just got my IMPROVED SAT scores and have sent them to all the schools I am applying to. Is there anyway of knowing the school has received them?

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Once you get your ConnectCarolina account set-up, you will be able to see all submitted standard test scores. It does, however, take some time for them to show up in the file. Best of luck to all.

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I called the admissions office and they said that since everyone submitted their application the day before/on the deadline, their system was overloaded and it is taking a while to process the applications. In some cases it will take up to three weeks before everything appears in ConnectCarolina, but they have all of it. If you still are unsure of wether they received something or not, call and they can find out for your.

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thanks for the info guys

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Thanks for starting this thread!
Would anybody mind chancing me as an out of state student?

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):n/a

ACT:
Best Composite: 33
Reading: 35
Math: 34
Science: 33
Writing: 34
Essay: 8

SAT II:
Math Level II: 700
Chemistry: 640
I recently took Biology E and French but I’m still waiting for the results (I don’t think I did much better to be honest)…also do you guys think I should send in my Subject SATs or do you think I’m better off without them?

Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0

Weighted GPA: 4.25

Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/239 (Okay so my school does a weird ranking system–if you have a 4.0 weighted GPA or higher you’re automatically placed at #1…I’m not sure if UNC can see this information or not though???)

AP (place score in parenthesis): English Language (5) Calculus AB (5) World History (4) Chemistry (3)

IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a

Senior Year Course Load: AP Psychology (took over the summer) Dual Government, AP Calculus BC, AP Biology, AP English Lit, Physics, AP French

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Voted Secretary of Senior Class
French Club (president) - (Grades 8-12)
Prevention Club (secretary) - (Grades 10-12)
Most active extracurricular activity; work alongside local chartered Prevention Council
Green Club - (Grades 11-12)
Key Club- (Grades 10-12)
Concert/Symphonic Band (6-10)
Debate Team (8-9)
Beta Club (only available to 12th graders)
Pep Club (10)

Job/Work Experience: none

Volunteer/Community service:
Volunteered 115+ hours at local VA Hospital
Volunteered at local library 8-9th grade
Do the majority of volunteer work through school clubs (Key Club, Beta Club,etc.)

Summer Activities:
Took an online class, worked with Prevention Council to develop a Community Summit

Essays:
I think I had some pretty interesting essays. My common app essay was about moving to America and my UNC Essay was talking about my synesthesia.

Teacher Recommendation:
2 Recs
I had one recommendation from my English Lang teacher that I think will be excellent. He writes very formally and I think he is the best writer out of all of my recs by far. I know my chemistry teacher on a personal level so I think her rec will be pretty good too.

Counselor Rec: I’ve had my counselor write me a rec before for another thing and it was good but not anything exceptional.

Additional Rec: I also had a rec from the head of the Prevention Council who I know personally…I think her rec will be good and give insight on me outside of the classroom.

State: Virginia

School Type: Public (pretty small <1000)

Ethnicity: Black (Ethiopian)

Gender: Female

Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, first generation immigrant, female interested in the sciences

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Just got my ConnectCarolina login! I have no idea how to check my admission status though - can anybody help me figure out where to find whether or not they’ve received all of my materials?

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@simplejoy When you log in there should be a column on the right that says “Admissions Items” and when you click on it, it should show you everything you need to turn in.

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34 ACT and a Morehead nominee, so normally I’d feel okay, but there’s that pesky thing about being OOS /: UNC is by far my first choice but without a scholarship my parents aren’t willing to pay OOS when I have a great university in my state

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Carolinagirl922 UNC gives outstanding financial aid. I would have your parents fill out the FA forms. Will you have any siblings in college?

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@allthingstesla We are also having a hard time figuring out ConnectCarolina. I don’t see anything about admissions items. Does it take a little bit after logging in for admission items to load?

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@helpfulandtrying Oh I just remembered I was having issues at first too! So there are two student portals (why I’m not sure) but here are the steps I took:

  1. Go to connectcarolina.unc.edu (type this in directly to the search bar and DO NOT follow the link through your email because that misled me)

  2. Go to the portal that says “Login in to ConnectCarolina Student Center” (the first green bubble on the right). Do NOT go to “Login to ConnectCarolina and InfoPorte” (the second green bubble) because that is the WRONG link.

  3. Once you log in, there should be a column on the right that says “To-Do List”

Hopefully this helps!

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@allthingstesla Thank you, that did it! If you have no to do’s, then the recommendations and transcripts have been received?

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@helpfulandtrying Sure thing! Yes if it says you have nothing left to do then they should have received everything.

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When is FAFSA due for EA?

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@collegebound1516, looks like the FAFSA deadline is March 1, regardless of which admissions path you choose:

http://admissions.unc.edu/apply/deadlines/

You are considered for most merit scholarships simply by applying:

http://admissions.unc.edu/afford/scholarships/

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thanks @yotommy !

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Has anyone asked when the Oct SAT scores will be posted?