OOS Applicant here! Chance me please! For both admission and chance for scholarships. Thanks!
SAT I (breakdown): 2290 (R: 800 M: 760 W: 730)
ACT: Composite: 35 (M: 33 R: 34 E: 36 S: 35)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.41
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not rank.
AP (place score in parenthesis): World History: 4 (Self-Study) School did not offer AP classes until AP Gov in senior year.
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load:
First Semester:
DE: Calculus 1, College Writing 1, General Psychology.
AP: AP US Government
Regular: Bible (I go to a small Christian private school)
Second Semester: DE: Elementary Statistics, College Writing 2, Abnormal Psychology
Honors: Economics
Regular: Bible
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
National Merit Semi-Finalist (Will most likely be finalist)
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Running Club 9-10 (President)
National Honor Society 10-12 (Vice President)
Class representative on Student Senate 9-12 (this is also a Class Officer position at my school)
Run Half-Marathons (School does not have Cross Country) 9-12 and had an article written about me in a regional magazine with readers in several states.
Have a part in the Senior Class Play at my school
Play Piano
Job/Work Experience: Held a job throughout high school. Worked at a document management company Freshman year, in an office position during the school year every year, and worked at Panera over last summer. Have also tutored occasionally.
Volunteer/Community service:
200+ Hours at my church planning events for Youth and outreach projects
50 Hours Mission Trip last summer to Peru
17 Hours Planned a charity 5k to help tornado victims in Oklahoma in 2012.
Summer Activities:
Mission Trip, work, etc.
Essays: I would rate my essays at least an 8/10. Had multiple people review them and said they are very good.
Teacher Recommendation: Should be very good. I haven’t read them but I know her very well.
Counselor Rec: Probably pretty average.
Additional Rec: Should be fantastic. I know both my outside recommenders extremely well.
State: Florida
School Type: Small Christian Private School
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Not many to speak of. Maybe the school I’ve attended?
@Amrfootball Very impressive high school career! I think you have a really good chance at getting in. Did you submit both your ACT and SAT? Your ACT scores are definitely a lot stronger. To be honest, I’m not exactly sure what they look for when giving out scholarships. I know there are some scholarships that you are automatically considered for if you apply Early Action so you might have chance at those.
@helpfulandtrying My October SAT has still not been updated on my ConnectCarolina account, yet it was on my wolfpaw account for NC State. Is this the same deal for you?
@crocodilealligator -didn’t apply to NCState, but October scores have been posted to UGA portals. Wish that Carolina would post info about this so that we didn’t have to pester them.
@collegebound1516 Based on what I have read on the FA board, it is important to file the FAFSA application as early as possible. It is usually live on January 1. Some aid is given out on a first come first serve basis so some aid could run out. I suspect this applies to work study and some federal grants. You can fill out the FAFSA using estimates based on your 2014 return. Then after you file, you can update using the correct number. Once the numbers are updated, UNC will adjust your aid to reflect the changes.
@helpfulandtrying My October SAT has been posted for all my schools except Carolina and my friends are saying the same thing. If it still doesn’t appear by the end of november then I’m re-sending them but hopefully it’ll show up soon!
For the 2016-2017 school year, January 1 is when the online version is released. For 2017-2018, it will be available earlier and you will use your 2015 tax return.
FYI if you use estimates, it is very easy to update the FAFSA once your final tax returns are filed and accepted.
Hey guys, I was hoping I could get some insight into my chances to be accepted EA.
I am OOS(Hawaii)
29 act composite, 31 superscored, took it in october hopefully got a 31 composite
640 CR, 730 Math, 600 W
Rank 1/83
4.0 GPA because my school offers 0 AP courses
Strong EC’s, Good Rec’s
Mediocre Essays
Male/White
@crocodilealligator or @carolinagirl2016 Have you heard anything else about the October SAT scores for UNC? I saw their blog post on 11/4 about having problems with them, but the Oct SAT scores still are not updated here.
@Amrfootball If you don’t mind me asking, were they asking for your dual enrollment transcript from before this year? I just started dual enrollment this year/semester so I was wondering if I should be on the lookout for an email like that too.
@jasishere They specifically asked for the transcripts from a class I had taken last year actually. I took this one online through a different university than the college I am dual enrolling at currently.
As for this year, I’m in the same boat as you… They haven’t specifically asked for the transcripts from this semester, but I will probably go ahead and send them in anyway at the end of the semester just to be safe.
Please chance me! UNC Chapel Hill is my dream college.
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 770 W, 740 M, 750 R (2260 Total)
ACT: did not send
SAT II: 780 Math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
Weighted GPA: 4.67
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/440ish
AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro Hist (5), Gov (4), Psych (5), Stat (5), Lit (4), Spanish Lang (4), Calc AB (5), USH (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): Psych (5), Spanish B (7)
Senior Year Course Load: 5 IBs, 2 APs, 1 Dual Enrollment
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit SemiFinalist, National AP Scholar
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): president of 2 clubs, treasurer of NHS, Mu Alpha Theta, NHHS, violinist in a youth symphony orchestra, trivia team, math team
Job/Work Experience: Summer Research Internship at a cancer center
Volunteer/Community service: started free medical clinic for the homeless, hospital volunteering during summer, NHS, founded food pantry at my school
Summer Activities: hospital volunteering, research internship
Essays: pretty good
Teacher Recommendation: excellent
Counselor Rec: excellent
Additional Rec: none
State: Florida
School Type: small public (440 in graduating class)
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none