well said @anon145
well said @anon145
well said @anon145
sorry I couldn’t delete the last 2 posts…
Decision: Accepted
Objective:
SAT- 2250
Unweighted- 3.91
Weighted- 5.29
Rank- top 5 percentile
AP Scores- Calculus AB (5), Calculus BC (5), World History (5), APES (4), APUSH (4), Macroeconomics (4), Statistics (4), English III (3)
Senior year courseload- AP Gov Pol, IB Further Math, Honors Anatomy, AP English IV, AP Psychology, AP Chinese 5, AP Physics I
Major awards- nothing of note
Subjective:
Extracurricular- Debate Club, TSA, soccer
Job/Work experience- Cashier at Harris Teeter for one summer, SAT tutor
Volunteer- Key Club (1 year only), church volunteering, teacher assistant
Essays- I wouldn’t say they are excellent but definitely not bad essays. I spent couple hours writing/revising them.
Teacher recommendations- Both teachers I’ve had for two years and know me well. I’m sure they wrote good things about me.
Counselor recommendation- Had a good senior interview. I’m assuming it was good.
State- North Carolina
School type- Magnet
Ethnicity- Chinese
Gender- Male
Reasons I think I got in- My grades and test scores definitely helped the most. Recommendation letters also helped a lot. My extracurricular activities are average at best compared to many of my peers and my essays were fairly well written. My best advice for getting accepted is to maintain academic excellence and to score high on ACT or SAT (i spent a whole lot preparing for the latter)
Decision: ACCEPTED!!!
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):1970
ACT: 23 *I slept through the test 
SAT II: 800 Chemistry 730 Math 2 800 Chinese
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4.0
Weighted GPA: 5.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):1/248
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Chem (4), APHUG (4), AP Lang (3), AP US (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): none
Senior Year Course Load: AP CAL AB, BC, AP PSY, AP LIT, AP BIO, APES, AP STAT, honors Civics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar… All round business/french student
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): So local thrift stuff community service
Job/Work Experience: Tons of working experience (worked at various Chinese buffets)
Volunteer/Community service: over 150 hours
Summer Activities: Working and taking care my brother
Essays: Talked about depression, really personal *I think its good?
Teacher Recommendation: I think they are great-average?
Counselor Rec: N/A
Additional Rec: N/A/
State: North Carolina
School Type: Medium Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First Generation
Go Heels! But now I have to wait to see Davidson! Either way I’m happy…
BEST BIRTHDAY EVER I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER THIS BIRTHDAY!
Decision: Accepted OOS
SAT: 2280
UW GPA: 3.93
AP Scores: 5 Span Lang, 5 BC Calc, 5 World History, 4 APUSH, 4 Eng Lang
Senior Courseload: AP Biology, Honors Calculus, AP Spanish Lit, Honors English, AP Euro History
No major awards
Extracurriculars: Lots of community service, varsity tennis, variety of school leadership positions
Essays: Pretty good I think
Teacher Recs: at least one was very good
State: Texas
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Reason I got in: well-rounded and I had good grades with a very rigorous courseload over 4 yrs
Decision: Accepted
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):m 750 r 720 w 550
ACT: 33
SAT II: history 770 biology 750
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88
Weighted GPA: 4.50
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/119
AP (place score in parenthesis): ap physics, apush, bio, chem, calc
IB (place score in parenthesis): none
Senior Year Course Load: Latin II, h. Civics, h. English, ap calc, ap chem, ap bio
Soccer team captain
Environment club VP
NHS, SGA
Accepted instate! Burst into tears.
Accepted out of state!
ACT-31
GPA-3.8
AP classes: AP Euro, APUSH, AP Psych, AP Lit, AP Language, AP US GOV
Major: Global Studies
Decision: Accepted OOS
ACT: 33
W GPA: 4.3
AP Scores: 5 Micro, 4 Gov, 4 English, 4 APUSH, and three more going to be taken in May
Extracurriculars: Lots of community service, leadership positions in many school clubs and school newscast
Essays: Very good
Teacher Recs: good
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Female
Reason I got in: I had really good scores, grades, a rigorous course load, and unique intellectual experiences
Decision: Accepted!!!
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): CR-660 M-600 W-570 so 1830/2400 or 1260/1600
ACT: N/A
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA: 3.8
Weighted GPA: 4.3
Rank: 33/396
AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (4) and English Lang (4). I took a couple more but did not report them. cause I failed them haha 
IB: N/A
Senior Year Courseload: Microsoft Certification 1, AP Chem 1 & 2, Percussion, Pre-Calc Honors (yeah that’s right- I haven’t even taken calculus!), AP Lit, AP Psych and Concert Band
Major Awards: Don’t think so…
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Marching Band 9-12 (Co-section leader 12)Indoor Percussion 10-12 (Co-section leader 12)Girls Outreach Club 10-12 (Co-President 12National Honor Society 11-12Tri-M Music Honor Society 11-12Prom Committee 11SWAG (Students With Achievement Goals)haha cute right (Co-Founder)Student Ambassador 12
Job/Work Experience: Not so much. Just a little 4 day science internship at a local liberal arts college sponsored by Ft. Detrick one summer. Quite a bit of volunteer work tho
Summer Activities BAND CAMP!!! and that internship that one summer
Essays: My folks actually didn’t like it. I talked about how I address the (racial) achievement gap in my county. They thought it would be a turn I thought it would be too. Well written though
Counselor Recommendations: IDK
Teacher Recommendations: IDK
State : Maryland
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Black
Gender : Female
Hooks: URM, legacy…I have a twin lol? she also got in btw
Reasons I think I got in: first of all id like to say that I cant believe that i’m actually making a comment on college confidential about getting ACCEPTED to a very selective college. I always thought that I was way too “normal” and that my standardized test scores were just way too subpar to get a second look from UNC admissions. Especially since im OOS. If there’s anyone on here in the future who doesn’t have a 2000+ sat, 30+ act, 700s on 10 subject tests, all 5s in all the math/science APs, 10 gazillion ECs of all sorts AND an internship at the local science giant-----DONT GIVE UP!!! You can totally hang with these guys on here. In response to the prompt, I probably got in thanks to the gpa, ec’s, maybe essays and lets face it-probably the hooks. I literally had the two most important hooks for an oos student.
Other schools: Accepted to George Mason, Hampton (HBCU in VA), Towson and waiting on UMD-CP
Yayyy I got in. well that’s just neat!
I got in out of state! When do they let you know about honors and stuff?
If it means anything I’ve also been admitted into Princeton, UMBC, and here!
wondering the same (and merit scholarships)! @Princetonian2020
The in-state vs. out-of-state factor cannot be overstated! Thrilled to get into Chapel Hill (in-state), kinda bummed to be deferred at UVA, but if my son lived in VA, we’d see the reverse, I’m sure (33 ACT, 2140 SAT, GPA 3.8/4.6.). These are pretty solid numbers for an in-state kid, but less-than-average for OOS. I heartily concur with the other folks singing the praises of a good in-state flagship!
deferred out of state! still excited to have a shot at getting in. does anyone know the percentage of students who were admitted/deferred/denied?
Decision: Deferred In State
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT: 33
SAT II: 700 M2, 700 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.4
Weighted GPA: 4.2
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 123/450
AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 for ComSci, APUSH, and Physics 1
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics 2, Honors Networking Class, Honors English IV, AP CALC AB & BC, AP Psychology, and Honors Spanish IV
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 3rd Place in NC for Computer Problem Solving for FBLA
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): VP of Spanish Club, Treasurer for FBLA, Peer Tutor, Quiz Bowl team, School website for clubs
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities:
Essays: I’m not a really good essay writer but I thought they were decent
Teacher Recommendation: 2 very good recommendations
Counselor Rec: not sure
Additional Rec:
State: North Carolina
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): High school is pretty tough so my low GPA is most likely my downfall.
Decision: Accepted
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Did not send
ACT: 34
SAT II: Math 2 800, Molecular Biology 720, Spanish 680
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.87
Weighted GPA: 4.59
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC (5), Stats (5), English Lang (5), Spanish Lang (4), Psychology (4), Art History (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Government, AP Macroeconomics, AP Computer Science, AP English Lit, Anatomy & Physiology, AP Chemistry, AP Environmental Science
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Karate Federation Judge, United States Open Music Competition Winner, AP Scholar with Distinction, National Merit Commended, Black Belt 1st Degree in Shito-Ryu and Shotokan Karate, Barbara James Service Award, Presidential Service Award, Distinguished Achievement Program Scholar
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Piano, Karate (Tournament Judge and Coordinator, Instructor), Indian Classical Vocal Music. Been involved in these activities for the past 12 years.
Job/Work Experience: Karate Instructor (for the past year)
Volunteer/Community service: 500+ hours
Summer Activities: Hospital Volunteering, Teaching Karate
Essays: Very good
Teacher Recommendation: Pretty good
Counselor Rec: Pretty good
Additional Rec: Very good
State: TEXAS (had to put in caps bc everything is bigger in texas)
School Type: Large Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
After being deferred from Brown University Early Decision this feels pretty good 
Rejected OOS
SAT- 1950
GPA-3.9 UW, 4.9 W
AP classes: Physics, Calculus AB, Env Science, Macro Econ, Micro Econ, US History, Stat, Comp Sci
Major: Math
In a way I am happy I got rejected cause its made my decision for where I wanna go way more clear. Congrats to everyone who got in!
Accepted in state!
2120 SAT (590 M, 800 CR, 730 W)
Subjective:
-Worked for two years at a physical therapy office
-Participated in mock trial for two years
-Team Policy debate freshman year
-Attended moot court camp three years; placed in top ten oralists two years in a row, won the moot court competition this summer
-Senate page
-Volunteered in my church nursery for the past 4 years
Accepted out of state!
I’m from Boise, Idaho.
ACT: 34
SAT: 2270
GPA: 4.0/4.4
Great essays and recommendations
Also, sort of a hook, I’m 16 years old
Lots of service, research at local university
Varsity basketball
Decision: Accepted OOS
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT: 34 (10 on writing)
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.94
Weighted GPA: 4.22
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 1%
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP European History, APUSH, AP Calculus AB, AP Lit., AP Statistics (Did not send scores haha)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, AP Calc. BC, AP Lang., AP Chinese, AP Government, Economics, Sociology
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): State Piano Competition Winner, AP Scholar with Honors
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity tennis, National Honor Society, Peer-Partner Music Program (Founder), Medical Club (President), Piano, Viola
Job/Work Experience: Cashier at grocery store
Volunteer/Community service: Hospital Volunteer (Leader) - 250+ hours
Summer Activities: Performed in Carnegie Hall with my orchestra
Essays: Very Good, strong point
Teacher Recommendation: 2 recommendations, both were great
Counselor Rec: Strong
Additional Rec: None
State: Iowa
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):