@clairecm98 Are you instate? Because UNC is not a safety for most OOS students. Just wondering…
@panther2016 yeah I’m in state usually over half the people that apply from my school get in
@clairecm98 That makes more sense now. Good luck!
Mind chancing an OOS?
Objective:
ACT: 36 C
SAT II: 800 M2 730 Chem (Not sure if i’ll submit the chem)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): `~14% (ouch)
AP: all 4’s on 6 tests
Senior Year Course Load: All AP’s and some dual enrollment stuff (most rigorous)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nothing crazy
Subjective:
Extracurriculars:
President of 3 clubs,
I do a ton of violin, concertmaster of a couple orchestras (regional, all-state, a couple of prestigious orchestras around here), do a lot of contemporary violin and I’ve played with really big names
Volunteer/Community Service: ~240 hours at hospital and a disability center
Summer Activities: Toured with a huge name (not disclosing, but she went #1 on iTunes)
Essays: they were alright, probably a 7/10. Supplemental essay was ~8/10
Recs: Very good
State: OOS
School Type: Decent large public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
I’m kind of scared because of how competitive OOS admissions has become. A chancing would be much appreciated
@james1998iq LOL. OOS might be competitive, but I think you’re good dude.
Not to freak any non-alumni OOS out but the acceptance rate for OOS applicants with an alumni parent is expected to be about 50%. This came in a physical letter about a month ago. Figured someone on here might want to know that lol.
@nici288 im in state and also received that letter. my mom told me apparently 2 different letters were sent out: one for probable accepted applicants and one for probably deferred/denied applicants but idk if that’s true
@clairecm98 yeah that might be true but i got it in the mail not too long after applications were due so i doubt they had enough time to review it. Mine addressed OOS alumni specifically but it’s likely that they sent something very similar to instate alumni! I hope both of our letters meant good things 
@nici288 is your parent a UNC alumni?
I got a letter saying
“Although admission remains competitive, the children of alumni continue to fare well. Last year, for example, we admitted 60 precent of alumni candidates from North Carolina, compared to 50 precent of other resident applicants.”
I’m not sure if this is a letter that went out to all instate legacy applicants, or if its stats based, or if its similar to a “likely letter.” I have some unusual ties to the university, so posting my stats would be pointless for comparison, but has anyone else gotten this letter, or one similar? If similar, what were the differences?
@lolafinkle yeah my dad is! And @ntk131998 my letter was pretty similar but for OOS
Mine was the exact same and so was my friends
Objective:
ACT: 30
SAT II: N/A
Weighted GPA: 92 (School does not have 4.0 scale)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs, 2 honors courses
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Some school awards in history/Spanish/art
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Not much volunteering (~10 hours) but I was trying to play college basketball for club and put ~15 hours/week per year into the sport. I was advised to really emphasize the importance and dedication towards the sport. Also played two other sports in HS on top of that. Participated in some clubs (mainly investment club.) Captain for basketball for school and club.
Essays: I talked about creativity in one and how I excel in creative projects and other works rather than in a traditional school environment. Really tried to sell that I have more to offer outside of the classroom since I didn’t try at all in HS and my grades demonstrated that fact (didn’t mention that part obviously.) My other essay was about dedication/perseverance and how I taught myself to play two instruments and jumped up two basketball teams to one of the best in the state despite being small due to dedication and will to reach my aspirations.
Teacher Recommendation: English teacher (very good rec.)
Counselor Rec: Very good.
Additional Rec: Math teacher (good rec.)
State: North Carolina
School Type: Private, very good relationship with UNC (they are well aware of the rigor of my school)
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Brother attended if that helps? Also, I went to Carolina and Beyond if that means anything. I stated I wanted to do some sort of English major (because my math grades aren’t great.) I know UNC claims they don’t look at majors, but I feel like that looks better than saying economics or business. What do you all think about my chances? I’m considering it a bit of a stretch and will most likely attend Wilmington.
Chance me for EA?
Objective:
SAT: 2250 (720 CR/ 730/M/800 W)
SAT II: Bio E 800 / Math 2 780
Weighted GPA: 4.1 (UW 3.7)
AP Test: Calc BC 5, Calc AB 5, Eng Lang 5, Bio 4, French 3
PSAT: 207
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
Senior Year Course Load: 2 APs- AP Stat , AP Eng Lit , Physics H ,French Bus H,Institute for Political and Legal
Education H
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended, AP Scholar
Subjective:
EC: As a member of NHS, heavily involved in community service and tutoring/mentoring young kids, Community director of French Honor Society,Church volunteer missionary work, including summer volunteer at Dominican republic and inner city NJ , “E” rated Fencer, paid tutoring job
Counselor Rec: Very good.
Additional Rec: 2: Calc BC / AP English teachers
State: NJ
School Type: Public (700 students)
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Intended Major: Bio
Thank you for posting this! I’m an OOS applicant
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2040 (reading 650 math 710 English 680)
ACT: 32
SAT II: NA
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.40
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10/373
AP (place score in parenthesis): from junior year: AP language and composition (3), AP US history (4), AP Chemistry (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): NA
Senior Year Course Load: AP US government, AP Spanish 5, AP biology, AP literature and composition, honors physics, CHS business calculus (college in high school through university of Pittsburgh), band
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
School department awards: language arts department award, mathematics department award, science department award (2 years), social studies department award, music department award
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): drum major of 260 piece marching band, first part saxophonist, honors bands, key club, interact club–community service, varsity softball starter, amnesty international
Job/Work Experience: babysit 3-4 days per week
Volunteer/Community service: food drives for church ministry, events with foodbank, quilt squares for church ministry
Summer Activities: travel softball (do not play anymore)
Essays: about my love of music and how it shaped my personality essentially
Teacher Recommendation: really good
Counselor Rec: probably pretty generic
Additional Rec: NA
State: PA
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nope
Chance please?
Demographics: Male, White, SC, Private School
Intended major(s):Journalism
ACT: 30 (35 English, 33 Reading, 27 Science, 23 Math)
Class rank: Top 25% UW/W GPA: Weighted 4.27
Coursework:–Mostly AP and Honors, each year I showed a progression of course difficulty. Two honors Freshman year // Three Honors Sophomore Year // Two AP - Two Honors - Two Dual Enrolled Junior Year // Two AP - Three Honors Senior Year (AP) is offered junior and senior year only)
Awards: NHS, Beta Club, Dean’s List, The American Psychological Association Award for Academic Achievement in Psychology
Extracurriculars: Varsity and Travel Soccer (Captain and Starter), Academic Competition Team, Model Arab League, Youth in Government, 130+ Volunteer Hours, Writer for a website that reports on UNC athletics (aided in the site’s growth from 400 to 3,000 views per month)
I have a job working at an Electronics Recycling Warehouse, where I am an electronic test technician. I have been working there for a year.
@PalmTree55: For an OOS student, your GPA is fine, but I think that your composite ACT score is a little problematic.
As you may know, UNC does not accept more than 18% OOS students as freshmen for an entering class; and this year there were a record number of EA applicants to UNC-Chapel Hill: http://uncnews.unc.edu/2015/10/28/unc-chapel-hill-receives-record-19682-applications-for-first-year-early-action-admission-deadline/.
So, you have lots of competition, and I wouldn’t get your hopes up too much. But it’s like the sorting hat at Hogwarts; and only the admissions office knows for sure, right?
I’m a terrified in-state student.
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): (not submitting) R-640, M-570, W-660
ACT: 29 and 30, superscored at 31
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.71
Weighted GPA: 4.1 (freshman year was unweighted so it’s lower than it should be, UNC is aware of this)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 25% (affected by botched weighted GPA)
AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (3), AP Lang (4), APES (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: Drafting I, Drafting II Architecture Honors, AP Stat, Honors Cellular and Molecular Bio, AP Bio, AP Lit, CTE Internship
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Designed and built an app for the school by myself, worked with multiple companies abroad to do so, Beta club, IT Club,
Job/Work Experience: Had a job all of high school
Volunteer/Community service: 130 hours of community service
Summer Activities: Just worked all summer, spent two weeks in Europe studying the various cultures of countries
Essays: Wrote an essay about what I learned from building the app and how it taught me to be ambitious, other essay was on the hidden blessing of working in fast food
Teacher Recommendation: A very good rec from my APES teacher
Counselor Rec: Not sure, hopefully good
Additional Rec: Raving rec from my friend’s dad who’s a major entrepreneur
State: North Carolina
School Type: Public high school (although I went to a private all boys high school in MD for 9th grade)
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Help a guy out, put my fears to rest.
Chance me please?
SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT: 31 (35 English, 32 Reading, 10 Writing, 29 Math, 26 Science)
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.93
Weighted GPA: N/A
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank, I’d say top 10/500
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Euro (3), APUSH (5), AP Lang (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Adv. Sociology, AP Calc BC, AP French, AP Lit, AP Gov, AP Psych
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
School department awards: none
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Newspaper (Editor-in-Chief), French club, Literacy Team (President/secretary), co-established a scholarship for literary excellence, NHS (treasurer), Gender-Sexuality Alliance, Elementary/Middle/High School Tutor, Drama Club, Tech Theatre Crew (Stage Manager, Asst. Stage Manager, Sound Crew Leader)
Job/Work Experience: Production assistant at school auditorium
Volunteer/Community service: lots
Essays: very good, about finding myself and my struggle through depression and my determination; Essay for UNC was pretty good
Teacher Recommendation: didn’t read, assumed to be excellent
Counselor Rec: probably very good
Additional Rec: didn’t read, assumed to be excellent
State: WI
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
All y’all making me nervous about this (even though I’m 95% sure I’m gonna be deferred) but hey it’ll be okay in the end becuase we’ll all go on to do great things.