Congratulations @Princetonian2020
Thank you! @JLeeC37
Never expected it. and now I have some serious decisions to make!
The good news is that with your amazing options there really are no wrong decisions!
@Princetonian2020 are you bringing your family to the scholarship dinner? lol i don’t know if we are supposed to or not
Deferred to Regular Admission
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Math 640, Reading 450, Writing 560
ACT: (waiting on scores to resend) anticipating at least a 28-29
SAT II: Math 670, Reading 540, writing 560
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.4
Weighted GPA:4.2
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 26/387
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis): Environmental Science 4
Senior Year Course Load: IB HL English(B)/History(B)/Bio©, Leadership Development (A) (SGA), AP Calc Online (A)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Soccer 4 years, Varsity Football 3 years, Indoor track 1 year, Bowling 1 year, 3 years of travel soccer (2 years of team captain),
Job/Work Experience: Waiter @ IHOP Junior year (20+) hours a week, During Vacation time in TX merchandise position at AT&T position (40 hrs a week)
Volunteer/Community service: Key Club 50+ hrs, SGA Community service and school service 100+ hrs(Homecoming, School games, Christmas delivery, can food drive,etc.) IB CAS hours (200+)
Summer Activities: Merchandise at AT&T stadium
Essays: Personal Essay reflected my background as a minority effectively, wrote ted talk essay exemplifying a unique perspective on a simple idea
Teacher Recommendation: Math teacher that I became really close with over the years in highschool. can effectively write about my strong suit in math and work ethic as a student
Counselor Rec: Best relationship I have with a staff member at my school. Consistently go to her office and talk to her about future plans, knows my ambition and goals in life
Additional Rec: Travel soccer coach. Personal relationship, can provide accounts on my leadership within the team, positive attitude and ambition
State: North Carolina
School Type: Public School (part of IB Program)
Ethnicity: Mexican
Gender: Male
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I believe URM only 7% of class is hispanic
Wondering how I would look compared to regular admission applicants. I was very surprised to be deferred because i thought i would be denied straight up but now i feel like i have a little hope. Would you recommend doing anything else to help better my chances to be admitted into my dream school?!!
@frankvaldez, increase your chances by writing them a letter updating them about your senior year, telling them why UNC is your #1 choice, and maybe even write an additional essay about something you didn’t get to tell them in the first round. That way, regardless of the outcome, you will know that you gave it your best. Good luck!
Decision: Accepted!!!
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): M-650 W-680 R-710 T-2040
ACT: Composite-32
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
Weighted GPA: 4.50ish?
APs: US History (5) English Lang (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AB Calculus, AP English Lit, AP Spanish, AP World History, and regular Environmental Science
Major Awards: NHS, Citizenship Award (voted on by my peers so this means I’m likable), National Spanish Honor Society, International Thespian Society, Commencement Marshal, National Spanish Exam Gold Medal
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Fellowship Council (President), Spanish Club (Co-president), JV Field Hockey, Drama Club
Job/Work Experience: When I had completed this application, I had completed an internship at the YMCA
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered last summer at the Food Bank
Essays: My main common app essay was about my love of K-pop (which surprisingly worked I guessed) and for my personal statement was about what students could learn from me in and outside the classroom (I talked about not being afraid of showing individuality)
Teacher Recommendation: I asked my Spanish teacher for one and she likes me well enough
Counselor Rec: Sweet guy and I think I haven’t pissed him off yet, so I’m betting that it was good :)))
Additional Rec: I can’t remember if I sent one in…
State: North Carolina
School Type: All girls half day/boarding private school
Ethnicity: Black/African-American
Gender: Female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
TBH I’m surprised I got in but is anyone going to the Explore Carolina even this upcoming Spring?
@plswantmepls Yes most likely
Accepted in-state!
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1860, 680CR, 570M (pfft), 610W
ACT (breakdown): 27 (I do not remember the breakdown)
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.74
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 23 out of 326
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Lang. (4), APUSH (5), AP World (5), AP Psych. (4), AP Euro (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): Not offered at our school.
Senior Year Course Load: Pre- Calculus honors, Webpage design, Business Law, AP Calc AB (BC not offered), AP English Lit, Anatomy honors, AP Spanish Language and Culture
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Honor roll (9-12th grade), CTE honors, Academoy of Scholars, Junior Marshall, AP Scholar (I don’t remember which one)
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Key Club (3 years), Academy of Scholars (2 years), Newspaper editor (1 year), Live United volunteers (senior year project)
Job/Work Experience: Unpaid intern at local accounting company (2-3 years), assistant instructor in software programming (2 years)
Volunteer/Community service: 300+ hours at various events, most notably from the above mentioned
Summer Activities: see job/work experience
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 9/10, talked about how I once held extremely controversial socio-political views and how I went through a change of heart.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 8/10, essentially the same as my common app. essay, except I made one grammar mistake.
Teacher Rec #1: no idea what it said, but it was written by my English teacher who taught me in 9th grade and in AP Lang.; I assume it was good
Teacher Rec #2: Pre-Calc. teacher, he wrote about how I showed steady improvement in his class and the work ethic I displayed.
Counselor Rec: No idea (big public school)
Additional Rec: Written by the software engineer I work with; I can only assume it was positive.
Interview: N/A
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: No, other than enlisting
Intended Major: Undecided
State (if domestic applicant): NC
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public school
Ethnicity: White, Asian, Native American
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: ~65K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM (I guess), in-state
Reflection
Strengths: Essays (definitely stood out), volunteer/work experience, class rank, in-state, URM(?), and well-rounded I suppose.
Weaknesses: SAT?ACT and GPA I suppose, even though I think I fall in the average accepted range. The lack of leadership couldn’t have helped either
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Essays, volunteering, acceptable in-state stats.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
General Comments : Accepted into NCSU, ECU, App. State, and UNCW. However, I have chosen to enlist in the US Army.
IN-STATE AND EARLY ACTION
Decision: Accepted
SAT I: 1980
ACT: 28
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.65
Weighted GPA: 4.65
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 28 out of 365
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP GOV 4, APUSH 3, AP WORLD HISTORY 3, APES 3, AP ENG LANG 2, APHG 5
IB (place score in parenthesis): none
Senior Year Course Load: AP EURO, AP ENG LIT, AP PSYCH, AP SPANISH, AP STATISTICS
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Spotlight Student at my school
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Model UN (Founder and Secretary-General), FCA (Small group leader), Cross Country (Varsity)
Job/Work Experience: 6 months at Chick Fil A
Volunteer/Community service: 5 mission trips, inner city volunteer at the local soup kitchen, leader at the middle school FCA
Summer Activities: Mission trips and travel
Essays: 10/10
Teacher Recommendation: 9/10
Counselor Rec: good but she didn’t know me too well
Additional Rec: 10/10
State: North Carolina
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Male
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
Wait if I got the scholarship recognition email does that mean I got a scholarship or is it for everyone? That probably sounds like a dumb question but I never received an email about a scholarship so I’m a little confused.
Also for people who did get a scholarship, other than the email is there anywhere else to check? I want to know but I don’t want to wait until Monday
Here is what I know about Scholarship Day and the Merit Scholarships from my personal in-state experience:
In 2014, my son was accepted Early Action and within a day we gratefully received an email notification regarding Scholarship Day. He attended the day and was awarded a scholarship many weeks later. He opted for another university offering more money.
Now it’s 2016, my daughter applied Early Action, was accepted Thursday and then Friday received an email that she was a “Carolina Scholar” @ $9,000/yr. I was apprehensive that this was a mistake and called UNC to clarify. They decided to do it differently this year. No Scholarship Day.
Still in utter disbelief, I went to UNC’s website to again clarify. And this is what I found:
Will I receive any merit scholarships?
Each year, we award a select number of incoming first-year students with merit scholarships. Early Action applicants who have been awarded a merit scholarship will receive an email within a week of their admission decision.
I wanted to write here today because I, like all of you, have been pouring over the posts on CC to see the timeline from previous years. I have been a very active reader for many years, but never posted until now. I know the feeling of desperation for information.
So in summary (and only from personal experience):
Previous years? UNC had a Scholarship Day. This year? They are “doing it a different way.”
Good luck to all, I truly understand and relate to how stressful this entire process can be! 
Hi fullrideplease. Did you happen to ask if they have sent out ALL the emails. “Within a week leaves” me with a glimmer of hope.
Decision: Rejected!!!
SAT I: didn’t send it
ACT: 24
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.3
Weighted GPA: 4.12
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 15/124
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC (2)
IB (place score in parenthesis): none
Senior Year Course Load: English IV, Roundtable, Honors Band IV, AP Computer Science, AP Environmental Science
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Band (captain), FFA, FTA, Beta Club
Volunteer/Community service: County veteran’s day band for 4 years
Summer Activities: none
Essays: 7/10
Additional Rec: 10/10
State: North Carolina
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation
I applied knowing I only had about a 5% chance of getting in. I applied and was accepted to UNC Pembroke, Western Carolina, East Carolina, and Appalachian State. I’m choosing ECU.
@minmama I think all the scholarships went out. What I don’t know is if the folks that got into Ivies/S early are going to reject UNC quickly and if those move down a list or not. If you aren’t going to UNC and got offered a scholarship one would hope they reject sooner rather than later if there is a “possibility” someone else could get offered.
giving up scholarships probably will not happen until all the decisions have been received. i.e. April 1st.
I also think they probably just use a number of average accepted scholarships from the past and use that number assuming a certain percentage of offerees are going elsewhere. so my point is if someone hasn’t been offered a scholarship yet, they 99.99% won’t in the future. Some kids who got into SCEA and have parents who don’t have to think twice about cost will start turning down UNC for HYPS if they have any decency. Especially for UNC, any kids who’s parents work at DUKE have financial incentive to spend more than a UNC education elsewhere since Duke will pay everything over the cost of a UNC education, so what those parents save is relative peanuts. I doubt they will offer more stuff april first. They probably do save some slots for RD applicants but I doubt it’s many especially since I think they basically cull the list of Morehead Cain semifinalists to make offers anyway.
@minmama I just got off the phone with UNC Admissions asking exactly that question. They confirmed that the blog was correct and said students could still be receiving merit scholarships. Also, the Regular Decision folks will have merit scholarship opportunities as well. And that the Excel offers have not gone out yet. Here’s hoping!!
@anon145 Just want to clarify your statement concerning the Duke tuition benefit. You said “…any kids who’s parents work at DUKE have financial incentive to spend more than a UNC education elsewhere since Duke will pay everything over the cost of a UNC education, so what those parents save is relative peanuts”
That is not exactly true, although I am sure most of those parent’s wish it was. Duke will pay the equivalent of 75% of it’s own tuition directly to the school that the employee’s child attends to cover that school’s tuition cost. The benefit is not applicable to any public schools in NC due to the low cost of in state tuition in NC. With that said, Duke’s tuition benefit this year is approximately $29,000 after the deductible is paid. It is a set amount that does not fluctuate per school. That is vastly different from everything over the cost of a UNC education as you stated. Still a great deal, but not quite what you were describing. Sorry to be so picky, but the spread of incorrect information on college confidential is one of my pet peeves.
FYI - I am not complaining about a benefit of any kind, just providing the accurate info. I am not even eligible for the benefit any longer since my parent took a new faculty position at a competing out of state school.
Specific info can be found here: http://www.hr.duke.edu/benefits/education/tuition_grant/
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