LOL at the mom that posted above me HAHAHAHA. Brag much? “Indian origin” Thanks for making your daughter’s ethnicity clear. As if we wanted to know.
Hey, does anyone know when we can start ordering CCI laptops?
@stargoat The box spring!
(reminded of that old mattress commercial I saw as a kid)
EDIT: nvm I found what I was looking for 
Does anyone know when we will get housing assignments?
well i might as well post this…
I am a white male from North NJ. My HS is pretty much average and does not get kids into a lot of good schools. I have a 32 superscore on my ACT and a 760 on Math SAT II. I have a 4.5 weighted GPA and am in the top 10% of my class, even though my school doesnt rank. My grades are pretty good and my EC’s are very good. I dont know much about my recs, though I think they are pretty good.
Are my chances terrible?
^ I’ll take a shot at your info.
As I have posted elsewhere, our OOS high school usually has a couple of students admitted each year to UNC-CH; and, with the exception of legacy students, our admitted students have SAT scores of 1350+, composite ACT scores of 34+, and weighted GPAs of 4.5+. Other kids in our city who I know were admitted to UNC-CH recently have also had similar statistics. All of these kids were “unhooked” in admissions parlance (i.e., not a recruited D-1 athlete, or URM, first-generation college student, etc.).
If you have looked at the UNC-CH common data set, you will see that under Part C7 it states that standardized test scores, application essay, letter(s) of recommendation, and rigor of your high school record are “very important” academic factors considered for freshman admission, whereas GPA and class rank are “important” academic factors considered for freshman admission.
So, I would guesstimate that, because your test scores are a little lower than what I have seen UNC admit from my neck of the woods, and because UNC places more emphasis on standardized test scores than GPA or placement in your class (according to the information in its common data set), you are likely not going to be as competitive for OOS admission as many will be. If you are a senior and did not apply EA, I think your chances will go down. If you have really good essays, that will help.
Is there anything else that might set you apart from the crowd?