UNC Class of 2020 EA Discussion Thread

UNC, Duke, Davidson and WF (did not ultimately apply) were all selected when he took the SAT, so they went automatically. When he applied, he sent in his ACT scores as well.

Does anyone know how competitive it is to get into the Exel @ Carolina program?

I think legacy does matter. UNC sent my mom a letter that said we saw your son applied, and will look closely at his application to give him the best chance he can because we take pride in the Tar Heel family. I’m hoping to be a third generation Tar Heel like my brother though, so I may be reading to much into it.

to everyone asking about legacy, they said on the admissions blog that it does matter but only for OOS students. because there are so many UNC alumni living in NC, they can’t give consideration to everyone but they said they pay attention to OOS legacies. here’s a quote from the blog:

"Because we maintain close ties with our alumni and value their commitment to the University, we do ask about alumni ties on our application. For non-resident children of alumni (those whose mother, father, step-father, or step-mother attended Carolina), family ties to the University may be used in our final admission decision. Please note that legacy status cannot be derived from siblings, grandparents, or other extended family.

Family ties for the children of alumni within North Carolina are not considered in our final decisions. Since the number of alumni within the state is considerable and since the University is a state-supported institution, giving a significant advantage to their in-state children wouldn’t be fair to the other North Carolina taxpayers. However, the children of in-state alumni do fare very well in admission since they apply well-prepared to succeed at Carolina."

I’m instate and my parents got a letter talking about how they do consider legacy, even instate

Ultimately, legacy is considered more for an OOS rather than IS, because as an IS, you already have a better chance of getting in. UNC admits a lot more IS than OOS because, like mentioned above, UNC is a taxpayer school

Is there any precedent for decisions coming out in two weeks instead of three or is it historically always right before the end of the month?

The earliest decisions came out last year on January 28th (the last Wednesday of January). I doubt that it will be in 2 weeks especially with the amount of applications UNC received for EA.

Can anyone chance me?

ACT: 27
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5
Weighted GPA: 4.45
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 17% (95 out of 610)
AP (place score in parenthesis): Not sending
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc, AP, Eng, AP Euro, H. Marketing, H. Physics, Piano, H. Orchestra, Yearbook, Chinese II
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): I won first and second place in Piano competition (District and state level). Performed at a Honors Superior Recital at Chapel Hill.

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Secretary for a music club
Job/Work Experience: Working since I was 14 - family restaurant
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at Novant Health, local church, habitat for humanity, baby sitting. (more than 200 hours logged)
Summer Activities:Volunteering and Working
Essays: Wrote about my love for piano and being a first gen
Teacher Recommendation:Pretty good (science and music teacher)
Counselor Rec: Good
State: North Carolina
School Type: Large public
Ethnicity:Asian
Gender:Female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First gen

Chance me I hope I get in UNC has been my dream school for as long as I can remember.
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2200: 700M 700CR 800W
ACT: 33
SAT II: 800BIO 800MATH 2 800USH
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: 5.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8/600
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 in USH, BIO, APES, LIT, LANG, ART HISTORY, EURO, CALC AB, CALC BC
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP LANG, AP BIO, AP EURO, AP CALC AB, AP CALC BC, Spanish IV, AP Art History
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): A lot but too lazy to get them from my resume.

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): President of NSHS, NHS, VP of Spanish club, VP of Hosa, VP of Tri-M, Volunterring at local hospitals every day since 7th grade, Tutoring for all subjects.
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteering at local hospital
Summer Activities: Volunteering at surgeon center.
Essays: Pretty Good
Teacher Recommendation: Best ones from my school.
Counselor Rec: Precent Decent
Additional Rec:
State: North Carolina
School Type: Best in south NC
Ethnicity: White male
Gender: Male
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Please keep chance postings out of this thread

Probably this question has been asked before: Does UNC defer people from EA?

oos acceptance rate?

@52balletvieta yes, they defer people during EA, and @james1998iq , the OOS acceptance rate last year was 19% http://admissions.unc.edu/apply/class-profile-2/

Does everyone have the Pay Bills/Manage Student Finances (on the Student Center) button and can access the Connect Carolina Payment page after clicking that?

@renegade23 Yes I can access that part of the portal too, but I’m betting it’s more of a feature that comes standard than it is any measure of admittance status. UVA’s portal has some similar kinks.

@renegade23 yes I can access it, but there is no activity on the account

@renegade23 yes I can access it but I read about something similar on the class of 2019 thread and tried it weeks ago and nothing happened. Now it brings me to the page you describe…is this a good sign I wonder?

It actually says on that payment page under my account “We are unable to load current activity at this time, however you are still able to make payments on your account.” I hope this is a positive sign…

@lvmjac1 can you expand on the c/o 2019 thing?