@adp106 “This would indicate that those who received excel emails are all but accepted at this point, no?”
It’s a fair presumption based on the emails previously being sent out after acceptances and it doesn’t make sense to have applicants complete a survey if they are then going to deny admission. With that said, the application process is so unpredictable we just need to wait it out and see how it goes. Good luck to everyone!
@adp106 Whatever my school gave them was 6.0 bc that’s what my school does
When I visited, they said that they look at your classes and grades in the context of what’s offered at your school. So I’d assume that means GPA matters less than rigor of courses and grades in them.
The grading scale each school uses is in the school profile submitted with your transcript. Colleges use your school profile to get a sense of where your grades fall in the context of your schools grading scale.
@orwellparasiempre What do you mean your school gave them? We are talking about the self-reporting GPA section in the Common App.
And yes, that is exactly right. They are going to see the rigor and specific grades on the transcript, as well as the correct GPA and GPA scale. That’s why admissions told me not to worry about it.
@adp106 on common app it asks for the scale so i put 6.0 for that part, not 4.0.
@sdsc447 That’s what I did as well. It was supposed to be 4.0 but admissions told me it was no biggie.
It does seem like this is a really common mistake, though.
Does anybody know what day the admissions officers r going to release the results?
@skyflower17 The past two years it has been the 28th, but no one knows for sure.
@nduclaunc I applaud you for trying! My D is as well even though we don’t really have much hope, lol, but heck, can’t know till we try, right? Who knows, if they really are holistic as they keep saying then maybe a great essay can get you both in! She is OOS w/ a 29 ACT, 4.3 gpa weighted. Only 18% admission OOS but oh well, they can say no & probably will but nothing ventured nothing gained!
Hi everyone! I am an in-state student, with a 27 ACT and a 1200 SAT score… and I got the email about the Excel@Carolina survey. I also chose the Science Scholars and assured admission to the pharmacy school. Does anyone else think that it could’ve been emailed randomly because I am pretty sure a lot of people beat me with test scores?
@jentvo Are you a URM?
@therealdeal23 yes, that may be the case then…
@jentvo I have similar stats and I also got the Excel email
@collegeliz17 yay! I’m just not sure what it means and I really hope it wasn’t randomly emailed out
same UNC is my top choice college so I am hoping I got in.
@adp106 Oops, forgot about that part of the Common App… Should I be contacting admissions?
@orwellparasiempre Haha, no, as I said before, I contacted admissions when I first learned about it myself in October and they told me that they were going to get the GPA scale from the transcript and secondary school report. Self-reporting on the Common App is just a formality.
Does anyone who doesn’t get the email ever get into Honors Carolina? I’m OOS and haven’t received the email.
@panthersfan98 I’m an in state student with 35 ACT and 4.5 GPA but haven’t received any email. I wouldn’t be worried about not receiving one. Maybe it is a method to help spill kids into other programs if one got “overchose”?