Question - I’m new to the site and have seen this all over. What is a D? Daughter??
@cloudysmom I have similar ACT scores and I am OOS I think as long as she has strong courses and great essays she has a solid chance!
Wow I’m literally in the exact same boat as your daughter @cloudysmom except I applied early action. Almost identical stats and OOS. Good luck to you guys!
@nduclaunc _ criteria is chasing lottery school and some merit schools in addition to in-state 
@cloudysmom I will definitely update this thread whether I do or do not get in. Hopefully I do so we both can be happy - me for the decision & you and your daughter for the hope!! 
And it’s a shame, the same thing happened to me- 35 on English, 32 on reading, but 26 on math and science was lower too. What I did for some of my others schools is tried to make English my “hook”. Applied as an English major, emphasized my expansive English/ essay awards, continually high standardized test scores for English and reading, and how I’ve taken every AP English or language class available at my school. Plus, I consider my essays very strong so hopefully they contribute to that idea. However, unfortunately I did not think to do this for UNC, and I wish I’d gone over my app more before submitting in August.
However, hopefully if I get admitted I can show that great ECs, essays, and strong rec letters DO MATTER and the case of the “holistic” application review can be somewhat credited.
Doesn’t unc superscore test scores?
@swoosh4 that is exactly what i am trying to tell them, but someone brought up a good point. twitter says they will get their decision to the email on application, so maybe that is their way around that.
@wywtcm21 True I didn’t factor in the tweet by UNC admissions. So including that tweet, if they are doing it by email, the only change in my opinion is this: The emails go out today with decisions since there is no need to send directions to log into Connect Carolina, or the emails are sent tomorrow to stick to the normal timeline. Both still lead to almost the same timeline.
Connect Carolina is going to be “down” Thursday from 5 to midnight for CURRENT students and staff. Does not say any thing about prospective students.
Maybe they are expecting the onslaught of prospective students checking decisions at 5 on Thursday.
@nduclaunc Are you IS or OOS?
UVA just announced decisions are coming out tonight. many applicants probably applied to both. maybe UNC will join the party.
@adp2016 I am OOS. That’s why I figure my chances are so slim. Instate, I definitely wouldn’t be a shoe in, however I’d think I’d have a good chance… after all, I live in Texas and was automatically admitted to UT Austin honors college and I kind of use that as an indicator.
Automatically admitted to UT* and got in to honors college. Had to clarify, because honors college does not have automatic acceptance lol. Someone would jump on me for that or fact check haha
I hope everyone saying otherwise is wrong and that all the madness ends and we get a decision TODAAAAAAYYYYYYYY
Lmao that’d be hilarious if I was so impatient just to findout I was deferred or something and had to wait two more months. :-L X_X
Well not a single one of us knows for sure so why don’t we all lay off with the theories and just wait it out! They’ll come at some point and worrying now isn’t going to help anyone! We all hope we’ll get in and our decision is the same regardless of what day it comes.
@rachb99 but it’s more fun to speculate.
@rockyc @annamanna @nduclaunc Thanks and her courses are strong, all honors or AP except math. will graduate w/ 8 AP’s, all A’s but a few B 's in all courses. 35 & 36 in reading & writing ACT but math in low 20’s and science mid 20’s I think. She has no idea how to superstore & was hoping the schools did it for her! Good essays but who knows.She applied ED1 at William & Mary & was denied so not much hope. She applied ED2 Univ of Richmond as UNC was such a long shot & the OOS thing, which hurt her at W& M, too. UR is private & she wrote a killer essay, high weighted gpa, which they value, so a bit of hope. She’ll know around 2/15.
@DannyPanny D is daughter, DD is darling daughter, in case you really love her, lol!
I don’t know, it seems like no one is having fun and everyone is just panicking.
Not to be a pessimist or anything but I have a feeling this year the acceptance rate will be a lot lower…