UNC Class of 2022 EA Discussion Thread

Lol you’re in-state. No reason to worry imo - you’ll be fine.

Thank you so much! I feel a lot better hearing that from someone. I can’t wait to find out if I got in

Thank you so much!

I would really appreciate if you guys could chance me. I applied early action.
Residency: in state
Ethnicity: African American
ACT: super-score 26 ( I know it is low)
SAT:1190 ( I know it is low)
GPA: Weighted: 4.7/6.00
Unweighted: 3.7/4.0
Class rank: 40/613 my school is very competitive and i am in the top 6%

Classes taken:
Freshman year: all honors
Sophomore year: all honors
Junior year: Entered the Ib Program so I took all Ib classes and Honors chemistry
Senior Year: All Ib and AP physics

Extra Curricular:
Vice president of BETA club
Vice president of the Eritrean youth group outside of school. fundraised over 1000 dollars for a local charity and is currently fundraising shoes for another organization.
founder and co president of school psychology club
key club
Started a babysitting program at my church
Went to Project uplift PLUS at unc chapel hill during the summer and took college English 100

Hooks:
first generation
in state
went to Project Uplift PLUS
African american
I know my test scores are low but do you think I could get into UNC?

@breakfeastclub1234567890 Being a first gen URM helps, on top the fact that you’re in-state and did project uplift. If your writing and recs are good, I think you should be in fine shape. Let me ask are you a male or female? If you are a male, I think you’re definitely in. Still strong chance if you’re female though.

@emmab15 Sure. I’ll just post what I posted last year in the UNC 2021 Admissions Decisions Thread.

Decision: Accepted (w/ Assured Admission to Pharmacy School)

In State or Out of State: In-State

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Did not submit
ACT: 30
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: 5.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/267
AP (place score in parenthesis): English Language/Composition (4), Calculus AB (3), APES (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology, AP English Literature, AP US History, Honors Psychology, AP Statistics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 1st place woodwind solo (Saxophone) Teen Talent Festival, 3rd place piano solo Teen Talent Festival, 2nd place woodwind solo (Saxophone) Top Nazarene Talent, Junior Marshal, Morehead-Cain Nominee, Most Outstanding Musician Award 3 years in a row, AP Scholar Award.

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): High school band (Band Captain), Youth Group Student Leader, Saxophonist for Church Band, Beta Club (Vice President), National Honor Society, Greensboro Youth Jazz Ensemble.
Job/Work Experience: Piano/Saxophone Private Instructor for Beginners
Volunteer/Community service: Translated documents and fund-raised for Triad Health Project (organization that helps with the HIV/AIDS dilemma in the NC), assisted in preparing testing materials for Chapel Hill-Carrboro Schools ESL department, Mission Nashville, 30 Hour Famine, Soup Kitchen.
Summer Activities: Mission trips, various events with the youth group, Project Uplift, college visits
Essays: Common App 9/10, UNC ones 9.5/10
Teacher Recommendation: Honors English 10 teacher 10/10, AP Calculus Teacher 8/10
Counselor Rec: Guidance Counselor 8.5/10
Additional Rec: N/A
State: North Carolina
School Type: Mid-size Public
Ethnicity: Hispanic (Cuban and Puerto Rican)
Gender: Male
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM

Strengths: GPA, strong ACT score (for in-state), I think personally my essays are really good, I was able to demonstrate my passion for music and I think that’s what put me over the top if my scores/essays hadn’t yet.
Weaknesses: Not a whole lot of AP classes because block schedule at my school made me take overall less courses as well as presenting conflicts between certain AP classes that I could only take as an upperclassmen due to prerequisites. However, my senior year did not have any conflicts because I now have all of my prerequisites so all of my classes are AP classes (except for psychology).

Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: GPA, test scores, essays, demonstrated passion for music.
General Comments: It has been so much fun interacting with everybody on this forum. Witnessing people freaking out as much as me was relieving and provided some comfort in the uncertain times. It is amazing to see some of the people I’ve seen posting since October finally getting their dreams realized. It’s also great to see the attitude of those who did not get in, as they are all brilliant students as well who will strive in any setting. I look forward to trying to aid next year’s class through this process now that I have a bit of understanding on it and I hope I can be active in admissions throughout my time at UNC. THANK YOU EVERYBODY!

Alright people, rate me here.
ACT - 32 (composite)
GPA - Came to the United States in the senior year, but have a 3.6UW and 4.0W GPA for this one semester. Previous grades are good. Have 4 AP’s. That’s the best my current school could offer.
EC - Sports : Won a national 100-meter competition. Avid Quizzer, represented the team and achieved a rank in a national competition. Two time interschool boxing winner. Otherwise, I don’t think I stand out way too much in EC’s.
Essay - I think I wrote a pretty good essay.
FYI, I am counted as an in-state participant in the process.
Thank you so much

@TheBoringKid You’re in-state. With that ACT you’re completely fine.

Any updates on when are they releasing decisions?

No updates that I’ve seen. I’m hoping the snow we’ve gotten in NC doesn’t push back whatever date they had planned to release since they were out of the office for three days.

@hscot7469 I think you are probably in pretty good shape. Coming from Franklin County will help, and there was an article posted earlier that said UNC doesn’t consider more than 5 AP’s in their decision as they have found taking more than 5 doesn’t produce better college results, so you should be good there as well. Essays are big for them. Good luck!

I know you guys don’t really ever tell someone that they don’t have a good chance but please be honest. Brutally honest. What do you think my chances are?

Race/Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Residency: In state (in Charlotte)
County: Mecklenburg County
Rank: 197 out of close to 800 (I go to the largest and most competitive public high school in North Carolina)
GPA: W- 4.4583 UW- 3.7083
SAT: 1390
Reading- 740 Math- 650
Essays: I worked really hard on them. Would rate maybe 9/10
Course load:
AP’s- AP Psychology (Sophomore), AP United States History (Junior), AP English Language and Composition (Junior), AP Statistics (Senior), AP Comparative Government (Senior)
Core classes- All honors
*Completed 4 years of Spanish
Letter of Rec: Probably around 9.5/10; have never read
Extracurriculars: Heavy volunteer work (25 hours a year at school, volunteered at a Christian summer camp for an entire month, etc.), 4 year athlete and Senior Captain, Young Life Leadership Team, National Honor Society, National Technical Honor Society, Rho Kappa National Social Studies Honor Society, Part time job as sales associate at Off Broadway.
Awards: Inductions into 3 honor societies, All Conference Softball player, Defensive Player of the Year, etc.
Hooks: First Generation Student

Like I said, please be brutally honest. Chapel Hill is my dream school and while my parents encourage me and act as if I’ve already been accepted, I want to be realistic. I don’t want to be caught off guard this Friday.

Someone Chance me?

In State

Ethnicity: African American
Sex: Male
SAT: 1340
GPA: 4.25
Senior Year Course load: IB Physics SL, IB Biology HL, IB TOK SL, IB History HL, IB Math SL, IB English HL, Vocal Music IV Honors (2 class periods)

Honors: Governor’s School of North Carolina (Soloist in a Choral Piece), AB Honor Roll, Tenor Section Leader (Choir)

EC’s: Debate Team, Music Club ( Vice President Junior Year), Drama Club, Gay-Straight Alliance, Choir ( Tenor Section Leader), SERA Technology Program (9 - 10), African Student Association (11- 12), Varsity Wrestling Team ( 9 -10 ), Spring Musical/Fall Play (9 -12), KCSSU ( non-profit organization helping low-income kids do better in school, camp counselor 9-12), ConjugateThis (Spanish camp helping kids learn Spanish, camp counselor (9 - 11).

Teacher Rec: IB Biology Teacher 9/10, TOK Teacher 8.5/10

Essays: Common App ( Wrote about being an academic in a culture that reveres sports 9/10) UNC: 8/10, 9/10

Hooks: Low-Income, Bisexual, Black

@qdude2022 Lol, in-state AA made is probably the best thing you could be for UNC, especially being accomplished. Your acceptance was already written before they even got to your file. Absolutely nothing to worry about at all there. In there like swimwear.

Those of you sweating about acceptance would do well to get offline until Friday. Sites like these will only increase your stress so go read a book, do your homework, ride a bike, makeout with your sweetie, go to the movies and sneak into at least 1 extra, or play with your toes, but for heaven’s sake don’t worry about what other people say about your chances.

What school do you go to?

@emmab15 What school do you go to

I honestly already am so over the college process… Lol already accepted a rejection and moved on :)>- Now just breathing easy and studying for midterms!

@emmab15 I asked the same question, a few questions prior to yours. I had the doubt only because of GPA and a slight lack of EC’s. I’ll rate you application on a 0-10 scale, with 5 being the pivotal point. If your final average is greater than 5, then you have an above 50% chance. Furthermore, as the final average goes up, your chances also increase.

  1. GPA - 4.5/10
  2. SAT - 5.5/10
  3. EC - 7/10

I won’t rate others as they were filled by you, and I cannot analyze them for you. Finally, add 3 points for in-state and 1 for first-gen.
So you fall around 7.00, which IMHO, is an above par chance.

Notwithstanding, I do not claim to be correct, and your chances could vary wildly. However, other people having more knowledge on this topic than I could use this scale to approximate the chances with a far better accuracy.

Alright so I logged into the portal today and it didn’t fulfill my request, saying “this page is only available to students.” I logged out and logged back in and it was fine. Computer glitch, or telling of a denial? Lol