UNC Class of 2022 EA Discussion Thread

On the connectcarolina website, if the to-do list is empty, does it mean that they received all the documents like transcripts, recommendations etc?

Yup

Applying Out of State- can someone chance me?
SAT: 1540 (750 Math, 790 Reading/Writing)
SAT IIs: N/A
GPA: 5.2 Weighted, around 3.8 Unweighted (Upward Trend: 3.6 Freshman, 3.8 Sophomore, 4.0 Junior)
Rank: N/A
AP: Human Geography (4), World History (4), English Language & Composition (5), U.S. History (4), Environmental Science (4)
Senior Course Load: AP Calculus AB, AP Physics 1, AP Macroeconomics, AP Literature & Composition, Honors Government, Leadership
Academic Awards: Commended National Merit Scholar, AP Scholar with Distinction, National Honor Society, National English Honor Society, National Science Honor Society
Extracurriculars: Eagle Scout, 4 years Varsity Lacrosse, SGA Vice President and former Parliamentarian, FBLA Honors Member, one of two students from class chosen for Leadership Palm Beach County, Scholar Athlete Club
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community Service: Key Club, raised money for two children’s education (9, 10) and two beds for children in need in Bali (11) via Education Rocks, built turtle pond in local garden as Eagle Scout project, served as buddy to help disabled children to play soccer via TOPSoccer (9-11) and will serve buddy captain in program come spring (12), counselor at local Vacation Bible School (9-12), 500+ total community service hours
Common App Essay: Very unique, shows my personality well
Supplementals: I like them a lot, one is about a current UNC student
Teacher Recs: Probably decent, though not sure how much they’ll reveal about my personality out of the classroom
Counselor Rec: Again, same as the teacher recs.
State or Country: Florida
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Strengths: SAT, extracurricular activities, essays
Weaknesses: GPA, letters of recommendation

Just got the email saying my app is complete!! Now it's time to forget I ever applied so I won't spend the next few months worrying only to get rejected >:D<

I’ve posted my stats everywhere but here’s the simple vers-
GPA: 4.7 w/ 4.0 uw
SAT: 1540
Common App Essay: ehh
Supplementals: ehhhHHH
Teacher Recs: good
Counselor Rec: ehhh
State or Country: VA
School Type: public, small
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: female
Strengths: ehhhhh

Weaknesses: no hooks, dull ECs, extremely rushed essays

Also applying to: UVA, W&M, VCU, VA tech, Duke, few others…

Good luck to everyone!!!

Sent in my app for EA already. Wanted to gauge my chances:

SAT I: did not take
ACT: 30 (31 superscore). Although I haven’t taken it since April and will be taking it in October to update on app.
SAT II: did not take yet, but taking two in November
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97/4
Weighted GPA: 4.57/5
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 17/524

of AP classes or Full or Partial IB: AP Human Geo (5), AP US History (5), AP English Lang (5), AP Chemistry (2 :( I know this sucks. I kept an A in the class but did not have that great a teacher even though I studied my ass off. I won't report this score), AP Euro (12), AP Spanish (12), AP Calculus (12), AP English Lit (12), AP Government (12). Also have about 7 dual enrollment courses with all A's

Extracurricular activities: Student Body President 9th grade, Student Council president 10-12 grade, Undersecretary General Model United Nations, Youth Ambassador and Youth Leader for Nigerian Cultural Group, Community Service Club President 11-12, VP 10th, Volunteering at three area hospitals since 9th grade, Volunteer at Organization for Children with Developmental Disabilities, Volunteer Coordinator at library, Student representative for DECA and FBLA, Science Olympiad, Ultimate Frisbee, additional work with city leadership organization

Awards:
-Best and Outstanding Delegate, Model United Nations Conferences at Vanderbilt, Washington University, and University of Illinois
-Placed Top 10 at both International Competitions for DECA and FBLA
-1st place in Innovation project at local university laboratory competition
-state volunteer award
-letters about literature honorable mention
-Tennessee Governor’s School for the Humanities (summer program, 48 chosen from nearly 500 applicants)
Work Experience/Community service: About 500+ comm. service hours from my volunteer work, professional work as a private tutor for children of a family

Essays: pretty strong. Connected my short answers to my culture and race which is what they said they were looking for
Teacher/ Counselor Recommendation: Very good teacher recs. Asked my AP US and English teachers, counselor rec was ehh. I also got two other rec letters written by the director of the Governor’s School Program and the Library director

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major : Public Health/Health Policy. If I can, might double major and add Global Studies
Domestic or International (state or country in parenthesis): Domestic
Race and/or Ethnicity: African-American
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 100,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, Recruited Athlete, Famous, High Donar): URM, also visited campus (probably doesn’t mean anything tho)

Other Schools you are applying to: Duke, USC, Florida State, Tennessee (auto-admit), Tulane, Brown, Vanderbilt, Emory

General Comments: I enjoyed UNC but know they have very low OOS acceptance rate.

Hi, I would like to gauge my chances.

SAT I: did not take
ACT: 30 (31 superscore). Although I haven’t taken it since April and will be taking it in October.
SAT II: did not take yet, but taking two in November
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97/4
Weighted GPA: 4.57/5
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 17/524

of AP classes or Full or Partial IB: AP Human Geo (5), AP US History (5), AP English Lang (5), AP Chemistry (2 I know this sucks :( I kept an A in the class but did not have that great a teacher even though I studied my ass off. I won't report this score), AP Euro (12), AP Spanish (12), AP Calculus (12), AP English Lit (12), AP Government (12). Also have about 7 dual enrollment courses with all A's

Extracurricular activities: Student Body President 9th grade, Student Council president 10-12 grade, Undersecretary General Model United Nations, Youth Ambassador and Youth Leader for Cultural Group, Community Service Club President 11-12, VP 10th, Volunteering at three area hospitals since 9th grade, Volunteer at Organization for Children with Developmental Disabilities, Volunteer Coordinator at library, Student representative for DECA and FBLA, Science Olympiad, Ultimate Frisbee, additional work with city leadership organization

Awards:
-Best and Outstanding Delegate, Model United Nations Conferences at Vanderbilt, Washington University, and University of Illinois
-Placed Top 10 at both International Competitions for DECA and FBLA
-1st place in Innovation project at local university laboratory competition
-state volunteer award
-letters about literature honorable mention
-Tennessee Governor’s School for the Humanities (summer program, 48 chosen from nearly 500 applicants)
Work Experience/Community service: About 500+ comm. service hours from my volunteer work, professional work as a private tutor for children of a family

Essays: pretty strong. Talked about my culture a lot in the supplements which is what they said they were looking for.
Teacher/ Counselor Recommendation: Very good teacher recs. Asked my AP US and English teachers, counselor rec was ehh. I also got two other rec letters written by the director of the Governor’s School Program and my Library Director

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major : Public Health and Health Policy, Possible Double major with Global Studies but idk yet.
Race and/or Ethnicity: African-American
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 100,000+
Hooks: URM, also visited campus and spoke to admissions director but idk if that helps.

Other Schools you are applying to: Duke, USC, Florida State, Tennessee (auto-admit), Tulane, Brown, Vanderbilt, Emory

General Comments: I loved UNC but know they have very low OOS acceptance rate. Wanted to see if I had a chance.

Don’t really know why my post posted twice lol

I heard that last year decisions were delayed by weeks. Do you guys think it will happen this year? I don’t remember if they had the Oct 15 deadline last year too…

Applying Out of State
SAT: 1540
SAT IIs: Korean 800, US History 770 World History 790
GPA: 4.7
Rank: 1/500
AP: Human Geography (5), World History (5), English Language & Composition (4), U.S. History (5), Environmental Science (4), Psych (4), Euro (4)
Senior Course Load: 7 APs, 2 Magnet
Academic Awards: National AP Scholar, Participated in local uni radio summer program, Winner of city CS competition, regional newspaper’s academic recognization, US Soccer coaching license (?!?!)
Extracurriculars: Translate for USDA, work for Electronic Arts. Course developer at Duolingo (slipped in there before they raised the age limit to 18… pure luck), Quiz Bowl captain, Model UN president, various political activities
Common App Essay: Shows grit and determination as well as intellectualness
Supplementals: Good Connect ECs with views and such
Teacher Recs: Average to good
Counselor Rec: Good
State or Country: VA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Strengths: ECs
Weaknesses: Essays, awards

oh, and I’m applying for BA CS

I need some help. I can log in to connectcarolina but where do I see if my file is complete?

Good luck to everyone. My oldest daughter was in the class of 2006. She was admitted OOS from Florida. My youngest daughter just applied but we are not in state. My daughter LOVED every minute at UNC!

@MayBIvyMomma on the right side, there is a To Do list.

@anxiouswreck - Last year the application deadline was extended a week for those who were affected by hurricane Matthew. Decisions came out as advertised, by the end of January. Do not expect decisions to come out much before then, otherwise you will be more anxious!. Last year EA decisions were released on 1/27. In recent years, it has been on or about the last Friday of the month.

Hey guys!! I applied to UNC EA! I also applied to Boston University, Cornell, And University of Connecticut!

@Taylorwicks How can you apply to both Cornell and Boston University (they are both Early Decision), that’s against the rules?

Hello. I just heard about UNC calling the guidance counselor of a student at my son’s school to inquire about her first quarter grades. Has anyone else heard of this happening? I thought UNC only inquired about SEMESTER grades if applicant is deferred.

My3sonshines, I have not heard that. My son just called them yesterday to find out if he could add his 1st quarter grades to his application and they told him no> They said they only look at mid-semester grades and only once you are accepted or if you are deferred…

Percussionboymo- what your son was told is exactly what I would expect. I’m puzzled by the request of quarter grades for this other student.

Hey! I’m an IS applicant going into Physics! Also applied to WUSTL, State, UNCC, and Liberty. Excited to be a part of this application process! I am feeling nervous, as my grades are at the low end of average for in state, but my application and recs are pretty stellar… so we will see!