Hi all! So nervous for decision day 
I’m OOS. Any other Robertson Scholar Applicants?
hi guys.
I am OOS from Los Angeles, CA. Applied EA
COULD YOU GUYS CHANCE ME?
10 APs total (4 this year)
Cumulative gpa:
weighted 4.4
unweighted 3.78
Senior T1 gpa
weighted 4.8
unweighted 4.11
Sat: 1510/1600
Sat math 2: 740/800
Sat chem: 720/800
Awards:
multiple Speech and Debate wins, including pacing 2nd and 6th at Stanford national invitational tournament in two categories
Honor Roll all 3 years
no class ranking
Sports:
Fencing 5 years
Tennis 3 years
Krav Maga 1 year
Extras:
Founder and VP of Patriots club (sophomore year)
Teaching Assistant for Physiology class (senior year)
Student Ambassador (junior year)
Speech and debate (Freshman-junior year)
VP of chess club (Senior year)
member of neurobiology club (Sophomore-senior year)
Volunteer at the LA Hungarian Cultural Center (all 4 years)
Volunteer at Linden Surgical Center (Junior and Senior year)
Founding Director of Ambassadors of the Future 501c(3) public charity organization 2017
Unpaid Student Assistant/Volunteer at Research Department at the Long Beach VA in Gastroenterology, (junior - senior year)
@Calikid18 I’d say you have a fair chance! but then again it’s really a crapshoot for us OOS applicants
@Pastpower Do you have any advice for semi-finalist interviews?
@JACCVT Are you OOS for in-state?
@Calikid18: Generally, the chances for any OOS applicant to UNC-CH are somewhat problematic due to the highly competitive nature of OOS applications there: UNC-CH admits OOS applicants in numbers that are calculated not to exceed 18% of an entering freshman class. See “Undergraduate Admissions” on Page 2, here: http://www.admissions.unc.edu/files/2013/09/Admissions__Policy.pdf. As a further example of the difficulty for OOS students to be admitted to UNC-CH, the entering Class of 2021 had a 14% acceptance rate for OOS applicants: http://admissions.unc.edu/apply/class-profile-2/.
If you look at the UNC-CH Common Data Set, here, https://oira.unc.edu/files/2017/07/cds_2016_2017_20170411.pdf, under Part C7 it states that standardized test scores, application essay(s), letter(s) of recommendation, and the rigor of your high school record are “very important” academic factors considered for freshman admission, whereas GPA and class rank are “important” academic factors considered for freshman admission. Extracurricular activities, talent, and character/personal qualities are considered as “very important” non-academic factors.
Further, Part C9 of the Common Data Set for UNC-CH gives the median 50% for both SAT and ACT scores, as well as the percentage of the entering first-year class falling within certain ranges of SAT and ACT scores; Part C11 gives the percentage of entering first-year students falling within a range of unweighted GPA on a 4.0 scale, and Part C12 gives the average high school GPA of first-year applicants.
By way of comparison, our OOS high school usually has 8-10 students who apply, and 1-2 students who are admitted, each year to UNC-CH; and, with the exception of legacy students, our admitted students have SAT scores of 1490+, ACT scores of 33+, and weighted GPAs of 4.4+. These successful applicants also were involved in extracurricular activities that showed commitment over time (no “drive-by” ECs), and demonstrated leadership in the school as well as their ECs. Other kids in our city who I know were admitted to UNC-CH recently also had similar academic statistics and non-academic characteristics; and all of these kids were “unhooked” in admissions parlance (i.e., not a recruited D-1 athlete, or a URM, first-generation college student, etc.).
Having stated all of the above, your SAT score and GPA are competitive for admission as an OOS applicant. If you have good essays and letters of recommendation, that will help. As one of the other posters has noted, however, there are no guarantees for admission to UNC-CH.
I just want to get everyones take on a simple yet, complicated matter. I gave up my senior year of high school for a freshmen year of college (I only needed english and PE to graduate and I took that at my college). My scores and GPA are not quite UNC-CH standards, however, I got a 3.4 My first semester and I am VERY involved, having started my own fundraiser and club, maintaining two jobs, and being apart of three clubs actively. I was just wondering, How do you think an early college program weighs on a freshmen applicant? (I am applying as a freshmen with advanced standing as i will have 42 Credits by the end of my year).
@Taylorwicks, did you contact them about applying as a freshman? I would think you’d be considered a transfer student.
@suzy100 Ive talked to many colleges on the transfer va freshmen and most of them consider me a freshmen as I was still in hs while recieving those credits, and theres something about having to not be in order to apply as a transfer, its very weird.
Did you specifically talk to UNC bout your enrollment status.
I did not, I just applied as my academic advisor had others apply in the past.
If others applied similarly in the past ( freshman with advanced standing) then you should be ok, but you can always call just to be certain.
in state @Pastpower
Is it only me or does anyone else feel like they submitted this application years ago…
@Rubix1 of course it was longer since Ea app due oct 15.
lol we are the first to submit our apps and the last to get our results
@Rubix1 technically for early action applicants you guys all did submit a year ago 
I want to encourage all of you OOS EA students. My oldest daughter was accepted OOS EA in 2010 from Florida. She was a solid student but not out of the park. She LOVED every minute at Chapel Hill. My youngest has applied IS EA this year since we moved to NC in 2016. She is a very strong student with excellent scores and grades but is nervous about getting in. She also applied to several Ivy’s and UVA.
Best of luck to each of you.
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MayBIvyMomma- Was your daughter a legacy? What set her apart in 2010 do you think to be accepted?