did they ever send out an email? my son was accepted yesterday but still has not received “the email”.
My daughter was accepted. In state, legacy, 3.92 UW / 3.5 W, 32 ACT.
We live in Wake county so I have been getting advice since middle school about how to best prepare my girls for acceptance into UNC. It has been a six year process. Here are a few tips that I received that may help some of you understand the decisions that you received:
- Admissions really like to see 4 years of a second language. My daughters sacrificed other classes that they would have preferred to take in high school to stick with their language (which they hated).
- Admissions doesn't like to see a "C" at all, period. That sounds super harsh but the way that it was explained to me is that you should never take a class level in which you don't think that you can get at least a "B". My oldest daughter took academic chemistry for that very reason. So admissions does look at the raw grades and UW GPA is considered almost more strongly now than weighted.
- That said, they expect you to take advantage of the most challenging curriculum path that your high school offers. Our high school offers IB and most of the Carolina accepts go the IB route. That isn't to say that you can't get into Carolina on the AP track at our school, you just have to max out your AP classes since IB is an option.
- Being in the top 10% of the class was consistently emphasized to me by other Moms. We stayed laser focused on that because our high school is very competitive and my younger daughter's class is especially strong academically.
- I was advised on how to position my daughters for advanced math, what classes to take freshman year to open opportunities for AP classes sophomore year, etc. It takes a village. My daughters probably wouldn't have gotten into Carolina without that advice.
- Admissions wants to see something outside of academics in which you participated in very actively. My youngest daughter is into Musical Theatre and she took summer school for two summers to free up space in her schedule to take dance, chorus and theatre each year.
- The essays really matter. They are looking for something that sets you apart.
I read applications for the b-school for a year while I was on maternity leave and we looked for a good fit for Carolina across the overall application, but especially in the essays. We were looking for team players who wanted to bring something unique to the class and enrich class discussions. So we looked for “this is what I have to offer Carolina and my fellow students” not “this is what Carolina can do for me” language. Admissions is not looking for academic geniuses who are going to lock themselves into study rooms and not speak up in class.
Keep in mind that it is a lot easier to get into Carolina as a transfer student, so if you really, really want to go to Carolina then you could go that route. Several of my older daughter’s friends put in a strong year at App or UNC-W and successfully transferred.
Another comment. UNC is very hard once you get there. My older daughter has struggled to make B’s and C’s in her STEM classes. It is tough for someone who is used to being close to a straight A student.
Best wishes to everyone!
Denied in-state Mecklenburg County
4.3 W 3.8 UW 32 ACT
4 year Varsity athlete, strong community service + extra curriculars
? never know what they are looking for
1500 SAT
4.45 GPA
In State
Rejected
MEK
One of my friends didn’t fill out her RCN on common app by accident and they are reconsidering her.
does anyone know if/when UNC sends out physical letters for accepted students?
rejected OOS 34 ACT, 4.0 GPA unweighted
Waitlisted In-State
SAT: 1430
GPA: 4.25 W (GPA’s at my school are weighted oddly, no one has above 4.5 W)/ 3.9 UW
Class Rank: 25/331
11 AP Credits (including current ones)
Lots of community service
4 year participation in art, honorable mentions
Strong essays
Pretty good recommendations
Officer positions held in 3 extracurriculars
Active member of 3 honor societies
Disappointed, guess I’ll try transferring later if it doesn’t work out.
@skfjbvow hey how did UNC notify ur friend they are reconsidering or how did your friend contact them? I’m in the same situation
Disclaimer - I honestly don’t know why I was accepted but:
Accepted - Thai-US citizen (International Applicant)/ Neuroscience major
ACT 27
GPA 3.8
6 APs
Bilingual
Hooks: URM/ Multiracial (black, white, Thai), first generation
I think I got in because of my ECs. Loads of volunteer hours, but beyond that, Jr. NBA MVP and All Star, Jr. NBA coach, opening act for Nelly, invited to sing at Elle Fashion Week Bangkok 2018, Thai boxing, 5 year varsity basketball player and starter, Thailand U16 & U18 National Team Member, Thailand U16 high school National basketball champion.
2 amazing LORs, good CommonApp Essay, but not happy with my short answers now that I look back on them.
Seen discussion on this, here are the Admissions restrictions UNC has, as I remember them.
OOS -18% maximum by law
Of IS, 35% must come from the rural/poorer counties of NC.
So, that room for 35% is what makes it more difficult for students from Wake/Durham/Orange/Meck/etc.
Having said that, one of my daughters got in, and she had some friends that did as well. Just very competitive if you are OOS and/or from Wake and other counties.
@colconmar similar stats to yours and i got waitlisted in-state as well …
what’s the groupme
For programs such as direct admit and honors, are OOS students compared to in-state students? OOS students had to reach a much higher bar, so I’m curious if that’ll mean OOS students are over-represented in these other programs, assuming they are more “meritocratic”.
Does anyone know what the OOS Acceptance rate ended up as?
@dkahfdfhk Hey! So sorry about this. So a couple of my friends were in the the same situation with the missing residency number error. My friend emailed them and they said that that’s just the name of the form and if there is a green check on it that means that the residency has been submitted and there was no issue with your application. If your residency number was posted in your common app when submitting, there is definitely no issue.
My residency was not on the common app @Amaj123
OOS, admitted CS
SAT: 1510
GPA: 4.78 W
Class Rank: N/A
Lots of community service: have my own organization, have a partnership with an Indian rural dev minister’s org
6 year participation in MUN, 2 state-level awards, directed some of the largest MUNs
Strong essays- definitely built a unique, personal narrative with both
Pretty good teacher recs, but not so sure how they turned out, 7.5 or 8/10?
Counselor rec - so so good, she went on and on about how she had to stop herself from writing over 3 pages, we have such a great bond
MUN lead ambassador
2 internships at extremely well-known companies
Math club captain
Classical Indian dancer for past decade
Talked a lot about how I was passionate about entrepreneurship, especially being a woman involved in STEM
have my own facial recognition technology
Accepted In State
ACT: 31 Composite, 32 Super score (35 math, 35 reading, 30 English, 28 science)
SAT: 1330
UW: 3.96
W:4.48
5 AP classes, 13 dual enrollment/ community college classes
Heavy FBLA involvement all four years
10 years of club swimming/4 of high school swimming
@Hopeful271 Not really, excel, honors, and scholarships are basically evaluated in a similar means by which admissions are without very very high regard for numbers in order to determine who receives these offers or opportunities. Much more about the potential found in essays, recs, and activities. Ends up being a rather even spread as far as numbers of OOS and IS when all is said and done. That being said for some university scholarships OOS students definitely have the advantage as for Carolina Scholars especially, everything is basically paid while in state students only get a certain dollar amount applied to all expenses.