I am OOS, and I am a legacy because my father went there. I have a 34 ACT and a weighted GPA of a 95.33. I also have as the main selling point of my application that I led an initiative to get my school to adopt solar panels by taking the risk and buying them cheaply after finding a deal and selling them back to my school. I also have several other extra curriculars but that is my main selling point. I also go to a school called Ransom Everglades that is one of the best private schools in Florida.
And your question is . . . ?
These weighted GPAs are getting out of hand.
What do you think my chances are
What is your unweighted GPA?
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 2022 had a 13% acceptance rate for OOS applicants: https://uncnews.unc.edu/2018/08/17/carolina-welcomes-5095-new-undergraduate-students-to-campus/ (29,563 OOS applicants; 3,829 admits).
If you look at the UNC-CH Common Data Set, here, https://oira.unc.edu/files/2018/06/CDS_2017-2018_20180605.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.
In addition, the official policy of UNC-CH regarding legacy admissions is found in the UNC-CH Admissions Policy, here, http://www.admissions.unc.edu/files/2013/09/Admissions__Policy.pdf, on Page 1 under Part III: “In the application of this policy of competitive admissions to nonresident students, preference for admission may be given to nonresident applicants who are children of alumni of the institution.” This language also appears on the UNC-CH website, here, http://www.catalog.unc.edu/admissions/undergraduate/#admissionspolicytext.
I have seen posters in other threads in the UNC forum give a 40% acceptance rate for OOS legacy applicants. I don’t have an independent source for those exact numbers, although this link provides some information that may be relevant: https://uncnews.unc.edu/2018/08/17/carolina-welcomes-5095-new-undergraduate-students-to-campus/
Regarding your particular case, your objective criteria (GPA and standardized test scores) probably make you competitive for admission as an OOS applicant, especially when combined with your OOS legacy status (assuming that your father actually graduated from UNC-CH, as opposed to merely having “went there”). However, you cannot ignore or downplay the “very important” admissions factors of LORs, application essay(s), ECs, and character/personal qualities; Carolina is looking for “the whole package,” so pay attention to all the “very important” and “important” admissions factors should you apply.