Hey folks, I just got a mail saying I got selected for Excel@Carolina program. Did anyone else too recurved it ?
*recieved
@marcoos I received it too 
Is anyone planning to go to one of the Admitted Student Days (March 30 or April 14) or the Admitted Student Info Sessions? We are OOS and trying to use FF miles to fly there since DS has been accepted but hasn’t yet visited the campus. I’m wondering how important it would be to attend one of the days vs. the sessions (which I assume are shorter)?
So Honors Carolina and the Chancellor’s Science Scholars have already been released?
@Proffylolly Awesome ! Have you accepted the admission offer already ?
@nigeluno I’m not sure about Honors Carolina and other programs. I got the mail for EXCELerated Research. Guess it would all be out this week anyways.
Accepted OOS and received the Carolina Scholar full ride
SAT: 1340
ACT: 30
GPA: 3.77
AP Classes: AP Physics (1) APUSH (5) AP Comp Gov (5)
Lots of ECs and founded my own nonprofit
@marcoos I also got accepted to the excelerated research program! DM me if you plan on attending
Rejected - in-state
Male
ACT: 35
Bio SAT: 800
Chem SAT: 770
unweighted GPA +/- 3.25
weighted? 3.9?
Two APs (school doesn’t offer than many)
very, very competitive HS
2 varsity sports, boy scouts (life scout, not eagle), drama club (roles in two plays)
Seems weird to me, especially given the gender imbalance at UNC. Opinions?
@confused2023 GPA is likely culprit. Most in-state flagships seem to want 3.6UW/4.4 weighted or higher. Being white male does not help anywhere. Then UNC admits by declared major so if your major is highly competitive then…
@Confused2023 Your sons rejection is criminal in my opinion. Not even waitlisted?
Has someone receives scholarships and FA?
@Confused2023 that GPA would put the kid at what rank# at the high school? All NC kids in non-charter publics must be ranked and present to the college. At my kids school district straight A’s only gets you at top10%
congrats to all those accepted!
His GPA would definitely not put him in the top 10% of his class, but he is at an ultra competive (the parents can be NUTS) out of state public school (divorced parents) where the average SAT/ACT scores are about the same as UNC. I guess I should have pushed him harder, but he’s a boy! He’s only really matured in the last year, and now he’s getting almost all A’s. I didn’t want him spending his teen years stressing over getting perfect scores on busy work. I’d rather him read a good book. He obviously learned all the material and did his assignments.
Nope, not waitlisted.
all colleges pick students they can brag about in their press releases; percent of kids in top 10% is one of those. If he was outside of that, that would be reason enough. The only time UNC wants unhooked applicants outside of top 10% is if s/he was from an NC County that UNC didn’t have representation from since they want students from all 100 counties. I know a kid this year great super competitive crazy school but if you don’t take at least 6 or 7 APs or get 1 B no chance of being top 10%, think he had a 34 and was not admitted so it’s not unheard of. At this school, they send 30 or so kids each year to UNC, so if your school sends lots of kids anyway there’s no pressure to take them.
Thanks. I feel better being able to attribute it to grades. I think it’s the wrong approach - - IMO some consideration should be given to potential and kids should be allowed to mature. But other kids were more focused, at least that’s fair. I’d prefer it also be transparent, but so far nobody has asked my opinion. I have to say, I called admissions to make sure he had been evaluated as a NC resident and they were very patient and professional. Just wish they had said, “He needed an unweighted 3.6 GPA.” Preferably four years ago!
I don’t think there’s a magic number by itself guarantees admission. Yada yada holistic, but looked back over the transfer thread from last year (different animal, same zoo):
22 people said they were accepted with a GPA range of 3.57 to 4.0. Average was 3.863
5 people were rejected with a range of 3.8-4.0. Average of 3.892.
Yes, better stats means you can have fewer “non-staty” things but there is no single number that will get you in the door, because holistic.