<p>gijonman: congrats! just curious, was it your essays that got you in? GPA/SATs seem pretty low for NC OOS. great job though, have you heard from the other schools yet?</p>
<p>how would he have known?</p>
<p>i wrote an essay about how the book The Fountainhead inspired me. I think it was my essays; the fact that i had 16 EC's; how i proved what i wanted to do with my EC's, and also my blurbs. I was very shocked to have gotten in, wasn't expecting it at all it was like a dream getting in. </p>
<p>Other schools: Univ of Wisconsin- Accepted
Univ of Michigan- deferred(they dont read essays)
Applied to a decent amount Regular, but only Cornell might be above UNC and if i end up getting into Michigan that could be above as well.</p>
<p>Also i had no strings to help me get in or hooks.</p>
<p>Whoa, crazy stuff, I wrote about the Fountainhead too. </p>
<p>Maybe they just love Ayn Rand.</p>
<p>I also applied to UMich, and got accepted... but so far I think UNC has some definite advantages over UMich... lower cost, warmer weather, closer to home :)</p>
<p>yep like i never expected to get into UNC so i never considered it as like a potential number 1 for me cuz i didnt want to get heartbroken. But thinking about it, UNC has a lot of advantages, better male to female ratio, cheaper, better weather, better systems of majors, etc.... Like Mich was my number 1 pre deferral now i think i'll probably end up going to UNC or possibly cornell(if i get in despite my bad Calc grade)</p>
<p>well I don't know about better male to female ratio... guess that depends on whether you're a guy or a girl :P</p>
<p>Both are really good schools, with amazing programs and great opportunities... it'll be interesting to see where you (and I) end up! I didn't app to cornell, the other school I'm interested in is UVA but I won't know about that until april :(</p>
<p>to snoz: i was not in NCSSM...i didn't even know about it. i probably would've applied if i had known about it.</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal: 700
[</em>] SAT Math: 730
[<em>] SAT Writing: 770
[</em>] SAT Total: 2200
[<em>] SAT II: Math IIC - 750, Bio M - 730, Lit - 790, Spanish Reading - 790
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] AP/IB taken/scores: AP Span Language - 5, AP Calc AB - 5, AP Euro - 4; IBSL Visual Art - 6, IBSL History - 5; taking AP Calc BC, AP Microecon, AP American Gov, AP Psych, AP Eng Lit, and AP Spanish Lit (independent study) this year.
[</em>] GPA weighted: Not sure what scale we're using here, lol! Apparently NC uses a 6-point scale? CA uses only a 5-point scale, so I don't know what's going on.
[<em>] GPA unweighted: 4.0
[</em>] Rank or % estimate: 1/811 (anyone with a 4.0 is ranked 1 at my school)</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Pretty good, maybe excellent, depending on who the reader is, lol. I'm pretty sure I wrote about choir for both essays.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: My school doesn't allow you to read your recs, but I know my teacher (who I had for two years for history) likes me a lot and works hard on each rec.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Unsure; as you can see, I attend a large school with many people applying for private and OOS colleges, so I don't think my GLC would be as devoted to my rec as some of the other applicants who got accepted.
[</em>] Hook (if any): Erm... I'm a minority? And my devotion to choir, I guess.</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: California
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese-American
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: No
[li] Important ECs: Choir - Regional Honor Choir 2006 & 2007; Choir - Intermediate Women's Show, section leader (2005-2006); Choir - Advanced Chamber, president (2006-2008); Choir - Sound of America Honor Band and Chorus, a nonprofit organization that tours Europe for three weeks giving goodwill concerts (summer 2007); Spring Musical, sextet and chorus (2006); I also got accepted into All-State this year, though I didn't put it on my app because I hadn't known at the time.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:
I'm ridiculously obsessed with UNC, I guess, haha! Also, I wasn't afraid to show some of my weaknesses, such as my disbelief at doing so much with choir, and I stayed true to myself on my app and highlighted how much I grew over the years via choir, rather than just listing accomplishments. I think that definitely helps.
General Comments/Congratulations/etc:
Life goes on regardless of the decision you received :)</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT Verbal: 720
SAT Math: 750
SAT Writing: 730
SAT Total:2200
SAT II:790 Math II, 740 Spanish, 670 USH
ACT:N/A
AP/IB taken/scores: 5 Spanish, 3 USH
GPA weighted: 3.99
GPA unweighted:3.65
Rank or % estimate: N/A</p>
<p>Subjective]:
Essays:I thought they were good. Nothing special though.
Teacher Recs: I only read one and it was good.
Counselor Rec: Didn't read it. Probably not great.
Hook (if any): URM</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: TX
School Type:Private, Highly Competitive
Ethnicity: Black/African American
Gender: Male
Legacy Yes/No: No
Recruited Yes/No: No
Important ECs: Football, Basketball, Track (all 4 years), Student Council, School Newspaper, etc. </p>
<p>Other Factors: Nope</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: I'm very happy</p>
<p>Decision:Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal:700
[</em>] SAT Math:670
[<em>] SAT Writing:700
[</em>] SAT Total:2070
[<em>] SAT II:Biology M 740
[</em>] AP/IB taken/scores:Human Geo 4 World History 5 U.S. History 4 Environmental 4 Biology 5 Lang. & Comp. 4
[<em>] GPA weighted:4.476
[</em>] GPA unweighted:3.95
[li] Rank or % estimate: 5 of 615</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays:Good(about multinational background)
[</em>] Teacher Recs:Excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec:Excellent
[</em>] Hook (if any):URM</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country:FL
[</em>] School Type:Public
[<em>] Ethnicity:African American
[</em>] Gender:Female
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No:No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No:No
[li] Important ECs:Biology & Medicine Club, Pre-Collegiate Minority Association, Heritage Brain Bowl</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Good luck to everyone!</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT Verbal: 650
SAT Math: 750
SAT Writing: 640
SAT Total:2040
SAT II:none
ACT: 29
AP/IB taken/scores: IB Diploma Candidate (I havent seen any other IB people in this forum! how strange)
IB's: Calc, History of the Americas, English III, English IV, Psych, Biology, Theory of Knowledge, Spanish
AP's: Calc, Human Geography, World History
GPA weighted: ---
GPA unweighted: 3.997
Rank or % estimate: 2%</p>
<p>Subjective]:
Essays: Very good
Teacher Recs: Excellent
Counselor Rec: Didn't read it. Counselor does not know me but I assume she gave me a good rec
Hook (if any): Many ECs!!</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: TN
School Type: Large Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Legacy Yes/No: No
Recruited Yes/No: No
Important ECs: Volleyball, Club Volleyball, Executive COuncil, Student Council, Officer of Volunteer Club, National Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society, Mock Trial, Outward Bound, Habitat for Humanity, & Alot of Community Service</p>
<p>Other Factors: Nope</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: I think the other deferred applicants definitely know how I feel! I was hoping this forum would make me feel better about my deferral, but seeing everyone else's credentials made me feel worse! we are ALL overachievers, it's almost sickening. I think i was mainly shocked because Tulane University offered me a Presidential Scholarship ($24,000 a year) to go there and I didn't even apply for it, so I thought my chances were pretty good for other schools. But as far as I can tell, EVERYONE in this forum is qualified to go to UNC and should be able to- no wonder the admissions office has such a hard time deciding! Good luck</p>
<p>"AP/IB taken/scores: IB Diploma Candidate (I havent seen any other IB people in this forum! how strange)"</p>
<p>Well, actually, I was an IB Diploma Candidate, but I dropped IB because of conflicts with my schedule—IBSL Math and Chamber Singers were both first period and my counselors wouldn't rearrange my schedule, so, since I favor choir more, I dropped IB and replaced it with five APs, lol.</p>
<p>The thing about Tulane is—correct me if I'm wrong, but I think Tulane's still feeling the impacts of Katrina and rebuilding. I dunno, not trying to discredit you or anything, but I think Tulane's trying hard to recruit more people to go.</p>
<p>*Accepted: *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal: 600
[</em>] SAT Math: 720
[<em>] SAT Writing: 710
[</em>] SAT Total: 1320/2030
[<em>] SAT II: US History 660, Math II 720
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] AP/IB taken/scores: US History, World History, Calculus AB, Biology, Government (Passed All)
[</em>] GPA weighted: 4.45
[<em>] GPA unweighted: 3.9
[</em>] Rank or % estimate: 52/520 (top 10%)</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: great; self written poem included
[</em>] Teacher Recs: great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: she's sort of an idiot...
[</em>] Hook (if any): bilingual (russian), immigrant?</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NC
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: No
[li] Important ECs: Volunteer at Hospital, Lacrosse, Cheerleading, Volunteer at Camp for five weeks of summer, Coached Cheerleading for 2 years, Beta Club, Student Council, NHS, Spanish Honors Society, Mu Alpha Theta, Biology Club</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Good luck guys =]. Now to get through the rest of senior year...bleh</p>
<p>when does RD come out?</p>
<p>Hi Y'all,</p>
<p>I am currently a sophomore at UNC. I transferred in from the University of Wisconsin in Madison. I am a Week of Welcome (WOW) coordinator for the upcoming year. I was wondering if there is anything you would like to have that first week between move in and classes that you feel would be a fun way to become acclimated to the most amazing school on the planet. This can range from social events, to anything you'd like to know more about, or anything you'd like to see. Basically- no idea is a bad idea, and I'd be really really happy to hear your thoughts, because that week is dedicated to you guys!!!</p>
<p>Feel free to respond on this discussion board or to private message me.</p>
<p>Thanks!!!</p>