<p>I am an OOS senior from Illinois, and Carolina has been my dream school since I was eight years old. I just want to know what my odds of getting in might be. I know that no one can really give me a certain answer, but a little advice or a few opinions would be nice. :)</p>
<p>My school doesn't offer a ton of AP/honors courses, but I've taken at least two every year (three my junior year) and have gotten all A's in everything except for a B in Honors Algebra II my junior year.</p>
<p>I have four years of English, four years of Math (three honors/accelerated/AP), four years of Science (all honors/accelerated/AP), 3.5 years of Social Studies, and four years of Spanish (two honors, which is the maximum amount offered at my high school), plus all the other textbook graduation requirements such as 3.5 years of PE, a semester of Health, a semester of Business & Tech, etc.</p>
<p>I am in Freshman Mentors (junior and senior years), Lifesavers (all four years), and Model UN, for which we go to MUNUC every year (freshman-senior year).
I got a job my sophomore year and have had three since spring of my junior year. That takes up a lot of my time, roughly 50 hours a week in the summer and around 35 this school year.
Before my jobs, I was a member of Spanish Club (freshman and sophomore years) and student council (freshman year)
I've played piano since I was five and have won awards in nationally recognized competitions throughout high school.
My GPA is 4.1588 and my ACT composite is a 31. My highest individual scores are English - 34, Reading - 34, Math - 29, Science - 29, and Writing - 11.
I've been on the high honor roll all four years of high school and was in Top Ten my freshman year. My class rank is 19/239, putting me in the top 10% (I've been in the top 10% all four years, the earlier mentioned "Top Ten" is for literally the 1st-10th ranked students in each class). </p>
<p>I know that my volunteer work and school related extracurriculars are lacking a bit, but every admissions counselor I've talked to from Carolina has said that they're looking for people who have shown their commitment to something, and for me, that's working. I've maintained my grades, have good test scores, and a couple extracurriculars that, although sparse, show leadership. </p>
<p>I have two awesome recommendations and two awesome essays, which is something I know they put a lot of focus on. I'm planning on having my application submitted for the early deadline (October 15) as opposed to Regular Decision.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance to anyone who can give me some insight on this! It's an extremely daunting idea for me and getting in is honestly the most important thing in the world to me right now. I love Carolina and having the privilege of going to school there would set me on an amazing path for the rest of my future.</p>