UPDATED: What are my chances of getting into UNC-Chapel Hill on RD?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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I honestly need to know my chances, because a lot of my friends have applied EA and gotten accepted already. I’m scared that there aren’t going to be enough seats left/the spots are going to be much more difficult to compete for. I am applying for their undergraduate program as a first time applicant.

My Credentials:
SAT: 2230 (Highest individual sitting: 2190)
Math: 760
Critical Reading: 730
Writing: 740

Did NOT take SAT Subject Tests

ACT plus Writing: 32 (Did not submit this)

High School GPA: 4.637 (My school weighs grades as following: AP/IB: 5.0, Honors: 4.5, Standard: 4.0)
-I am in the IB program at my school
-Top 2%
-I took Newspaper all 4 years of high school, which brought my GPA down as it was a 4.0, but I held a manager position 3 years

Senior Year Course Load:
-AP Calculus AB
-IB HL Contemporary History
-IB History of the Americas (1 Semester)
-Theory of Knowledge (1 Semester)
-Newspaper/Digital Multimedia
-IB SL French 5
-IB HL Biology 3
-IB HL English 4

Junior Year Course Load:
-AP Literature and Composition
-IB HL History of the Americas (1 Semester)/Theory of Knowledge (1 Semester)
-IB HL Biology 2
-IB SL Mathematics
-IB SL Psychology
-IB SL French 4
-Newspaper/Digital Multimedia

AP/IB Test Scores: (Did not send any of these)
-IB Psychology: 6
-IB Mathematics: 6
-AP Statistics: 4
-AP World History: 4
-AP Language and Composition: 4
-AP Literature and Composition: 5
-AP Art History: 3
-AP Biology: 4

Awards:
-National History Day two-times County winner (1st place); State winner of Native American Award
-4th place in a state sponsored art exhibit
-AP Scholar
-Jefferson’s Award
-OCPA/Asian American Heritage scholarship award

Community Involvement/Leadership:
-Took two (2012, 2015) Short Term Missions trips to rural provinces in China to teach English and provide financial support to children
-Orlando Chinese Professional Association Youth Officer
-Orlando Chinese Evangelical Christian Church Youth Group Worship Leader and frequent volunteer
-Harvest Time International regular volunteer
-Started a program with 3 classmates called “Krafts for Kids” helping local children explore/understand different art mediums

Clubs:
-National Honor Society
-National History Day Competition Club (Treasurer)
-French National Honor Society
-Newspaper (Content manager)
-Beta Chi-An IB Social Club
-Took art class for 7 years

OTHER FACTORS:
-I am out of state (Florida)
-I am a Chinese-American female
-I don’t have any alumni connections to UNC
-I am actively involved with the Chinese community in the Central Florida region w/ several leadership positions
-I applied for financial aid
-I am a senior/first time applicant

Thank you!

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Oh, and I don’t know if this would be important, but I got straight As on all of my senior/junior classes

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bump

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I would say that as an OOS RD applicant, you are in the “reply hazy” area. I know some OOS applicants with similar test scores/GPA and impressive ECs who were denied EA, and some OOS applicants with similar test scores/GPA and less impressive ECs who were admitted EA. If our school’s Naviance results are any guide, your scores are similar to those of accepted students, although those results include both EA and RD applicants. Of course, only the UNC-CH admissions office will know for sure.

Just curious, but why didn’t you apply EA at UNC-CH with your statistics and grades?

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Hi gandalf78, thanks for replying :). I didn’t have the time to apply for UNC Early Action because I made a mistake and asked a little late for teacher rec letters. I asked around mid-September and by then, most of the teachers were too busy to submit a rec letter so early so I had no choice but to apply RD for all of the colleges I applied to. Our IB program is relatively small, so everyone asks the same few teachers.

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Well, UNC-CH doesn’t make it easy with a 10/15 EA application deadline, either.

To elaborate on my earlier comment, I think that you probably are better situated than a lot of OOS RD applicants, given the test scores/GPA/ECs that you have; getting into UNC-CH, however, is just so difficult for OOS applicants, whether EA or RD.

But irrespective of your outcome at UNC-CH, don’t stress too much about it. Here is a link to an article that I read last year by Frank Bruni (himself an alumnus of UNC-CH), which helps restore a sane perspective on the entire admissions process for colleges today: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/15/opinion/sunday/frank-bruni-how-to-survive-the-college-admissions-madness.html?rref=collection%2Fcolumn%2Ffrank-bruni&_r=1 . Your profile suggests that you will succeed wherever you end up at college, and I wish you the best.

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I read the article. That’s a really good mindset to have, and getting into a top tier school definitely isn’t everything. Thanks for the advice. It was helpful and encouraging to say the least!

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Bump:
I would really appreciate it if people chanced me for the following schools as well
NYU Stern
UMich Ross
University of Virginia
Emory

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Back again. In terms of UVA, if our school’s Naviance results are any guide, your scores cluster with those of accepted students, although those results are mostly for EA applicants. One thing in your favor with UVA over UNC-CH is that UVA accepts up to 27% OOS applicants, whereas UNC-CH is limited to accepting 18% OOS applicants; so with a higher percentage of OOS applicants who are accepted for admission, I imagine that you would have a better chance.

Fewer data points for comparison regarding Emory, but your stats look comparatively good. Can’t say about the others.

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You will definitely get accepted if your in-state!! You still have a good shot if your out of state though, but chances are much less, not because of your stats, but simply because your out of state. You probably don’t have anything to worry about though! :slight_smile: