<p>if you are in-state then you can definately get into NC State. UNC chapel hill may be tough only because of your unweighted GPA, but i think you'd still be likely to get in. I saw UVA on the title but not on your list so I'll comment on it- I'm a VA native and it's actually more difficult to get in if you are in-state. I think it's 60% out of state at UVA or something like that so with your SAT score you would probably have a good chance at that as well. UNC Greensboro and Elon are a definate- they should be your safety schools.</p>
<p>Are your grades reported as you show them? Find out from your GC exactly what the college transcript will show. Some will show year end grades only. Those F's are a flag without some explanation from you and your GC. </p>
<p>Also your GC would be the best determinant of your chances for NC schools. Whether kids from your schools get into Chapel Hill with your scores/grades/rank. If you are an engineering major and have a high Math SAT1, I would think your chances are probably, otherwise possibly, as I do know someone with stats close to yours without the APs, possibly not as high SAT2s, high gpa, get turned down in state at Chapel Hill as an arts and sciences major--not engineering. UVA is definitely a problem with your grades; they want a 3.5 at least, and those F's will definitely flag you. The 60% figure is the % of out of state applicants. They target a class with 30% out of state so you do the math on your chances out of state. Very low. Elon, UMD if you get that app out early , Greensboro and NC State are good possibilities.</p>
<p>Er, what do any of those have to do with Calc, Spanish, Physics, or Stat? Or do you mean you have an actual personal reason?</p>
<p>And </p>
<p>"If you are an engineering major and have a high Math SAT1, I would think your chances are probably, otherwise possibly, as I do know someone with stats close to yours without the APs, possibly not as high SAT2s, high gpa, get turned down in state at Chapel Hill as an arts and sciences major--not engineering."</p>
<p>UNC doesn't have engineering period... did you mean NC State?</p>
<p>i took AP physics Exam and got a 5 on it
im enrolled in AP Span Lit this yr and prob. getting 4 or 5
taking SAT II for it as well..
5 on STAT
5 on CALC</p>
<p>did extra english prep in summer school</p>
<p>600 SAT verbal (with english as second language)
760 SAT math</p>
<p>AP exams do not make up for Fs. The Fs are a flag that need to be explained and not with excuses like your English is a second language. They seem to just suddenly pop up that one term. What was going on that term? That is going to catch any admission's reader's eye. The GC is your highschool guidance counselor. Likely the one who will write your school recommendations. Perhaps she can help you with an explanation. Sorry about no engineering-that could have helped you a lot as your profile is highlyl desirable in engineering programs, but some issues with liberal arts.<br>
What are your fields of interest? Also the average gpa is 4.0 probably weighted and 70% of the kids are in the to 10% of their graduating class. My friend's daughter who is now at Greensboro was in state. Her SAT1s were more balanced, gpa a little higher and she did not get in. Not much in APs, however.</p>
<p>F's are not small spots. They are a big problem. D's are problems. C's make kids who are going for top schools sweat. Have you read some of these posts? But, yes, the F's are very big problems and you may not get into schools because of them despite your average. None of your explanations are going to hold water. Is there a particular reason why you flunked two courses one semester, or did it just happen? Your grades first term in 10th grade are a disaster. Will the grades be reported to the colleges as you have shown us? They will immediately be a flag. A big one, and if the school is Elon, the adcom will probably ask what happened. In larger schools, they either just average it in or they just reject you, depending on the policy of the school, and I don't know what your picks would do. But any adcom worth his salt will wonder why your grades were so terrible that term. Did you just move to the US that semester, as you did fine your freshman year. </p>
<p>The reason ESL is not a good explanation is because too many ESL kids do so well. Now if you just moved here in 10th grade, that would be a different story as that would be your adjustment term. But to be here and do well in 9th grade, only to drop so drastically the following year is something the colleges will question. </p>
<p>Do talk to your counselor about Chapel Hill. Some schools get their top 15% in, some may only get their top 5% in. She will know the track record your highschool gets, and can see where you would have been last year in the admissions pool and whether you would have gotten in.</p>
<p>I don't know. The smaller schools will question. The larger schools, the state schools are the ones more likely to average or autoreject. That is the way their systems are programed. It is mostly formula. I can tell you that if I were an adcom, I would want to know what happened that term. An explanation from your counselor and a note of explanation would leave it up to them to decide. ADD or ESL are not good enough excuses in themselves. Did the ADD flare up that year, and get treated? Did you just move to this country after 9th grade? If you did that would show a spectacular recovery. But if you were here for 9th grade, the adcoms would wonder why you had such a drop. Any downward dip is a flag, and yours with those "F's" would definitely raise some big ones.</p>