What are my chances?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
1

Hello, UNC is my top college choice when applying during the fall. I would like to know your thoughts on my chance of getting accepted or rejected (oh no).

In state applicant: (Also applying for Early action)
Race: Asian (vietnamese)
Gender: Female
First generation

GPA:
Unweighted - 3.79
Weighted - 4.81
Class rank - top 14% (I go to a competitive public school)

ACT: 31

Some courses (excluding a bunch of honor level courses):
Junior yr course load: AP Eng III, AP Environmental science, AP Calc AB, AP United States history
Senior yr course load: AP Psychology, AP Biology, Ap Statistics, AP Eng IV, IB film
(I took the AP exams, but scores don’t come out till July.)

Extracurriculars:
National honor society (senior year)
Key Club (since sophomore year and have gotten over 100 hours total)
Film Club
Medical and Bio- science Academy (since sophomore year)
Internship at Marbles kids museum

  • Part of their volunteer camp play corps (kind of like camp counseling)
    Project Unify (since freshmen year, interact and do activities with the special ed students)
    Part of Church’s youth group (attend volunteer events and go on retreats)
    Red Cross club

Leadership:
Executive board member of the National honor society as the senior representative
Blood drive coordinator (board position) for the Medical and Bio-science Academy (I help coordinate the blood drive twice a year at my school and get over 90 donors each time. I am doing it again my senior year)

Possible major: Biology

I think I can get decently strong recommendations and have a good essay. Everyone else getting chanced are really strong candidates, but I want to know my chances as well :slight_smile:

2

You have built a very strong HS resume. Good unweighted GPA and you obviously have performed very well in advanced courses to have your weighted GPA at 4.81. Most UNC students (77%) finish in the top 10% of their class but having a competetive HS with strong academics is a plus and being in-state is a big advantage. Your ACT score probably puts you in the 55-60th percentile of the incoming class.

Carolina likes to see leadership in your ECs and it looks like your activities are interesting and engaging. Your essay needs to be well written of course but it also needs to showcase what you have to offer to UNC. Sell your talents. Best of luck to you!