Yet Another OOS Hopeful - Chances?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
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<p>Hi, I'm a junior right now in Pennsylvania, with high hopes to get into Chapel Hill. I am aware of the difficulty of getting in OOS, and I just wanted to get any opinions from you guys on my chances.</p>

<p>Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
High School: magnet, best public HS in Philly, 99% go on to college
Hooks: none come to mind
Intended Major: Business or Economics</p>

<p>GPA: 4.05 (weighted, cumulative 9th-11th grades) - My strictly junior GPA would be about 4.1
Rank: 40/540 (~7%)</p>

<p>SAT Reasoning: Math = 760, Critical Reading = 700, Writing = 760, Total = 1460 or 2220
SAT Subjects: Math I = 760, Math II = 750, Physics = 700
ACT: will be taken on April 4th, most likely a score of 33 to 34</p>

<p>Course Load: several honors, only 3 AP's - Physics, Calc, Stat (not the most rigorous available, but not terrible)</p>

<p>Summer: will attempt to get into a business-oriented summer program at a college</p>

<p>School E.C.'s / Awards: none worth mentioning beyond the Peer Mentor program (tutoring), and the National Honor Society. Maybe varsity basketball as a senior next year.</p>

<p>Community Service: 50-60 hours per school year helping in an after-school program for younger kids (over 150 hours by the end of this year, ~200 by HS graduation)</p>

<p>Work Experience: Acme (supermarket) employee since June '08 (12-16 hours per week during school, much more otherwise)</p>

<p>Recommendations: haven't actually gotten any yet, but I am sure they will be great; I am well-liked by teachers</p>

<p>Essays: excellent writing skills, and I think I can do enough here to maybe make up for any lack of subjectivity. (I am, indeed, much more well-rounded an individual than my transcript may suggest).</p>

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<p>dunno man. what is your UW GPA? test scores are good, but idk about other stuff. I dont see too much passion/extracurricular stuff.</p>

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<p>I won’t know my unweighted GPA (officially) until the end of this year, but if I had to estimate I would say ~3.8. And I understand the lack of passion, as it seems, but I am really not that type of person. I haven’t really joined an organized clubs, but that does not mean I don’t go to school events or have school spirit or share my interests with people. And I think somehow I can portray this.</p>

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<p>Your stats are better than mine and I got in OOS. Just show passion and write some amazing essays and you have a great shot.
Good luck!</p>

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<p>Thanks, shakedown. Anyone else?</p>

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<p>shakedown, what were your stats?</p>

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<p>Tim10,
SAT: 1460/2140
GPA: 3.91 (went down after midyear report…not sure by how much)
Ranking: Top 10%</p>

<p>I would say that I am probably on the lower end of students admitted from OOS, though (at least from what I have seen on this board).</p>

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<p>everything looks good but not enough ap classes. Competition for unc is extremely competitive. Good luck to ya. You best be taking many more ap’s next year if you want to get in. I’d say 5+</p>

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<p>I had a C at midyear in math and was admitted
you should be fine</p>