Yet another student frantically deciding between early and regular

Colleges & Universities A-Z University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
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<p>Here are the stats:</p>

<p>• 4.7173 weighted GPA 3.9130 unweighted GPA
• 7th in class of 448 students
• 1870 SAT reasoning test (hoping they went up, haven't recieved scores yet)
Critical reading -650
Math- 640
Writing- 580
• SAT subject test
Mathematics Level 2- 680
U.S. History- 580
• 29 ACT
Reading- 34
Math- 31
Science-30
• 1970 PSAT
• AP Statistics- 5
AP Government- 4
AP Psychology- 4
AP Calculus AB- 4
AP U.S. History- 3
• IB Psychology- 5</p>

<p>IB diploma candidate 2007</p>

<p>Awards Received
• Gillette Economics for Leaders participant
• Girl Scout Silver award
• Girl Scout Marian medal
• Three time varsity swimming letterman
• Three time District qualifier for Swim Team
• Three time varsity academic letterman
• AP scholar with distinction
• FCAT
NRT Math- 96 percentile
NRT Reading- 98 percentile
• Recognized by the Congressional Student Leadership Conference
• Recognized by the Junior Statesmen Foundation
• Recognized by Presidential Classroom
• Recognized by Who’s Who Among American High School Students
• Recognized by the Young Epidemiology Scholars</p>

<p>Volunteer Experience</p>

<p>• Vacation Bible School at Church of Our Savior 50 hrs.
• Counselor at Camp Promise for handicapped children 240 hrs.
• Committee Head and Delegate of Model United Nations 70 hrs.
• Committee Head and Team Captain for Relay for Life 50 hrs.
• National Honor Society 30 hrs.
• Interact 20 hrs.
• National Hispanic Honor Society 30 hrs.
• National BETA Club 30 hrs.</p>

<p>Total hours accumulated 650 hrs.</p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities</p>

<p>• Member, President, and Co-founder of Debate Club 2005- Present
• Member and Treasurer of National History Club 2005- Present
• Member and Historian of The National BETA Club 2005- Present
• Member of National Honor Society 2004- Present
• Committee Head and Delegate of Model United Nations 2003- Present
• Member of National Hispanic Honor Society 2005- Present
• Member and Vice Pres of Brothers and Sisters in Christ 2004- Present
• Member of Mu Alpha Theta 2005- Present
• Member of Interact 2003 -2004
• Member of Fellowship of Christian Athletes 2003- Present
• Member of Senior Women Present
• Committee Head and Team Captain for Relay for Life 2004- Present</p>

<p>Summer Jobs</p>

<p>YMCA
Lifeguard</p>

<p>Great teacher and conselor recs, and a pretty darn good essay if I say so myself</p>

<p>Yeah I know the scores aren't great but my parents are convinced class rank/gpa/extra currics and being in IB will balence out the scores, I on the other hand have a feeling I should wait fot RD. Please someone post something that convinces either me or my parents to go one way or the other</p>

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<p>it depends on if you're in state or out of state, because they can' take more than 18% if their freshman class from out of state</p>

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<p>Well i'm from FL so... what do you think now</p>

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<p>Why would you wait for RD? The only advantage would be a little more time to polish essays if they're not already done. I assume you don't plan to take the SAT again, and they should have plenty of time to get the scores before they send out decisions in late January.</p>

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<p>The most important thing to them is your transcript, so if you've taken lots of hard classes and done well (which it appears that you have), then there's no reason you shouldn't have a decent shot. But..yeah, if they can't have moe than 18% from out of state, there's always the chance that even the decent candidates won't get in. It's lame, I know.</p>

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<p>You understand that the early admission at Chapel Hill is not binding, right? There is no reason NOT to apply early other than procrastination. So get to it.</p>