<p>Hello, I’m graduating in spring from Miami Dade College with an A.A in Biology prolly a 3.0-3.1. I have never taken the SAT. I plan on trying to get into UNC-Chapel Hill as a junior. Reason why my GPA is low is I screwed up a lot my first year of college getting mostly C’s. My science gpa is a 4.0 but i know that doesnt matter. What are my chances and what can I do to improve this?</p>
<p>bumpity bumpity…anybody?</p>
<p>Chances are not good, and there’s nothing to do about it since you have no more time to raise your GPA. Go ahead and apply, but consider UNC a big reach.</p>
<p>I’m going to be honest with you, you do not have a very good chance of getting into Chapel Hill. Most of the accepted Students are in state as well, so that does not help. UNC Chapel Hill is a very highly ranked school, and well known even though it is a state school. Truth is, there will always be someone with better stats than you (or anyone for that matter) no matter how great you are. You can apply, but as a state resident applying for a spot in the freshman class, I do not think that you’re chance of acceptance is great. I have to agree with greennblue. I would apply to transfer to another university within your realm of a 3.0 gpa (believe me when I say there are many) and take it from there. You obviously are not thrilled with your current collegiate environment, but know this, transferring to a better school will only get increasingly more challenging. Hope this helps cam89er.</p>
<p>You know UNC-CH says that accepted junior transfers have an average of 3.29 for their GPA but keep in mind that for a CC transfer your GPA will have to be higher. Some of those people are coming from schools like Michigan, NC State, Wake Forest, etc. so they have have somewhat lower GPAs and still be fine. For a CC student, you will likely need to have at least a 3.5, and I’m being conservative on that. IS and OOS don’t really matter too much at this point because transfers don’t have that 18% OOS cap like freshmen do, but you still need to perform well. Just as an example, you’ll have to compete against an applicant like me, I currently have a 3.71 GPA at the University of Pittsburgh and will probably have anywhere from a 3.73 to a 3.80 on my transcript when I apply to UNC-CH for Kenan-Flager. I will also be applying as a student from the University of Michigan, where I’ll be attending next semester. While I may be on the stronger side of transfer applicants to UNC, keep in mind that there are still plenty of people applying from Wake and NC State that will be viewed as stronger applicants than you even if they do have a 3.0, simply because their school is viewed as more difficult. Best of luck and I hope you end up where you want to.</p>