Chance for OOS (Will Chance Back)

HopefulTarheel
Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:49:11 +0000

Applied early action. Although there are only six days left the wait is killing me, so maybe this will kill some time.

Stats:
SAT I (by section): 740 CR, 690 M, 700 W
SAT IIs: USH 770, Math II 700
GPA, Unweighted and Weighted:UW 3.7, W 4.2 (Valedictorian has 4.5 if that helps with point weighting)
Hardest Course Load with 9 AP’s Total
Rank: Top 10%

APs (including this year’s): Past: AP Euro 5 , AP English Language 5 , AP Calc AB 3, APUSH 5,

Location/Person:[list][] State or Country:Miami, FL[] School Type[li] Ethnicity:White Gender:Male [/li]
Subjective:
ECs listed on app:

Very Involved in Debate and Forensics: Competed all four years of high school (Director for Extemporaneous Speaking and Public Forum debate)11,12

Placed at numerous national tournaments mostly in Public Forum and even Student Congress

Semi-Finalist Yale Invitational

Semi-Finalist Crestian Classic

Finalist Wake Forest Early Bird Tournament

Presiding Officer at UPenn Liberty Bell Tournament (Student Congress)

Attended Harvard Invitational.

Qualified for state tournament in Extemporaneous Speaking

Won 3rd Place at local tournament.

Other stuff is typical:

Mu Alpha Theta
NHS
100 Community service hours by tutoring 6th graders in math.
Spanish Club

Essay’s: The short one was a little risky and the long one was cliche at times, but really well written. Overall I liked them.

Teacher Recs (if you saw them): Did not see them but can guess they were about average.
Counselor Rec (if you saw them): Pretty good; she has gotten people admitted to UNC before.

Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Male not applying for any financial aid? I’m hoping in this economic situation of decreasing endowments not applying for aid might help me since I’m a little borderline.

Also UNC loves my school since we are a well known rigorous private school; 7 of the 11 who applied (all OOS) were admitted last year

I really want to get in EA because UNC is not only one of my top choices, but I can really see myself at Chapel Hill next year.

Thanks and leave a link if you want to be chanced back!