Our Texas HS has quite a few apply to UNC and UVA. For UNC, over the last 10 years, those with a 35 ACT and 4.3 GPA or higher (~top 10%), six were admitted and five denied. The max GPA over those years was a 4.7. Normal weighting applies – +0.5 for honors/pre-AP and +1.0 for AP.
One person was admitted with a 23 ACT, one with a 25 and two with 27s. Athletes?
Georgia is a fine backup and you’ll get in there. The top five schools that students who apply to UNC also applied to include: UT-Austin, UVA, UGa, Vandy and SMU.