<p>I’m a pacific islander female from Northern California.
My high school is pretty competitive and a california distinguished school.
I am a senior lifeguard for my community. I teach a class for kids that are interested in becoming a lifeguard.
My highest SAT score is 1770 (i know, not so competitive, i’m working on it more for the OCT sat)
600 math, 600 cr, 570 writing
ACT:28 (i am retaking in sept)
SAT 2:510 on math 2 and 550 on history
I have swam on the school swim team for three years and plan on doing it during senior year.
I will be volunteering at a hospital for the end of the summer through the end of my senior year.
I have also done a volunteer orientation of incoming freshman at my high school.
Junior year:
Semester 1- Semester 2-
English:A- English:A-
Precalc/Trig:B Precalc/Trig:B
Jazz Choir:A Jazz Choir:A
Us History:A US History:A
Physics:A- Physics:B+
Spanish 3:B Spanish 3: B-</p>
<p>For my senior year I will be taking AP Calc, Econ/Gov, AP Psych, Novel, Cooking, and Jazz choir
I took AP Euro during my soph year and got an A in the class but did very poorly on the AP test. </p>
<p>My overall gpa for hs so far is around the 3.6 area. </p>
<p>What are my chances of getting into UNC? Is there anything I should do to become a better candidate because I plan on having marketing as my major.</p>
<p>Yeah, unfortunately i’d have to agree with the post above. My advice would be to take three to four AP courses senior year and to bring up you GPA and SAT. It’s not impossible, but it’ll take a lot of work.</p>
<p>I cant sign up for anymore AP classes because its already been made and cant be changed. How high of an SAT score would be needed? I saw that SAT 2s arent needed for application, but I might be wrong. How high of an ACT? I know that my chances are very slim, but I want to do everything I can. Thanks for replying btw</p>
<p>I’m sorry to say that your EC’s are a little bit lacking, as well as your gpa a little bit, so to make yourself competitive your SAT would probably have to be in the 2150+ range, or an ACT of 33+</p>
<p>Sorry, but it’s not likely, unless you make a 400+ point jump in your SAT. 1 AP class your sophomore year and none your junior year isn’t going to cut it, unless your school limits you to 1 AP class during those years or something. Although you made an A, the low AP score indicates grade inflation in that class. </p>
<p>My suggestions:
Get the SAT/ACT up. Shoot for 2150/33+.
Write kickass essays.
Get kickass recommendations.
Apply regular decision and kickass in your classes 1st semester. This way, you’ll have a chance to show you can make good grades in AP classes, and you can get your GPA into a more competitive range.</p>
<p>It’s an uphill climb, to say the least, but not impossible.</p>
<p>Do you have a class rank, or an idea of where your class rank would be if your school ranked you? That could help people give you a more accurate assessment of your chances.</p>
<p>We don’t have class rank in our school but I would say top quarter? I cant really give a rank closer to that. Thanks for all your input, it has really changed my perspective. So regular decision is best? Safeties are riverside merced university of oregon. I am also going to try and apply to ucsb and uci</p>