Official 2013 UNC-Chapel Hill Transfer Decisions Thread

bcotton530
Wed, 10 Apr 2013 22:33:31 +0000

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 1st time: 590/550/680/9 2nd time: 630/580/650/9
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 630/560/680/9
[] ACT (breakdown): 1st time(E/M/R/S/W): 31/26/31/23/10 2nd time(E/M/R/S/W): 30/28/35/24/8
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): (E/M/R/S/W) 31/28/35/24/10
[] SAT II (subject, score): Literature, 580/Math Level 1, 640
[] College GPA: Attend NYU, 3.75
[] College Course Load: Honestly not sure how to answer this
[] Unweighted High School GPA (out of 4.0): Somewhere around 3.75/3.8
[] Weighted High School GPA: No idea
[] High School Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): No idea
[] AP (place score in parentheses): 5
[] IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: My school career was a little complicated so I won’t get into that lol
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: N/A
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): National Honor Society, Heisey Award (local scholarship, nominated by teachers)
[] Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): uh, honor roll I guess… I’m terrible at remembering these things[/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): 6 years cheerleading (sporadic) 2 years were high school cheer - freshman/senior year… varsity, 4 years competitive cheer, level 4 senior coed (for anyone that’s well-versed in the all-star cheer world), *not sure if this counts but… Show Choir 10th grade
[] Job/Work Experience: Worked Junior year, first semester of college; babysitting
[] Volunteer/Community Service: Captain of Relay for Life team for my dorm
[li] Summer Activites: N/A[/ul] [/li]
**Transfer Essays/b:[ul]
[] Transfer Essay: I included a quote (which I then expanded from), talk of personally reaching out to people in Carolina, did a lot of comparing, talk about what was missing at NYU. So, idk. Whatever that sounds like. Definitely not below 7.
[] Extracurricular Essay: Talked about my role as captain of the Relay for Life team, organizing events/fundraising/leading my team/supporting my team/promoting events/etc. etc. In a subtle, implied way, it also says something about how the role has helped me grow. Not my greatest work; didn’t spend much time on it. MAYBE a 7.
[] Supplement Essay: N/A
[] Additional Essays: Didn’t write an additional essay; however, I did write a quick thing about the fact that I attended so many schools, explaining why.

[] Recommendations (teacher’s subject, 1-10 rating, details):
[] Instructor Recommendation #1: N/A
[li] Instructor Recommendation #2: N/A[/ul] [/li]
Other[ul]
[] U.S. State/Territory or Country: I think I’m a FL resident?
[] School Type: Public HS/private university
[] Ethnicity: Black, white, Japanese (multi-racial)
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket Range: Upper middle-class
[] Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): None I can really think of… My father grew up in Carolina & attended NC State, but I don’t believe I mentioned that and am not sure it would’ve mattered much. Lol.[/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Probably my essay. It really showed my interest in the university. Also, my GPA is pretty good - especially since I attend a college with “prestige.”
[] Weaknesses: I don’t like my SAT/ACT scores.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Mixture of my essay and my academics.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Only applied to Carolina[/ul]

General Comments & Advice:
Maintain your grades while also challenging yourself. Learn about the university. I was already emotionally-invested in UNC before I even got accepted (which is good, but could’ve been bad if I was rejected) because of how much I’d researched - talked to current students, read reviews. Also spent a good amount of time on their website too, haha. Give yourself time to write a good, well-thoughtout essay. You really want to capture the essence of what draws you to UNC… without sounding fake. I’m not sure if that makes sense. But, maybe this’ll help: you know when you see that one cheerleader that is just - overly-spirited? Don’t be that chick. Be honest. Do NOT just tell them what you think they want to hear.