Official 2013 UNC-Chapel Hill Transfer Decisions Thread

UNCtransfer2013
Wed, 10 Apr 2013 22:20:27 +0000

Objective:[ul]
Will enter Carolina as a Junior
[] SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): N/A
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): N/A
[] ACT (breakdown): English: 33 Reading: 33 Math: 25 Science: 29
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): Composite: 30
[] SAT II (subject, score): N/A
[] College GPA: 3.9
[] College Course Load: ?
[] Unweighted High School GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[] Weighted High School GPA: 4.4
[] High School Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 15%
[] AP (place score in parentheses): English Literature (4) English Language (5)
[] IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP classes and Honors classes
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: N/A
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.):
[] Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): I believe these have little meaning to admissions officers honestly. [/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Student Government in HS, Choral stuff, in college it was mostly work for the Student Newspaper and involvement in the Pre-Law club and the Economics club.
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community Service: Lots of volunteer work for the American Red Cross.
[] Summer Activites: Working and occasional volunteer work.
[] Transfer Essays (1-10 rating, details):[ list]
[li] Transfer Essay: I’ll just post them. I wrote two before I realized transfers only had to do the required one.[/li][] Extracurricular Essay:
[] Supplement Essay:
[] Additional Essays:
[] Recommendations (teacher’s subject, 1-10 rating, details): None
[] Instructor Recommendation #1: N/A
[] Instructor Recommendation #2:N/A [/ul]
Other[ul]
[] U.S. State/Territory or Country: North Carolina
[] School Type: Western Carolina University
[] Ethnicity: White (Don’t think I reported in application, but I’m sure they figure that most who do so are white anyway)
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket Range: $110k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): None that really apply [/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: I like to think I’m a pretty good writer.
[] Weaknesses: Math skills. My middle/high school didn’t bother teaching them.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have a high GPA and decently high standardized test scores. I also think being instate helped (though I’ve heard this isn’t the case with transfers). Also I’m decently involved on campus, though I could be a lot more.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Didn’t apply anywhere else. [/ul][/li]General Comments & Advice: For those who were accepted, congratulations. I hope we find Chapel-Hill to be everything we hope it is, and I truly hope you have a pleasant experience there. For those who were waitlisted, I wish you the best and I urge you to not lose hope. For those who were rejected, I know that words cannot assuage a disappointment. I encourage you to either try again, as some have, or find those opportunities available to you that are not available to those at Carolina, and make the best of them. My time at a small mountain college has taught me that opportunities exist everywhere, it’s simply up to you to make something of them.