** Official UNC Class of 2015 EA Results Thread **

JeromeVergil
Fri, 28 Jan 2011 13:40:35 +0000

Decision: Accepted

Out of State

Objective:

* SAT I (breakdown): 780 V, 630 M, 770 W = 1410 / 2180 SS (single sitting)

ACT: N/A

SAT II: 780 Biology-E, 780 US History (Both not submitted in time)

Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.87

Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): my school does not rank, but top 15% probably

AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Latin Vergil (5), AP Biology (5), AP European History (5), AP US History (5)

IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A

Senior Year Course Load: Hardest possible

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Honors, Maryland Distinguished Scholar - Honorable mention, school award, National Latin exam three times, tons of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu awards, almost all about 1st or 2nd place.


Subjective:

* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Israeli Krav-Maga, Philosophy Club (Founder), Yearbook, Newspaper, Book Club, Tutored in 11th and 12th, some other less major things…

Job/Work Experience: worked for my school last summer…

Volunteer/Community service: volunteered a lot in 9th and 10th grade

Summer Activities: above

Essays: apparently excellent, same essay I submitted to UChicago (which worked)

Teacher Recommendation: both excellent, though I waived the rights

Counselor Rec: probably pretty good, though I waived it.

Additional Rec: N/A

Interview: N/A


Other

* State (if domestic applicant): MD

Country (if international applicant): US

School Type: Private

Ethnicity: Hispanic

Gender:M

Income Bracket: upper middle class

Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):URM, verbal SAT, classics, passion / essays (I guess?)


Reflection

* Strengths:verbal and writing SAT scores, URM, rare major, my essays and teacher recs

Weaknesses: math sat score, ec’s not amazing I guess

Why you think you were accepted/deferred: I suppose the combination of top 1% in reading and writing scores, hispanic, classics, and excellent essays really paid off.

Where else were you accepted/deferred:As of right now, UChicago EA and probably UMD College Park Priority.


Other Comments: I’m pretty thrilled. Although I most likely will not attend UNC Chapel Hill, its a great ego-booster to get in. To everyone else who did, congrats, to those who did not, perge modo.