<p>Id be willing to room with someone I met on here as long as they seem cool. I think I want to live in morrison, which is on south campus. It seems pretty nice</p>
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<p>Hi all,</p>
<p>Congratulations to accepted Tar Heel transfers!!! You should be so proud and excited about the adventure ahead (even if you don’t end up at UNC)!</p>
<p>To those of you who have been denied/waitlisted…</p>
<p>I know the sadness, disappointment, and shock you feel. I know that this is not something that you will forget about in a day or even in a month. I know what it feels like to keep wondering what you should have done differently.</p>
<p>Last May, I was rejected from my top choice. It was a school I had dreamed about and that I felt was absolutely perfect for me. I had written and re-written my essays - double and triple checked them. Had professors look over every little aspect of my application to make it perfect. I had dreams about getting my acceptance letter and how happy I was. These dreams did not only occur at night - I could be driving, walking, or just daydreaming. But I was rejected. I lost my faith in the world. Lost my faith in myself. I wanted to give up, and for a little while I did. I spent a full day crying, and it still evokes sadness one year later. I was then rejected by my following 4 top choice schools.</p>
<p>My message to you is this: The pain and disappointment may never go away but it does indeed fade. Life is not fair, and that is all there is to it. You are no less worthy, no less wonderful.</p>
<p>Move on. It is all that you can do. Not now, not tomorrow. But you will get there. For some of you - reapply. For others, find your bliss. It is there somewhere, it may just not be your top choice school. A year later, I’m happy. I’ve gained so much out of my transfer experience, even if I’d still rather be at my top choice.</p>
<p>Keep hanging on.</p>
<p>3.97 and I got waitlisted.</p>
<p>3.0 and was accepted as a Junior</p>
<p>I guess UNC really does take a holistic approach and looks at the individual as a whole, not just their grades</p>
<p>As for myself, I’m still waiting. I didn’t get any package in the mail, nor did I get an email today. </p>
<p>I am going to go out on a limb and make a tentative prediction that I will get wait-listed or rejected from the school. I don’t know why exactly I have that feeling; I usually don’t have “gut” feelings on much of anything. Instead, I usually think through things or cast aside my emotions and then address the issue in front of me from a neutral standpoint. </p>
<p>Nonetheless, I have seen what some of you have posted on this message-board regarding your baseline stats and I am not surprised by the school’s decisions; that is not, however, to be confused with thinking that I agree with the admission’s board’s choices. </p>
<p>Instead, I have gathered, based on reading through the UNC transfer board over the last couple of years, that the entire admissions process into Carolina depends on an enormous amount of variables–and most of them are beyond your prediction or control.</p>
<p>Ok, sure, there are some things, you can control: your GPA, student involvement, working hours, and choosing classes that transfer into your degree of choice (while maintaining an academically rigorous schedule). </p>
<p>However, there’s an even bigger pool of variables that an applicant cannot predictably or reliably account for. How many students at the University are competing for the same degree? Does the school wish to promote a particular program of theirs? Perhaps the admissions board–by the time they reached your essay(s)–was absolutely sick to death of reading essays that screamed “I AM A SYCOPHANT!!!” Maybe they were looking for a more “down-to-Earth” sort of essay. Conversely, trying an alternative route to writing your essay may have, depending on who is reading it, completely offended the audience’s sensibilities–in which case, a more traditional essay would have been the better route. </p>
<p>But perhaps the biggest obstacle for admission into the school can be related back towards classical economics: free-market decisions versus central planning. Bear with me…</p>
<p>In a free-market system, individuals and companies have no doubt as to what they need to do in order to succeed. Some fail, some prosper, some merge, and unfortunately…some even get bailed out in spite of their mistakes…</p>
<p>Applying at Carolina–and please mind you that this is the humble opinion of self-described “intelligent, and utterly unimportant nobody”–is not that far off from experiencing what it is like to live and participate in a centrally planned economic system. A small number of people get to decide who you are, what they think you will bring to the school (and boy is that a subjective series or variables), and whether or not you will contribute positively to what is THEIR view of what “Carolina” SHOULD be. Well how are you supposed to know what a team of people–that you have not ever met–is looking for? Under such a system, administrators are bound to make mistakes and will absolutely introduce their own bias into the equation. History is full if examples of individuals, groups, firms, and companies making similar mistakes. For instance, does anyone know that Blockbuster Video had the chance to buy out Netflix in 1999 for $50 million? Today, Netflix is worth several billion dollars, and Blockbuster just recently went bankrupt. </p>
<p>The point being is this: if you were denied, waitlisted, or have been placed in a holding pattern (like I have), don’t despair. If your grades–and most importantly–your motivation are more than worthy of acceptance and high praise, then I assure you that you have nothing to worry about. Don’t let external rejections or acceptance influence your self-perception of value and worth. </p>
<p>Cheers!</p>
<p>Slinkyxfer</p>
<p>@UNCguy88:</p>
<p>I can totally understand that UNC do not only look at your grade, I wouldn’t apply if they do that. Number doesn’t really mean anything because you never know how hard some classes are so I show awards and honors to make my academic performance stand out from others. Besides grades, my ECs, award, letter of rec, essay, test score are also impressive. I was confident because they gave me a chance to demonstrate myself from different aspects. The only two things that could go against me were my OOS international status(which I can never change in this life), and my poor grade in HS. But man…I got 85 credits…</p>
<p>I’ve heard some people got waitlisted because UNC think they were overqualified and trying to use UNC as their Ivy back-up plan. Well, I don’t think I am the case but I still couldn’t figure out why I am not in…</p>
<p>Anyway, still congrats to those who got in, and forgive me if my complainant bothers you all</p>
<p>I highly doubt that UNC would wait list someone because they thought that person was too qualified. UNC is an amazing school and in many cases doesn’t have to worry about being an Ivy League back up. I’ve known people who have chosen UNC over Cornell and UPenn.</p>
<p>@laypk123
I applied as a sophomore last year with a 4.0 gpa. However, my high school stats were mediocre. I was wait-listed, then rejected. I did everything I could in college possible to have the perfect resume, but I realized that UNC focuses on high school stats for sophomore applicants. They put little weight on college work (even if you did get a 4.0 like me).</p>
<p>Being out of state blows because I can’t go to the transfer reception. Oh well! I got some info on fin aid, i don’t qualify for a cc laptop. I hope i get some money.</p>
<p>I don’t much about admissions, but in high school I had an average gpa…2.5 or something and I didn’t do anything extra. I was in work program so I left school early and I graduate early. In community college, I realized that I had to change that and I joined book club, phi theta kappa and I volunteered at my local middle school. I graduated with a 3.66 and I wrote an essay im proud of.</p>
<p>Hey surfwakesnow165, do you have a facebook, and are you a boy or a girl? haha</p>
<p>UNC would not waitlist people because they are “overqualified”.</p>
<p>Im a guy, hbu? And yeah PM me</p>
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<p>Accepted as a junior. Not sure if I will be attending. Depends on what I hear from Vandy, Duke, Georgetown, and UVA. I’m also not committed to leaving my current school yet. Classic underachiever in HS who blossomed in college.</p>
<p>High School GPA: 3.53 weighted (4 APs, very competitive private school)
ACT: 32
Activities: Student Council, Lacrosse Team, Young Life, Acting</p>
<p>College GPA: 3.9
Credits: Applied with 45, taking 16 this semester
Activities/Awards: Honors Program, President’s List one semester (4.0), Dean’s List other two semesters, Treasurer/Recruitment Chair of fraternity, Senator in Residence Hall Association</p>
<p>Essay: Honestly, pretty weak I thought. I threw my UNC application together at the last minute and reused an essay I wrote when I applied to my school’s Honors College (used the “whatever essay you want” prompt). I applied as a Public Policy major, however, and my essay was on public higher education, so maybe they thought that fit well.</p>
<p>3.97 gpa, started my own business, Volunteer Firefighter and EMT, Board Member of Non-profit with over 800 member, studied in South Africa and Spain, Taken the hardest courses I could, great recs, essays were sub-par. I am also a Community College student and I havent received my Associates degree so that could be the thing. I also dropped out in 2006 and have a very weak high school record. Too bad that can’t see what I am capable of and not who I was</p>
<p>Hey Knights09, where are you now? I’m also not committed to leaving where I am at the moment…</p>
<p>I’m at South Carolina, notamilquetoast. I actually really like it here, but I definitely did not meet my capabilities in high school and now that I am successful and reaching my potential, I thought I would at least give myself options.</p>
<p>My decision is STILL not up yet. Is anyone else experiencing this? Is this normal?
I’m getting pretty anxious.</p>
<p>My decision is still not up yet either. I do not know if this is normal but I did receive an email Friday that my decision would be delayed. Did you get that email?</p>
<p>I got the same email, but I at least thought my decision would be up at this point. Oh well. . .</p>
<p>To Ducky and Stressed,</p>
<p>I’m in the same boat as you guys are. </p>
<p>I think that this sucks too.</p>
<p>This prolongs the anticipation anxiety for sure–but I would encourage you not to let it get to you too much. I’ve followed the transfer post for about two years (off and on), and I can assure you that this phenomenon has happened to MANY people in the past. </p>
<p>I can also tell you from reading this message board that it would be prudent to ignore any timeline guidelines from the University: they will simply tell you what you want to hear. Common statements include–but are not limited to–the following; “You decision will be up by Friday”; “Your decision will be up no later than Monday afternoon”; “Our ‘system’ has been acting up, and that has delayed the decisions process”; and the most irritating reply–they simply ignore your or fail to answer the phone. </p>
<p>I wish the both of you well and the best of luck. GO TEAM HOLDING PATTERN!</p>
<p>Cheers,
slinky</p>