UNC 2021 EA RESULTS (OFFICIAL)

johonmilla
Sat, 28 Jan 2017 19:55:21 +0000

In State or Out of State: In state but considered international (complicated)

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1480 (760 for both parts)
ACT: 28 (didn’t submit)
SAT II: 790 Spanish 680 Biology
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
Weighted GPA: 4.7
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/66
AP (place score in parenthesis): Not offered at school
IB (place score in parenthesis): Not offered at school
Senior Year Course Load: Semester I: Calculus II, British Lit., Public Speaking, Physics I
Semester II: Calculus III, Physics II all classes dual enrollment
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Honor role, NC scholar, nominations to Governor School, nominated for Morehead Cain, Parks Scholarship nominee., others

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Piano, DECA, tutoring, exploreres, Phi theta Kappa, Leadership, church activities and community service.
Job/Work Experience: Paid internship in a NCCDI. Helped save low income families from foreclosure and/or to buy a home.
Volunteer/Community service: Red Cross Blood Ambassador, church mission trips, Operation christmas Child,
Summer Activities:Worked with an organization to save foreclosed homes, and help lower income buy homes.
Essays: Common App: 9/10: I think it was well done of my experiences under DACA.
Supplement: 7/10: wrote about my want to be an astrophysicist for long term goal and how I wanted to better my public speaking skills for short term goal. Pretty basic IMO.
Supplement: 9/10: Wrote about how my fifth grade teacher’s teaching methods and life impacted my passion for learning.
Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see because of FERPA in Common App, but I think it was positive.
Counselor Rec: Same with teacher recommendation. I was very close to my counselor.
Additional Rec: N/A
State: North Carolina
School Type: Early College
Ethnicity: Latino/Hispanic (Peru)
Gender: Male
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, Peruvian

Strengths: I really liked my inspiration essay and the common app essay. Strong ECs in terms of value, great grades, early college experience, and me taking the most difficult courses offered.
Weaknesses: My essay on long and short term goals was pretty basic in my opinion. And I was worried lack of leadership positions would negatively impact my application.
Why you think you were accepted: I do think I achieved much and showed that I value my time and use it to pursue my educational goals as well as to help the community.
General Comments: Super happy!! And good luck to those deffered and to the Regular Admissions applicants!