UNC 2021 EA RESULTS (OFFICIAL)

MissSuzyQ
Sat, 28 Jan 2017 04:12:25 +0000

In State or Out of State: In State

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1940 old version (670 CR, 570 M, 700 W)
ACT: 29 (32 E, 25 M, 33 R, 25 S)
SAT II: N/A.
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
Weighted GPA: 4.75
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 23/425
AP (place score in parenthesis): English Language and Composition (5), Environmental Science (3), United States History (5), Psychology (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A.
Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature and Composition, AP Statistics, AP Physics 1, Civics and Economics Honors, AP US Government and Politics, Newspaper 3 Honors, and Forensic Science
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Not major but the school newspaper I am editor of won the Tar Heel Award from the North Carolina Scholastic Media Association (at UNC) my sophomore year and All North Carolina my junior year. Individually I won a newspaper sports photograph award from them. AP Scholar with Honor.

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Editor-in-chief of school newspaper, Spanish Club VP, Beta Club Treasurer, Special Needs Prom Committee, National Honor Society, National Math Honor Society, National Science Honor Society, Book Club, Film Club, Quill and Scroll Honor Society for High School Journalists, Junior Marshal.
Job/Work Experience: Internship at town newspaper (wrote multiple stories for them), host at local restaurant
Volunteer/Community service: Not much. Just tutoring and required hours for NHS.
Summer Activities: NCSMA camp at UNC (in top division), town newspaper internship, and restaurant job.
Essays: Common App was kind of cheesy about how I overcame failure when my novel was rejected by literary agents. Short answers were…decent? I felt insecure about all of my essays but how can you not?
Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read them but one came from my newspaper advisor and should have been great. Other came from my junior AP English teacher… Not sure what he wrote about LOL.
Counselor Rec: Average for a big public high school where I’ve met her twice
Additional Rec: N/A.
State: North Carolina
School Type: Large public high school
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A.

Strengths: GPA?, ECs
Weaknesses: Test scores
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I’m in state and I think I showed a lot of passion for journalism (my intended major) and writing through my activities and essays.
General Comments: Congratulations to everyone accepted! This is my dream school, and I’m so happy to embark on this adventure with you guys!