Accept/Reject/Deferred: ACCEPTED 30
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): None
ACT (breakdown):
Composite: 30
Math: 28
English: 31
Reading: 32
Science: 31
Writing: 10
SAT II:None
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 32/280
AP (place score in parenthesis): None
IB (place score in parenthesis): None
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
First Youth Winner of the NBC USA Characters Unite Award
Awarded a day in my hometown
Honor Roll
Deans List
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Founder of a charity helping kids with cancer (Operates on a national scale) (7 years)
Band, First Chair Flute and Piccolo, lettered in both pep and concert band (8 years)
Cheer Head Captain, Varsity Sideline and Competive (2 years)
Cross-Age Tutoring (1 year)
Volunteer at Local Hospital, volunteered 4 hours a week (3 years)
Co-host of local charity telethon for Christmas (3 years)
Math League (1 year)
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: Listed Above
Essays (rating 1-10, details): My common app essay was at least an 8, I wrote it on my charity and how it changed me. My other essays for UNC specifically were honestly realllly bad. I wrote them in 30 minutes. I wrote my first one on how I want to help teaching young girls CS while in college using my charity experience to start this. It was bad, 5/10. My other one was on my love for creative writing, and I connected it back to computer science, which was probably a 7/10?
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): Never read them, but I’m my counselor’s favorite (she even offered to pay for all my apps if I couldn’t get a fee waiver), so I bet that was good. In English, I was in a class with people that didn’t try too hard, so I stuck out and I bet hers was good too. My AP Bio teacher had a son that applied to T20 schools in the past, so I bet she knew how to write a good LOR.
LOR Rank (1-10): Above
Interview: None
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major and College: Computer Science
State (if domestic applicant): Minnesota
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Medium Public in a rural town
Ethnicity: White
Gender:Female
Income Bracket: ~20,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First Gen
Reflection
Strengths: My common app essay, ECs and Awards
Weaknesses: UNC specific essays and testing
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I think I was accepted because of my charity. I never originally started it for the purpose of college, I love helping others, and I think it shone in my essay!
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
Accepted: UMN Twin Cities, UMN Morris, Illinois Institute of Technology, New College of Florida Honors College, Florida Southern, Champlain College, NDSU (Honors College)
Deferred: Stanford
General Comments :
I’ve seen so many people on the UNC sub (and on CC in general) focus on stats, and people have made it seem like you need brilliant stats to get in out of state. To RD applicants and future applicants, don’t worry about your stats! Be genuine in your essays, ECs, and everything you do, and it will show! I cannot emphasize enough that stats aren’t everything. The process is truly holistic.