hey everyone,
i was also waitlisted from unc last year and am applying as a junior transfer this year!
my stats:
applying as a poli sci major
transferring from unc charlotte
college GPA: 4.0
high school gpa: 4.2 (weighted), 3.8 (unweighted)
1 LOR (it’s a very good letter)
have an work experience, joined law society club, volunteer club, and two other extracurricular clubs, play an instrument and give lessons, and volunteered at a law firm up until school started this year.
all essays have been reviewed and I’ve been told they are very strong
i was accepted into NC State as a transfer for fall '24, but Carolina has always been my dream school.
do my stats seem good enough? especially having been waitlisted last year…
I think you have a pretty decent shot of getting in. One of my friends who goes there said that UNC likes to see extracurriculars, so it’s good you’re doing something related to a career. I think the average GPA of incoming transfers is around a 3.7-3.8, and since you have a solid 4.0, I think you have a pretty good shot.
I just called and for those who were missing a LOR, the required LOR is the one that might not show up, but it is a part of your academic evaluation. (Don’t worry!!)
hey everyone, I’m currently a freshman trying to transfer there for my sophomore year
My stats:
applying as a bio major
transferring from Shaw University (NC resident)
College GPA: 4.00, I didn’t submit ACT Scores
high school GPA: 3.99 (weighted). finished 16 out of a class of 110
2 LOR (my first was my counselor, who is a current graduate student there, and the other was my English teacher I had in HS for three years)
have work experience, volunteer hours, president of the math club, played three sports, and started a chess club
I was unable to apply during my senior year of HS because of family circumstances; I took care of my dying mother for a year before she passed away
*strong essays about the circumstance that caused my GPA to drop my senior year and my work as a church youth leader
Hispanic student not sure if I had to mention that
do my stats seem good enough?
im wondering what the stats are. like how many people applied? I’m sure its just bc I’m anxious but I feel like I’ve seen way more posts(on here and reddit) of people applying as a transfer than last year but idk.
I’ve heard not to take that statistic at face value. A bulk of students transfer through their community college’s guaranteed C-step program which boosts stats for instate transfer
According to the Admissions Advisory Committee report, in 2023 109/899 enrolled transfer students (12.1%) were participants in the C-Step program. The percentage gets smaller when you consider how many students were actually accepted (not just those enrolled). That brings it down to less than 1%. While it is factored in, I don’t think it should be a major concern.
Nah, I’ve also seen a good bit of posts about it. Some posts I see is someone who is insanely competitive as well, like having an entire non-profit and raising a lot of money for their causes. It could just be confirmation bias too though! Like you have to think that thousands of people apply and I have seen ~100 posts about transfer students to UNC (and not all of them were the insanely competitive ones I stated earlier). It may just feel like a lot.
, since when did everyone become so competitive