wow, i have no chance... help?

cloying
Sat, 07 Jul 2007 13:41:06 +0000

It’s very hard to impress UNC with women’s soccer because they pick and choose from the best in the litter. Unless you’re on the national level, don’t expect to get recruited. Don’t misread that, though, the fact that you’ve really committed to your sport will look great.

Tout your ECs, especially your internship. Focus a lot on it in the application but veer away from writing about/bragging about them in the essays. There’s a lot of area to address your ECs in the regular application, so exhaust it there but then leave your essays for more creativity.

Your big weakness is your GPA. Luckily you don’t have any Cs (which doesn’t make it impossible but does make it hard), but you do have a fair share of Bs. Get your counselor to speak to the difficulty of your course work. Maybe you got those Bs because you have one of the hardest high schools in your district? Tell him/her or your teacher rec to really address how hard you work in school. I’d say that’s all it takes to make those Bs less noticeable.

Overall though, it looks like you’re in pretty good shape. Apply early action. You can always bounce essay ideas off anyone in this community. We’re here to help.