UNC-Chapel Hill (2023-2024)

[candid scaffold]

300 is silver

400 is gold

i think

but they gotta be recognized legally

at like t10-t20 i’d say a lot of kids have it

but it’s still a good award to spruce up ur resume

I’d also recommmed joining hosa fbla deca or skills USA

one of those and compete

they’re pretty easy to score awards and some are just testing

and make sure ur ECs are all catered to a specific theme or major - mine was catered to Health Policy and Economics

[potent grotto]

Like beta club and NHS?

[potent grotto]

Mine is mostly music and engineering

Is that bad?

[candid scaffold]

no i think thats create

great*

could def write about music for ur community essays

and engineering for ur why us essays

focus on establishing those two!

[potent grotto]

Alright!

[twin mango]

Hello chat

You’ve been given a proposal

#1135360044796477511 message

Lmk your decision

[potent grotto]

@candid scaffold @inner quail @bold rain @lethal wigeon @grand needle @tough fulcrum

[bold rain]

hi

im from ca I don’t have an opinion I support the people who said it I guess

[lethal wigeon]

i'm from il so i also don't have much of an opinion but i'm not opposed to it and an nc thread might be helpful for your ncssm questions

[twin mango]

If this many of you aren’t from NC maybe we’ll separate it lol

Bc it sounds like it’d just add clutter

[potent grotto]

No squirmy woo sovietz and me are from nc

[mystic zinc]

theres already lots of clutter in this chat 💀

[twin mango]

There’s a difference

[grand needle]

It’s actually pretty normal for 7-9 freshman to take Calc AB and sometimes AB/BC every year in my school

[potent grotto]

Well yeah you live in a densely Indian populated area..

[paper chasm]

damn

bro played the race card

[grand needle]

None of them can get a 5 in AP world so ofc

[paper chasm]

manifesting my unc acceptance man 🙏

i would be so happy with unc

[fluid matrix]

It’s become somethjng common in wake county

thanks to that one middle school that lets you double up maths each yr

[paper chasm]

wait

is wake forest in wake county

[fluid matrix]

I don’t think so

[inner quail]

Nope

Wake Forest University is in Winston Salem, which is

1. 2 hours west of Wake Forest
2. In Forsyth County

[potent grotto]

Random ahhh forest university

So expensive😐

[potent grotto]

I met some sophomores applying to ncssm from wake and literally every kid has taken calc ab and AP phy 1 already😐peer pressure apparently

Oh that girl is an Indian if you're wondering

[fluid matrix]

Oh yeah it’s a common thing here in wake county

[grand needle]

9/10 but too white

shit shes a sophomore

eh close enough

[grand needle]

dont shittalk wake forest

my brother goes there now 💪

go demon deacons

(???)

[potent grotto]

That's some random kpop idol

[potent grotto]

💀💀

[potent grotto]

Dawg your rich

But you're Asian so expected tbf

[potent grotto]

Too white💀

[candid scaffold]

i wouldnt stress over that

many ppl at my school take calc junior or senior year

they still make it into prestigous schools

and many ppl get Bs in calculus

even pre calulus

cuz its a tough class here.

[fluid matrix]

Yeah I’m not really stressing over it

For the most part they come into calc and do really bad

[candid scaffold]

yep what’s the point of saying “I took this many aps in freshman/sophomore year” but leave out the fact they got Bs and Cs 😭

srsly had a girl bragging she was taking multivariable calculus only to be secretly struggling with a C

[fluid matrix]

I’m just leaving out the outliers

Like this one freshman finishing calc bc with close to a 100

Anyway

Can’t do much abt it

[inner quail]

fwiw i took calc ab my senior year

literally last semester of HS

[potent grotto]

Me too

My school doesn't even do bc

[inner quail]

Most of my HS didn't do higher than either precalc or math 4 (when it was introduced)

[potent grotto]

I and my teachers see no point in AP pre calc

But I'm in an accelerated course in school where you gotta do that yearlong

It's annoying af

[paper chasm]

that's not ironic

is wake forest in a good area

[potent grotto]

Everywhere in NC is good!

[paper chasm]

true it is a nice area

but i’ve heard where wake forest is isn’t really an urban area

[potent grotto]

Yeah looks like it's inthe middle of a forest

Hence the name I suppose

[inner quail]

WFU? Probably

I haven't been to WS in a while

[austere merlin]

Unc

[austere merlin]

Yeah I liked it a lot

[paper chasm]

oh nice

[inner quail]

Cornelle

[potent grotto]

Cornylian

[lethal wigeon]

i wish wake forest had linguistics major

[potent grotto]

I wish wake Forest was cheaper

[paper chasm]

me too 😭

[lethal wigeon]

[paper chasm]

still gonna apply tho

[paper chasm]

im sure they have sometthing similar?

[lethal wigeon]

they got a minor but that's it

[paper chasm]

no majors similar to linguistics?

[lethal wigeon]

i mean probably "[insert language family] languages and literatures" but that's lame

not worth it tbh

[paper chasm]

whats the difference 😭

[lethal wigeon]

those majors study specific languages with a much heavier focus on literature, linguistics studies the basic makeup of all languages

[paper chasm]

oh i see

cool

what do u wanna do post college

[lethal wigeon]

research in linguistic anthropology

cause i wanna double major with anthropology

[paper chasm]

oo

academia?

[lethal wigeon]

indeed

i refuse to enter the corrupt business world or the corrupt government world so i will instead enter the corrupt academic world

[paper chasm]

💀

LMAOO

[grand needle]

Besides Greensboro it is very suburban

But not entirely rural

Kinda like chapel

[paper chasm]

not bad

i can dig it

[inner quail]

unc has a linguistics major (and minor)

[paper chasm]

although ive lived in urban cities my entire life

so idk how i'll adjust

[inner quail]

this is pog

very cool

our anthro dept rocks

[paper chasm]

what day does this shit come out for ea

[inner quail]

late january

[paper chasm]

what date

[mystic zinc]

Last year it was January 25 iirc

[paper chasm]

what time est does this shit come out ea

[versed fox]

unsure specifically for unc but usually 5-6pm est is a good bet

[inner quail]

its not a specific date

its late january

so likely after january 14

closer to the 20-30th range

[lethal wigeon]

i did indeed apply

[lethal wigeon]

epic good to know

[paper chasm]

okay thanks

[paper chasm]

ah okay

they should just do 12 am like normal people

[inner quail]

midday is nice

especially when ur napping and u wake up and tada college decision

[potent grotto]

Wild

Midnight is nice

That's what they did for JEE

Puts more psychological pressure on the kids

Makes them stay awake the whole night in anxiety

[austere merlin]

Unc was 3pm cst for me

[paper chasm]

facts

[paper chasm]

oo

did u get in

[sacred atlas]

website says jan 31st

[austere merlin]

Yeah

[inner quail]

I think Jan 31 is the hard deadline for decisions

Absolute latest date

[paper chasm]

nice

[paper chasm]

oh

[chrome viper]

I love UNC why do they have to be so hard to get into OOS. Like boi why are u harder to get into than Georgetown 🫠

[grand needle]

UNC is NC’s flag school so they try and make it exclusive for in state kids

We don’t want no Californians in our school

[mystic zinc]

based tbh

[lethal wigeon]

what about illinoisans?

it's probably unconstitutional but they should admit by state

[potent grotto]

Maybe if uiuc stops cucking😭🙏

[bold rain]

me when the is schools don’t want me and the oos schools don’t want me

[potent grotto]

If you're a Californian isnt it like guaranteed that you'll get in some UC

[paper chasm]

bruh people living in nc/cali/michigan/tx/va cannot complain about in-state schools 💀

[austere merlin]

Real

[potent grotto]

Illinois

[paper chasm]

sure il too

[potent grotto]

Ny?

[paper chasm]

are u gonna name every state

nah not ny tbh

[potent grotto]

:(

[potent grotto]

Florida

Georgia

Washington

[fluid matrix]

Bro forgot to mention GA

[paper chasm]

eh

[paper chasm]

okay yeah ga is good

[potent grotto]

University of Florida, FSU, university of Miami, Florida central, south florida

[paper chasm]

mid

[twin mango]

No

There’s still minimum requirements

And even then it gets more competitive per major

[potent grotto]

No like the CC transfer thingy

[twin mango]

TAG still has reqs

[potent grotto]

I see

[inner quail]

We have a law that limits the amount of OOS students that can be in an incoming class. If a school goes over this amount they get a huge fine

Its not limited to UNC; its all public schools in NC

Which makes sense, considering that public schools are funded by state taxes

Somewhat

[paper chasm]

i mean it’s fair

just like colleges favour domestic students over intls

[west galleon]

i believe that number is 18%

[potent grotto]

That's very high tbf

[west galleon]

i don't think it's good for a school to be comprised with that many in state students

if they drop that number down, the quality of students will def drop

[jaunty niche]

I disagree for the most part

I think it should be limited to closer to 30% oos tho

But I think it’s good for a state to prioritize the education of their own students

[west galleon]

well i mean this was the ratio i was thinking too

[inner quail]

I think the ratio should be focused based around how much tax money goes towards the school

[bold rain]

California when

so many of my friends never get into a UC despite being in state

or a good UC rather

[inner quail]

If a school is largely funded by tax money, why should a large percentage of OOS students take the place of students from families who have been paying for the school

I think 18% is fair enough, considering that there are privates in state that arent held to the same standard

[west galleon]

is it that hard to get top 9% in gpa?

[paper chasm]

i agree

[jaunty niche]

Oh okay then I agree with you

[bold rain]

girl im literally struggling with. 3.4 and I have adhd don’t ask me

I can only speak from my schools experience but we’re a pretty competitive school

Also, 9% only means you get into Merced most of the time and not many people I know want to go there

[lethal wigeon]

we can complain because it's so gotdang expensive compared every single other state school

i mean oos other schools are more expensive

but i reserve the right to complain

[potent grotto]

What's the tuition for uiuc

[west galleon]

too expensive 😭

[inner quail]

Kinda the point

Lol

[potent grotto]

Was umich very expensive

[west galleon]

but i mean for the first year, i'm not pay much. next year tho...

[lethal wigeon]

about 20000 instate

[west galleon]

17k first year but it's gonan go up bc family income is up too

[inner quail]

For tuition?

God damn

[potent grotto]

Well UVA tuition is like 24k

I think only NC has cheap tuition

[potent grotto]

Oh

[west galleon]

unc has cheap oos tuition

[potent grotto]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1135740521571156079/1176135985034170388/image0.jpg?ex=656dc4fe&is=655b4ffe&hm=83ab8be1808e04d65f82db16110fb52f85963c4f097eca6004e6471fbafd235a& 40k without aid

[west galleon]

on the cheap side

[potent grotto]

True

[west galleon]

wait it was like 32k last year wtf

[lethal wigeon]

good to know we are not alone

[potent grotto]

Wait so you're not applying to uiuc?

[lethal wigeon]

no i am

but i still always be complainin

[paper chasm]

damn 39k

cheap

[potent grotto]

😔

[paper chasm]

prez ur done man

when u apply to unc

ill make sure ur not getting in

no matter what school u go to

[potent grotto]

funny you say that

If I get in ncssm I'm autoadmit

🤠

[paper chasm]

i'll change that lil guy dont u worry

ill make sure u never enter ncssm too

[potent grotto]

N-noooooooo

[paper chasm]

ur done kid

[potent grotto]

Broooo

My homies from #1135726736525504632 will fight with me!!

[paper chasm]

no they're my homies

not yours

[potent grotto]

Yo

🤬

[paper chasm]

i have the entire great state of nc on my side

[potent grotto]

Then the #1135740521571156079 peeps are my homies

[paper chasm]

no

[potent grotto]

I have virginians on my side..

[paper chasm]

virginia is mine too

[potent grotto]

The entire California is on my side

Cali solos everyone

[paper chasm]

cali is ass

lame

[lethal wigeon]

fight fight fight fight fight fight

[potent grotto]

No need

I won

[lethal wigeon]

fight again

[potent grotto]

Ok

[potent grotto]

[paper chasm]

cali is still ass

[inner quail]

bro collecting states like pokemon

[candid scaffold]

ut austin got that 6% rule for in state applicants

so unfair

as long as ur top 6% of ur class u get guaranteed admission. I wishchapel hill did that

[inner quail]

i think thats bullshit honestly lol

people need to learn that being "the best" sometimes isnt enough

failure is part of life and doesnt mean that you yourself are a failure or weak

or unqualified or anything

rejections happen

yk

[potent grotto]

6% of your state I thought

[potent grotto]

Well even if you're not 6% you can apply lol

[inner quail]

i am very well aware 😭

instead of just auto admitting maybe they could idk give scholarships as a reward

i know tons of people in the top 6% of my class who would love to have used some scholly money on CC

[paper chasm]

infinity stones ong 😭💀

[paper chasm]

eh what unc does is better than autoadmit imo

it’s more fair to judge applications overall

[candid scaffold]

😭 still would be nice to just get in

[inner quail]

i mean

if you're applying to UNC you can easily get autoadmit to any number of CCs here

autoadmit would take out a lot of the stress of applying but idk

i dont think that stress is bad

i think people need better coping skills & less societal pressures to stress abt college

[paper chasm]

easier said than done tbh

the college process is just incredibly stressful

[inner quail]

Absolutely

I think generally we need to emphasize stress management and coping skills, not just for school, because the world we live in is so full of stress

There's also, funnily, a lack of education on what it takes to be "successful"

Because there's a high focus on meeting other people's ideas of "success" rather than defining your values and success for yourself

And I dont mean that to blame kids and say "its all your fault that youre stressed, just focus on values and youll be fine" bc I can guarantee most of this comes from either obsessive parents or the internet

And thats not the fault of the kid yk

[paper chasm]

i agree man

[swift ginkgo]

Oct 15 is a really early deadline for a school that releases decisions Jan 31

[grand needle]

Many high caliber applicants from NC get rejected from chapel

For many students it’s their reach school

[potent grotto]

Who all are applying to chapel hill from here this year

[west galleon]

also a lot of not so high-caliber students in state get into top publics schools.

goes both ways

[candid scaffold]

wake county 😂

[potent grotto]

They take kids county wise?

[slender steeple]

ONG it made me so mad

[swift ginkgo]

Pls like why do I have to wait several months before I get my decision????

[potent grotto]

It's because most of the UNC system schools deadlines are in the mid Octobers

Idk while chapel hill is the most famous there are other uncs too and they all need to work together I suppose

[swift ginkgo]

Yeah

Guys how hard is it to get a merit scholarship as an out of state student?

[potent grotto]

Very hard👍

The Morehead-Cain Scholarship for Out-of-State Residents offers merit-based scholarships for students from out-of-state who are nominated by their high school counselor/administrative staff or applied to UNC early action and referred by the office of undergraduate admissions

[inner quail]

very difficult

merit scholarships at UNC in general are very very difficult

since yknow, there are a lot of people coming in who could easily earn it with grades alone, both in and OOS

[swift ginkgo]

Yikes 😭😭 I hope I get one

Is it based on ec’s?

[inner quail]

i dont know

im sure its holistic

[potent grotto]

What about aid

[inner quail]

Carolina Covenant does some good aid for students who can't afford UNC

And by "cant afford" I mean like 200% or less poverty level or w/e

[candid scaffold]

they compare you to ur school

or "area"

its harder to get into UNC from the wake area and from mecklenburg i believe from the charlotte area

4.6 GPA lands you barely within the top 10% at my school whereas a 4.2 GPA could be the valedictorian in a more rural area. Depends tho cuz theres also more opportunities here for ECs but its up for grabs for those that use connections.

lol like all my school's leadership positions for the clubs are like dominated by one friend group

[inner quail]

i think (complete speculation) the reason why mecklenburg/wake seem competitive is just that there are a higher volume of applicants bc they're dense urban areas

so of course more people -> more applicants -> more rejections

and UNC does make an effort to reach out to high achieving students in rural areas because they often dont have the same opportunities as these high concentration urban areas

so outreach encourages kids who wouldnt usually apply to apply

which decreases available seats

not literally but

i hope that made sense

[potent grotto]

Can I get a tl;dr

[inner quail]

no

👍

i can try but my brain is scrambled egg

[grand needle]

County def taken into consideration

Luckily my county is considered rural but we also have really good schools 💪

[potent grotto]

I thought you were wake

[grand needle]

Hell nah fuck Raleigh

Boooo triangle kids 👎

[potent grotto]

💀💀

Exactly

Enloe kids

Ncssm kids

Fuck them👆

[grand needle]

Clipped sending that to your AO

[potent grotto]

Jealous of NCSSM kids until I become one myself☠️ 💯

[inner quail]

💔

[inner quail]

I've heard of Enloe like once

What's their deal

[candid scaffold]

also bc most students in wake have parents in STEM there’s also hella asians here so everyone’s kinda pressured to try harder

there’s more opportunities but honestly the classes are also more known to be rigorous. APES is supposed to be one of the easier APs but at mine they go all extra have us do two ecostudy papers that are 30-40 pages long each, tests have u needing to read the sub notes and irrelevant parts of a textbook and we have to literally go fishing and wheelbarrow mulch for a grade of 12 volunteer hours💀

honestly made the class so much harder than the actual AP and was definitely unnecessary. It comes with its pros and cons ig

[potent grotto]

It's like a really competitive stem school in Raleigh

Apparently it's on par and even better than ncssm in some ways

It's so competitive that almost every kid from that school applies to Duke and chapel hill

Also they have a really huge superiority complex apparently

The freshmen in enloe take calc ab/bc and the sophomores take differential equations/mv calc

Schools like enloe is one of the best in the state but there's also a lot of competition NGL

In ncssm there's not really any competition as you already have UNC safeties and it's more like a chill haven

[lethal wigeon]

north carolina discourse is so funny

i wish the uiuc thread had illinois discourse

[paper chasm]

nc lore is crazy

[potent grotto]

My FRC team completely hates NCSSM kids

They're hard to work with and snobby apparently

[paper chasm]

true

[inner quail]

NC lore is wild bc Ive lived here my entire life and I had NO fucking idea there was high school drama

Like inter-HS drama

I know Panther Creek exists and I've heard the name Enloe once before

I was aware of NCSSM but that was peripheral

I enjoyed my HS

[potent grotto]

Yeah mostly in competitions

[inner quail]

Wild

[candid scaffold]

its a magnet school with an IB program

[potent grotto]

Yes

[candid scaffold]

but every "top public school" in wake sends around 60-70 kids to UNC every year

the other 70 ish go to NCSU

and the rest scatters usually to Charlotte or other UNCs or OOS schools

Green Hope, Green Level, Panther Creek, Enloe G, Raleigh Charter, NCSSM & Cary Academy (these two are ivy feeders)

CA isn't a public its a private but still

i go to one of those, and everyone is so snobby

in AP courses u have the same loop of people in ur classes and even ppl in friend groups compete with one another gatekeeping tests and material

[potent grotto]

Where do you go to

[potent grotto]

💀 that's crazy

[lethal wigeon]

in illinois everyone knows imsa and that's pretty much it

[candid scaffold]

its like the stuyvesant and bths of nyc but nc version

😂

[lethal wigeon]

my gov teacher hates stevenson high school and i don't particularly like them either but most people do not care

[potent grotto]

Are these schools free for everyone to join or is there a

Application you gotta get accepted to

[candid scaffold]

Raleigh Charter is lottery

Cary Academy is 30k + application

NCSSM well ig u know already

the rest are just by area

where u live

[potent grotto]

Definitely because of all the indians in the area

Competitive af

[candid scaffold]

not just indians u also have chinese korean and vietnamese

😭

[potent grotto]

😭😭

Cannot believe I'm the only Indian in my city

[candid scaffold]

my friend group r all chinese/korean

me being chinese myself

[potent grotto]

But a city only a few hours away has like mostly indians

[potent grotto]

Ah

Did you apply to ncssm too

[candid scaffold]

yeah i didnt get in tho

i was online for freshmen and sophomore year

[potent grotto]

Ncssm connect?

[candid scaffold]

no

i didnt get into ncssm

for junior and senior year i just did dual enrollment through NCSU and Wake

[potent grotto]

Wait you took online freshmen and soph year?

[candid scaffold]

yeah

[potent grotto]

Damn

[candid scaffold]

kind of a blessing...

[potent grotto]

damn is that normal

[candid scaffold]

i took ap chem online

😊

[candid scaffold]

yeah

a lot of kids do dual enrollment

also stack up on APs

[potent grotto]

At NC state?

[candid scaffold]

my friend is taking 7 APs this year + 5 extra dual enrollment

[potent grotto]

Crazy💀💀💀💀

[candid scaffold]

i took 4 dual over the sumer

summer

[candid scaffold]

yeah theres an application process

thats a lot more strict than wake

since wake is a cc

and NCSU is well a pretty prestigious college for NC ppl esp for engineering

[potent grotto]

Yes

[candid scaffold]

but if ur from a rural area

i wouldnt worry that much

just take what ur school has the most to offer

in my situation, I don't take the courses to get ahead i take it so i dont fall behind my peers

😭

[potent grotto]

Nah not really I'm Wilmington

[oak dove]

You wont be if I get accepted 😭

[potent grotto]

To where

[candid scaffold]

i mean theres a lot of things i wish i did

throghout HS

that i didnt do

probably wouldve made me feel better abt chapel applications

[oak dove]

I am assuming you live in NC?

[potent grotto]

You'll get in

[potent grotto]

Yes

[candid scaffold]

im not that confident on my chapel hill application

[oak dove]

Yeah to UNC

[potent grotto]

Nah I mean there are a shit ton of indians in wake county

Not many in Wilmington

[candid scaffold]

😭 my friends and I are making bets

[potent grotto]

How many $

[candid scaffold]

we all think we arent getting in but the other are

$100

per person

and if we all get in its mutual

[oak dove]

Why does UNC take so much time with their decisions when their EA is oct 15 💀

[potent grotto]

Damn if one doesnt atleast they get a few hundred bucks

[candid scaffold]

they get like most of their applications EA

over 60k total per year

[potent grotto]

UNC system schools all have the same submission date that's why

[candid scaffold]

that too

[oak dove]

Ah

[candid scaffold]

honestly even if u dont get into NCSSM theres tons of stuff u can do. I'd try to graduate top of ur class

my college counselor was a past AO for unc

and she told me some parts about the application process

UNC cares a lot about ur class rank, they esp look for top 10%

Test scores are also important

[oak dove]

lmao we dont have class rank here

[candid scaffold]

if u dont have class rank they'll take that into consideration

depends rlly on the school

[potent grotto]

I'm trying I'm like 23rd of 500
But since I moved here 2 years ago and didn't do middle school, I had to repeat tons of stuff and I'm lagging behind rn

[candid scaffold]

thats more than enough

top 5%

ur fine

[potent grotto]

Ah

[oak dove]

My test scores are good but hopefully good enough for UNC

[candid scaffold]

also make sure to eat up ur essays

i fucked that one up

[potent grotto]

I got a 89% in math 1 eoc💀

[candid scaffold]

not that test score

[oak dove]

Same lmao

[candid scaffold]

i meant like

SATs

ACTs

they dont rlly look at that.

EOC

i mean maybe

but if its in middle school

[oak dove]

What was the the general SAT range for UNC again?

[candid scaffold]

i doubt they will

honestly

for in state

i would say a

1450

[oak dove]

what about international?

[candid scaffold]

in competitive counties

their avg is like a 1430

for in state

oos is much higher

international would def be harder

[oak dove]

oof

[potent grotto]

1550+

[oak dove]

I got a 1560

[candid scaffold]

im not kidding

[potent grotto]

Hats good

[oak dove]

Should be enough

[candid scaffold]

thats good

yeah

[oak dove]

My grades on the other hand…

[candid scaffold]

i mean

[oak dove]

Completely fucked up lmao

[candid scaffold]

if its upward trend

its good

even if u get like 6-7 Bs u still can get a 7/10

on the performance score

[oak dove]

Nah I have all As but we have a /100 system here

[candid scaffold]

i mean like i said, they'll know the context of ur school

[oak dove]

And I messed up a few physics exams in junior

[candid scaffold]

ur being compared to ur peers

[oak dove]

but yeah

[candid scaffold]

it would be totalyl unfair to compare someone who came from a rural county to a competitive one

yk

[oak dove]

Yeah

[inner quail]

It makes me laugh to not see my HS in this list bc we stomped in sports, I always thought we were bigger LOL

[potent grotto]

I mean tbh

Sports and stem are way different

[inner quail]

They didnt specify stem tho they just said "top public schools"

We werent full of sweats tho so ig that may be why

We actually had a somewhat balanced student body kekw

I do think a cool fact abt my HS is that its more diverse than UNC

[candid scaffold]

athens apex friendship cary?

LOL idk

i was just kinda referring to those like competitive academic ones but even still i mightve left some out

its just my own opinion from my own experienecs

[inner quail]

That's fair

I don't think mine was "competitive" at least academically

I felt like we were kinda rounded out

Like we sent a few kids to "elite" privates (Harvard, Yale, Duke) but most people went to UNC system schools, UTN, UofSC, or just CC

I think we had 20-30 go to UNC

[candid scaffold]

ngl thats also with my school. By competitive I meant like maybe 1/4 of the school but those 1/4 ppl kinda "generalize" the stats of the school

the rest do what every other hs does

[inner quail]

Gotcha gotcha

[potent grotto]

There was one kid last year from my school

Who went to USC

I think it was because of the money

That he got in

[grand needle]

Weighted GPA in NC is so stupid

Some people like myself can’t take certain AP’s cuz of prerequisites and school limits

• IB, all their classes are 5.0’s so AP kids will never succeed

[inner quail]

Tbf schools don't view GPA the way high schoolers do

Even if they don't recalculate GPA, they still take every part of your application into consideration

Including where you went to high school and what was available to you

They will not fault you for being limited

[potent grotto]

Wait what tf

[grand needle]

Yuh

IB is cracked

[potent grotto]

Ncssm acceptances for class of 2020,21,22

[lethal wigeon]

369 enrolled is crazyy

the hypsm rates are actually insane though

[inner quail]

They included people going to Durham Tech and Guilford Tech but no Wake Tech 🧐

[potent grotto]

?

[inner quail]

They included 2 smaller CCs (afaik) but not a really well known high quality CC in Wake

Which makes me sus

[potent grotto]

Maybe no one went there

[inner quail]

Oh I know

I'm not 100% serious :P

That's why I did 🧐

[potent grotto]

Lmaooo o

[potent grotto]

But this is crazy

Deep springs accepts only like 20kids

[grand needle]

13 attending harvard???

Wtf

[lethal wigeon]

ohhhhh i think there's a kid at my school that's trying to get in there

i remember him talking about a random ranch school out west that only accepts like 25 kids

[grand needle]

whats the benefit of going there

[lethal wigeon]

sounds like something out of a steinbeck book

[lethal wigeon]

idk but it sounds awesome

you're not allowed to leave

32000 acre ranch

that's just the whole gimmick

oh it's free too

[potent grotto]

13 in 3 years yeah

[potent grotto]

It's completely free and you work in an actual ranch + study with like the best professors. And it's a 2 yr college so after the 2 years are over

You transfer to Ivies

@sovietz bro what he left💀

[lethal wigeon]

man now i wanna go to deep springs college

[lethal wigeon]

wait huh

bruh💀

he left for deep springs college

[potent grotto]

😭

[rancid ridge]

real same

i go to unc

hate this shit

[lethal wigeon]

oh? do tell

you can fight squirmy

[potent grotto]

Well which unc is the question🤔

[inner quail]

they're at chapel hill

freshman

i cant blame them tho

with the lockdowns n shit

also freshman year is awful

i almost dropped out after my first semester

partially because i made poor decisions in my scheduling, but also largely in part because the intro level STEM courses are insane for no reason

[potent grotto]

Lmao💀

Wait so do the AP courses count in UNC or do you gotta retake

[inner quail]

https://admissions.unc.edu/credit-type/test-credit/

[inner quail]

I guess for more info:
I took APES, AP Lit, AP Stats, AP Chem, AP Calc AB, AP Lang, AP Drawing, and AP 2D Art
I got test credit for ENEC 202, MATH 231, STOR 155, and CHEM 101/L. I got I think 9 generic credit hours for the other courses, and only 3 hours for both Drawing and 2D (since it was a "duplicate credit").

[potent grotto]

Ahh okay thanks

[rancid ridge]

Number one advice ** TEST OUT OF THE LANGUAGE CREDIT REQUIREMENT** AP score, IB, placement tests ANYTHING

UNC language sucks BALLS

[lethal wigeon]

oh boy! something to look forward to as a linguistics major

[rancid ridge]

No no global language

Foreign language

[lethal wigeon]

yeah but i'm gonna have to take language classes

so that's gonna be fun

maybe if i take like cherokee or something

[potent grotto]

Cherokee?

[lethal wigeon]

unc offers cherokee classes

it's pretty epic i mentioned it in one of my essays

[potent grotto]

Is it weird that I think Cherokee people are cute/handsome cuz I read a fictional book where a Cherokee descendant was portrayed as a hot character

Piper from pjo btw

[lethal wigeon]

yeah that's weird

[inner quail]

There are some good language courses

I enjoyed Japanese

(101 & 203)

But if you have no interest in language, try and test out

[tepid wing]

Hi

Anyone know when decisions come out for early action?

[candid scaffold]

last week of january

id say jan 29th-31st for this year

last year I think it was the 28th

[tepid wing]

i see. thanks

[west galleon]

it will be jan 26th

if they stick with being the last friday of jan

[twin mango]

youre probably right just not for that reason

the last three years have been the 27th

but its on a saturday this year

[paper chasm]

FUCK

[twin mango]

unc could release on a saturday

its not unheard of

but usually states dont

its more privates that do

specifically LACs

[paper chasm]

is it usually 7 pm est

[twin mango]

and techie schools

[paper chasm]

for al

[twin mango]

i have 4pm down for 2020-21

and the year after

no time for last year

[west galleon]

it was 4 pm last year too

[paper chasm]

oh that sucks

[west galleon]

i think that's good compared to being 7

u don't have to wait as long after getting off school

[paper chasm]

but if it's a rejection you're like all sad for so much longer

and its unc so it probably is a rejection 💀

[west galleon]

this is unc thread 💀

but umich will be earlier at 3

[paper chasm]

mb

[west galleon]

the sad feeling carries longer than just a day

[paper chasm]

same for unc tho 💀

[paper chasm]

that's tough

[west galleon]

lowkey i'm still kinda sad about one of my rejection til this day

[paper chasm]

which one

harvard?

[west galleon]

nyu, me no apply to any ivies

[paper chasm]

oh nyu huh

interesting

[potent grotto]

Arguably umich better than nyu

[candid scaffold]

i second that

nyu for rich snobby kids

[vast delta]

i third that

[lethal wigeon]

so i'm gonna find out immediately after school

[lethal wigeon]

same day as uiuc

[oak dove]

Alot of unis will be releasing around that day afaik

[chrome viper]

OOS*

[candid scaffold]

no

sibling legacy only works if they attended a specific school before you

[potent grotto]

It will be more competition for you cuz you're oos

[candid scaffold]

and u apply to that school i’ve like never heard of twins getting advantage

also in this case ur twin would be ur competition if anything 😭

[oak dove]

And if she is valedictorian, you should probably consider applying to atleast 1-2 safeties where your sibling isnt applying 💀

[candid scaffold]

also it depends on how many siblings u have

1 sibling? not rlly

5 siblings? a good hook

[potent grotto]

💀😭

[potent grotto]

How's that a hook

[candid scaffold]

6 kids in a family is a lot

think abt it thats like so much money right there just on kids and all the time and effort to raise them coming from a family with 5-6 kids is different from just having 1-2 siblings

[potent grotto]

I mean having 5 kids in a country like USA is a lot of financial burden

Bad parental decisions

[paper chasm]

not necessarily

what if ur loaded

[oak dove]

If she is test optional, you have no scores to be better at… And well essays matter a lot too

Ah I guess you will be fine then

[potent grotto]

Hello

Do y'all think asking advice from too many people on my essays would jeopardize it

Cuz I'm already asking 2 teachers, counselor, and accepted students

[west galleon]

To a certain point, yes

I mean nothing wrong with asking a lot of ppl, just make sure that the essay still reflects “you”

[austere merlin]

Ask yourself if it’s still your voice

Like my unc essays were very unique to the way I write

[potent grotto]

Oh

[potent grotto]

Does Grammar and word choice include in this @west galleon @austere merlin

[austere merlin]

Yeah

[inner quail]

Grammar not as much as word choice

Like fixing your grammar is less likely to make it sound less like you than changing word choice

[candid scaffold]

advice is fine

but never change it when they suggest you rewrite it to some way and copy it word for word

as long as you listen to their suggestions but YOU do the rewriting on parts they said were iffy, it's still your geniune voice. I also wouldn't worry that much about it. Im ngl, most application essays are pretty medicore and "average", generic sounding even

the ones you see online or posted on tiktok go viral for a reason - they are actually superb, but thats like a small percent of every application pool. I wouldnt worry too much about trying to please ur admissions officers for ncssm or college, just focus on ur own writing style but dont make it sound too bland

also been seeing a lot of my friends use chatgpt to curate their essays

dont even think about that

it drains every single personal tone out of u

[potent grotto]

Ahh tysm

[swift ginkgo]

Y’all 2 months away from ea decisions

What did everyone apply as

[winter peak]

Bmed Eng 🤞

[swift ginkgo]

I applied to early assurance health care management/policy and biostatistics

[lethal wigeon]

linguistics

[paper chasm]

business

[candid scaffold]

economics

[timid escarp]

neuro

[inner quail]

HPM & biostats (gillings in general) are super cool :)

i do want to say, do not be discouraged if you dont get assured enrollment!!

it's not a rejection; you can still apply to gillings (or any other prof school) for any of the majors without assured enrollment

and of course if any of yall have questions please dont hesitate to ping me!!

[chrome viper]

If UNC has ten fans I’m one of them. If UNC has one fan it’s me. If UNC has no fans I’m dead.

Plz accept me plzzzzz

[paper chasm]

same

[potent grotto]

You can't both be thier only fan

That's illegal

[swift ginkgo]

tysm !!!! i know i def won't id be happy that im admitted. ensured enrollment would be amazing though

[rancid ridge]

Don’t come to UNC we have no dorms 💀

[fluid matrix]

tf

[rancid ridge]

1100 students on the waitlist for next year

[fluid matrix]

Rip

[west galleon]

at unc, upperclassmen gets priority over incoming freshmens?

[inner quail]

I believe so

[inner quail]

They do a shit job at making sure they don't over enroll 🥰 public school moment

[inner quail]

I rescind this

Upperclassmen get priority over underclassmen I believe

But freshmen have their own dorms

Separate from non-freshman housing

So there is a seniority priority for returning students

But for incoming students, its different

[west galleon]

how do upperclassmen even bare to stay in the dorms 😭 u can get cheaper prices for apartments and u get to avoid the nasty dining hall food

^that doesn't include ucla, umass, and yale

[inner quail]

Ngl, some of the dorms are really nice

Joyner (the one I'm in) is fantastic

Cheaper and walkable are not really that common

It's hard to beat the location of the dorms on campus

Plus transportation is a mess since parking is super limited

[west galleon]

i forget chapel hill isn't really a college town sometimes

[versed fox]

every public school ever

[inner quail]

I mean it is a college town, it's just not hella urban

It's not a city

[west galleon]

then y'all should have like 15-20+ apartments nearby, no?

[inner quail]

Define "nearby"

I also want to add not everyone who lives in Chapel Hill is a student, since there is still a ton of business here (and faculty)

thru apartments.com

this is where 90% of campus is btw, south campus is mostly dorms (+ KF)

the one right over "chapel hill" starts at $1,500/month

[west galleon]

within college town so no more than 10 min from campus

[inner quail]

10min drive, walk, bus, bike?

[west galleon]

walk

man 1.5 k is expensive 😭 i already signed a lease for my apartment next yr, 1 min walk from campus and it's only 1.2k

[inner quail]

Yeah 1.5k is gnarly

If you can get a parking spot tho you can get a decent place 15min drive away tho

I found a place for me & my friends, it's like 1.6k for 2 or 3 bed

[west galleon]

my driving skills is gonna be so rusty from not driving during school year in college

[west galleon]

1.6k for double isn't bad

imma be in a 4-bed

[inner quail]

It comes back easy, takes a bit

[inner quail]

Might be 1.6 for a triple, I can't remember what we were looking at, but either way it's cheaper than on campus :P

[west galleon]

fr. they be ripping us off on room and board

public schools man

[lethal wigeon]

i be saying the same about private schools ngl

schools be ripping us off

[inner quail]

I fully believe most if not all colleges are businesses first

[potent grotto]

😭ikr yet they call themselves "non profits"🤓

[paper chasm]

yes we can

[swift ginkgo]

where do u dorm then

a hotel

[rancid ridge]

Oh I got lucky

But if you don’t get off the waitlisted ur just fucked

UNC won’t put you anywhere lolol

[rancid ridge]

YOURE IN JOYNER??!

Lucky bastard

I got a Morrison super suite for next year tho

[potent grotto]

Lucky bastard

[paper chasm]

wait so just off campus?

[inner quail]

😎

I earned it

(Not rly)

First year was in Alexander, second in Connor

Connor is great but I wanted to try out the Joyner bathrooms

They're wonderful btw

[rancid ridge]

Haha 😈

[inner quail]

Morrison is goated too

[rancid ridge]

Yeah but the problem is most of the leases are taken by the time UNC pranked us so ur options are basically wait and hope OR pay $4000 for an off campus apt

[rancid ridge]

Real I love Morrison

[potent grotto]

..

Are the bathrooms that special

[inner quail]

Did you not see the pics

These are the 2 across from my room

[potent grotto]

Wtf that's a whole ass room

I could sleep in it

[paper chasm]

oh wtf

how much is the dorm

compared to that 4000

[inner quail]

A double is like $3.8/sem I think

[paper chasm]

okay so not outrageous

wait a SOLO OFF-CAMPUS APARTMENT IS JUST $200 MORE EXPENSIVE than A TINY DORM WITH TWO PEOPLE

[inner quail]

4000/sem seems cheap for a single/studio

It would depend on proximity to campus

I know one of the closest apartments to campus is $2000/month for a studio

[candid scaffold]

@inner quail which dorm would u say is the best?

[inner quail]

it depends on your personal wants/needs out of a dorm, but in my experience its been joyner

fantastic location & the bathrooms are sooooo nice

[paper chasm]

thats so good

can second years live off campus

i assume first years are guaranteed housing

[inner quail]

first years are required to live on campus

otherwise you can live where ever

[paper chasm]

OoOoO

[candid scaffold]

do they have singular dorms

for one person?

if i get accepted i plan to get a one person dorm bc i hate sharing space with others

[inner quail]

They do, but they're reserved for students with accommodations first, and then its pretty hard to get one since there are few left

Its also very difficult to get an accommodation for a single since they're very high demand

I hate sharing my space with other people but its a bit of a trade off ig

[chrome viper]

I wish UNC and Public ivys or whatev had ED

How am I supposed to show my true commitment 😔

They’ll never know

[potent grotto]

Well for starters

You can be a state resident for said college

:)

[fluid matrix]

40% acceptance rate instate:

[chrome viper]

😩

[candid scaffold]

felt

im in state tho

🙏

[potent grotto]

Not for UNC💀

[fluid matrix]

actually it is for unc

This is from their website

[mystic zinc]

Well damn guess I have to purchase a domicile in NC

[potent grotto]

Ohh

[fluid matrix]

well tbf it doesn’t tell the whole story

as most of the school doesn’t apply for unc here

But they tend to take 40ish percent of those who actually apply

People usually have stats in the general range if they’re applying

so definitely significantly easier to get in easier but not like insanely easy to get in if ur instate

[candid scaffold]

its actually rlly hard to get into if ur from the charlotte or wake counties

[fluid matrix]

Yeah that’s what I’m saying

Competitive districts make it a lot more difficult that it seems

[candid scaffold]

😀 wake county applicant here!

[fluid matrix]

Same

[candid scaffold]

goodluckk

hope we both make it in 🤞 we got this

[paper chasm]

are you applying to wake forest

[chrome viper]

UNC my love my spirit my everything…… you are golden.

[potent grotto]

G

[swift ginkgo]

I love unc so much hope they accept us EA

[chrome viper]

I would give up my left toe to get in EA

[chrome viper]

So true

It’s also so underrated by how cheap it is like…. For a t30 or whatever school UNC by far has the most value per dollar pent

[swift ginkgo]

No literally

[inner quail]

The value for cost is insane

[chrome viper]

And it’s not even close

In terms of prestige and money the closest is like MAYBE the UC schools but even that is a huge leap in cost

[inner quail]

UCs are great but they're also pricey

Even for in-state

[glacial harbor]

what are the chances of getting in out of stateV

?

[potent grotto]

8%

#1135726736525504632 message

[glacial harbor]

dayum

[inner quail]

8% is not "chances of getting in OOS"

that is just the acceptance rate

nobody knows "the chances" because it varies from person to person

[chrome viper]

This sounds dumb but do u guys think it’s a little bit easier than it looks befause not as competitive people apply?

[inner quail]

Wdym?

I would say it's "easier than it looks" for in-state students because the OOS acceptance rate is significantly lower (like 9% vs 40%)

But not generally speaking

[potent grotto]

See by chances of getting in

He was asking about acceptance rate

Because no one knows about his chances

[potent grotto]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1174740441946660939/1183608448697516143/durham.mp4?ex=6588f444&is=65767f44&hm=9d160c75c81dd5ff5ae34de90c5b03ec1710846e03c6c7007c380af30ca5a6c1&

@inner quail NC my love

[inner quail]

If this is the video I'm thinking of

YES

Based

[potent grotto]

Was Durham actually that bad a few years ago? Some friends told me it was always filled with shady people and it was unsafe until a few years ago

[inner quail]

It's always had a rep for being more dangerous/shady than like, Raleigh

At least in my memory

[swift ginkgo]

im done for

[twin mango]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/727850377403170819/1183778083984130140/caption.gif?ex=65899240&is=65771d40&hm=f5c873082b7066286c3087efa73a7e071178c2d8905b68d028edc1a71cfb02ae&

[inner quail]

I LOVE YOU CARLY!!!!!!

[potent grotto]

I love the cat carly

[potent grotto]

Chloe I thought our thread was special.. But you sent one to Penn too :(

[paper chasm]

she sent one in like every channel

💀

[twin mango]

But they were all personalized!

[paper chasm]

true

[carmine verge]

hi how r we feeling

[inner quail]

hello unc megathread!!!!

[versed fox]

hello squirmy!

[inner quail]

tay!!

what are you doing here!! :D

[versed fox]

unc is one of the threads i babysit

[inner quail]

:D

Yay

[vast delta]

when the boss gives u a "thank you [name]" email

[lethal wigeon]

my rejection letter was personalized!! (they called me by my name)

[vagrant meadow]

!northeastern

[versed fox]

wrong thread for that 😭

[vagrant meadow]

oh shit how did i end up in the UNC thread

my bad

[versed fox]

LOL its all good, its not a huge deal i was assuming you probably didnt realize you were in the unc thread

i do believe northeastern came out already though,

[inner quail]

Pro tip: do not take ENEC201 with Gangi

Dr Gangi is a fantastic person with great industry connections

But his class SUCKS

[west cobalt]

anyone here get referred by morehead through the admission referral?

[chrome viper]

Did they email u?

I just got an info thing for honors Carolina lol but that’s prob sent to everyone 😔

[west cobalt]

no, but i saw on reddit someone get semis by the admission referral

they said if not notified by mid dec, we arnet referred

oh well

[swift ginkgo]

Does this mean anything

[west cobalt]

does what ?

[west cobalt]

oh everyone got that if you hit interested in honors

[swift ginkgo]

lol

Good luck guys

[chrome viper]

I wish, hoping I get one as a sign 🫶

[west cobalt]

yea i think its over

i thought i was competitive, but ig im just shit 😭

[swift ginkgo]

Did you apply to morehead Cain?

[west cobalt]

i did not apply direct, my school is not eligible, so i applied early and prayed for admission referral

[chrome viper]

Damn

[west cobalt]

but, ig my app wasnt strong enough, so now im sad

[chrome viper]

Same

[mystic zinc]

You probably have to be cracked to get referral

[west cobalt]

fr, thats why im looking for someone who got referred so i can compare stats

[west cobalt]

im severely doubting my capabilities.

[mystic zinc]

same I think today and uchicago Monday will show me that I really have to work on revising my apps before rd 😅

[swift ginkgo]

Don’t worry guys!

[void mesa]

ellie get off this discord and join the call.

[swift ginkgo]

Did you apply to the Robertson? It’s a similar program

[west cobalt]

HOW DID YOU FIND ME

[west cobalt]

yes i did

[swift ginkgo]

You got thissss then I did too! You’ll be fine hopefully you get that

[west cobalt]

i just want something man 😭

[potent grotto]

Hello guys?

[inner quail]

Hello prez

[sly mulch]

for anyone who selected UNC honors college did y'all get an email today

[potent grotto]

Squirmy lol did you see the meme Brandon made

A2c heroes or smth

And you were lorax in that

Gotta say lorax does fit you

[inner quail]

I still don't know what that means 💔

Like aside from

"Envsci so loves trees -> Lorax"

Am I Danny Devito?

[inner quail]

I think they sent out an email to everyone who applied to the honors college (see #1135726736525504632 message)