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Do I have a fighting chance at UNC?

SplitHappy1 wrote:Do I have a fighting chance at UNC?

UNC is about average towards splitters, but they don't seem to have a GPA floor. If you're a NC resident, you have a good shot. If not, you may want to consider other, more splitter-friendly and less residency-focused schools in the SE, like UGA, W&L, George Mason, Wake Forest.

Idk, I'm honestly not that confident with a 3.44 / 167 at unc

FWIW, based on LSN I don't like your chances

Last year:
168, 2.9 WL
167, 2.75 URM WL
167, 3.06 just flat out rejected

etc...

edit: O and the lowest GPA to get in was a 2.9 who had a 170 and got in off the WL

So I'd be pretty shocked if you got in

It's hard to say, because there's very little data on LSN, but there seems to be a big difference between 167 and 168 at UNC. OP will probably get waitlisted, but with a good LOCI could make it happen.

Samara wrote:It's hard to say, because there's very little data on LSN, but there seems to be a big difference between 167 and 168 at UNC. OP will probably get waitlisted, but with a good LOCI could make it happen.

a 170 2.9 was WL... I don't see how a 2.5 168 gets in

ThreeRivers wrote:

Samara wrote:It's hard to say, because there's very little data on LSN, but there seems to be a big difference between 167 and 168 at UNC. OP will probably get waitlisted, but with a good LOCI could make it happen.

a 170 2.9 was WL... I don't see how a 2.5 168 gets in

First of all, I said WL is the most likely result and once you're on the waitlist, a good LOCI strategy can make a big difference. Also, as I mentioned, the sample sizes are very small, so it's hard to say with any certainty. There could be people with OP's numbers who got in but aren't on LSN. When the applicant pool is so underrepresented, I try to avoid blanket statements.

Most important factor w/respect to being admitted to UNC is being a NC resident.

ThreeRivers wrote:Idk, I'm honestly not that confident with a 3.44 / 167 at unc

Yea, I have a 3.3/170 with residency and I'm still kinda losing my shit. Been stressing over my PS for a few months now.

OP, are you in-state? Probably a WL if you are, probably reject if you aren't.

Bashy wrote:

ThreeRivers wrote:Idk, I'm honestly not that confident with a 3.44 / 167 at unc

Yea, I have a 3.3/170 with residency and I'm still kinda losing my shit. Been stressing over my PS for a few months now.

Why do you want to go to UNC? Your numbers could get you into better places, so just curious.

Bashy wrote:

ThreeRivers wrote:Idk, I'm honestly not that confident with a 3.44 / 167 at unc

Yea, I have a 3.3/170 with residency and I'm still kinda losing my shit. Been stressing over my PS for a few months now.

3.3/170 with residency at UNC? You sound like a lock to me.

Bashy wrote:

ThreeRivers wrote:Idk, I'm honestly not that confident with a 3.44 / 167 at unc

Yea, I have a 3.3/170 with residency and I'm still kinda losing my shit. Been stressing over my PS for a few months now.

This except my GPA is even suckier. I was not banking on UNC at all this cycle. Fortunately, I've already gotten better acceptances. But, a 170 and NC resident doesn't even seem like a lock there.

Unc loves high gpas. They are like boalt in that way. I am a unc undergrad, in state, and I got flat out rejected with a 3.1 169

The Valkyrie wrote:Unc loves high gpas. They are like boalt in that way. I am a unc undergrad, in state, and I got flat out rejected with a 3.1 169

Yep. They're reverse-splitter friendly. My first lsat of 156 got me waitlist-accepted with a 4.0.

whitman wrote:

Bashy wrote:

ThreeRivers wrote:Idk, I'm honestly not that confident with a 3.44 / 167 at unc

Yea, I have a 3.3/170 with residency and I'm still kinda losing my shit. Been stressing over my PS for a few months now.

Why do you want to go to UNC? Your numbers could get you into better places, so just curious.

I've been in NC my entire life, I'd like to stay here to practice/raise children. I think UNC would help me develop contacts in NC better than a higher-ranked school up north. Also, I'm pretty debt-averse and UNC's low tuition is pretty tough to beat.

UNC likes in-state and high, high GPA.

I think you're screwed.

They let in a 2.6 three years ago, but that was with a 175. Looks like an almost definite no