This year,
Carolina hosted its first ever TEDxUNC conference.
TED (for Technology, Entertainment, Design) is a nonprofit collaboration of scientists, researchers, entrepreneurs, innovators, artists, thinkers, movers, and shakers who come together and share “ideas worth spreading.” Talks are
posted on the web and cover topics ranging from neurology to communications to innovation to just about anything you can imagine (Carolina’s very own
Dr. Joseph DeSimone spoke at the 2011 TEDMED conference).
With a theme of “Creativity through Connection,” the 2012 conference explored ways to foster innovation through connecting resources with people with ideas with needs with the common goal of making the world a better place. It was one of the purest embodiments of my favorite thing about Carolina: lots of really smart people coming together to do really great things.
I had the privilege of attending the event (snagging a seat in the second row!) and furiously scribbled (and tweeted) my impressions into a fabulous TEDxUNC pocket-sized notebook (best. SWAG. ever.).
ReeseNews streamed the event live and will be posting videos of the talks on their website later this week. In the midst of the craziness that is January in our office, it’s always great to find those reminders of why we do what we do: because this University is an amazing place to be with incredible people who are changing the world, one student, one conversation, and one discovery at a time.
It would be nearly impossible to scale more than four hours of innovation, inspiration, and motivation into a single blog post. Instead, I’ll tackle a different part of the day each week here on the blog and relate it back to what we do here in our office and why it’s relevant for YOU as students preparing to make YOUR marks on this world – whether you do so here at Carolina or elsewhere.
For a preview of what’s to come, you can
view the schedule and speakers through the TEDxUNC website,
scroll back through my tweets from the event, or
check out the #TEDxUNC references on Twitter.
Melissa Kotačka
Assistant Director of Admissions
Follow and/or tweet me: @makunc
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ReplyDeleteI am a Freshman in High School this year, and Carolina has always been my first choice when thinking about different colleges. This semester, I am taking a Career Management class, and I've been reading up a lot on Carolina and exploring different majors/minors. I'm definitely set on Chapel Hill! One of my ultimate questions is...WHAT can I do that will help my chances of getting accepted? I understand Chapel Hill is an extremely hard school to get into. What overall GPA/SAT score do I need to strive to get? Also, will it hurt me that my high school only offers 3 AP classes? (That you can only take in senior year) My high school does offer honors classes - but not every class (ex - World History, Earth Science) is offered as an honors course...will that hurt my chances? Thanks!
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DeleteI was just accepted to Chapel Hill and I am very excited and proud of my accomplishment. Carolina really means what they say! They take a holistic approach in their review of your application. The class limitations at your school won't hurt you. Just do the best you can, strive to make high grades in all of your classes. The best advice I can give you is to find your passion or passions and explore! Don't just do a bunch of meaningless activities. Make your extracurriculars count! Good Luck!
Hi! I applied for the regular decision and was just wondering if I had to send in the mid-year report or something... I think I read something about this but cannot exactly recall it or from where I read that. Oh, and my counselor also talked about you guys only accepting self-report for the mid-year report. How does that work?
ReplyDeleteoh, I just looked up some more information and that sort of make sense... but it says "We require midyear grades of first deadline candidates, deferred first deadline candidates, and admitted candidates." Does that mean I, final deadline candidate, will not have to send in the midyear report or the self-report, so to say?
DeleteHello! Yes, you'll self-report your midyear grades on MyUNC. We'll be sending you an email with instructions within the next week or so. We ask admitted and deferred EA applicants as well as all RD applicants to self-report their grades. Thanks for the question!
DeleteHi, I had a question on SAT scores. I understand you look at verbal and math mainly (two part). However, does the admissions committee consider the writing and math as the two part score?
ReplyDeleteHi. We require all three scores (critical reading, math, and writing) and all three are important. We don't combine scores during our review of your application, instead the admissions committee sees each subscore separately. Each section of the test measures a different skill/ability, so it's important that we consider each score separately. Thanks.
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