Tell me about UNC - Chapel Hill, from an out of state perspective

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Anonymous wrote:UNC is a great school in a lovely college town (and I went to its bitter rival so I am not a natural booster). I know plenty of people who went there (from OOS and in-state) and they uniformly rave about their experiences. I currently have relatives who go there oos and they love the town and school, their only criticism being that most of their classmates are from North Carolina — they expected this, of course, but they regret not being exposed to a more diverse student body.

Diverse as in better qualified. Who cares if the vast majority of students are instate? UCLA and Berkeley are both overwhelmingly made up of Californians. It’s just that the students in the UC system are typically better academically overall. Your relatives who attend UNC from OOS can probably see the difference in the academic strength of themselves and a large percentage of their instate peers.

[Anonymous]

Bottom line is that if any of your kids get in at UNC, OOS or in state, they should thank their lucky stars. If they decide to go elsewhere odds are they will have a great experience, too.

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Do OOS legacy students have a significant edge for admission to UNC?

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Anonymous wrote:Nowadays, if you're the kind of out-of-state kid with the stats it takes to get into UNC, you'll also get into other places that you'd rather go to

This, near impossible to get into oos but relatively easy to get in instate makes for some weird dynamics.

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Our understanding glad unc legacy family is that it does help w oos admissions. But that means it goes from virtually impossible to still extremely tough. (Still not the same as an instate admit)

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Anonymous wrote:UNC is on par with Michigan - just outside the top 25 and a notch below the very top publics: UVA, UCLA and Cal Berkley. Plainly the best public option for someone in NC. For someone from this area, however, UVA may be just as easy to get into and possibly less expensive (if you live in VA).

UVA is not in the same class as Berkeley or Michigan. Boosters must be stealthy now.

[Anonymous]

Depending on the cost, but OOS big state school is to avoid.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UNC is a great school in a lovely college town (and I went to its bitter rival so I am not a natural booster). I know plenty of people who went there (from OOS and in-state) and they uniformly rave about their experiences. I currently have relatives who go there oos and they love the town and school, their only criticism being that most of their classmates are from North Carolina — they expected this, of course, but they regret not being exposed to a more diverse student body.

Diverse as in better qualified. Who cares if the vast majority of students are instate? UCLA and Berkeley are both overwhelmingly made up of Californians. It’s just that the students in the UC system are typically better academically overall. Your relatives who attend UNC from OOS can probably see the difference in the academic strength of themselves and a large percentage of their instate peers.

This was true when I went there 20+ years ago and I'm sure it's even more pronounced now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do OOS legacy students have a significant edge for admission to UNC?

There are old stats that say OOS legacy applicants have a 40% acceptance rate. Not sure if that still stands.

[Anonymous]

I am a proud OOS graduate of Carolina and reading all these threads of posters going bonkers over the new USNWR rankings of UNC is hilarious. All the theories, all the discounting of why it isn’t really accurate, all the whining (but they take over 80% instate and there is no way North Carolina kids are smart, it’s because of diversity, blah blah blah).

Here’s the come to Jesus: it’s a fantastic school, with a smart, dynamic student body. You get a great education, you have a strong alumni network, excellent school spirit, and great job prospects. Sorry not sorry UVA. Y’all need to deal.

GDTBATH.

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The impression I got (alum here) when I googled around is that OOS legacies get reviewed like in-state applicants. In our case my daughter was admitted but my son, with a somewhat weaker application, was not.

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I would send my DD if admitted. Better than UMD.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am a proud OOS graduate of Carolina and reading all these threads of posters going bonkers over the new USNWR rankings of UNC is hilarious. All the theories, all the discounting of why it isn’t really accurate, all the whining (but they take over 80% instate and there is no way North Carolina kids are smart, it’s because of diversity, blah blah blah).

Here’s the come to Jesus: it’s a fantastic school, with a smart, dynamic student body. You get a great education, you have a strong alumni network, excellent school spirit, and great job prospects. Sorry not sorry UVA. Y’all need to deal.

GDTBATH.

It’s much more like UVA than it is like Berkeley, UCLA, or Michigan. The lack of top engineering/no engineering at both schools sets it back a bit.

[Anonymous]

OOS parents still look at this scandal and think twice before allowing their kids to apply at UNC:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_North_Carolina_academic-athletic_scandal

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am a proud OOS graduate of Carolina and reading all these threads of posters going bonkers over the new USNWR rankings of UNC is hilarious. All the theories, all the discounting of why it isn’t really accurate, all the whining (but they take over 80% instate and there is no way North Carolina kids are smart, it’s because of diversity, blah blah blah).

Here’s the come to Jesus: it’s a fantastic school, with a smart, dynamic student body. You get a great education, you have a strong alumni network, excellent school spirit, and great job prospects. Sorry not sorry UVA. Y’all need to deal.

GDTBATH.

It’s much more like UVA than it is like Berkeley, UCLA, or Michigan. The lack of top engineering/no engineering at both schools sets it back a bit.

UNC doesn’t need to be like anything else than what it is. UNC. It’s not UVA, UCLA, Berkeley, Michigan, etc. It (like them) stands alone.