UNC - Chapel Hill question

[Anonymous]

Does anyone know anyone from this area who has gotten into UNC - CH? All I have ever heard about it is that it's hard to get in to (from both in-state and out-of-state people). Not many kids from my DC's school in MD have ever applied there, so we don't know how much of a long shot it would be for him to apply there next year. Any information?

[Anonymous]

? I don't know why you were told it's hard to get into UNC-CH - that's not true. As long as your DC has a high GPA, good test scores, etc., he shouldn't have any problem. Good school, lovely campus, good luck to your DC!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:? I don't know why you were told it's hard to get into UNC-CH - that's not true. As long as your DC has a high GPA, good test scores, etc., he shouldn't have any problem. Good school, lovely campus, good luck to your DC!

High GPA, good test scores etc are hard to get.

[Anonymous]

Lots of kids from this area go there. I don't think it's as hard to get into as UVA. But look at their admissions stats. Usually you can find in state vs out of state stats.

You do find kids tend to look either south or north. Kids applying to UNC also tend to look at Wake Forest, Duke, Tulane, maybe Elon, etc.

[Anonymous]

VERY easy to get in there from in state.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lots of kids from this area go there. I don't think it's as hard to get into as UVA. But look at their admissions stats. Usually you can find in state vs out of state stats.

You do find kids tend to look either south or north. Kids applying to UNC also tend to look at Wake Forest, Duke, Tulane, maybe Elon, etc.

When I was in grad school at UVA, I was TAing a kid that said that he wanted to go to UNC but wasn't accepted. Out of state for both. I think UNC is very hard for out of state students to get into, but I agree about the in-state students.

[Anonymous]

OP here; thanks for the replies. BTW, it was someone from NC with a college freshman who told me that the school has become very competitive for in-state students.

[Anonymous]

UNC takes less than 20% or less from out-of-state. But, that number may grow as it (like other state schools) wants the bigger dollars the out-of-state kids pay. I knew 3 girls from my daughter's class of 88 who went to UNC. It's lovely and looks private. Nice town.

[Anonymous]

About 35 people from my hs graduating class (in NC) of 200 went there. Many of them didn't have spectacular SAT scores. This was about 8 years ago so I don't know if it has changed much since then.

[Anonymous]

Meh. I was an out-of-stater at UNC. It really is a whole different culture there. If I had to do it all over again, I would have gone to Duke.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Meh. I was an out-of-stater at UNC. It really is a whole different culture there. If I had to do it all over again, I would have gone to Duke.

PP, could you elaborate? What culture are you speaking of? And why would you choose Duke?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Meh. I was an out-of-stater at UNC. It really is a whole different culture there. If I had to do it all over again, I would have gone to Duke.

PP, could you elaborate? What culture are you speaking of? And why would you choose Duke?

because I loved Nixon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:VERY easy to get in there from in state.

Since when? I just moved from Charlotte and it is not easy to get into CH. Out of state is very difficult b/c they take most of their students from in-state, unlike a lot of other state schools. That being said, my husband went to CH and loved it.

[Anonymous]

UNC-CH grad. The state of NC pays for much of the costs, therefore requires a certain percentage of students to be in-state (used to be only 15% of the students could be out-of-state). Makes out-of-state much more competitive and is already the top public school for NC for in-state students due to the high quality education, good value, beautiful campus, and extracurricular activities.