UNC oos - what does it take?

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Anonymous wrote:How are your basketball skills?

When I was in high school, a teacher read us stats of how many people got in to UNC from various SAT ranges (I think to motivate us to do well) and you could totally pick out the basketball players. It was a little funny.

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My kid was admitted two cycles ago from a DC private. There were at least 3 kids in his class who were admitted.

I think you have to graduate from a school they like. It feels like some schools send a lot and others do not.

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There is a global start option on the application that may help for OOS.

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My child from a DC private was admitted--4.0 un-weighted GPA and 1550 SAT and decent ECs.

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My high stat child with great ECs is applying. Child is legacy, which I understand matters a bit for out of state students. Child will go to UNC over many Ivys.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't see the point in trying too hard unless there is some family legacy attachment or some program that is super perfect for the kid.

I only say this because 1) the instate kids are pretty normal public school kids and 2) they are having ongoing staff and faculty conflicts due to politics.

It is a great school for the instate kids for sure but I don't understand OOS kids who trip all over themselves to get in. Seems like it is for bragging rights bc of the low OOS %.

100%
I went to UNC in-state, OP, and almost everyone I knew who was out of state seemed way too qualified to be there.

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Anonymous wrote:OOS acceptance rate is 8%. You need a near perfect GPA and high scores.

So it's even lower acceptance rate than UVA OOS?

Yes, because UNC is required by the state legislature to take a high percentage of in-state students, which UVA is not.

We’re originally from Charlotte and like NoVa and UVA, only the stellar students get into UNC from the highly resourced parts of the state.

Agreeing to a non-traditional entry (starting with study abroad) can help when applying.

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Anonymous wrote:Full pay oos will have big leg up this cycle as oos need aid is being cut heavily. UNC oos seems to be backup for ivy WLs.

this is what it is at our private. backup school for the unhooked top kids who are have a shot at ivies.

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Don’t waste your time. Apply to top SEC flagships for a superior experience.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't see the point in trying too hard unless there is some family legacy attachment or some program that is super perfect for the kid.

I only say this because 1) the instate kids are pretty normal public school kids and 2) they are having ongoing staff and faculty conflicts due to politics.

It is a great school for the instate kids for sure but I don't understand OOS kids who trip all over themselves to get in. Seems like it is for bragging rights bc of the low OOS %.

Did you or a family member attend there?

Multiple family members and one on staff.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid got in last cycle. Top grades from private. 35 ACT. Lots of leadership and excellent extracurriculars. Also admitted to 2 Ivies. Is attending UVA.

We went to the accepted students day at UNC and were a little turned off because it seemed very heavily female and also the programming felt less professional/more small town than accepted student days--it was primarily composed of asking panels of kids questions and it went on and on and many of the kids were not inspiring. I know I sound like a jerk saying this but it was our take-away.

Chapel Hill is awesome. My vote for the best college town and we saw a lot of college towns.

Yes, this is accurate. The appeal is CH.

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I don't understand why anyone would choose UNC as OOS. With the stats required, why UNC over a T20. The student would be on a different league compared to the stats of an in-state admit.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why anyone would choose UNC as OOS. With the stats required, why UNC over a T20. The student would be on a different league compared to the stats of an in-state admit.

It's a fantastic deal. UNC OOS would have cost us $50K (although my child chose another state school).
My older is at an Ivy. Our bill is $95K/year all-in.

That's a savings of almost $200K over 4 years.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't see the point in trying too hard unless there is some family legacy attachment or some program that is super perfect for the kid.

I only say this because 1) the instate kids are pretty normal public school kids and 2) they are having ongoing staff and faculty conflicts due to politics.

It is a great school for the instate kids for sure but I don't understand OOS kids who trip all over themselves to get in. Seems like it is for bragging rights bc of the low OOS %.

Very good point. Seeing this so much this year!

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Anonymous wrote:It's sort of comparable to getting in OOS to UVA, right? At least in our private HS lots of kids apply to both of those schools --

No, more similar to Georgia Tech who's OOS last cycle was 9%
UVA OOS last cycle was 21%