UNC Chapel Hill from Va - fool’s errand?

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Anonymous wrote:This is the OP. How strong a student/overall candidate would he need to be?

strong enough that UVA is a safety.

And UVa is not a safety for anyone these days; its a lottery.

UVA is a safety for the very top handful of kids at high schools who get 25-30 kids into UVA each year. Yes it is hard data the school counseling office publishes. The problem is a lot of students think they are near the top with their 4.2 weighted despite that being around average at some Virginia high schools. Scoir reveals gpa ranges at the top to be much higher but parents do not investigate as much as they should and schools do not rank officially anymore.
And for this group of kids, UNC is a "match" not a reach, with about 40-50% of the very top kids getting into UNC OOS.

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Anonymous wrote:He could apply and get into one of their satellite campuses and then apply for main after a year.

UNC Chapel Hill does not have satellite campuses. All other UNC System schools including NCSU, UNCW, ECU, UNCA are all independent schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Admission very unlikely. Nonetheless, I did a very deep dive on this last year because I was so attracted to UNC for some unknown reason. This is why I can confidently say that UVA is better in every respect. Now, between VT and NCSU, the latter is superior in almost every way.

I actually laughed out loud at this ^^

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I know of one girl who was accepted this year from NoVA. But she attends Trinity Christian School, a private.

About ten years ago, a boy from my kids' NoVA public high school was accepted, with a full ride. He was also accepted to Michigan and UCLA (didn't apply to UVA). Chose UNC.

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Anonymous wrote:I think they need to be in contention for an ivy to get in UNC out of state.

I think it depends on the major. My DD has a friend from NJ who was just admitted for creative writing. She went TO (had an SAT score in the 1300’s). She must have had a killer essay!

You don’t apply for a major for admissions. So your DD’s friend isn’t something to base this on.

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Anonymous wrote:UNC Chapel Hill. Our son loves it! Is it a fool’s errand for him to apply? They said that only 18% of students are from out of state. We are in Arlington.

Ask yourself this: What does UNC have that UVA doesn't?

Conservatives!

(Btw I am not OP)

UVA is more conservative than UNC.

I live in Chapel Hill. This is true.

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UNC has a fentanyl overdose crisis right now that’s difficult to make sense of. Will that make it less desirable to OOS students or is brand just too strong?

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Anonymous wrote:This is the OP. 8% acceptance is definitely sobering. At the same time, have to have some reaches. He’s a good student, mostly all A’s (a B a year) in hard classes and solid community service. ACT is a 33. I think his expectations are realistic. That it’s a really long long shot.

I would guess you'd need to be minimum 34 on the ACT to be viable. 35 is better.

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Anonymous wrote:Admission very unlikely. Nonetheless, I did a very deep dive on this last year because I was so attracted to UNC for some unknown reason. This is why I can confidently say that UVA is better in every respect. Now, between VT and NCSU, the latter is superior in almost every way.

I actually laughed out loud at this ^^

So did I. UVA is significantly weaker in natural sciences for starters. A clueless and delusional comment.

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Anonymous wrote:UNC Chapel Hill. Our son loves it! Is it a fool’s errand for him to apply? They said that only 18% of students are from out of state. We are in Arlington.

Ask yourself this: What does UNC have that UVA doesn't?

Conservatives!

(Btw I am not OP)

Gross. I hope your kid goes somewhere that you think is "conservative" and has the time of their life, voting straight blue just to piss your racist, bigoted a$$ off.

In the words of the wise man Rodney King - “why can’t we all just get along”

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Anonymous wrote:UNC Chapel Hill. Our son loves it! Is it a fool’s errand for him to apply? They said that only 18% of students are from out of state. We are in Arlington.

Ask yourself this: What does UNC have that UVA doesn't?

Conservatives!

(Btw I am not OP)

Gross. I hope your kid goes somewhere that you think is "conservative" and has the time of their life, voting straight blue just to piss your racist, bigoted a$$ off.

In the words of the wise man Rodney King - “why can’t we all just get along”

Liberal angst is a powerful drug.

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Anonymous wrote:UNC Chapel Hill. Our son loves it! Is it a fool’s errand for him to apply? They said that only 18% of students are from out of state. We are in Arlington.

Ask yourself this: What does UNC have that UVA doesn't?

Conservatives!

(Btw I am not OP)

Gross. I hope your kid goes somewhere that you think is "conservative" and has the time of their life, voting straight blue just to piss your racist, bigoted a$$ off.

Do you normally fly off the handle like this? Making up scenarios in you head during the process? You should probably talk to your therapist about this, if you haven’t already.

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I also think it could partly depend on your kid’s major but I graduated from Chapel Hill years ago in journalism. They must have had slots to fill and yes, I did write a killer essay. 😁

Also, you’d be hard pressed to find a conservative on that campus.

Your kid should apply but not get his hopes up. Good luck!

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Ours got in from FCPS last year but ended up at UVA. Couldn’t justify the price delta.

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Anonymous wrote:UNC has a fentanyl overdose crisis right now that’s difficult to make sense of. Will that make it less desirable to OOS students or is brand just too strong?

The reality of that doesn't hit until after students have moved to campus. So, no, it doesn't matter. Then you see that naloxone is carried by upperclassmen, but the administration still doesn't grasp what is going on.