How hard is UNC out of state?

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Anonymous wrote:Our child is attending on a full merit scholarship from a NOVA public school, but had top stats and strong ECs. Having a great experience at UNC and Chapel Hill is an incredible college town atmosphere!

Morehead-Cain? May I ask what his/her SAT was? Were they nominated by the high school or selected by admissions?

[Anonymous]

I’d rather not give too many specifics about the scholarship, as I don’t want out my kid, but grades and SAT were very high and ECs were strong. The difference-makers for scholarships like this, though, seem to be authentic essays, a cohesive set of interests and activities, and ability to present oneself if there are in-person or online interview components.

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I've had several students go there over the last 2 years, but all were recruited athletes.

--FCPS HS teacher

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:CH campus? How hard is it out of state? If your child had it on their list, what other schools did they like? did anyone visit?

not as hard as ivies or T10 non-ivies. 4-6 get in from our private every year. about half get in to unc OOS yet not ivy/T10. The other half get into at least one T10(and pick the T10 unless they get Morehead)

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(^the private HS is a morehead-cain nominating school, 2 nominees per year)

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:CH campus? How hard is it out of state? If your child had it on their list, what other schools did they like? did anyone visit?

not as hard as ivies or T10 non-ivies. 4-6 get in from our private every year. about half get in to unc OOS yet not ivy/T10. The other half get into at least one T10(and pick the T10 unless they get Morehead)

Debunking this as my DS got rejected from UNC and in at Cornell.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ivy level hard out of state

No. More like UChicago ED hard—the ivy admits on avg are better than avg OOS unc admit

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:CH campus? How hard is it out of state? If your child had it on their list, what other schools did they like? did anyone visit?

not as hard as ivies or T10 non-ivies. 4-6 get in from our private every year. about half get in to unc OOS yet not ivy/T10. The other half get into at least one T10(and pick the T10 unless they get Morehead)

Debunking this as my DS got rejected from UNC and in at Cornell.

cornell is usually the easiest ivy to get into so not saying much

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NC resident, some true and false statements in here. NC pulls from all over state, otherwise they’d have a campus full for Wake and Mecklenburg kids dominating. Mine went to top school in state, all are qualified and not all get in. I do think OOS have high stats, but I personally know of a student that got in from Midwest a full-ride last year with much lower stats, but clearly saw something in them. Also know of a Washington state kid with much lower stats than the ones from my kid’s school. Not sure how to explain it all.

Also NC resident and agree with this. DC was waitlisted last year. High rigor, strong gpa, lots of APs, team captain and multiple varsity sports but not recruited athlete level. DC however was not the tippy top at their very competitive private. Also went test optional which is probably what sank them. UNC likes high to see high test scores from what we’ve learned. We also know lots of kids who have gotten in both in and out of state. The common thread is high stats but beyond that there are some that you scratch your head and say why this kid over that kid. High stats is definitely not a guarantee especially out of state.