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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They spread the wealth and elite schools where all are qualified lose. Many schools are huge in some areas and most that get in go so the numbers sound large. [/quote]

This is true (or at least it was back when I was looking at UNC).  As such, there's a pretty significant variety in the quality of students attending UNC.  It's comparatively easier to get into Chapel Hill from say, Richmond or Perquimans County (poor, rural, lower stats) than it is from say, Forsyth or Wake County (wealthier, more urban, higher stats).  That's central to the mission of the public college: to educate people from across the state.  So that 41% in-state admissions rate doesn't tell the whole story; it's lower in some areas of the state and higher in others.

Compare that to Wake Forest, which doesn't face those restrictions/obligations.  A typical Wake class is going to have kids that are almost all very smart but not brilliant, most will come from upper middle class to wealthy homes from all over the country (although mostly from the South and Northeast).  Class sizes will be smaller, dorms nicer, campus better maintained.

But full pay COA is $95k at Wake versus $28k at Carolina.  It's no wonder many families choose UNC.

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This still holds true today, and probably more so (given the explosive growth of educated/wealth) in Triangle and Charlotte areas. For example, only the top 5%-10% of students at the wealthier schools in Wake Co end up at CH. Kids need perfection for it to even be a possibility lots of stress. Once they get in they likely don't bother selecting other places, including T10s because the economics don't work out.[/quote]

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