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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I like UNC , but it seems like a 1/3 of every NC high school's graduating class gets accepted to UNCCH. Reject most OOS kids which gives the impression they are more competitive than they are with admissions.  Then the OOS kid asks his new in-state classmate "you got accepted with those stats!?".  Still not sure what major or field they really rank high in.  [/quote]

Where are you seeing 1/3 of EVERY NC high-school gets into Chapel Hill? There is no way ANY school in NC is sending 200ish kids to CH. It's more like 25 out of a class of 500-600. [/quote]

CH in state acceptance is around 40%.

Acceptance rate is different than number of kids that actually attend.

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I'm a graduate of an NC high school and went to UNC (and was a NMSF and top 10 percent of my class kid).

No way 1/3 gets in -- but everyone in the top 10 percent got in, and a couple others did as well. We sent 40-50 students there out of a class of 600. our valedictorian and salutatorian both went to small liberal arts colleges, but everyone else in the "AP classes' cohort went to UNC (except the engineers, who went to NC State).

the 40% acceptance rate, then, is because most of the kids in my high school knew if they had a shot at UNC. it's feels very transparent. So, if they were an average student who is in the 40 or 50th percentile of the class -- you don't apply to UNC. You know you are not getting in. You apply to other state schools, like "East Carolina University"[/quote]

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