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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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.[/quote]

Ask yourself this: What does UNC have that UVA doesn't?[/quote]

Kids from North Carolina.  :lol:  :lol:

North Carolina is almost totally kids from NC.  [/quote]
Maybe student gets into UNC, but is rejected at UVA.[/quote]

My brother graduated from UNC - out of state - All American recruited athlete - heck UNC admitted his average student girlfriend from out of state because they wanted him so badly. No one who knows their athletic department well is surprised.  4.0/ Phi Beta Kappa in math and again multiple D1 All American.  He was held up to be an example of the "Carolina Way", which is mostly hype but found to be accurate in spots.    He thought highly of UNC, save for the Greek system which he never understood.   Years later he was a professor of Economics at UVa.  Had the same issues with the Greek system, which he felt did not further the academic objectives of the university.  Found the schools to be remarkably alike, and would say that UVa in-state is an easy call over UNC and vice versa.  If admitted to both schools out of state, then a much closer decision.  My late father was a UNC basketball player in the 50's, a bench sitter on the Lenny Rosenbluth team which won the national championship.  My father did not finish UNC, but always had an idyllic view of the school with its history dating to the late 1700's which my brother and I did not share.  Still a very nice school.  Can't go wrong with either place.  Both Carolinians and Virginians are fortunate to have UNC and State and UVa, W & M and VTech.  I am from Illinois which after U of I Champaign Urbana has a huge gap in terms of schools. [/quote]

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