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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]HS class of 1987. In VA, W&M was a harder admit than UVA among my classmates from a public Central VA school.

That year, JMU was more competitive than VA Tech but that has now changed.

Mary Washington was much more selective than now.

Christopher Newport was a commuter school and one step above a community college.

Hardly anyone went OOS.[/quote]
I'm of a similar timeframe but one state further south.

Carolina and State were the go-tos for any in-state student and I generally mean "any" -- if you had a pulse, had an SAT >500 (when 400 was the minimum for merely signing your name), and could pay the paltry $400/semester tuition -- you were "admitted." They made zero effort to retain anyone.

ECU was the JMU. Super big party school and the semi-mainstream alternate to UNC/NCSU.

App State was barely heard of.

A&T was the local choice but mostly as a commuter/PT option. Most of my classmates had to work.

High Point didn't exist.

Not a single kid of our class of 325 went OOS. But then again, when only 9 or 10 of us even attempted a 4-yr institution....

To answer OP's question, though, I'm most shocked at UNC, especially for OOS (I think it's still relative "easy" as in-state). And definitely most of the SEC.[/quote]

Were those NC State / UNC stats from a rural area? I live in Raleigh (but not from NC originally) and know there is a wide range in in-state acceptance rates to State and UNC. Applicants in the Triangle & Charlotte areas are likely facing 10-15% acceptance rates for UNC-CH. No one is getting in without an UW 4.0 tons of APs or IB path.[/quote]

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