Tell him to put UNCCH in his back pocket for grad school.

State-level politicians have a lot more say over how the colleges in NC work than they do in VA and MD. If you think the state legislature there is doing a great job, I guess you'd be happy about that...but you probably wouldn't be in the majority if that was your thinking.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:After the fallout from the Nikole Hannah-Jones fiasco, I wouldn't send my kid there until the get their house in order.

That said, it is really difficult to get in OOS and they usually have a really good basketball team.

WTH does this mean? Their house has been in order since 1789.

Ne poster here -- Yeah, in the sense that it's a good school. But for anyone who follows the Nicole Hannah-Jones fiasco, choosing UNC Chapel Hill at this point in time telegraphs certain values, or disregard for certain values, that feels icky to me. I would discourage my child from choosing the school for a while, but that's just me. I'm a college professor deeply invested in diverse hiring practices, so I also understand if my thoughts about this are more involved or perhaps if others didn't catch the scandal.

My kids public HS counselor said no one from our HS gets in. There are other neighboring HS which similar composition of students and they seem to get a couple acceptances every year. She said kids can get into Cornell, UCLA, Georgetown and Vanderbilt but never Chapel Hill unless you are recruited. Says that she has had dozen of perfect stats kids and no one gets in although these kids sometimes get IVY offers.

Anonymous wrote:If legacy, maybe your kid has a shot.
If not, check Naviance. UNC has their favorite HS that they favor. If not one of those most favored HS, good luck. No one has gotten in to UNC from my kid’s school in a very long time. Highest stats students btw

THIS^ next to impossible to get in OOS. Easy peasy if you are in state. Chapel Hill is awesome, it was my DD's first choice but being OOS, all it took was one look at Naviance to know she shouldn't even other to apply.

Hard to get into OOS but relatively easy instate to be accepted compared to other schools. Last 10 years somewhat on the decline.

not that tough an in from NC,tough as heck from oos.

If legacy, maybe your kid has a shot.
If not, check Naviance. UNC has their favorite HS that they favor. If not one of those most favored HS, good luck. No one has gotten in to UNC from my kid’s school in a very long time. Highest stats students btw

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:After the fallout from the Nikole Hannah-Jones fiasco, I wouldn't send my kid there until the get their house in order.

That said, it is really difficult to get in OOS and they usually have a really good basketball team.

They should never have extended an offer to that publicity-seeking train wreck.

+10,000

No good deed goes unpunished, as they say. Good luck with this one, Howard.

Anonymous wrote:After the fallout from the Nikole Hannah-Jones fiasco, I wouldn't send my kid there until the get their house in order.

That said, it is really difficult to get in OOS and they usually have a really good basketball team.

They should never have extended an offer to that publicity-seeking train wreck.

Anonymous wrote:After the fallout from the Nikole Hannah-Jones fiasco, I wouldn't send my kid there until the get their house in order.

That said, it is really difficult to get in OOS and they usually have a really good basketball team.

WTH does this mean? Their house has been in order since 1789.

It's DS's first choice, but very difficult to get into from out of state. By state law, only 12% of the incoming freshman class can be non-NC residents. Wonderful school, wonderful place - but don't get your hopes up if you're OOS and not top of your class with great scores.

There's no "at" in the name, for starters.

After the fallout from the Nikole Hannah-Jones fiasco, I wouldn't send my kid there until the get their house in order.

That said, it is really difficult to get in OOS and they usually have a really good basketball team.

Please, share what you know.