My kid absolutely fell in love with the campus. It’s still his favorite college atmosphere (he chose a top 5 school for other reasons but his heart was really in Chapel Hill).

Anonymous wrote:Brutal rejections, I fail to see what is so luring about UNC? Just bragging rights?

OOS tuition at only $43K-$45K

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Legacy is a HUGE hook for OOS applicants. (Even those who are not major donors).

I think UNC legacies are treated as In state applicants, basically. So the acceptance rate is closer to 30 or 40 percent.

It’s been several years since I looked at the OOS legacy policy but back then it amounted to making OOS legacies’ changes better than other OOS applicants but less than those of instate applicants. Maybe that has changed.

Anonymous wrote:Deferred. 1590 SAT and good GPA at good private.

already in at Notre Dame, Georgetown, and Oxford! lol

oops - he got waitlisted. just saw it for myself. not sure why he said deferred.

I think he's ND bound, but we'll see how it plays out.

Anonymous wrote:Who wants to go to a school where 84% of the student are from North Carolina? A state that is not necessarily known for the quality of their high schools. I don't get it.

Wow, your ignorance is showing. North Carolina's population is significantly larger than the populations of Virginia or Maryland and due to the research triangle and Charlotte being a banking city, there are a lot of educated people in North Carolina. Massachusetts is "known for the quality of their high schools" but UNC is stronger than UMass in most areas of study.

Accepted, OOS, 1560, 4.0UW, high rigor, public school. Deferred from Duke ED so not sure they want to go to college 15 minutes away from Duke.

Our GC told us that UNC was one of the few schools where she could absolutely not predict who would get in. (she'd been at our school for 15 years & had a pretty darn good handle on things)

Did anyone else have a DC accepted to start at one of their global launch campus locations? I didn't even know this was an option, but apparently DS checked it when he applied. I need to read up on this.

Denied, OOS, 1520, 3.9 UW, URM, not economically disadvantaged. High rigor, private school. Super high rigor

Anonymous wrote:Unc rejects or wl oos. No deferals. Legacy now only means those apps are human reviewed, no longer a hook.

Legacy is absolutely a hook. Second only to recruited athletes.

Unc rejects or wl oos. No deferals. Legacy now only means those apps are human reviewed, no longer a hook.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Legacy is a HUGE hook for OOS applicants. (Even those who are not major donors).

I think UNC legacies are treated as In state applicants, basically. So the acceptance rate is closer to 30 or 40 percent.

We were told the same.

Anonymous wrote:Legacy is a HUGE hook for OOS applicants. (Even those who are not major donors).

I think UNC legacies are treated as In state applicants, basically. So the acceptance rate is closer to 30 or 40 percent.

Anonymous wrote:Deferred. 1590 SAT and good GPA at good private.

already in at Notre Dame, Georgetown, and Oxford! lol

Congrats for the amazing outcomes (so far)! What’s your top choice so far?

Anonymous wrote:In. Very happy. 35 ACT. 4.9 WGPA. MCPS.

+1

DS