Anonymous
Post 04/11/2024 11:51     Subject: UNC Chapel Hill from Va - fool’s errand?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:OOS has an 8% acceptance rate. You need Ivy stats while sitting beside a majority of in-state students who probably don't have close to the same stats (over 40% acceptance rate). At that point, why not apply to the top privates instead?


Exactly. If you're good enough for UNC OOS, you can probably get better peer quality elsewhere.



Unless money is an issue. Then the ivies aren’t an equivalent option. But I’d say that the kid is more likely to get into UVA (not very likely but more likely) than UNC. At lower cost. Odds of uva admission are higher.
Anonymous
Post 04/11/2024 11:39     Subject: UNC Chapel Hill from Va - fool’s errand?
Anonymous wrote:OOS has an 8% acceptance rate. You need Ivy stats while sitting beside a majority of in-state students who probably don't have close to the same stats (over 40% acceptance rate). At that point, why not apply to the top privates instead?


Exactly. If you're good enough for UNC OOS, you can probably get better peer quality elsewhere.

Anonymous
Post 04/11/2024 11:18     Subject: Re:UNC Chapel Hill from Va - fool’s errand?
OP here. I guess our son doesn’t have “ivy stats”. Though he is in an IB program and doing some great community service. Will put UNC CH in the category of big reach!
Anonymous
Post 04/11/2024 10:30     Subject: UNC Chapel Hill from Va - fool’s errand?
OOS has an 8% acceptance rate. You need Ivy stats while sitting beside a majority of in-state students who probably don't have close to the same stats (over 40% acceptance rate). At that point, why not apply to the top privates instead?
Anonymous
Post 04/11/2024 09:59     Subject: UNC Chapel Hill from Va - fool’s errand?
And a “Trust Science” sign even though we now know how much we were lied to about the “science.”
Anonymous
Post 04/11/2024 09:55     Subject: Re:UNC Chapel Hill from Va - fool’s errand?
One kid that I know of from our school (public in DC) got in last year.

I've heard that one issue is a massive divergence between the in-state majority and the OOS students in terms of test scores, GPA, etc.

Anonymous
Post 04/11/2024 09:18     Subject: UNC Chapel Hill from Va - fool’s errand?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote: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.


Ask yourself this: What does UNC have that UVA doesn't?


Conservatives!

(Btw I am not OP)


Gross. I hope your kid goes somewhere that you think is "conservative" and has the time of their life, voting straight blue just to piss your racist, bigoted a$$ off.



In the words of the wise man Rodney King - “why can’t we all just get along”


Liberal angst is a powerful drug.


That's the shot. The chaser is the false sense of moral superiority.
Anonymous
Post 04/11/2024 09:17     Subject: UNC Chapel Hill from Va - fool’s errand?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote: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.


Ask yourself this: What does UNC have that UVA doesn't?


Conservatives!

(Btw I am not OP)


Morons not
"conservatives"
To label oneself a conservative at this point in time means you are brain dead.


Thanks for the display of kindness, respect, and open mindedness.

Do you have a sign at your home that says "hate has no home here".


Definitely a "COEXIST" decal on the back of the Tesla.
Anonymous
Post 04/11/2024 09:13     Subject: UNC Chapel Hill from Va - fool’s errand?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote: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.


Ask yourself this: What does UNC have that UVA doesn't?


Conservatives!

(Btw I am not OP)


Gross. I hope your kid goes somewhere that you think is "conservative" and has the time of their life, voting straight blue just to piss your racist, bigoted a$$ off.


Do you normally fly off the handle like this? Making up scenarios in you head during the process? You should probably talk to your therapist about this, if you haven’t already.


Did you make the same comment to the post that one responded to?


Of course not. A post that merely says “conservatives!” is not one flying off the handle. Using “racist bigoted a$$” as a comeback to an innocuous post definitely is.
Anonymous
Post 04/11/2024 09:01     Subject: UNC Chapel Hill from Va - fool’s errand?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote: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.


Ask yourself this: What does UNC have that UVA doesn't?


Conservatives!

(Btw I am not OP)


Morons not
"conservatives"
To label oneself a conservative at this point in time means you are brain dead.


Thanks for the display of kindness, respect, and open mindedness.

Do you have a sign at your home that says "hate has no home here".


DP
Of course they do. They are probably all about “equity” too, until it affects their kids school. Wanna bus in the poors? Hells no!
Anonymous
Post 04/11/2024 09:00     Subject: UNC Chapel Hill from Va - fool’s errand?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote: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.


Ask yourself this: What does UNC have that UVA doesn't?


Conservatives!

(Btw I am not OP)


Gross. I hope your kid goes somewhere that you think is "conservative" and has the time of their life, voting straight blue just to piss your racist, bigoted a$$ off.


Do you normally fly off the handle like this? Making up scenarios in you head during the process? You should probably talk to your therapist about this, if you haven’t already.


Did you make the same comment to the post that one responded to?
Anonymous
Post 04/11/2024 09:00     Subject: Re:UNC Chapel Hill from Va - fool’s errand?
Do what you want - how can we possibly predict the future?
What are you looking for in your post?
Anonymous
Post 04/11/2024 08:58     Subject: UNC Chapel Hill from Va - fool’s errand?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote: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.


Ask yourself this: What does UNC have that UVA doesn't?


Conservatives!

(Btw I am not OP)


Morons not
"conservatives"
To label oneself a conservative at this point in time means you are brain dead.


Thanks for the display of kindness, respect, and open mindedness.

Do you have a sign at your home that says "hate has no home here".
Anonymous
Post 04/11/2024 08:56     Subject: Re:UNC Chapel Hill from Va - fool’s errand?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:This is the OP. 8% acceptance is definitely sobering. At the same time, have to have some reaches. He’s a good student, mostly all A’s (a B a year) in hard classes and solid community service. ACT is a 33. I think his expectations are realistic. That it’s a really long long shot.


Given these stats, UNC is not happening for him.


Agreed without something else really compelling. From out of state it requires near Ivy-level stats.
Anonymous
Post 04/11/2024 08:53     Subject: Re:UNC Chapel Hill from Va - fool’s errand?
Anonymous wrote:This is the OP. 8% acceptance is definitely sobering. At the same time, have to have some reaches. He’s a good student, mostly all A’s (a B a year) in hard classes and solid community service. ACT is a 33. I think his expectations are realistic. That it’s a really long long shot.


Given these stats, UNC is not happening for him.