<p>I caan think of any state schools that are more selective than they are</p>
<p>i think so because they only accept like ~35% of people, and of those ~35%, 80-82% must be in-state (it’s NC’s rule or something)
so as one senior put it, applying to UNC-Chapel Hill as an OSS-ter is like applying to Princeton</p>
<p>Ummm…more along the lines of WUSTL or Northwestern.</p>
<p>when i visited, admissions told me acceptance rate for out-of-staters is 17%</p>
<p>that sucks</p>
<p>its interesting in that of the 35% total acceptance, if 17 % are oos, then that means that to be accepted oos gives a 6% chance. Those are huge odds to beat–even harder than say most of the ivy leagues and other top tier schools.</p>
<p>arsh: Be careful with statistics like that 
The yield rates for in-state and out-of-state are different, as are the numbers of applicants in each pool. Unfortunately, the only numbers I can find for such things all broken out are from 1990, which is decidedly ancient. Although there is this:
So out of state admit rate is around 19% and in state is around 58%.</p>
<p>We were told by an admissions rep that oos admit rate fluctuates between 15-17%. Not sure the admit rate for oos into Honors. At the local accepted students dinner, I remember thinking the number was ridiculously low, but for the life of me, I cannot remember it.</p>
<p>I have heard UNC and UVa are of the most difficult for oos candidates to enter.</p>
<p>Also…I believe the oos admit rate is the percentage of all oos applicants, not of all instate and oos applicants. </p>
<p>And selectivity is a funny thing. It is a parameter that can be rendered meaningless by mass mailings of ‘we love you, please apply’ letters and easy application through online/common forms or even pre-completed forms. I wouldn’t pick a school based merely on selectivity.</p>
<p>california schools…especially UCLA…are ridiculous to get into out of state…ucla has 95% in state students or some crazy statistic…most california schools do…but USC is only 60% in state i think</p>
<p>actually, according to the UCLA website, the statistics are a bit different. of the 3,822 out of state applicants for the class of 2009, 839 were admitted, giving an acceptance rate of about 22%. Perhaps UCLA is a bit more self-selecting than UNC, but it seems that UNC is much more rigid in its quotas for instate population than UCLA. Other UCs may be different. </p>
<p>USC is not a public school, and therefore being instate would not give you preferential treatment.</p>
<p>I’d say so. I transferred into UT mccombs from UC riverside (54 qtr units 3.85), but got waitlisted at unc. I had ****ty high school record, and texas was my first choice.</p>
<p>NimeshShah what year were you that tried transferring into UNC?</p>
<p>I think the only reason I was able to get in as a junior transfer was because I was accepted as an in-state transfer. My transcript wasnt so remarkable that they would have accepted me as an out of stater, I don’t think.</p>
<p>sophomore. correction, I applied with with 37 qtr units and a 3.85, now I have 54 with a 3.75. But with texas I had two essays which I think really helped me and I explained my upward trend and other influential things, whereas Carolina I wasn’t given the chance.</p>
<p>Wow a 3.85 sounds high, I’m surprised you were waitlisted. I’m hoping to transfer there also after I receive my AA and I have around a 3.85. I wonder how that will go now after hearing that you were waitlisted.</p>
<p>slipper… i know over 5 people that got into northwestern and not unc</p>
<p>besides nw and wash u are private so residency doesn’t matter</p>
<p>so which schools are the easiest to get in as out of states?</p>
<p>west virginia</p>
<p>UNC-Pembroke.</p>