Out of state.

T26E4
Wed, 03 Jul 2013 13:58:28 +0000

You’re mistaken. UNC accepts out of state applicants. I don’t think there is a single public university extant which does not accept applicants from outside their state or indeed, this country.

However, by their nature (receiving monies from the state government), the public universities’ first mandate is to educate the in-state population. Thus, they receive favorable tuition fees and likely favorable admit criteria…

In your example of UNC, they purposefully allot a quota of slots for OOS students. Thus, the competition for these slots may be MUCH more intense than for the in-state kids who are fewer in number relative to seats available.