<p>I agree with BUandBC82 and others that standardized test scores give you a very limited picture of an applicant and his or her potential. </p>
<p>I also don’t think, though, that there’s any case to be made for saying that UNC’s policies are causing it lose out on high-scoring students, or that high-scoring students are fleeing elsewhere (as LadyD seemed to be implying).</p>
<p>In 2009, 42.6% of all of high school seniors in the state who scored 1400 or higher on the SAT enrolled at UNC-Chapel Hill.</p>
<p>Edit: Responding to LadyD’s and BUandBC82’s inquiries: The median SAT score in the UNC Honors Program is 1480. See <a href=“http://honorscarolina.unc.edu/[/url]”>http://honorscarolina.unc.edu/</a></p>