Scholarships

Colleges & Universities University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
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<p>The difficulty in being awarded a merit scholarship from UNC, like many highly ranked state flagships, is well documented within UNC’s website. From a 11/10/10 UNC news release ([UNC</a> News](<a href=“http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/4085/75/):%5DUNC”>http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/4085/75/):)</p>

<p>“The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill awarded more than $965,000 in academic merit scholarships for 2010-2011 to 161 first-year students – 136 from North Carolina and 25 from out of state.” </p>

<p>The news release stated “Academic achievement was the chief selection criterion for 148 of the scholarships”.</p>

<p>Per UNC’s 2010 class profile ([First-Year</a> Full-Time Undergraduate Student Profile, Fall 2010 - Office of Institutional Research and Assessment](<a href=“http://oira.unc.edu/first-time-freshman-class-profile-fall.html]First-Year”>http://oira.unc.edu/first-time-freshman-class-profile-fall.html)), the SAT scores (CR & M) were as follows:</p>

<p>Distribution by Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) Scores
In-State Out-of-State All First Year Undergraduate
Score Intervals Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
1300’s 994 31.7% 147 23.9% 1,141 30.4%
1400’s 557 17.8% 179 29.1% 736 19.6%
1500’s 149 4.7% 54 8.9% 203 5.4%
1600 4 0.1% 1 0.2% 5 0.1%
Scores Available 3,134 100.0% 614 100.0% 3,748 100.0%
Scores Not Available 88 2.7% 110 15.2% 198 5.0%</p>