<p>Chapel Hill is an admissions nightmare for an OOS student. As a NC state school, it follows a mandate that 90% of it’s students must come from NC, if I remember correctly. Because it’s a great school, tons of OOS students apply there.</p>
<p>Several thousand students from NC apply for several thousand spots.</p>
<p>Several thousand students from OOS apply for a couple hundred spots.</p>
<p>Get the idea? If you’re OOS, you’re talking about single digits acceptance rates, which is basically on par with Ivies.</p>
<p>You have to work so much harder to get into UNC from OOS than you would from in-state (it’s extremely disproportionate, even compared to a school like UVA, where I think like only 65% of students are from VA). Top it off with the OOS tuition hike that you would have to pay to go there, and it’s becomes a challenge to pull off.</p>
<p>In my opinion, public schools are only a good idea if you can get a great scholarship (if you’re OOS), or if you can pay the in-state rates. Otherwise they are about as expensive to attend as most good private schools, which tend to provide smaller classes and more personal attention.</p>