This is the official thread for those applying EA to UNC Chapel Hill.
List your unweighted GPA, any SAT /ACT scores, and ECs. What majors are you going into?
Ask your questions, the CC community is here to help!
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FYI, UNC has moved up their EA decision date for In-State Applicants. Historically they used a date towards the end of January and typically would release a week to 10 days before the listed date. They’ve decided to move the listed date to December 20th for In-State Applicants.
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I noticed somebody pulled the band aid off and went first the year my daughter was applying, so I guess I’ll go this time.
Stats: In-state, 4.0 unweighted, 1540 SAT, 26 DE credits to date, taking 19 more this year + AP Calc. Lots of leadership, 4 Varsity sports, some volunteering that ties into engineering(but probably his weakest point).
He is looking at the Applied Sciences Engineering. I am curious if anyone here has any experience with the new engineering program in the Applied Sciences school? Engineering is his current intended major and all signs point to NC State as the right choice, but his sibling goes to UNC and it’s not off the table for him yet. Were he to get in and choose UNC, he would try for a double major in business, engineering or engineering major with business minor. And we are PUMPED about the earlier EA in-state decision date that crapshooter posted. Would love for NC State to follow suit. Good luck to all!
Stats for my DD: OOS, 4.0 UW, 1530 superscore, will have taken 9 APs and 3 DEs including DE Multivariable Calc and AP German, 5s on the 7 AP tests taken plus a 5 on the Calc AB subscore. ECs: Varsity Cross Country 3 years, captain this year, made it to States twice, Varsity Indoor and Outdoor Track all 4 years, hospice volunteer all 4 years, German Club president, and some other minor things. Honors are weak: Commended Scholar, NHS, German Honor Society, AP Scholar with Distinction. Applying for Econ or Business. We know it’s a long shot because she’s OOS.
Hey everyone, UNC '29 admit here- if you or your student needs help proofreading/editing essays, shoot me a message!
Great Stats - Mecklenburg or Wake County Public School?
Reminder - EA deadline for UNC is today.
Also, the admission process for KFBS has changed since last year, not only expanding the numbers in business school but also moving towards a substantial portion of the B-School class to be admitted through their new assured pathway (Assured Pathway Freshman still start with Gen Ed situation but they are assured entry into KFBS as long as they’ve met the published criteria) - You do need to find the “Special Opportunities” portion on the UNC supplemental app and check of the box for KFBS for them to evaluate your student for KFBS Pathway once they have already been admitted to UNC.
(EDIT: proceed with caution. Another parent pointed out that this data seems slightly unreliable and I have to agree. After looking at prior years, it seems a bit off. You can look at past years to get a sense of score data.) The new data was released on SAT/ACT scores from last year’s admissions cycle for NC Schools. I’m providing the link. If you’re looking at this on a computer screen, you can toggle different data points on the left-hand side. For instance, just in-state or out of state, applied vs admitted, etc. It’s really interesting data. Every year it changes so take everything with a grain of salt. Anywhoo, good luck to everyone!
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I like this data, though some of it is a little hard to believe. It claims that out of the 367 OOS students who submitted SATs, 333 were accepted and 308 enrolled. I know at least 5 kids who were accepted and did not enroll. And to go from 6109 submitting SATs in 2024 to only 367 submitting in 2025 for OOS is a huge jump. Nonetheless, it seems like if you don’t have stellar SATs (1500+), there’s no downside to going test optional. Last year my D25 had a 1460 and was rejected, but she’s at UVA and thriving now. This year my D26 has a 1560, so we will see if that makes any difference with such a low OOS acceptance rate.
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You bring up some valid points. The data seems a little “off” when compared to prior years and I agree the admit to accept seems improbable. Maybe someone input a bunch of SAT scores into the ACT column and threw everything off. It’s weird that both in-state and oos have the same crazy swing to mostly ACT scores. So anyway, definitely proceed with caution when looking at this link. The years prior do seem to show a healthy balance. I put it up real fast before digging around any further. Congrats on UVA, amazing school.