UNC Chapel Hill Early Action for Fall 2025 Admissions

Yes! 4 pm eastern time. Not long now!

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If its coming from the Board it must be true! :slight_smile: keeping fingers crossed

I can understand the anxiousness of many on this page. Last year my daughter waited on this day for both UNC and NCSU. UNC eventually said no, NCSU said yes and she is very happy there. But for those that may be worried about an acceptance when they don’t have the numbers to match what you have been reading.

2 years ago my son applied regular decision to UNC. He was a long shot. C student in 9th grade, B in 10th, A in 11th, A with an honors class in 12th. 1260 SAT score which he submitted. His EC’s were okay - probably in the middle compared to others. He did have a somewhat unique story which I imagine that is what his essay was about (he wouldn’t let us read it). He did not get waitlisted at all. Straight up acceptance on regular decision day in March. UNC saw something and “guessed” right. He is thriving at UNC and that was something we didn’t see happening.

As for our daughter that ended up at NCSU. She was a rockstar in high school - Almost all A’s with most honors (an okay SAT score which she didn’t submit), Worked at UNC and Duke for 3 years in high school, sang at Carnegie Hall, played sports, started 2 clubs. UNC waitlisted and then rejected her. She was deflated and depressed. She couldn’t imagine being anywhere else but NCSU now. really found her spot.

So, you never know what may happen. I imagine UNC and schools similar don’t want to just accept all the 5.0, dual enrollment, 1400+ SAT students. They want a mix. Granted my story is a small sample size. There is hope

The irony is that my son’s top school was NC State and they rejected him

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Thank you for this story. Kids rarely get in from our high school (oos). Our neighbor got in a few years ago with a unique story, test optional, great grades but nothing “crazy.” You never know and yes they are building a class and ultimately you end up going where you are wanted and that is where you thrive.

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Thank you for this. Still getting rejected :sob:

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I think odds grow each year. More and more applicants even from those that are 90-100% they won’t be attending, but just add it to their brag list. Also grade inflation is a massive disadvantage for so many deserving, intelligent, and determined kids. The test optional doesn’t help. Only causes admissions to focus more on gpa and rank. I’ve been told that even when you share your scores with these schools, they don’t matter much. The balance has been shifted to the theory gpa is the best indicator of success. That’s sooooo not true for everyone. Plus with the grading scale, a few late homework’s can keep you from all As. We as a society have a lot to fix. Including the fact that college tuitions have increased a bigillion percent in the last 10-20 years.

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Glad that got deleted. Not cool. If that’s the mentality of the kids getting accepted
 idk. Rude and immature.

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hopefully this matches up with NC state a hour later

They don’t know if they got accepted. No one does.

What was the deleted post

Some kids said decisions were out.

I will remind posters that knowingly posting false information about admissions is prohibited by ToS, and that such posts will be deleted. Persons posting the false information will be suspended.

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I can’t remember from my other two sons, if there is a link to the decision letter in the portal (when it comes out). Does anyone know?

It is in a whole separate tab

What do you mean by that?

It appears right next to my application and financial aid as a new tab under “decisions”

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Hmm. His page says “your decisions will be available here”, but there is no tab for “decisions.”

It appears like some decisions have been posted

Yup, got mine

My OOS D25 was denied. Maybe those are coming out first.

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