UNC Chapel Hill, passed on the oldest child, how to improve chances for the second?

It’s sad that there are so many highly-qualified in-state students that are not able to take advantage of this great university in their home state. Depending on where your child attended high school, that may have been the factor. My kids’ high school has a huge number of qualified applicants that seemingly all apply to UNC (even though many don’t plan to go there). It’s just done. I’ve heard from admissions people (privately) that there is a cap on our high school admissions (as well as other particular high schools in the state). So, 150 qualified apps? We’re only taking 60 - no matter what. Also, UNC will take a 2.2 GPA athlete that will put money