UNC out of state

sovereigndebt
Thu, 12 Sep 2013 19:09:07 +0000

SamLee is correct. But what he doesnt know about UNC, since he is not employed there and not part of the admissions team and doesnt live in NC, is that there are tens of thousands of applications to UNC and they have legislative mandates about how many instate kids they must accept (and of those, the vast majority are all in the top 10% of their high school), and then there are legacy admits, and athletic admits and then social engineering admits. UNC also places HUGE emphasis on ones desire to attend UNC, and are deft at figuring out if you just floated an application in the door or if they are your number one choice and will decline other offers, etc. They may well accept you and then again they may not. Kids with high stats are often rejected there or waitlisted. It happens.

Its a highly sought after school because of sports, location, cost, reputation and the ubiquitous “fun factor.”

They strategize on diversity and social issues.