What are UNC's peers???

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<p>So, I’m new to CC and have just begun my college search. Where I’m from, I often get mixed responses of UNC’s status. Some say it’s an ivy-caliber school, some say it’s a safety for top students and others say it’s good, but not top notch.</p>

<p>Despite the mixed comments, for some reason, I see myself being really drawn to UNC and want to study chemistry and philosophy (I know, weird combination), and have been told I can get into almost any school I want. I won’t provide stats at the moment but I currently am in the top 1 percentile at a competitive private school.</p>

<p>Also, I’ve tried to pull up a list of UNC’s peers, but this hardly helps.</p>

<p>[UNC</a> System-Defined Peer Group - Office of Institutional Research and Assessment](<a href=“http://oira.unc.edu/institutional-effectiveness/institutional-performance-measures/unc-system-defined-peer-group.html]UNC”>http://oira.unc.edu/institutional-effectiveness/institutional-performance-measures/unc-system-defined-peer-group.html)</p>

<p>The list runs the gamut from Penn to Pittsburgh. Just want some feedback from CC to make sense of everything.</p>

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<p>UNC is much more comparable to top public universities than some of the privates named on that list. sometimes target private universities are selected as peers for benchmark purposes.</p>

<p>[Public</a> Ivy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Ivy]Public”>Public Ivy - Wikipedia)</p>

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<p>Pretty much right where it fits in on USNEWS-</p>

<p>USC, UCLA, UVA, Wake Forest, Tufts, Boston College, Tufts, Michigan, William and Mary, NYU.</p>