<p>Everyone say it is very tough to get in as an out of state resident? What exactly does it take to get in (sat,gpa,etc…)? Also could some out of staters who were accepted post their stats?</p>
<p>I’m a senior at an elite high school in Illinois, and recently had a college discussion with my counselor. I asked him how difficult it was for Illinois residents to get into UNC, and he told me that of the 3 seniors from my school going to Harvard, 2 of them were rejected by UNC. </p>
<p>He said UNC only allows for 18% of it’s student body to be from out-of-state, and he said many of those 18% are athletes.</p>
<p>im also from illinois…4 people from my school got into unc. none of them are going though. and none were accepted by harvard. two years ago a kid from my school got in, he didnt have any amazing stats. his dad went to law school there, my guess would be that since he got in they must count that as regular legacy.</p>
<p>Maybe the ones accepted by Harvard just applied to UNC late. Do they have rolling admissions?</p>
<p>i dont know about the rest of you guys, but with UNC’s extremely generous credit offering for ap scores, i would have between 39 and 60 credits after next year if i went there. the fact that i might get denied at a school where i could almost start as a junior is actually pretty funny - i guess that just shows you how hard it is to get in from out of state.</p>
<p>lol about the ap credit above…!! Although you probably earned all of that ap credit the university is not really gonna give you all of that…yes, you can probably qualify for those universite credits but trust me…ap classes are totally different than introductory classes at unc…I had credit for my whole first year but I waived some of it because I plan on going to med school and the academic advisors will tell you that it is like super important to get a grounding in most courses (especially the sciences and other courses like Econ 10 for business and law students) because lots of times students that skip those intro classes struggle in the upper levels during their first year because they are not prepared for the academic rigor of those upper level unc classes. Although having lots of a.p credit is great…just make sure you are ready to jump those classes and become a junior…btw at carolina noone starts above a sophomore because at lease 55% of credits must come from actually taking classes at UNC…ohh yea…what makes you say that you won’t get in…
any questions just email me
<a href=“mailto:dakota@unc.edu”>dakota@unc.edu</a></p>
<p>oos~~~if everything is medium or slightly above average (sats, stats, ec’s) you won’t get in…the thing that makes or breaks most unc applications is the essays. The reason for that is that the admissions people see around 19,000 applications and they get pretty tired of numeric stats and stuff…an essay is the one chance an applicant has at expressing themselves and making a good impression…</p>
<p><a href=“mailto:dakota@unc.edu”>dakota@unc.edu</a></p>
<p>Not to mention that having a lot of AP credit doesn’t particularly make you stand out…there are multitudes of both in state and out of state applicants who have tons of potential AP credit hours, so I wouldn’t feel slighted about getting rejected in spite of your AP credit accumulation. I agree with the suggestion to meticulously craft your essay if you wish to stand the best chance of admittance (high test scores, unusual or exceptional extracurriculars, legacy status or rich parents who donate a library the year before you apply doesn’t hurt either…).</p>
<p>Thanks for the resonses. Btw does it actually hurt you chances to apply ea as an oos applicant with merely above average stats, not exceptional?</p>