Whether to apply or not

mkm56
Sun, 19 Oct 2008 14:27:49 +0000

It’s not something I have ever read in black and white, but it seems to me that if your verbal score is lower than your math, there is a very logical explanation—that English is not your first language. Also, it seems many schools (and I would think that UNC would too) are striving for diversity in their student populations. For instance, my son had a classmate who immigrated from Russia --he was accepted at UNC over some other students with higher class rank and similar scores. Who knows what really was the “tipper”, but it certainly didn’t hurt him and may have helped.

In my opinion, if a student has been in US only 5 years and has that kind of gpa and SAT score, it says a lot about their work ethic and intelligence.