Yes and those same many top kids in NJ got into the Ivies, MIT, Stanford, UChicago, UCB and the likes, with much lower acceptance than 18%, but rejected from UNC, as many had stated here.
Like i said before, I i don’t have evidence (nor do you, other than the overall OOS rate) but the numbers just don’t add up for NJ kids.
And no, I don’t think for a second UNC is subpar - it is silly to think that it is. It’s a great school. I don’t think Rutgers is either, but if i had to pick, UNC over Rutgers any day.