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@Nhatrang

I mean just look at their average GPA/test score, it doesn’t represent a school with 5-8% acceptance rate for OOS. Seems counter productive. But what do I know?

As stated above, only 18% of the class is out of state. If you are looking at 25th/75th percentiles, they are not going to reflect this 18%, as all of the 18% could theoretically fall above the 75th percentile. I’d expect nearly all of the unhooked OOS to be above 75th percentile. The author of the lawsuit analysis writes:

The difference between the overall admit rates for in-state and out-of-state applicants is striking. The overall admit rate for out-of-state applicants is 13.5%, while for in-state applicants it is 47.9%. Practically speaking, then, UNC’s admissions process operates almost like two different schools. For out-of-state applicants, UNC is a highly selective school; for in-state applicants, UNC is moderately selective.

Some specific numbers comparing in state and out of state admits are below. If you only compared unhooked in state vs unhooked out of state, the differences would be even more stark.

Math SAT – OOS is ~1 SD higher than in state
Verbal SAT – OOS is ~1 SD higher than in state
Academic Program Rating – OOS is ~0.5 SD higher than in state
Academic Performance Rating – OOS is ~0.5 SD higher than in state
EC Rating – OOS is ~0.6 SD higher than in state
Essay Rating – OOS is significantly higher than in state (no SD listed)
Personal Qualities Rating – OOS is significantly higher than in state (no SD listed)