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@Data10

@twogirls

UNC has an 18% OOS acceptance rate. They are not going to take the majority from any one state. It’s not lowering the caliber… there are strong kids all over.

@Nhatrang

^^ That’s the overall OOS, not for NJ. A lot of empirical evidence doesn’t support the 18% number for NJ.

@twogirls

Correct… that’s the overall acceptance rate for OOS.

UNC sets 82% of their class from in state, leaving the remaining 18% of the class from out of state. UNC being required to limit the class to 18% of students from out of state does not mean the OOS acceptance rate is 18%. The lawsuit lists an overall OOS acceptance rate of 13.52% during the multiyear sample from 2011-12 to 2017-18. It’s a safe bet that the acceptance rate is substantially lower today, with the increased selectivity… probably on the order of 10%. The acceptance rate is even lower for non-URMs. During the final lawsuit year, white OOS students only had a 8.5% acceptance rate.

Just to be super clear, the 18% allowable max for out of state students also includes international students (5% of freshman per CDS 2018/19) and only applies to the freshman class. There is no mandated limit on split between in-state and OOS/int’l of transfer students.