Applied to UNC, but my parents just got a letter

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
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<p>Hey all,</p>

<p>My parents got a letter a couple of days ago saying that UNC accepts 65% of alumni students or something like that, but given the high volume of talented applicants, sometimes they can't accept all of them and also that all further communication will be with me. My mom is an alumni, and she got this letter before my older sister was rejected. My question is is this a prelude to rejection and a nice way of prepping me not to get in? Has anyone else gotten this? Any further information would be greatly appreciated.</p>

<p>Thank you and happy holidays!</p>

<p>(Note: I'm referring to my adoptive family, but I don't think it makes any difference). </p>

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<p>I bet it’s something they send to all alumni whose kids are applying. I doubt they’ve even made a decision about you yet.</p>

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<p>I recall getting a similar letter from another university and my child got in. </p>

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<p>I doubt it. It sounds like something all legacy students receive and is actually saying that you have a better chance than most students. They wouldn’t send out a letter saying “65% of alumni students get in, but yours didn’t” to all the alumni. That would cause a uproar.</p>

<p>You’re likely just experiencing heightened nervousness right before application time. If what it is said in the letter is true, you should have a good chance at the college provided you’re in range of the college’s standards</p>

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<p>It’s a possibility, then, but you never know. Maybe they send that letter to all alumni patents. Good luck…</p>

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<p>All alumni get it when someone applies stating they are a legacy. I even got one from the U of Maryland when I didn’t even have children. It said, basically, that UM is a public university, serving everyone in the state equally, and they weren’t able to give ANY preference to the spawn of alums.</p>

<p>We all knew this meant normal alums, and those who donated buildings or happened to be US senators would still get a preference.</p>

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<p>Stanford sends out that letter before they reject all 3 of your kids.</p>

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<p>I got that letter from Swarthmore before they accepted both my kids. </p>

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<p>I can’t say for sure, but I suspect that it’s standard protocol for communications with alumni/ae who might have expected legacy applicants to have the same advantage that they had a generation ago, and that it does not mean anything more. I might be wrong about that, however.</p>

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<p>The same letter goes out to all alums whose children apply. Doesn’the mean a thing.</p>