<p>I just wanted the perspectives of others on whether UNC has quotas for each state. I am from Virginia and have heard that trying to get into UNC from states like Virginia, South Carolina, Maryland, D.C. etc. is more difficult than a state like New Hampshire because there are fewer applicants fromthose states.</p>
<p>I am just a little worried about my chances against other VA OOS applicants.</p>
<p>I am not necessarily looking for anyone to chance me, I just wanted to know how much more competitive it is in each state, especially those in close proximity to Carolina.</p>
<p>*many from my school are applying RD but as far as I know no one else applied EA</p>
<p>I don’t believe they have official quotas out of state, but I know in state the perception is that they do have something similar to a quota system in place for the various counties, though admissions denies this. The truth is probably somewhere in between for both in state and out of state admissions.</p>
<p>^I think that’s it.
I wouldn’t worry too much about it. If the adcom thinks you’re a good fit for UNC then they’ll admit you. I don’t think UNC has quota for certain states. I know that for in-state applicants it’s harder to get in if you are from certain counties, and slightly easier if you are from a more rural county.</p>
<p>Yeah I do know that it’s a little tougher for students to get in from Wake and Mecklenburg just because there are so many students who apply from those counties. I’m not really sure if it’s the same for out of state.</p>
<p>I have heard that William and Mary tends to admit less students from NC because so many of the NC admits end up choosing UNC.</p>
<p>@JAJDude: I don’t know the specifics of Onslow County, but if it helps,multiple teachers at my school who are UNC Alumni say that you are effectively only competing against the people in your county, which helps those who live in rural counties with a low matriculation rate, but hurts those who apply from Wake and Mecklenburg, since there are probably enough well qualified students in each of those counties to fill the entire freshman class.</p>
<p>eva10s – The common data set for UNC ranks “geographic diversity” as either not important or “least important” as a factor for admissions. That suggests to me that UNC isn’t going to consider whether the OOS applicant is another one from Virginia or the only one from Montana. Not sure that’s true. It’s just my guess based on above, and I wish it weren’t true since S is a west coast applicant. Good luck!</p>
<p>I was wondering the same thing. I’m from Orange county so I’m not sure if it’s too competitive just because there’s only two school in the county but I’ve also heard that the closer you live to chapel hill (which would be about 15 minutes for me) the harder it is because a lot more people apply.</p>
<p>As to the OOS thing… I think that there wouldn’t be quota but the thing about OOS is that obviously since they accept only about 30% that it has to be the best of the best.</p>
<p>The answer to the question goes back to UNC holistically looks at every application. No one thing is a deciding factor, and the same is true for admissions from OOS. Will your application stand out a little bit more if your are from a random place or under-represented place? Probably. Will that be the deciding factor for your admission? Definitely not. I know that’s the way it goes for OOS. I don’t really know about how it works for counties within NC, since I am OOS.</p>
<p>I live in Wake county, one of the “highly” competitive counties in NC. My school had about 550 seniors last year and sent 34 to UNC, I think. It was a record for our school. All I know about OOS is that it is very competitive.</p>
<p>OOS students’ GPAs are often calculated differently, though. This inflates the average GPA for entering freshmen. States like NY use the 10-point scale, I think, and other states use augmented grade scales.</p>
<p>All colleges recalculate GPAs in their own way. They don’t compare GPAs on the 4 point scale, the 6 point scale, and the 10 point scale. They look ate your letter grades on your transcript and calculate your GPA based on that.</p>
<p>You are right packerfan89, but you still miss my point: you can earn a letter grade of ‘A’ in New York with a score of 90. That score in NC will grant you a “B,” and there is no way for UNC to determine the difference between those two scores without seeing numeric grades. Most transcripts only include the letter grade. There is a gray area, which inevitably leads to grade inflation due to out-of-state students.</p>
<p>A ten-point grading scale means that 90-100 count as an A, 80-89 count as a B, and so on, I believe… so colleges’ recalculations of GPAs wouldn’t be quite accurate if they just see letter grades. However, schools mention their grading scale on the school profile included with the transcript.</p>