<p>Which one is the tougher to get into from OOS and ED/EA? I like both schools, but I was just wondering which one is harder. Albeit an old version (2004 maybe), Fiske Guide said Duke is easier on OOS than Carolina, so would this mean I'd have a better chance at Duke from OOS? This sounds unrealistic because Duke is a lesser ivy type selective school? let me know please. btw if u need to check my stats, do find more posts by california_love8 and check for chances posts. btw I'm posting this in the carolina forum 2, so dont call me out for this since I'm saying it up front</p>
<p>unc generally admits less than 20% of its OOS applicants. So is it harder to get into? maybe. I'd put UNC oos and Duke on the same level.</p>
<p>The only part I would call you out on is "lesser ivy type selective school," but beyond that, note that UNC is a "public ivy" and quite difficult to get into out of state - both because of state regulations regarding the number of out of state students it can accept and because of the high quality of student they attract to their admissions pool.</p>
<p>Just to bring in some numbers... 6740 applicants were admitted at UNC last year. Of these, 1160 were OOS. Considering the size of UNC's applicant pool (~6500 OOS applicants), that's an admit rate of 18%- Duke's admit rate was 19%. UNC's average admitted SAT score for OOS was 1435; Duke's middle 50% range hovers around 1370-1560. Obviously these numbers aren't everything, but I'd say the two are comparable in selectivity.</p>
<p>Alot of people apply to UNC from out of state, and since it has a smaller amount of spots available of OOS it makes the acceptance rate low</p>
<p>That being said, UNC's OOS accepted median SAT is 1430, Duke's is 1460, so Duke is slightly harder to get in than OOS UNC - essentially similar</p>
<p>Someone posted a couple revealing links responding to this same original post at the UNC-CH Board. According to these links, the recent years oos acceptance rate at UNC-CH has hovered at about 19% or slightly less and the 2006 acceptance rate for Duke during their most selective year in history was 21%.</p>
<p>I'll admit to being a little biased since my d is one of those oos honors kids at UNC-CH. But only a little since she has three very good friends at Duke. :-) Both are great schools and are extremely selective for oos candidates.</p>