<p>Just curious do legacys count as a plus for UNC? </p>
<p>My mom got her Masters there and her dad got his Bachelors and Masters degrees there too.</p>
<p>Also would getting a recommendation from a UNC employee (PE teacher) have a lot of input?</p>
<p>yep it all helps, Carolina thrives on alumni networks and I would say about half of the people I know at UNC their parents or uncles went there</p>
<p>My grandfather is an active supporter/member of the Rams Club would it help for him to give a donation on my behalf or something?</p>
<p>Not sure if you qualify as a legacy, usually only people whose parents went to a school qualify as legacies. However, UNC does consider legacies, this is most prevalent in OOS admissions though. I don't think a donation on your behalf (unless it was huge...like in the millions of dollars, although being a public university, I'm not sure UNC is allowed to do that like some of the top ranked privates) or a recommendation from a UNC employee (unless the employee knew you well and was a research mentor or something of that nature) would be of all that much help. Does UNC request that you not send in more than a guidance counselor recommendation and a teacher recommendation? I can't remember what the official statement on the application is.</p>
<p>I think since your mom and grandfather both went there, you will get the benefit of being a legacy. I think even having a sibling at UNC makes you a legacy and improves chances.</p>
<p>I have been a working student for the teach for the past 4 years and we are pretty close. I am homeschooled so my recs are gonna have to be a little different.</p>
<p>i dont know how much legacies help in getting in or if they do. I guess it has to be a major legacy or something. One of my friends had a 3.5 UW and a 2100 SAT as general statistics and both his parents graduated from there and his dad even got him an interview with the dean and somehow he didnt get in so...?</p>
<p>I think legacy status helps--my boyfriend is like a 4th-generation student at UNC (his great grandfather's name is on a plaque at the Dean Dome!). His stats in high school were respectable but not excellent (barely in the top 10%, good-but-not-great SAT scores, not many extracurriculars aside from being an Eagle Scout & working). I'm sure the fact that his dad (active Ram's Club member), grandfather and great-grandfather attended pushed him over the edge.
I'd say the same for my OOS suitemate from last year. While she was VERY qualified, I'm sure it didn't hurt that both her parents attended UNC, too!</p>
<p>does having a sibling who went to unc help at all??</p>
<p>I believe it does..prolly not as significant as 4 generations of carolina students...but still helps a bit I would say</p>
<p>I think legacy definitely helps out of state but you also have to be a very strong candidate. Our daughter got in OOS in 2007 from Ohio. She is a legacy w good stats etc however my niece in CA got waitlisted and her father(my brother) was a Morehead so who knows! I don't think legacy matters at all for instate since pratically the whole state of NC is some kind of legacy.</p>
<p>lol heels82, about the in-state thing I think thats pretty accurate..except for me...but in a lot of cases yea UNC runs in the family</p>
<p>doughvato, a 2100 and 3.5 is not that impressive for a top-notch school like UNC. of course it is commendable, but most people that get into unc OOS have stats better than that</p>