<p>When applying for UNC Chapel Hill instate, does your county of residence play a factor in acceptance? For example if a student coming from one of the states top public schools, in a wealthier county or with a much larger graduating class, has apporxiamtely the same sat scores/ gpa than say a student from a smaller public school in a poorer western county of the state, who has a better chance of acceptance with say equal ec's, rec letters, etc?</p>
<p>Yeah, it does. If the stats and letters/etc are pretty much the same, they are more likely to accept the student in the poorer county in the name of diversity. However, the majority of top Wake/Mecklenberg students get accepted, so it is only an issue for borderline candidates.</p>
<p>Good to hear this haha, in my area me and several friends have been persistently at the very top of our class however looking at many wake/ mecklenburg students they seem to be at a higher level than us ( higher sat/ more AP’s). I guess its all in the luck of the draw for public school students depending if you get a top notch school or a second class one with restricted options such as mine.</p>
<p>I know someone that lives in outside of Chapel Hill, but owns property in Chapel Hill, that is going to change their address to Chapel Hill, so their son can start high school. It may backfire when it comes time to apply to UNC.</p>
<p>If you’re in the top of your class, you should have a very good chance. In your counselor statement is something that has the school’s profile, like the size, the number of APs, etc. What you’ve taken and how you’ve done compared to what your school offers is most likely a bigger factor than your SAT score. They’re not going to automatically reject you because you only took like 2 AP classes when your school doesn’t offer a lot compared to a Wake student who took 8 or 9 when their school offers 15.</p>
<p>So make sure that you check to make sure your counselor statement gets submitted in time. Mine kept getting lost and I didn’t get it submitted until about a week and a half before the decision date…that was stressful.</p>
<p>I asked that question to a UNC admissions representative. Our son is in one of the most competitive school districts in NC. The response was that, at any given class rank, the acceptance rate is about the same as other districts around the state. My translation: </p>
<p>On an absolute basis, it is more difficult to get accepted to UNC from a top school district. On a relative basis, it is not more difficult. Specifically, based on everything I know abut UNC, here’s what I think is probably the case:</p>
<p>A student in the top 10% is likely to get accepted to UNC. A student in the top 20% has a good chance. A student in the top 30% is less likely without plenty of extras; i.e., significant leadership, compelling “story,” special talent, etc.</p>
<p>Meadowbrook, I’m gonna have to disagree with you here. I’m 8/212, 7 AP classes, with a 4.6 weighted GPA and I was waitlisted instate. I’m from the western part of the state, so it’s not like I’m from a big city.</p>
<p>Certain public schools in Raleigh, Charlotte, and Chapel Hill certainly have advantages that the typical high school in the rest of NC doesn’t. I suspect the top kids at the average high school would do just was well, if not better, if he/she went to school at the top schools.</p>
<p>Hi carolinahopeful, three things:</p>
<p>1) I remember you well. You are the student no one could believe was waitlisted back in January. I remember in particular LadyDianeski’s heartfelt condolences. I have always been rooting for you to be admitted. Based upon your 1/21 post, the day you were waitlisted, you had a 4.4 weighted GPA. So, your excellent first semester work that improved your GPA to its current 4.6 was not available to UNC when it made its initial decision. Also, your 1830 SAT probably was a significant factor. Several years ago, UNC was able to push its Reading + Math SAT score to just over 1300. I suspect that its desire to keep it over 1300 affects some of their admissions decisions. </p>
<p>2) I said that I believe a student in the 10% is likely to get accepted to UNC, not is guaranteed to get accepted :-)</p>
<p>3) I went back and checked my notes from the presentation given by the UNC admissions representative, and my memory was inaccurate that “a student in the top 30% is less likely without plenty of extras.” Instead, the correct number is 25%. Specifically, the following is what the representative said: “Top 25% at [our son’s extremely competitive NC high school] are in the running, but the lower end needs lots of leadership, etc.”</p>
<p>@Carolina Hopeful if you don"t mind me asking what school/ county are you located in and what was your sat score by subject? I’m trying to get a better understanding on Chapel Hills average SAT scores they seem to vary quite a bit depending on instate and out of state as well as by the three state regions?</p>
<p>Hi Luke2310,</p>
<p>The in-state vs. out-of-state SAT score data you are looking for is available through the following link, from UNC-CH’s Office of Institutional Research and Assessment:</p>
<p>[First-Year</a> Full-Time Undergraduate Student Profile, Fall 2010 - Office of Institutional Research and Assessment](<a href=“http://oira.unc.edu/first-time-freshman-class-profile-fall.html]First-Year”>http://oira.unc.edu/first-time-freshman-class-profile-fall.html)</p>
<p>The following is the summary for the full-time Freshman class that entered in Fall 2010:</p>
<p>1) In-state: 1301 (643R, 658M); Writing = 634.
2) OOS: 1318 (648R, 669M); Writing = 655.</p>
<p>Thankyou meadowbrookcourt.</p>