<p>I know at Michigan for example EA is much easier to get in than RD, is this the case with UNC?</p>
<p>No, not true for Chapel Hill. You have about an equal shot.</p>
<p>^ thanks, glad to hear it</p>
<p>About 50% get in EA and around 25% get in RD. There are factors that make it this way (better applicants apply early), but it it easy to get in EA by a good amount.</p>
<p>People on CC have told me that a lot more qualified applicants apply EA so that’s why the percentage of people who get in early is greater than regular.</p>
<p>Then would the less qualified applicants have a better chance applying RD?</p>
<p>[According to my GC] UNC has very good intel about their applicant pools. It does not give you an advantage to apply early, save for having time to scramble for extra supplements or something if you’re “deferred” to try to save your spot (as opposed to maybe getting automatically wait listed or rejected RD). Stronger applicants apply EA, i.e. people who WOULD get in if they applied RD. Since more of these “better” applicants apply early, UNC accepts them. So out of all the “great” applicants that apply EA, a larger percentage of them get accepted because the pool itself is stronger. The RD pool is allegedly considerably weaker, so less of those “great” students are accepted because there is simply less of them within the pool.</p>
<p>Another thing making the early action acceptance rate higher is that the early round has more in-state applicants than the regular round.</p>